Hi Alipac Readers ,Found this Interesting article in the Jerusalum Post about a push for Amnesty by U.S. Jewish rabbis and activists and their petition to Congress; Portion of article as follows:


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Apr 4, 2009 23:35 | Updated Apr 5, 2009 2:15
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By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT, WASHINGTON



Also on Capitol Hill on Thursday, a coalition of rabbis and Jewish community activists were joined by members of Congress at the presentation of a petition with thousands of signatures calling for comprehensive immigration reform.

The petition urges the government to take legislative action rather than conduct wide-scale raids on illegal immigrants, a practice that began to occur with increasing frequency once former president George W. Bush's attempt at overhauling immigration policy failed with no resolution on how to handle the millions of foreigners without work permits in America. The Obama administration has been reviewing the issue ahead of unveiling a new policy on the contentious subject.

A gathering of rabbis representing Judaism's four major branches as well as Jewish immigration activists, including the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, one of America's oldest immigrant aid groups, was in Washington to present the petitions, signed by 3,600 people, ahead of Pessah.

Rabbi Morris Allen of the Conservative Beth Jacob Congregation in Minneapolis-Saint Paul linked their effort, dubbed "Progress by Passover," to the tenets of the holiday at the Thursday event.

"Our liberation [from Egypt] did not lead us to self-pride or gloating or forgetfulness of our roots," Allen said. "Rather we internalized the message of never forgetting those on the margins - those new migrant workers, those new people in need of liberation."

The coalition was welcomed by two Jewish members of Congress, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-New York), who said they would urge immigration reform that would act humanely toward the 12 million undocumented workers in America.