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Being a good citizen seems easy at first glance: just follow the laws and be a mensch. But then it gets harder when Isaiah tells us to embrace those who are not like us in our communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isaiah calls them foreigners \u201cwho attach themselves to God \u2026 who keep Shabbat.\u201d In this part of Isaiah, we read a lot about the second Exodus that will bring back the exiles to their ancestral customs and land. But this return is not the return to the past! Nothing will be as it once was (or as it is imagined to have been). This includes the people of Israel itself. Foreigners, we read, now form an integral part of God\u2019s plan for Israel.\u00a0 God Godself will guide them to God\u2019s sacred mount, and God\u2019s house now will be called \u201ca house of prayer for all people.\u201d The most precious gift is reserved for those who are childless, who must make a home in a strange place without the comfort of family. More than sons or daughters, God will give them a monument and a name\u2014<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yad vashem<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a name, furthermore, that will not perish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am in the process of becoming a US citizen, and much in this chapter feels very real. It is not enough for immigrants to assimilate, to learn the language, wear the right clothes, and acquire the customs and mores of our new home\u2014as if that was not hard enough! But if society does not actively welcome us, we are not at home, no matter how much we think we are like everybody else. Unfortunately, Isaiah does not tell us how we this should be done, but his message has implications for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making space is an active process. 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