Day: 27. December 2014

A Christmas Story

For the Christmas Mass at Dawn, a group of Migrant Workers presently in Israel decided to walk to Bethlehem from Jerusalem. While they walked they talked about various personal experiences of what is going on in their own countries and in Jerusalem. Their conversation went something like this: In Brazil there is big problem of human trafficking, mostly women and children. Also in Guatemala the situation is very challenging. Many people illegally migrate to the U.S. in order to look for better jobs. This situation affects their families terribly. Israel also is full of Migrant Workers, who are here illegally. Along with that, the anti-Semitism around the world is a great concern for all the Jews and Christian Jewish interfaith groups. In Egypt there is so much poverty, and education is very basic, and people are so preoccupied about earning enough, that they maintain two or three jobs just to be able to feed their families. This is the sad reality today. You know in the Philippines, corruption and human rights violations are increasing. As …