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Statements
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T’ruah Praises African Asylum Seekers’ Courageous Acts of Civil Disobedience in Israel
December 17, 2013
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights today praised the courageous non-violent acts of civil disobedience carried out by indefinitely detained African asylum seekers in Israel. Some 150 Sudanese asylum seekers staged a walk out of Israel’s new Holot “open” internment camp on Sunday and marched from the southwest Negev to Jerusalem in protest of...
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T’ruah Thanks Netanyahu for Canceling Bedouin Relocation Plan
December 12, 2013
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights applauds Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s withdrawal of the Prawer-Begin Plan which would have led to the forced relocation of 30,000-40,000 Bedouin Israelis and demolition of their villages. This announcement came just a few days after T’ruah rabbis delivered a letter from nearly 800 rabbinic and cantorial colleagues to...
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On Human Rights Day, Rabbis Lament Israel’s Decision to Detain Asylum Seekers
December 10, 2013
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, an organization of 1,800 rabbis and cantors from all streams of Judaism, is denouncing the Israeli Government’s new “Anti-Infiltration” Law that the Knesset passed in the early morning hours of December 10, International Human Rights Day. The new law will take effect 48 hours after its approval; so...
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Jewish Organizations Speak Out for Asylum Seekers
November 24, 2013
14 Jewish organizations, including HIAS, Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights of AJC, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, today expressed concerns about a new “anti-infiltration” bill in a letter delivered to the Prime Minister’s Office in Israel and the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. The measure, set...
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Israeli Prime Minister’s Office Promises Response to Rabbinic Letter on Bedouin Rights
November 12, 2013
A delegation of rabbis affiliated with T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights urged the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office to withdraw the “Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev,” also known as the Prawer-Begin Plan Bill. The Prawer-Begin Plan is expected to lead to the displacement of an estimated 30,000-40,000 Bedouin Israeli...
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775 Rabbinic Leaders Urge Fair Treatment of Bedouin and Withdrawal of Legislation that Would Lead to Forced Relocation of 30,000-40,000 Citizens
November 6, 2013
Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights delivered a plea from hundreds rabbinic leaders today urging the withdrawal of the “Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev,” also known as the Prawer-Begin Plan Bill, at the beginning of Knesset’s Interior Affairs Committee hearings on the legislation....
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Rabbis to Deliver Biblical Message of Human Rights in Public Letter and Testimony to Knesset Committee Hearing on Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev
November 5, 2013
775 Rabbinic Leaders Urge Fair Treatment of Bedouin and Withdrawal of Legislation that Would Lead to Forced Relocation of 30,000-40,000 Citizens Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights will deliver a plea from hundreds of rabbinic leaders urging the withdrawal of the “Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement...
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T’ruah Denounces Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans
November 1, 2013
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights today denounced the Israeli Government’s plan to construct 5000 new homes in West Bank settlements and in East Jerusalem. These plans, T’ruah asserted, exacerbate egregious violations of international law and defy Jewish legal principles that demand care for non-Jews living among Jews, and that forbid interference with another...
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Rally & March Against Labor Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
September 23, 2013
Each year, diplomats with extreme power and privilege, traffic vulnerable domestic workers, subjecting them to conditions of modern-day slavery. They take their passports, force them to work inhumane hours, deny them fair pay, and trap them into situations of forced servitude with no way out. They are able to flagrantly violate human rights and remain in...
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Prayer for Peace in Paris
January 9, 2016
May the One who blessed our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah— The Merciful One who blessed the Hebrew midwives as they stood up against an evil decree and watched over baby Moses as he floated on the river— Bless and protect all those hurt and affected by the violence in...