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Statements
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T’ruah Files IRS Complaint Against U.S. Jewish Groups Sending Funds to Israeli Terrorist Orgs
August 30, 2018
The complaints -- against the Staten Island-based Jewish Heritage Movement, the Manhattan-based Central Fund of Israel, and the Skokie, Ill.,-based American Friends of Yeshivat HaRaayon HaYehudi -- call on the Internal Revenue Service to revoke their tax-exempt status because the dollars raised benefit far-right Jewish terrorist groups in Israel.
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T’ruah Stands with Charlottesville Community Against ‘Unite the Right’ Vision
August 6, 2018
We call on all elected officials to clearly and strongly denounce all forms of white supremacy, and to enforce those words with unambiguous deeds. We call on our representatives — from local leaders to the president of the United States — to reject any narrative that suggests that “both sides” deserve equal blame, and to dismiss all claims of moral equivalency between white supremacists and those who oppose them.
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‘Nation State’ Law Threatens the Very Future of Israel
July 19, 2018
The Nation State Bill just passed by the Knesset endangers Israeli democracy, legalizes discrimination against 20 percent of Israeli citizens, threatens religious pluralism, and threatens the very future of Israel. The passage of this bill, a change to Israel’s Basic Laws, comes during a week in which the Knesset also approved laws that attempt to...
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T’ruah and 12 Other American Jewish Groups Urge Incoming Jewish Agency Chair to Oppose Israel’s Nation-State Bill
July 12, 2018
The defining characteristic of a modern democracy is its promise to protect the rights of all people. This bill would remove that democratic basis and give constitutional protection to policies that could discriminate against minorities, including women, Palestinian citizens, racial minorities, LGBT people, non-Orthodox Jews, Muslims, Druze, Christians, and others.
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T’ruah Appalled that ‘Muslim Ban’ Upheld
June 26, 2018
This discriminatory executive order, which continues to effectively close our borders to Muslims, flagrantly violates America’s longstanding, values-driven commitment to serving as a safe haven for refugees and immigrants. Masked as an effort to ensure national security, this third executive order is more of the same Islamophobia that targets Muslims by reinstating the discredited vetting procedures, established after September 11, 2001, aimed at men from Muslim-majority countries.
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Don’t Be Fooled: ‘Zero Tolerance’ Remains Inhumane Despite Exec Order
June 20, 2018
We call on this administration to: End the zero tolerance policy instituted by Attorney General Sessions. Immediately reunite all families who have been separated. Allow asylum seekers, including those fleeing gang violence and domestic violence, a fair chance to apply for asylum.
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27 Jewish Organizations Condemn Family Separation Policy
June 15, 2018
Twenty-seven national Jewish organizations, including T'ruah, call for an end to the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy at the border.
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T’ruah Recognized in Slingshot ‘Innovation’ Guide
June 4, 2018
T’ruah “has created a group of rabbinic leaders who lead both rituals and rallies, and the Jewish community is stronger for it,” the Guide notes, explaining its decision to select us from among hundreds of finalists.
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Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy Separating Immigrant Families Is Cruel, Inhumane and Immoral
May 29, 2018
America must not fail to hear the cries of the children at our border. The “zero tolerance” approach to immigration isn’t just inhumane and immoral; it is also bad policy.
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T’ruah Statement on Escalation of Violence on Gaza-Israel Border
May 29, 2018
The Hamas government shares significant blame for the situation in Gaza, as a result of its repression, corruption, terrorism, and continued violent rejection of the existence of Israel. So does Egypt, which has largely closed its border with Gaza. However, Israel, which continues to control Gaza’s borders, air space, and population registry more than a decade after the official disengagement, maintains the greatest responsibility for the humanitarian crisis there, and has the greatest power to ease it.