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Statements
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T’ruah Joins ATEST, Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking
October 8, 2018
"T'ruah is thrilled to be invited to be a member of ATEST, our nation's premier coalition dedicated to supporting those vulnerable to trafficking,” said T’ruah Deputy Director Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster. “We are especially excited to be ATEST's first member directly representing the Jewish community, and we're looking forward to bringing the moral voices of our network of more than 2,000 rabbis and cantors to supporting critically needed federal legislation to prevent forced labor and support social services for survivors."
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Lowering U.S. Refugee Admissions to Record Low Is Unconscionable
September 18, 2018
We are dismayed and outraged that, amid a global refugee crisis, the Trump administration is turning its back on the world’s most vulnerable people and decreasing the United States’ refugee admissions rates to a record low. Responding to the administration’s Sept. 17 announcement that it will limit refugee admissions to 30,000 people in 2019, T’ruah...
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U.S. Moves Against Palestinians Put Both Israeli and Palestinian Lives at Risk
September 14, 2018
The Trump administration’s recent actions toward the Palestinians demonstrate an utter disregard for their human rights, a dangerous lack of understanding of the Middle East, and an irresponsible willingness to destroy the peace process and to put both Israeli and Palestinian lives at risk.
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T’ruah Condemns Israeli Arrest of Human Rights Leaders
August 31, 2018
Rather than harass Breaking the Silence, a nonviolent human rights organization, Israeli police should investigate the settlers who routinely carry out violent attacks both against Palestinians and Palestinian property, and against Israeli human rights leaders.
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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.