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Undocumented people need Jewish allies. Why can't they find them?

Summarizing Analucía Lopezrevoredo in Forward · Published Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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JL;DR SUMMARY Analucía Lopezrevoredo, a Latin Jewish woman and former undocumented immigrant, urges the Jewish community to support undocumented immigrants amid escalating immigration crackdowns. 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'.

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Jewish History  Jewish Ethics  Immigration  Jewish Values  Civil Rights  Solidarity  Undocumented Immigrants  Ice  Latin Jewish Community 

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"Hundreds of high school students participate in a protest entitled A Day Without Immigrants in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 4."
Havana, Cuba
"In 1939, the MS St. Louis was infamously denied entry to Cuba, the U.S. and Canada while carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany."
United States
"In 1939, the MS St. Louis was infamously denied entry to Cuba, the U.S. and Canada while carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany."
Canada
"In 1939, the MS St. Louis was infamously denied entry to Cuba, the U.S. and Canada while carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany."
Israel
"Within the last century alone, Jews were turned away from the U.S., Canada, much of Latin America, and even the Yishuv in pre-state Israel."
Italy
"Through the clandestine Bricha and Aliyah Bet movements, they traveled on foot across war-torn Europe to ports in Italy and France."
France
"Through the clandestine Bricha and Aliyah Bet movements, they traveled on foot across war-torn Europe to ports in Italy and France."
Argentina
"In Latin America, during the early 20th century, Jewish immigration was often a story of unofficial routes and bureaucratic navigation. Countries like Argentina, Brazil and Mexico welcomed Jewish immigrants at times, but also introduced restrictions and quotas in the 1930s and 1940s."
Brazil
"In Latin America, during the early 20th century, Jewish immigration was often a story of unofficial routes and bureaucratic navigation. Countries like Argentina, Brazil and Mexico welcomed Jewish immigrants at times, but also introduced restrictions and quotas in the 1930s and 1940s."
Mexico
"In Latin America, during the early 20th century, Jewish immigration was often a story of unofficial routes and bureaucratic navigation. Countries like Argentina, Brazil and Mexico welcomed Jewish immigrants at times, but also introduced restrictions and quotas in the 1930s and 1940s."
Shanghai, China
"In Shanghai, a rare haven for Jews escaping Nazi-occupied Europe, entry was possible only because the city required no visa at the time."
Peru
"School districts across Southern California, where I lived after coming to the U.S. from Peru, have reported students missing after news of ICE activity."

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