"HIAS stands for a world in which refugees find welcome, safety, and freedom."
POWERFUL FILM ABOUT HIAS
Please click on the link above to be taken to a short film about HIAS. MY HERO awarded the 2017 Humanitarian Award to HIAS for this film.
HIAS saves the lives of those who are the most vulnerable of the refugees. A Refugee is any person forced to flee from their country by violence or persecution. Beginning in a small storefront in Manhattan in 1888, a group of Jewish acquaintances, friends, and family worked hard to help fellow Jews get safely to America and formed the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). Many Jews around the world were unable to help themselves at the time due to systematic governmental and societal mistreatment of the Jewish people in Eastern Europe and around the world. The sheer power of HIAS has its testament in having helped over 4.5 million Jews flee to safety to the point where the Jewish people are now mostly resettled, giving way for the organization to turn its focus everywhere else. For the past 10-15 years HIAS has been helping to resettle Syrian refugees, LGBT refugees in Kenya and Uganda, victims of sexual violence, and many more. HIAS is determined to keep making this country one that welcomes refugees.
For a more detailed explanation on the fascinating history of HIAS please go to:
https://www.hias.org/history
HEROES HELP HEROES
Eva Haller
Eva is a Hungarian-American philanthropist, activist, executive and Board Member. She is Board Chair of Free the Children and was awarded Mentor of the Year award at Forbes' Power Redefined Women's Summit. HIAS helped Eva flee the Nazis and to arrive safely in America.
Milana Vayntraub
Milana Vayntraub, aka Jill from Eko, Lily from the At&t commercials, and much more utilizes her fame and earnings to be a agent of good for the Syrian refugee crisis. Through her website www.Cantdonothing.org she partners with HIAS in taking responsibility for the refugees. HIAS is the organization that paved the way for one year old Milana and her family to settle in West Hollywood from Uzbekistan.
Regina Spektor
Born in Moscow in 1980, Regina Spektor and her family fled the Soviet Union in 1989 due to religious persecution before settling in New York. A classically trained pianist, Spektor has gained worldwide fame as a singer-songwriter, embracing a range of eclectic style. She sings the theme to Netflix sensation Orange Is The New Black, and has performed for Barack Obama.
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