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Download our human rights haggadah T’ruah’s updated haggadah helps transform the seder into a conversation about immigration, racism, workers’ rights, and forced labor. Filled with insightful comments and thought-provoking questions, reflections from activists in the field, and full-color artwork done by detained immigrant children and forced labor survivors, the haggadah can serve as the full...

March 27, 2020 As the weeks go on, I’m hearing from more and more of you who are ill yourselves, worrying about friends or family who are ill, or mourning deaths. I’m sending much love and prayers for healing your way. This week has been dominated by conversations about how many deaths would be acceptable...

Rabbi Jill Jacobs explores how Rabbi Moshe Avigdor Amiel's words might form the basis for a new approach to Zionism and to Israel that can lead us toward a political solution.

NEW YORK — In the face of escalating attacks, over 250 North American rabbis and cantors called on the Israeli government to stop settler violence against Palestinians by arresting and charging perpetrators and by dismantling illegal outposts. A letter detailing their concerns was organized by T’ruah, a rabbinic human rights organization that represents over 2,300...

February 10, 2022 Dear Ambassador Herzog, In recent months, we have seen an alarming increase in frequent and violent attacks on Palestinians by settlers. A recent study shows that the majority of incidents take place in areas near outposts that are considered illegal even by Israeli law. As Jewish clergy and members of T’ruah, a...

T'ruah is marking a decade of historic partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW).

This drawing-near is ultimately what leads to Joseph’s emotions overwhelming him; breaking from silence into sobbing, he orders the room cleared and then reveals himself to his brothers. Our drawing-near is also what engaged our emotions and drew us from silence into speech.

Rabbi Jill Jacobs: "Too often, we have given Netanyahu and other right wing politicians standing ovations in our own communities, even as they incite violence against their own citizens, woo Kahanists into the Knesset, and implement de facto annexation of the West Bank."

Prayers, text studies, divrei Torah, and general advice to the Jewish community, particularly white Jews, about how to be effective allies in this essential cause.

2025 Honorees Stephanie Rapp, Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award Stephanie Rapp has held leadership roles in family philanthropy, UN agencies, and non-profit organizations. During her 20 year tenure at the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, she helped create several initiatives that ultimately became Upstart; Bend the Arc; the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable; the Rabbi at GLIDE,...