

Pesach Update: Immigration Detention
Over the past week, Tzelem members and friends have begun to look at the issue of immigration detention. You can read reflections from a number of those involved below: SERMON: This Pesach help end indefinite detention by Rabbi Lea Mühlstein http://www.npls.org.uk/Sermons/5775/First-day-Pesach.5775.html THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Rabbi Alexandra Wright http://www.ljs.org/a-place-of-prayer/thought-of-the-week/1698// D'VAR TORAH: by Student Rabbi Daniel Lichman http://www.lbc.ac.u

Press Release- Rabbis and Jewish charity mark Pesach by visiting asylum-seekers in detention
Rabbis and Jewish charity mark Pesach by visiting asylum-seekers in detention Tzelem, the cross-communal rabbinic call for social justice, and René Cassin, the Jewish human rights charity, are marking the festival of Pesach by visiting asylum-seekers detained in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. The visit is being co-ordinated by the charity Detention Action. The UK is currently the only country in Europe where asylum-seekers can be detained indefinitely. Some are hel