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Trump’s Fake Emergency Threatens Our Democracy
February 15, 2019
T’ruah is outraged that President Trump is advancing his racist, anti-immigrant agenda by concocting a phony “invasion” as grounds for declaring a fake national emergency in order to secure funding for his unnecessary border wall. This action represents a grave abuse of power that threatens our democracy. The more than 2,000 rabbis and cantors of...
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Senate Bill Penalizing Israeli Boycotts is Divisive and Counterproductive
January 29, 2019
In the 1927 free-speech case, Whitney v. California, Justice Louis Brandeis (who was also a Zionist leader) wrote, “the path of safety lies in the opportunity to discuss freely supposed grievances and proposed remedies, and that the fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones. Believing in the power of reason as applied through public discussion, [the United States’ founders] eschewed silence.. coerced by law -- the argument of force in its worst form. Recognizing the occasional tyrannies of governing majorities, they amended the Constitution so that free speech and assembly should be guaranteed.”
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Washington Post Covers T’ruah’s Work to Stop Flow of U.S. Money to Israeli Terrorist Groups
January 11, 2019
“Those of us who support Israel often complain about the Palestinian Authority’s payments to families of terrorists, including some who carried out horrific and fatal attacks on Israeli citizens,” Rabbi Jacobs writes in the Post. “We must speak just as loudly against the funding of terrorism and incitement by Israeli extremists, especially when American taxpayers finance these activities through subsidies of tax-exempt organizations.”
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Rubio’s Wrongheaded Anti-BDS Bill Threatens First Amendment Rights
January 8, 2019
Those of us who are committed both to a peaceful future for Israelis and Palestinians and to free speech must oppose this wrong-headed and dangerous legislation, which penalizes Americans for nonviolent political action and speech.
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T’ruah Applauds Final Congressional Approval of Anti-Trafficking Reauthorization Legislation
December 24, 2018
T’ruah Deputy Director Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster said: "The Jewish journey begins with the story of slavery to freedom But today, in order to make freedom possible for the millions of people held in forced labor--including thousands here in the United States--we need comprehensive laws to fight human trafficking that put survivors at the center and combat the root causes of why people are enslaved. I am proud that T'ruah has been part of the coalition efforts that once again ensured that the United States will lead in this critical fight for human rights."
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Rabbi Jill Jacobs: Israel Anti-Boycott Act is Wrong-Headed and Dangerous
December 20, 2018
Legislation that violates the First Amendment does nothing to help Israel, threatens Americans’ constitutional rights, and may even provoke a backlash against Israel and the American Jewish community.
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Joint Letter Condemning Efforts to Smear Airbnb for its West Bank Policy
December 5, 2018
To accuse Airbnb of anti-Semitism trivializes and distracts from fighting the rising tide of anti-Semitism, which is driven in the United States by the legitimization of white nationalism.
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T’ruah Horrified and Alarmed by Escalation of Violence on the Gaza-Israel Border
November 13, 2018
We mourn the human losses on both sides and call on both sides to do everything within their power to prevent a war that would solve nothing and result in more tragic losses for both Israelis and Palestinians.
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T’ruah Responds to Shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue
October 27, 2018
Tonight, we mourn with the members of Tree of Life Synagogue, Congregation Dor Hadash, New Light Congregation and the entire Jewish community of Pittsburgh. We are devastated and outraged at the horrific terrorist murder in this sacred space. Oh that my head were water and my eye a fountain of tears; so that I could...
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T’ruah Opposes ‘Public Charge’ Rule Targeting Low-Income Immigrants
October 10, 2018
T’ruah Executive Director Rabbi Jill Jacobs said, “As Jews, we will not be silent while this morally bankrupt administration tries to force families to choose feeding and housing their children and living together with them in safety. Our country is acting as another Sodom: A place that passes laws forbidding humane treatment of those seeking refuge here and where injustice masquerades as rule of law.”