Chaverim
Who are T’ruah’s Chaverim? Chaverim are rabbis and cantors who stand up to be counted as partners in T’ruah’s work to protect human rights in North America, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories. Being one of T’ruah’s chaverim does not imply endorsement of every organizational statement or position. When you become a member of our chaverim...
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2017 Human Rights Spring Tour
Join T’ruah as we support the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which is embarking on the longest protest action in the last 10 years of the Campaign for Fair Food, joined by thousands of consumers to mobilize for the national Wendy’s Boycott. The Return to Human Rights Tour will travel to the heart of Wendy’s territory for a major action in Columbus,...
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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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A Q&A with Charlottesville’s Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin
On Aug. 12, 2017 Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin of Charlottesville’s Congregation Beth Israel — the city’s only synagogue — confronted a nightmare in their backyard: the horrifying Unite the Right Nazi rally. T’ruah was the only major national Jewish organization with a presence at the counter-protests that day. T’ruah honored both rabbis...
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Tisha B’Av: Historic Catastrophe, Modern Catastrophe
10 New England Executive Park Ste 1, Burlington, Massachusetts On the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, when we fast in remembrance of destruction and exile, we come together at the ICE office in Burlington to mourn the brokenness of our American immigration system. As children are separated from parents—not just on the southern border,...
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Witness and Lament: Mourn with the Jewish Community for Our Broken Immigration System
Outside Temple Beth-El (3330 Grove Ave.) Parking available in lot behind Temple off of Roseneath Road, and along Grove Avenue and side streets. Tisha B’Av (the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av) is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, a day of mourning, fasting, and lamentation, marking the ancient destruction of the Holy...
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Create a Facebook Fundraiser for T’ruah
Do you have a birthday or life-cycle celebration coming up? Or are you just eager to spread the word about T’ruah? Facebook fundraisers are a fun and easy way to support T’ruah. Check out our honor roll of people who have created T’ruah fundraisers. (We’ll add you to it once your fundraiser is complete, unless...
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Plant Two Trees for Justice
Plant seeds of justice in Israel and the West Bank, to honor or remember a loved one.
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