Helping refugees in Wisconsin navigate upheaval, uncertainty and fear

By: Ruth Conniff

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 1,333

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Zabi Sahibzada, refugee resettlement director for Jewish Social Services (JSS) in Madison, Wisconsin, has lived through war, displacement, the collapse of Afghanistan and the cataclysmic consequences of shifting U.S. policies abroad and at home.

Today, even as our country plunges into a new war in the Middle East, the Trump administration has pulled back from its commitments to people who helped the U.S. during the long, brutal war in Afghanistan.

Sahibzada talks to …

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