With an estimated 22.5 million refugees worldwide, these Jewish families and organizations in the Diaspora are recognizing the imperative to be kind to the stranger, no matter what their religion.
Shoshana and Faraj were halfway through the 15-minute walk from the train station to her home when she felt compelled to say something. “I have to tell you straight off, we’re Jewish,” she told the young man about to live with her family.
Faraj, 22, who had escaped Aleppo and the Syrian civil war four years earlier, smiled: “That’s amazing, I’ve never met anyone Jewish before.”
In a sudden burst of honesty, he added, “And I just have to tell you – I’m gay.”
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