“Refugees in America” is a timely, important, and deeply moving testament to the profound ways in which refugees have enriched our nation. By letting refugees tell their stories, Rabbi Lee Bycel reminds us of their humanity and our responsibilities to help them. You may pre-order the book through Napa Bookmine: elayna@napabookmine.com.

68.5 million individuals have been forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of
persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations.
We are now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record.
(UN Refugee Agency)

The plight of refugees is a major global crisis. One person was displaced every two seconds in the past year. (www.Actionagainsthunger.org)  The vast majority of the countries hosting refugees are among the world’s least developed. Refugee status is rarely temporary. More than half the refugees around the globe are under the age of 18, even though children make up 31 percent of the world’s population. 

Description of Evening
This evening brings together a refugee and resettlement expert, medical workers who work in refugee camps, and an engaged audience.  Presentations will overview the refugee crises and recent accounts of the refugee camps in Lesbos, Greece and the Mexican Border. A light dinner will be served and audience members will engaged in round-table discussions of the refugee crises and potential actions.  

Alicia Svigals, the world’s foremost klezmer fiddler and founder of the Klezmatics, teams up with Uli Geissendoerfer, jazz and world music pianist/composer, to bring life to the lost melodies from the early 20^th-century fieldwork of Ukrainian Moshe Beregovski – and to re-imagine them into something new and alive to pass along future generations of listeners and players.