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Hungry to learn more about Judaism’s vibrant moral perspectives on the most urgent issues facing us every day? We invite you to learn about human rights and Judaism with T’ruah: Sign up for Torah from T’ruah: Weekly commentary linking the Torah portion of the week to contemporary human rights issues. Sign your community up for Human...
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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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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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I believe in the worth of every human life

March 27, 2020 As the weeks go on, I’m hearing from more and more of you who are ill yourselves, worrying about friends or family who are ill, or mourning deaths. I’m sending much love and prayers for healing your way. This week has been dominated by conversations about how many deaths would be acceptable...
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With flags at half-mast, here’s what we have to lift up

May 22, 2020 Dear Friends, Yesterday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer asked President Trump to lower the flag to half-mast when the United States soon reaches the tragic landmark of 100,000 who have died of COVID-19. A lowered flag can’t possibly capture the pain of the deaths of more than 100,000 people, or...
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Spotlight On: Rabbi Jennifer Schlosberg

Rabbi Jennifer Schlosberg is the rabbi at the Glen Rock Jewish Center, right across the George Washington Bridge from New York City. Her synagogue community serves 200 member families and about an additional 75 nursery school families. T’ruah spoke with Rabbi Schlosberg in spring 2021. This interview has been edited for clarity. T’ruah: What drew...
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Movement Chaplaincy Course 2022

Are you a rabbi, cantor or rabbinical/cantorial student interested in providing spiritual, emotional, and relational support to those on the front lines of today’s movements for justice? Are you looking for ways to make your own justice work more committed, resilient, sustainable, and spiritually rooted? Join T’ruah’s Movement Chaplaincy community of practice as we move...
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A Symposium on Judaism and Democracy

We are excited to announce our Symposium on Judaism and Democracy, which will be held on Thursday, June 2 in New York City. This gathering will be a first step to develop new intellectual frameworks for how Judaism relates and can contribute to the preservation and reimagining of multiracial democracy in America. After an opening panel,...
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Massachusetts

Don’t live in Massachusetts? Check out the Chaverim Hub for opportunities nationally and in your area! Grounded in values of rachamim, mercy, Teshuvah, repentance, and in the understanding that human beings are created b’tzelem Elohim—in the image of God– T’ruah’s rabbis and cantors across the state are leading their communities to fight against mass incarceration...
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Associate Director of Israel Campaigns

T’ruah is seeking a full-time Associate Director of Israel Campaigns who will engage and mobilize the rabbis and cantors in our network through campaigns related to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). This person will develop and implement the next steps in our campaign strategies to achieve impact on protecting the human rights of...
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