‘We implore you to be the leaders we desperately need at this moment,’ the rabbis wrote in a letter to Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul
A group of 70 rabbis, clergy and liberal Jewish groups are calling on New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul to resist President Donald Trump’s mass deportation orders, drawing a parallel to the biblical story of King Pharaoh’s decree to kill Hebrew boys in ancient Egypt.
“We read in the Book of Exodus of how a new Pharaoh arose over Egypt who scapegoated and marginalized the Israelites, spinning a narrative that they were a threat and needed to be suppressed and ultimately enslaved,” the 70 rabbis wrote in a letter addressing New York governmental leaders. The group compared themselves to the Egyptian midwives who refused to comply with Pharaoh’s decree. “We refuse to be among the silent or compliant today,” the signatories wrote. “We implore you to be the leaders we desperately need at this moment, and do all you can to resist Trump’s terrifying anti-immigrant agenda.”
