Temple Micah’s Sukkat Shalom team has been honored to partner with We Are CASA, a high-impact organization that provides social services, economic empowerment, and policy advocacy in support of immigrant communities across our region. CASA now runs three Worker Welcome Centers in Montgomery County—safe spaces where individuals can connect with employers looking to hire day Continue Reading »
Supporting A Migrant Family Impacted by Detention or Deportation Sukkat Shalom is exploring a new initiative: supporting a migrant family impacted by detention or deportation through the Migrant Support Mutual Aid Network’s Post Detention Care (PDC) program. The Opportunity To launch this project, we need a core group of volunteers who are willing to make a six-month commitment, some (but not Continue Reading »
Donation Collection: Friday, May 29 – Saturday, June 6, 2026 Please join Sukkat Shalom as we partner with Ayuda in gathering menstrual pads for low-income refugees in our area. Periods are a basic fact of human existence. Hygiene products are a necessity, not a luxury. SNAP benefits (food stamps) and subsidies under the WIC (women, Continue Reading »
Blasting shofars, blowing whistles, and chanting “Abolish ICE,” 600 Jews protested at the headquarters of ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) on February 11, demanding an immediate end to ICE’s lawless behavior. Protesters carried placards emblazoned, “Resisting Tyrants since Pharaoh,” “Rejecting Kings since 1776,” “ICE is a Shonda,” and “We’ve seen this before. It doesn’t end Continue Reading »
On the events taking place in Minnesota and around the country January 26, 2026 Dear Friends, We are horrified as we process the news coming out of Minnesota and other cities where ICE is operating with heightened force—including by the murder of Alex Pretti this past Shabbat. As Rabbi Slakman shared in her Friday night remarks, Continue Reading »
Bring gift cards to services or to the Micah office now through Hanukkah! Sukkat Shalom suggests cards from all affordable grocery stores in the DMV, as well as Walmart, Target, CVS and Visa/Mastercard gift cards. Please include your name and email and note the dollar amount on the card. We will distribute them to partner Continue Reading »
by Shelley Fidler They work with two refugee families. They support a HIAS paralegal and are recruiting pro bono lawyers to assist asylum seekers. They are exploring new partnerships with refugee organizations in the area. Who are these people? They are members of Sukkat Shalom — Temple Micah’s Shelter of Peace — who want to Continue Reading »
With overwhelmingly generous support from the Temple Micah community, Sukkat Shalom was honored in February to welcome and help resettle Amir, Sharifa and their two young children, who left Afghanistan last year in search of a better life in America. The family has made great progress, and Amir now hopes to purchase a car to Continue Reading »
By Jan Gordon with the Sukkat Shalom Committee Refugees seek liberation and find new freedoms. They are also strangers in a new land and feel the melancholy of missed loved ones and worry when family members who remain in their home country face danger and hardship. Temple Micah’s work with Sukkat Shalom (Shelter of Peace), Continue Reading »
Jewish tradition reminds us again and again of the obligation that comes with freedom: to welcome, protect, and love the stranger. Freedom is not only for us to benefit from; we are required to help others access it as well. As we all watched the fall of Afghanistan in horror last summer, Temple Micah’s immigrant Continue Reading »
Sukkat Shalom’s partner resettlement agency, Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSS), has given us the path forward to welcome an Afghan family to the DMV by serving as a Good Neighbor Program (GNP) partner. There are families in nearby military bases waiting to resettle in new homes; to continue to prepare for Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, Thank you! Sukkat Shalom (Shelter of Peace) came to you last spring to ask for your help in funding a Migrant Support Paralegal with our partners at HIAS. Because of your amazing generosity, we are thrilled to announce that we have succeeded and are moving forward with this project! THANK YOU to all Continue Reading »
We are all watching the news from Afghanistan with deep distress. We worry about the safety and future of ALL Afghans as the Taliban takes control of their homeland. Members of the Micah community have been reaching out to Sukkat Shalom, asking how they can help, and specifically asking about the Afghan family that Temple Continue Reading »
Dear Friends– We strive to be a community that looks outside of ourselves and strives to make an impact in the wider world in ways large and small. Sukkat Shalom (Shelter of Peace) is one of our community’s most significant efforts to turn outward by supporting refugees and migrants. We need your help to reach Continue Reading »