• 2022
  Crosscut
  Beyond Afghans and Ukrainians, who are WA refugees?

  Crosscut
  How Afghan and Ukrainian refugee resettlement compares in WA

  KIRO 7 News
  Ukraine asylum seekers begin reaching Washington state

  KING 5 News
  6 Seattle Jewish organizations join forces to raise money for Ukrainian refugees

  KIRO 7 News
  Jewish leaders warn of rise in antisemitic incidents

  KIRO 7 News
  Graffiti near Jewish service agency followed rabbi’s op-ed

  KING 5 News
  Anti-Semitic graffiti found near Jewish Family Service of Seattle

  The Seattle Times
  When violence is targeted at Jewish people, anywhere, it is targeted at us everywhere

• 2021
  Axios
  As Afghanistan envoy departs, tens of thousands remain in limbo

  The Seattle Times
  U.S. has new way to resettle Afghan refugees, and Vietnamese Americans in Washington answer call to help

  Hadassah Magazine
  Living on the Edge of Food Insecurity

  The Hill
  The Afghanistan exit was bad — our refugee resettlement plan is no better

  Los Angeles Times
  Why are most Afghan evacuees still housed at U.S. military camps?

  Civic Commons
  How to Help Afghan Refugees

  Foreign Policy Insider
  Those Left Behind in Afghanistan

  Thomson Reuters Foundation
  No place like home: Afghan evacuees caught in U.S. housing crisis

  The Seattle Times
  As Seattle refugee agency scrambles to evacuate family members from Afghanistan, Washington senators ask Biden to do more

  KOMO News
  More than 570 Afghan refugees to settle in Seattle; Volunteer hosts welcome new families

  The Independant
  Welcome signs

  MSNBC – Morning Joe
  Relief organization calls on Biden to create expedited Afghan evacuation process

  CBS News
  Rabbi discusses parallels between Afghanistan situation and pre-Holocaust Europe

  Crosscut
  Resettling Afghan refugees in WA: What’s different this time

  CBN News
  Taliban Holds 100 Americans Hostage, Blocks Glenn Beck’s Planes from Leaving: ‘Killing, Beating Women, Beating Kids’

  USA Today
  Afghan allies in hiding, executed in the street — Jewish people know this haunting story

  Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  An Afghan refugee struggled to get her family out of the country. She says a Jewish group was her lifeline.

  The Washington Examiner
  ‘Hunted’: Afghans left in limbo struggle to hide from Taliban and find US support

  The Hill
  Advocates ‘demoralized’ as 100K allies remain stranded in Afghanistan

  The Seattle Times
  Afghan refugees face a dire need for affordable rental housing in high-priced Seattle

  Associated Press
  Refugee agencies scrambling to help Afghans

  The South Seattle Emerald
  Washington Organizations Are Resettling Afghan Refugees, Here’s How You Can Help

  The Chronicle
  In Aftermath of Kabul Attack, Northwest Aid Groups Remain Committed to Work in Afghanistan

  KIRO7 News
  Ways to help Afghan refugees in western Washington

  Seattle Times
  In aftermath of Kabul attack, Northwest aid groups remain committed to work in Afghanistan

  Capitol Hill Seattle Blog
  Here’s how to help Afghan refugees in Seattle

  KOMO News
  Afghan refugees to settle in Washington state, but community help needed to house refugees

  KOMO News
  Afghan families make tough decision, start resettling in Seattle area

  The Seattle Times
  Here’s how to help new local arrivals fleeing Afghanistan

  Prism
  Want to improve the resettlement process? Listen to what refugees have to say

  Sight Line Magazine – The Covenant Foundation
  Finding the Light at JFS: Project Kavod, Eight Years Later

  Puget Sound Business Journal
  Patti Payne: 129-year-old Jewish Family Service works fervently in the greatest time of need

• 2020
  The Times of Israel
  This Chanukah, Let’s Remember The Power of ‘We’

  Religion News Services
  The Talmud has a lesson for our cancel-culture world

  The Seattle Times
  We need to remember — and call — our isolated neighbors

  South Seattle Emerald
  Farmers market program funnels fresh produce to local food banks

  BridgeSpan
  Be the Calm in the Storm: How to Communicate with Staff and Stakeholders During a Crisis

  Seattle Foundation
  COVID-19 Response Fund tackles immediate needs of most vulnerable people with $10+ million in grants

  Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
  Puget Sound renters will need housing assistance 

  The Bridgespan Group
  Report from Seattle: Jewish Family Service

  GeekWire
  Refugees get free training for tech careers in pilot program launched by Coding Dojo and partners

  Puget Sound Business Journal
  Coding Dojo opens its Bellevue campus to teach refugees

  The Columbus Dispatch
  Somali refugee in Columbus hopes to be reunited with wife, kids after lawsuit settlement over Trump order

  The Jerusalem Post
  US gov’t settles lawsuit brought by Jewish groups against refugee ban

  The Seattle Times
  Coronavirus crisis leaves food banks strapped for volunteers and donations, facing increased demand

  The Times of Israel
  US government settles lawsuit brought by Jewish groups against refugee ban

  HIAS
  Lawsuit Settlement Will Help Reunite Refugee Families

  Cleveland Jewish News
  US government settles lawsuit brought by Jewish groups against refugee ban

  KOMO News
  Seattle court settlement may help refugees delayed by travel ban

• 2018

  The Times of Israel
  The murder of Lori Kaye: A time to join together

  Seattle Times
  If not now, when? Let us live to our highest aspirations, not our greatest fears

  King5
  ‘Hate won’t win:’ Thousands attend Seattle vigil honoring Pittsburgh synagogue victims

  KUOW
  Thousands in Seattle attend community vigil for Pittsburgh shooting victims

  Seattle Times
  ‘We will arise’: Thousands gather in Seattle for vigil mourning Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

  The Seattle Times
  A justice system that re-traumatizes assault survivors

  KUOW
  Trump Wants Fewer Refugees. Here’s What That Could Mean for Seattle.

  The Globalist
  Artists Bring Spotlight to Global Refugee Issues in ARTvocacy Exhibit

  Crosscut
  How the Farm Bill Will Hurt the Most Vulnerable

  King5 News
  Holocaust Remembrance Day
  (Interview begins at 47-second mark.)

  Jewish In Seattle Magazine
  Politics and Connectivity are Burning Us Out

• 2017
  KUOW
  Ukrainan Refugees Arrive at SeaTac During Tenous Legal Window

  Seattle PI
  Seattle Jews Rally for Refugees

• 2016
  Seattle Times
  Time to reach out, not retreatJewish in Seattle
  In Good Hands

  Alpha Omega Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program Newsletter
  October 2016 (Page 8)

  KUOW Radio
  Iranian refugee couple starts new life in Seattle

  Jewish in Seattle
  10 Ways Seattle Became a Jewish City

  Seattle Times
  Mentoring Program Helps Refugees Start Anew in Their Professional Fields

  Sight Line
  Embedding Jewish Education Into Agency Wiring: JFS and Project Kavod

  Jewish in Seattle
  Dental Fraternity Provides Free Care to JFS Patients

• 2015
  Jewish in Seattle
  Etan Basseri on How to Help Refugees
  A Profile of Project Kavod Director Beth Huppin
  Jewish Leaders Discuss Domestic Violence

  KUOW
  Refugees Rely on Host Families as Seattle-Area Rents Rise

  KIRO TV
  Rabbi Celebrates Start of Hanukkah, Supports Syrian Refugees

  Seattle Times
  We Must Not Lock Our Door on Refugees out of Blind Fear

  The Washington Post
  What the Book of Jonah Can Teach Us About the Global Refugee Crisis

  The Washington Post
  On Purim, Are Jews Obligated to Give Money to Panhandlers?

  KUOW
  Refugees Get Friends in Powerful Places with Seattle Job Program

  King5 TV
  JFS Securing Jobs, Futures for Seattle-Area Refugees

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