
A City of Migrants: Today and After WWII
How today’s asylum crisis parallels the story of Shoah refugees

Sat, Sep 9, 2023
9 P.M. ET
Ansche Chesed
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Following the Shoah, New York City absorbed more than 140,000 survivors, including some who would become our own family and friends. In the last year, some 90,000 Latin American migrants have poured into New York, with some 50,000 still in temporary shelters. Like the refugees 75 years ago, today’s asylum seekers are lodged in hotels and empty offices, verifying Mark Twain’s famous observation: “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
Forward journalist Andrew Silverstein wrote “In New York, migrants crowd into hotels seeking shelter — just like Jewish refugees did after WWII” about the way today’s asylum crisis parallels the story of Shoah refugees.
Join Ansche Chesed on Selichot evening for a conversation with Silverstein, Rabbi Hammerman, Charlie Davidson, who has led Ansche Chesed’s efforts to aid refugees, and former member Joe Berger, who at 5 years old was among those fleeing Europe for America.
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