Jewish Refugees: Reform Rabbi and Havdalah Service

jewish refugees: Would he come pray By sundown, Mosbacher was part a group of rabbis at the airport, playing guitar and conducting a Havdalah service marking the end of the Sabbath, according to Guelph Mercury. About 2,000 people gathered to rally against the new policy. People had being detained under President Donald Trump's sharp travel restrictions on refugees. We know what it's like to be the stranger, said Mosbacher, a Reform rabbi at Temple Shaary Tefila, noting that Jewish refugees were at times turned away from the U.S. As a person of faith, it was so important to be there. Faith leaders who support the president's executive order as a way to fight terrorism have been far less vocal, ceding the religious discussion to those overwhelmingly opposed to the president's sweeping immigration order, which suspends refugee admissions for four months and indefinitely bars refugees from Syria. From pulpits to sidewalk vigils, clergy have been part of a religious outpouring against Trump's plan to suspend refugee entry from seven majority Muslim countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.