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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.
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T’ruah Opposes Surveillance of Pro-Palestinian Activist
May 24, 2018
All people, regardless of political views, deserve privacy. Conducting surveillance on Ms. Sarsour and her family causes hezek re’iyah, a halachic (Jewish legal) concept describing damage inflicted by looking inside another’s private domain. Likewise, the families of activists must never be targets for politically motivated attacks.
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T’ruah Outraged That a Torturer Will Head the CIA
May 17, 2018
Given Ms. Haspel’s role in the CIA’s now-defunct torture program, her confirmation further reduces the United States’ moral standing at a time when our president daily makes this world a more dangerous place.
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T’ruah Mourns Deaths in Gaza
May 14, 2018
We are deeply saddened by the deaths of at least 52 Palestinians in Gaza today. Our core belief in the creation of every single human being b’tselem elohim does not permit us to mourn only the losses among our own people, but also those among other peoples. Israel certainly has a right to defend its...
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T’ruah Mourns Rabbi Aaron Panken
May 7, 2018
T’ruah mourns the tragic loss of Rabbi Aaron Panken. As president of the Reform movement’s Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbi Panken was a mentor and role model to many of our rabbis and clergy, and a constant supporter of HUC students taking part in T’ruah programs. Rabbi Panken was a brilliant scholar, a...