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has helped to settle Syrian refugees in the city. In 2015, the IRC helped 26 Syrian refugees settle in Baltimore, 11 of whom were children. The Baltimore-based Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service has also been active in supporting Syrian immigrants and refugees in Baltimore. Catholic Relief
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movements have vocalized support for Syrian refugees. Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg of Beth Am, a Conservative synagogue in Baltimore, has expressed support for Syrian refugees in Baltimore. Beth Am congregants have voiced concerned about stereotypes of Syrian Muslims and
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population. The Syrian-American community is centered in East Baltimore. While Syrian-Americans have had a presence in Baltimore for over a century, most Syrians in Baltimore are recent immigrants and refugees who have fled the
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There is a Baltimore-based Syrian-American catering collective known as Aleppo Kitchen. The group is run by 20 Syrian refugee women and is supported by the Muslim Social Services Agency of Baltimore.
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Services, Lutheran World Relief, and other Christian organizations in Baltimore have assisted Syrians and Syrian-Americans by building safe shelters for refugees, sending supplies to
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is available in Baltimore through a catering service called Mazza From Heaven. The catering service is run by two Syrian-Jewish mothers and offers traditional Syrian-Jewish and
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Immigrants and their children, 1920. A study based on census statistics relative to the foreign born and the native white of foreign or mixed parentage
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The Syrian community in Baltimore grew in size following the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. Following the
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Parker, Rt. Rev. Edward Melville, et al (for the Episcopal Church, Missionary Dept. of New England). (1913).
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Refugee Youth Project, 650 to 750 Syrian refugees were being settled in Baltimore each year as of 2015.
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community in Baltimore has been active in supporting the resettlement of Syrian refugees. The
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claimed that there were no Syrians in Baltimore and only a few wealthy Syrians in nearby
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This Is How One Group In Baltimore Is Helping Syrian Refugees Start Over In America
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urging members of Congress to learn from Jewish history and welcome all refugees.
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has written about growing up in Baltimore as the daughter of Syrian immigrants.
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There are no Syrians in Baltimore, and a few only in Washington (well-to-do)...
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Syrians refugees resettling in Baltimore & Climate change, just the facts
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In 2018, a documentary about Syrian-Americans in Baltimore premiered titled
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Of 4 Million Syrian Refugees, The U.S. Has Taken Fewer Than 1,000
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Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building
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Index

Ethnicity in Baltimore
African Americans
Africans
Appalachians
Caribbeans
Czechs
Ethiopians
French
Germans
Greeks
Hispanics and Latinos
Irish
Italians
Jews
Koreans
Lithuanians
Native Americans
Poles
Russians
Syrians
Ukrainians
White Americans
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