Orthodox Jewish Groups Have Been Quiet About ICE. This Minneapolis Rabbi Wasn’t.

Orthodox Jewish groups have been quiet about ICE. This Minneapolis rabbi wasn’t.

When the heads of major Jewish denominations co-signed a letter last week criticizing “in the strongest possible terms” the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis, Orthodox Judaism was conspicuously absent. Neither the Orthodox Union nor Agudath Israel of America — the two leading Orthodox umbrella organizations — has commented on the mass deployment of ICE and Border Patrol officers to the city. There’s a reason Orthodox …

Is the U.S. running a concentration camp system?

The immigration enforcement crackdown orchestrated by President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has drawn parallels to some of the darkest moments in history, including the use of concentration camps. Mass arrests of thousands of immigrants, including nighttime and after-school raids, the use of children as bait, and the shooting of a civilian monitor — all of it leads back to a network of notorious prison…