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Statements
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A letter from Rabbi Jill Jacobs on the inauguration of Donald Trump
January 20, 2025
Dear T’ruah Community, By the time we reach this week’s Torah reading, the Israelites have been enslaved for generations. Children are born into slavery to parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents who have never known freedom. No wonder the people have little appetite for Moses’ lofty promises of liberation. “They would not listen to Moses, out of kotzer...
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Rabbis Welcome Hostage Agreement; Urge Final Agreement to Bring Home Remaining Hostages, End War
January 15, 2025
WASHINGTON – On January 15, Israel and Hamas agreed to an initial hostage agreement that will free 33 hostages, primarily women, children, elderly, and wounded Israelis, as well as hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, and allow Palestinians to return to Northern Gaza. T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights — an organization that...
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Rabbis Urge Senate to Vote No on Anti-Immigrant Laken Riley Act
January 14, 2025
WASHINGTON – On January 7, The House passed H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, which would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain any undocumented migrant accused, charged, or convicted of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. As the legislation passed to the Senate, T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights — an organization...
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Rabbis Urge House Members to Block H.R. 9495
November 19, 2024
T'ruah urges members to vote against the bill, which the organization argued would make it too easy for President-elect Trump to target non-profit organizations.
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Rabbis Call on U.S. to Stop Transfer of Offensive Weapons to Israel
November 15, 2024
U.S. military aid, funded by American taxpayers, must be used in compliance with U.S. law, international humanitarian law, and the laws of armed conflict.
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Joint Statement on Stand Together Event
November 8, 2024
This is a critical moment in history for Jewish unity. But unity should not be misconstrued as uniformity.
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U.S. Rabbis React to Re-Election of President Trump
November 6, 2024
Yesterday, the politics of fear, misogyny, racism, and xenophobia scored a victory.
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Over 60 Rabbis, Cantors Keep Peace at Polls in Battleground States
November 5, 2024
At T'ruah, we are deeply committed to the Jewish values of pursuing justice and dignity. Serving as Poll Chaplains is an extension of this commitment, embodying our belief that every individual has the right to vote freely, safely, and without intimidation.
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270 American Rabbis and Cantors Condemn President Trump, Senator Vance for Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric
October 10, 2024
We stand in solidarity with Haitians in our communities and hometowns — and with all immigrants seeking dignified futures for themselves and their families.
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A letter from Rabbi Jill Jacobs on the anniversary of October 7
October 7, 2024
In the face of a world where hatred and cruelty seem to flourish more and more every day, our values and our commitments have not changed and will not change.