July 30, 2018 18:30 - 21:30

Can the Israeli Occupation Be Just? A T’ruah Year-in-Israel Program Screening of “The Law in These Parts”

  Join the T’ruah Israel Program for a special film screening of “The Law In These Parts,” the award-winning Israeli documentary film. RSVP via the link to guarantee a spot. Room is limited. Free vegetarian kosher dinner is included!   The film presents interviews former Israeli Supreme Court Justices and other top jurists who crafted the Israeli occupation’s legal infrastructure in...
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June 21, 2018 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

LA Rally for a Just Immigration Policy

Join Los Angeles’ interfaith community standing united in opposition to the Trump Administration’s inhumane policy of separating parents and children at the border. We will be gathering outside the Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices at 300 N Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 We call on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security...
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May 2, 2018 7:30 p.m. -

Does Judaism Believe in Human Rights?

T’ruah Executive Director Rabbi Jill Jacobs speaks at the Center for Jewish Studies at Queens College as part of its Jewish Lecture Series. This event is free and open to the public. Rosenthal Library, Room 230 (On the campus of Queens College at 65-30 Kissena Blvd). Free parking is available in lots 5 and 14.
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April 13, 2018 8:00 - 16:30

No to Demolition: A Solidarity and Learning Visit to the Unrecognized Bedouin Village of Umm Al-Hiran

Join the Truah Year-in-Israel Program on a special solidarity and study delegation of rabbinical students to the Bedouin village of Umm Al Hiran.
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July 1, 2018 - July 13, 2018

July 2018 Clergy Trips in Israel and the West Bank

In July, T’ruah is hosting three tiyyulim for rabbis and cantors (and their partners) in Israel and in the West Bank.
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March 15, 2018 5:00pm - 8:00pm

CIW’s “Time’s Up Wendy’s” March

#TomatoRabbis and members of the New York Jewish community will be marching in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, as they call on Wendy’s to end the five-year stand-off and join the Fair Food Program. This is the culminating event of a five-day fast that CIW members and select #TomatoRabbis are undertaking. Join us...
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February 26, 2018 18:15 - 21:30

On the Verge of Deportation: African Asylum Seekers in Jerusalem

**For rabbinical, cantorial and Jewish education students spending their year in Israel** Join the Truah Year-in-Israel Program for our evening tiyyul “On the Verge of Deportation: African Asylum Seekers in Jerusalem” taking place on Monday, February 26, 2018. On January 1st, the Israeli government announced plans to deport tens of thousands of African asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan...
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November 3, 2017 7:45 - 14:30

T’ruah Year-in-Israel Program Tiyyul to Hebron with Breaking the Silence

On Friday, November 3, rabbinical, cantorial and Jewish education students in Israel are invited to join T’ruah on a Breaking the Silence tiyyul of Hebron. Tour the Hebron city center, which has become a “ghost town” due to massive military curfews, restrictions and other policies aimed at Palestinians. Visit the gravesite of Baruch Goldstein, the...
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May 24, 2017 4 PM -

Proclaim Release Throughout the Land: A Service of Hope

Join T’ruah for a service of hope to mark the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War. We will mourn all Israeli and Palestinian victims of the last fifty years of conflict; pray for a better future; and commit to taking action to bring about a secure, democratic and Jewish state of Israel, an independent...
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February 10, 2017 8 AM - 3 PM

Refugees, Again: A Learning and Solidarity Visit to the Bedouin Village of Umm al-Hiran with Rabbis for Human Rights

Join the Truah Year-in-Israel Program in partnership with Rabbis for Human Rights’s Tu B’Shvat Tiyyul to Tel Aviv’s Givat Amal neighborhood on Friday, February 10, 2017. The tiyyul is entitled We Are Not Invaders: The Mizrahi Struggle Against Eviction in Tel Aviv's Givat Amal Neighborhood. Learn about this Mizrahi working-class neighborhood’s history since its establishment in the 1950s.
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