Guest Editor

T’ruah is seeking a temporary Guest Editor for Emor’s upcoming seasonal publication, Fragments, with a focus on the issue of democracy. The ideal candidate is an experienced writer and editor who is skilled at working with writers across lines of difference (particularly when holding intersectional identities), and who is familiar with the evolving social, political,...
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Digital Organizer

Are you passionate about human rights in North America, and in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories? Are you an expert in digital communications with experience in digital fundraising, email advocacy, or online organizing ? Are you motivated to support the work of organizing, training, and amplifying the voices of rabbis and cantors to address...
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Apply to Join a Working Group

T’ruah’s working groups help to guide and implement campaign strategy and programs. These working groups are a means for rabbis, cantors, and Jewish lay leaders to expand and strengthen T’ruah’s moral voice for human rights. If you would like to contribute your time and talents to a working group, please fill out the form below...
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Ending Solitary Confinement

JUMP TO: Current Campaigns Why Jews Should Oppose Solitary Confinement It is not good for a human to be alone. —Genesis 2:18 Either companionship or death. —Babylonian Talmud Ta’anit 23a Current Campaigns National T’ruah endorses the historic End Solitary Confinement Act, introduced by Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) (alongside Representatives Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (NY-16), Adriano Espaillat...
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Rabbi Matt Dreffin

Matt (he/him) was born and raised on the Gulf Coast of Florida, and he established Southern roots over many summers at URJ Camp Coleman in North Georgia. After receiving a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Hot Glass Sculpture at Tulane University, he co-managed a New Orleans glass studio for a few years...
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Sukkot for Housing Justice: Week of Action!

Join T'ruah and partners from Sept. 27 to Oct. 6 for a Week of Action: Sukkot for Housing Justice to extend a warm welcome and hospitality to everyone without shelter in our city: migrants, unhoused New Yorkers, people on the edge of losing their homes.
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This Yom HaAtzma’ut, let’s look forward, not backward

(Pictured: Rabbinical and cantorial students attend an educational trip in the West Bank with T’ruah.) Yom HaAtzma’ut, Israeli Independence Day, begins tonight. It is a day of pride for many Jews around the world, as we celebrate the creation of the State of Israel 74 years ago. Yet there is no question that it is...
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Bay Area

Our Bay Area cluster is currently re-forming. More updates to come. If you are a rabbi or cantor who lives in the Bay Area and is interested in getting involved, please reach out to our Bay Area Organizer, Gen Slosberg. Don’t live in the Bay Area? Check out the Chaverim Hub for opportunities nationally and...
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