What does HIAS stand for?

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

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Samples in periodicals archive:

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A Bum Wrap: Burying Ted Kennedy with the Israeli Flag

Mark Hetfield, senior vice president for programs and policy at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, said his group has settled 117 refugees from Bhutan this year and expects to double the number in 2009.

Refugees from Bhutan settle in Pittsburgh

They cajoled, persuaded, and bargained with Jews in Detroit to sign affidavits for distant relatives or even strangers whose names appeared on survivor lists from the Joint Distribution Committee and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS).

Detroit's Reactions to the Holocaust and the New Immigrants

This enforcement-only approach creates massive human suffering, separation of families and economic dislocation," Gideon Aronoff, CEO of the New York-based Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, said earlier this month.

Immigration rally planned in Iowa meatpacking town

Their cause was taken up by Congressman Holt, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry (Trenton), the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, the Church World Services/Immigration and Refugee Program, and the Arab American Institute.

Family of Hate Crime Victim Granted U.S. Residency Due to Efforts by ...

It's a sign of the times, with legitimate fear of terrorism morphing into an inability to distinguish between people who are terrorists and people who are victims of terrorism and asylum seekers," said Gideon Aronoff, president and CEO of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.

Homeland Security changes asylum rules

as refugees as a result of that conduct," said Melanie Nezer, an attorney for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, who is coordinating a working group aimed at changing the laws.

Anti-terror laws exclude Vietnam allies

as refugees as a result of that conduct," said Melanie Nezer, an attorney for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, who is coordinating a working group aimed at changing the laws.

Anti-terror laws hurting Viet War allies