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Statements
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Joint Statement from T’ruah Rabbis in Rhode Island and members of The Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode Island
August 15, 2019
We denounce and call for an investigation into the actions of the employees of this for-profit facility. We will remain steady in our commitment to nonviolent action, even in the face of such callous disregard for the lives and safety of our friends, congregants, students, and neighbors. As those of us present sang many times that evening, “Olam chesed yibaneh: We will build this world from love.”
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Reps. Omar and Tlaib Should Be Allowed Entrance to Israel
August 15, 2019
We stand with the Israeli Members of Knesset, and political and human rights leaders who have called for Netanyahu to reverse his decision, and support the right of Representatives Omar and Tlaib and every other Member of Congress to visit Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories in order to educate themselves about the realities there.
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Almost 300 Rabbis and Cantors Oppose Any Legislation Penalizing Supporters of the BDS Movement
July 30, 2019
The letter argues that the legislative obsession with seeking to suppress the BDS Movement ultimately harms and distracts from important efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via a peaceful, two-state solution. Its signers note that much of the anti-BDS legislation proposed or already passed at the federal and state level erases the distinction between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories that it controls beyond the Green Line.
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T’ruah Applauds NJ For Passing Nation’s Most Progressive Anti-Solitary Confinement Legislation
July 12, 2019
We congratulate the New Jersey Legislature and Gov. Murphy for taking a major step to end this form of torture, the T’ruah clergy who organized their own communities to support this legislation, the survivors of prolonged isolation, and our other coalition partners for this groundbreaking victory. We commit to working with T’ruah supporters across the country to ensure that other states quickly follow New Jersey’s lead.
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ICE Raids Cruel, Immoral and Inhumane
July 11, 2019
The Trump administration is acting like the leaders of the biblical Sodom, whose primary sin, according to rabbinic literature, was their abuse of foreigners and their xenophobia. The people of Sodom acted out of fear, hatred, and intolerance. It is shameful that our country is following their example. With these raids, our country is acting as another Sodom: A place where injustice masquerades as rule of law. We call on our leaders in government and law enforcement to be guided by justice and mercy, and to take a compassionate and moral approach to the immigrants who now call our country home.
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T’ruah Joins Nine Other Organizations to Launch Progressive Israel Network
June 24, 2019
T’ruah and nine other leading organizations representing Americans who are committed to pursuing democracy, equality and peace in Israel announced the launch of the Progressive Israel Network. The new coalition will provide a strong, unified voice in support of its members’ common goals: democracy and equal rights, religious freedom and pluralism, and a two-state solution that would secure a peaceful future for Israel and end the 52-year-long occupation.
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T’ruah Welcomes N.J. Solitary Confinement Bill Passage, Disappointed N.Y. Bill Not Brought to Vote
June 21, 2019
We applaud the New Jersey State Legislature for passing the Isolated Confinement Restriction Act that will dramatically restrict solitary confinement, and we call on New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to sign this bill into law immediately. We are disappointed, however, that New York State legislators failed to do the same, but that instead, in a backroom deal Thursday night, prevented the #HaltSolitary act from even coming to a vote.
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T’ruah and 9 Other Groups Ask Congress to Take Stand on Settlement Annexation
June 19, 2019
Read the letter T'ruah and nine other progressive pro-Israel organizations sent House leadership, calling on them to vote on and pass House Resolution 326, which reaffirms support for the two-state solution and opposes any US actions that would encourage or endorse unilateral Israeli annexations in the West Bank.
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T’ruah Joins Other Progressive Jewish Organizations Supporting Partnership Fund for Peace as Step toward 2-State Solution
June 5, 2019
T’ruah, Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, Hashomer Hatzair, J Street, the Jewish Labor Committee, New Israel Fund and Partners for Progressive Israel welcome the reintroduction of legislation to establish a Partnership Fund for Peace. The Fund will support people-to-people peacebuilding programs, which play an important role in building connections, understanding, and reconciliation between Israelis and...
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U.S. Should Let Hanan Ashrawi Visit
May 14, 2019
We damage our moral standing as a nation when we refuse entry to those with whom our political leaders disagree, and the U.S. further damages its status as an honest broker when it refuses entry to Palestinians, including a senior PLO representative. By refusing to engage with Palestinians or even allow them to visit our country, the administration only fosters hopelessness and extremism.