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Statements
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T’ruah Welcomes Justice Department’s Commitment to Ending its Use of Private Prisons
August 19, 2016
NEW YORK—The Justice Department announced in a memo this week that it will be reducing its contracts with private prison operators with the goal of ultimately ending such relationships altogether. Recent reports have shown that assaults—both inmate on inmate and inmate on staff—occur more often in privately run correctional facilities, as compared to those managed...
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T’ruah mourns the passing of Shimon Peres
September 29, 2016
We mourn the passing of President Shimon Peres, one of the great leaders of Israeli history. We pray for comfort and strength for his family, and for all of us who have been inspired by his unending hope, his passion for peace, and his tireless efforts to create a better future for both Israelis and...
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Ending Mass Incarceration is a Jewish Issue
October 5, 2016
Note from T’ruah: The following statement was released by T’ruah in January, 2015, to explain we were launching our campaign to end mass incarceration, which incorporated our existing efforts to end solitary confinement. Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel taught: The world stands on three things—on judgment (din), on truth and on peace. (Pirkei Avot 1:18) In...
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Justice for Eric Garner: A Statement from T’ruah
December 4, 2014
All lives matter. That’s the first message the Torah gives us about human beings. “One who sheds blood is regarded as though he had diminished the image of God.” Midrash Genesis Rabbah 34:14 “One who destroys a single soul is considered as having destroyed an entire world.” Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5 For the second time in...
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T’ruah Celebrates Passage of California Legislation Ending Long-term Isolation for Youth
September 28, 2016
Law provides strict guidelines for when and how solitary confinement for juveniles can be used. It calls for isolation to be used only as a last resort, for no more than four hours, and only if there is a threat to the safety of the young person or others around him or her.
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Victory: JNF releases list of projects
September 13, 2016
After more than a year of T’ruah supporters asking JNF-USA to commit to the #MosesStandard (full transparency about where their donor dollars go), they have released a list of projects for the first time as part of their 2014 tax returns (beginning on p. 45 of the return). Here’s what we learned: in the most recent tax...