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HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society [5]) is a Jewish American nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees. It was established on November 27, 1881, originally to help the large number of Russian Jewish immigrants to the United States who had left Europe to escape antisemitic persecution and violence. [1]
Mark Wischnitzer was born on May 10, 1882, in Rovno, Russia.He studied at the University of Vienna and University of Berlin, and he received his doctorate in 1906.. Wischnitzer served as editor of the history section of the Russian-language Jewish Encyclopedia from 1908 to 1913, and later as the editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica published in
The Toyota HiAce (Japanese: トヨタ・ハイエース, Hepburn: Toyota Haiēsu) (pronounced "High Ace") is a light commercial vehicle produced by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota.
“We’re not getting any useful guidance from the government right now,” said Mark Hetfield, president of HIAS, the Jewish refugee resettlement agency. Most of the organization’s budget is from federal funding. “We will fight the government on this,” Hetfield said. The Trump administration has halted new refugee admissions.
Early actors in assisting refugees were the International Rescue Committee, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), and Church World Service (CWS) who helped thousands of refugees resettle in cities throughout the United States before the end of 1946. In the early stage of refugee resettlement in the U.S., faith communities in the United ...
In a July 23, 2024, Facebook post, Dialogo Diverso announced that HIAS [Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society] Ecuador, another State Department grantee, had helped provide funding for the program as well.
In the arrangement, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), an American organization, paid King Hassan II of Morocco a per capita fee for every Moroccan Jew who migrated to Israel. About 90,000 to 97,000 left for Israel by plane and ship from Casablanca and Tangier via France and Italy .
On October 27, 2018, a right-wing extremist attacked Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation [b] synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The congregation, along with New Light Congregation and Congregation Dor Hadash, which also worshipped in the building, was attacked during Shabbat morning services.