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• Annexing Settlements Violates International Law, Threatens Israel’s Future

  April 8, 2019

  Annexing the settlements would violate international law and will further codify the denial of basic human rights, including civil and political rights, to the millions of Palestinians living under Israeli military rule.

• T’ruah Condemns Gaza Rockets, Warns Against Escalation

  March 25, 2019

  T'ruah prays for a complete healing for the seven Israelis injured in the rocket strike from Gaza early this morning. Shooting rockets at civilians is a war crime.

• Attending Netanyahu’s AIPAC Speech Likely Violates Jewish Law

  March 24, 2019

  “AIPAC attendees are committed to the State of Israel and to its future,” the T’ruah statement says. “Right now, the prime minister — who incites against his citizens, welcomes those embrace terrorism into his coalition, and faces indictment for bribery and breach of trust — is threatening the future of the country we love. Attending Netanyahu’s speech suggests approval of his hate mongering and of his alliance with a political party that advocates genocide.”

• Join Statement: Kahanists Have No Place in the Knesset

  February 21, 2019

  We call on our colleagues in the American Jewish community and Jewish organizations to stand for democracy and equality and join us in affirming that Kahanists have no place in the Knesset.

• Inclusion of Kahanist Party Endangers Israel

  February 20, 2019

  In light of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s announcement that he welcomes bringing a far-right Kahanist party into his governing coalition, T’ruah calls on the Internal Revenue Service to take immediate action to investigate our complaint regarding U.S. tax-exempt funding that supports Israeli organizations carrying out the legacy of terrorist Meir Kahane. Otzma Yehudit (Jewish power), the party that may soon sit in the Knesset, is the reincarnation of Kahane’s party, Kach, which was outlawed in Israel and deemed a terrorist group. Many of the leaders of Otzma Yehudit also lead the Kahanist groups named in T’ruah’s complaint.

• 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...

• 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.”

• 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.”

• 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.

• 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."