How chassidic activist Moshe Margareten saved desperate Afghans from the Taliban
Even for someone like Moshe Margareten, who’s grown used to dramatic reunions ever since a prison reform effort he spearheaded became law three years ago, the scene last month was moving.
“The mother got very emotional,” says Margareten, who founded the Tzedek Association, which focuses on inmate services. “She told me, ‘The kindness that you showed me is the reason my late husband chose to work with the United States.’ ”
Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban triggered a rush to rescue the myriad individuals and groups whom the radical group deem a threat to their version of pure Islamic governance, or who collaborated with the departed Coalition troops. Margareten has become one of these saviors, an unlikely label for someone who regularly travels to his rebbe in New Square.
“Happy to report that we were blessed to help 61 men, women, and children evacuate from Afghanistan yesterday!” he tweeted, referring to a women’s soccer team, a judge, and several prosecutors.
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