Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
Resolution on Refugees from Kosovo
Resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees of the
Central Conference of American Rabbis, May 1999
We, who once were “strangers in a land not our own,” recognize the terrible and dehumanizing conditions under which Kosovar refugees are currently living and pray that soon they will be able to return to their communities in Kosovo in safety and security. We also commend the Administration for recently agreeing to accept 20,000 Kosovar refugees into this country. Should conditions for the refugees continue to deteriorate and delays continue in their safe repatriation, however, we are concerned that a cap of 20,000 will be inadequate to alleviate the hardship for the Kosovar refugees.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Central Conference of American Rabbis urge the United States government, if necessary, to increase the number of Kosovar refugees permitted to come to the United States to meet the changing conditions and needs of the Kosovar refugee population.