Nazi Germany’s persecution of so-called non-Aryans in the 1930s pushed Jews, first in Germany and then in the countries that Germany seized, to seek refuge elsewhere. Many refugees hoped to find ...

BATTERY PARK, Lower Manhattan (WABC) -- Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a rally for refugees in Battery Park, part of a larger National Day of Jewish Action for Refugees. The group called on ...

CHIȘINĂU, Moldova — For most of her life, Peruvian-born Yvette Merzbacher wondered where her four paternal great-grandparents were buried. All she knew was that her grandparents came from Bessarabia, ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two members of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia are headed to Ukraine this weekend. The organization's CEO, Michael Balaban, is one of those flying to assist Jewish ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Leaders of the Jewish Vocational Service of Kansas City are expressing worry after the government revealed plans to potentially reinterview refugees. Recently, the U.S.

Some players later returned to the U.S. as refugees from fascism in Europe — and one became the first Jewish coach of U.S.

In 1654 − more than a century before the Declaration of Independence − 23 Jewish refugees fleeing the Inquisition in Brazil arrived on the docks of what is now Lower Manhattan. Trunks in hand, dreams ...

In North Holland, a grand community house rises above neighboring farms. Built in 1936 by students of Werkdorp Wieringermeer ...

The book by Omar El Akkad stems from a viral tweet. A book about Jewish refugees won the young people’s literature award. A provocative essay collection about the West’s response to the Gaza war and a ...