T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
T’ruah brings the Torah’s ideals of human dignity, equality, and justice to life by empowering rabbis and cantors to be moral voices and to lead Jewish communities in advancing democracy and human rights for all people in the United States, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories.Cry aloud; do not be silent. Lift up your voice like a shofar.
— Isaiah 58:1
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Tell Congress: Don’t defund our communities for deportations!
We must protect our communities. True public safety means defending our neighbors, and investing in the infrastructure that our cities need.Featured
[Clergy Only] Know Your Rights Training: For Jewish Clergy
This training will help synagogues respond to immigration enforcements. It is geared towards congregational rabbis, cantors, and other leaders.
“Project Esther”: Exploiting Jewish Fear to Advance Dangerous Policy
Created in collaboration with The Nexus Project. Learn what Project Esther is, why it’s dangerous, how it’s showing up in policy right now, and what Jewish leaders can do about it. Plus: Texts related to the biblical Esther to explore with your communities and inspire your resistance. The perfect tool for pre-Purim text study or learning throughout the month of Adar.
Vote Hatikvah for World Zionist Congress
Hatikvah is a coalition of liberal and progressive American Jews.
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Pekudei: Learning From, Not Erasing, Our Broken Tablets
by Rabbi Elyse Wechterman |Pekudei
The administration is tearing apart the historical narrative of the United States, denying the verifiable truth that more people have been left out of the American dream than included in it, that brutality had a role in building this country, and that we have inherited both the gloriousness of the nation’s founding ideas and the shame of our failure to live up to them.
