HIAS Refugee Shabbat Service and Dinner

Friday, April 4, 2025 • 6 Nisan 5785

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Welcoming the Stranger is one of Judaism’s core values. This year CBJ will celebrate HIAS Refugee Shabbat during Kabbalat Shabbat services on Friday, April 4, 6:00 pm. The guest speakers will be congregant Bruce Ditman, who will describe his family’s resettlement by HIAS after World War II, and Herbert Brockman, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Mishkan Israel, who will discuss current efforts by faith organizations to help refugees. To make a donation to JCARR or HIAS please click here.

The dinner following the service is $18 per person. Please register below:

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Wed, November 19 2025
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