STRANGER who will take you in Stranger who will accept you as a neighbor
Desperate for a haven! Will we be there for you?
For we are taught:“ When strangers sojourn with you in your land, you shall do them no wrong. You shall treat the stranger as the native among you, and you shall love them as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.”
Mindful of our biblical teachings, mindful of our heritage of being a stranger, mindful of our humanity, we are here for you.
Maralee Gordon, AJR’ 01, serves as the Rabbi of McHenry County Jewish Congregation in Crystal Lake, Illinois, when she is not visiting her children and grandchildren in Katzrin, Israel, Melbourne, Australia, and Del Mar, California. For thirteen years she visited immigrants detained by ICE in the county jail and is now part of a local Rapid Response Team to protect immigrants from abuse and deportation.
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