Daily Podcasts Video Research

American synagogues are being forced into a terrible choice: Collaborate with ICE or risk our own safety

JL;DR SUMMARY With increasing ICE operations in cities like Minneapolis, American synagogues face a critical issue: whether to accept security funding from the Department of Homeland Security, which now comes with conditions, including cooperation with ICE and restrictions on diversity initiatives, or risk their own safety. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

SynagoguesImmigrationJewish ValuesSecurityCommunity SafetySanctuaryIceFederal GrantsDhsNonprofit Security Grants Program

Places mentioned

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"The occupation of Minneapolis by ICE is terrifying and ominous."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Last August, my congregation in Philadelphia, Kol Tzedek, joined with dozens of synagogues and Jewish organizations."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 75076
Cairo Source ID 42
Retrieved 2026-02-11 18:00:33 UTC
Curated 2026-02-11 19:00:32 UTC