Jewish leaders join welfare reform blast
by The Jewish community, in coalition with others, will speak out in San Francisco Monday, April 14 on behalf of elderly and infirm, Critics say the law will deny basic assistance to legal immigrants and refugees who are unable to work because of old age, menta
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Other groups represented at the noon gathering will be the Bay Area Council of Jewish Rescue and Renewal, the S.F.-based Jewish Family and Children's Services, Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Vocational Services, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco and S.F.'s Congregation Beth Sholom.
They will join individuals and groups that include the Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Chinatown Resource Center, Interfaith Coalition for Immigrants, representatives of senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein and San Francisco supervisors Leslie Katz and Mabel Teng. Refugees will also speak.
The press conference will coincide with a mass national rally at the U.S. Capitol for legal immigrants. The rally is sponsored by the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews and the American Association of Jews from the Former Soviet Union.
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