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Rabbi among dozens arrested in faith leaders’ anti-ICE protest in Minnesota

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ProtestJewish EthicsImmigrationJewish Social JusticeTruahCivil DisobedienceMinneapolisInterfaithIceRabbi Emma Kippley Ogman

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman, the Jewish and interfaith chaplain at Macalester College in St. Paul, was briefly detained by police alongside leaders of other faiths while staging a protest at the airport."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"In an Instagram video from the airport, Rabbi Daniel Kirzane of the Reform KAM Isaiah Israel in Chicago, wearing a beanie from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, said he had come to the protest because the Torah teaches us that society and government are meant to protect people, not to scare them and not to brutalize them."
Gary, Indiana, United States
"What did we learn from the Holocaust? We have to act and we have to resist, one visiting rabbi, Diane Tracht of Reform-affiliated Temple Israel near Gary, Indiana, told Religion News Service while patrolling a heavily Hispanic and Somali region looking for ICE activity."
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
"Rabbi Aaron Weininger, who leads the Conservative Adath Jeshurun Congregation in Minnetonka, was also demonstrating at the airport and witnessed Kippley-Ogmans arrest."
Mendota Heights, Minnesota, United States
"In Jewish tradition, when a community faces crisis, violence, injustice or moral collapse, we do not look away. The Talmud describes an ancient custom of instituting communal fast days, Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm, senior rabbi at the Conservative Beth Jacob Congregation in Mendota Heights, said during an interfaith press conference earlier in the week."
New York City, New York, United States
"A planned anti-ICE rally in New York City Friday afternoon was set to feature Rabbi Stephanie Kolin, of Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, as one of the speakers."

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