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Sunday, December 3 • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
HIAS Pennsylvania: 135 of years of Welcoming the Stranger and Why it Matters Now More than Ever

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I will provide a brief history of this organization, founded by Jews to rescue Jews from Pogroms, its evolution from all volunteer social services to professional legal services and beyond. And then, having provided that context discuss the work that we do today and how and why our faith-based history compels us to fight harder than ever the policies and myths surrounding immigrants and refugees.
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Cathryn Miller-Wilson

Cathryn Miller-Wilson is currently the Executive Director of HIAS Pennsylvania.  She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1993 and has spent her career doing social justice work: representing parents accused of abuse and neglect at Community Legal Services... Read More →

Sunday December 3, 2017 12:00pm - 12:50pm EST
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  Contemporary Jewish Life

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