Jews and Latinos: Finding Common Ground
Last week, the Jewish social justice group Bend the Arc joined a clamorous immigration reform rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC. And back in June, the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly gathered the signatures of 1,300 Jewish clergy from different denominations on a joint letter to Congress calling for an overhaul of current immigration policy.
Jewish involvement in Latino political interests is by no means a recent phenomenon and the relationship between the two communities has certainly come to bear at the ballot box, from Los Angeles to New York. Indeed, a growing, thriving American Jewish-Latino coalition, defined by politics, economics and cultural cooperation, is starting to come into focus.
According to the Bend the Arc website, organizers estimated around 15,000 people attended the rally.
You can find more information about the rally on the Bend the Arc site.
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