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Yet to this day it taught me a most valuable lesson: the power of representation. The power of one line in a teaching, sermon, saying of a teacher, or political statement. Because it might seem minor to so many, yet you never know who is going to be the nine-year-old who might find themselves in it.

Excerpt from Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life – in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)

This work is essential, now more than ever. But this work is also exhausting. Just like the holiday of Sukkot, our world is also one of contradictions. There is good within all the chaos, although right now it might be hard to see.

We urge all who care about the future of Israel as a democratic state, the human rights of Israelis and Palestinians, and the safety and security of all people in the region, to lift up their voices

The announcement that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Kahol Lavan Chair Benny Gantz may have agreed on a proposal to vote this summer on annexing parts of the West Bank shows a disregard for human rights and international law, and an abandonment of any vision of peace or security. T’ruah reiterates our opposition to annexation, and...

On March 20, 2020, T’ruah joined with over 300 organizations to call for the inclusion of immigrants in Congress’s newest COVID-19 relief package. We appeal to Americans across the country to stand up for the most vulnerable in our society. The statement reads: Dear Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer, We are writing to urge...

The U.N. released a database of 112 businesses currently operating in West Bank settlements, which are considered illegal according to international law.

On February 12, 2020, T’ruah joined with dozens of other leading Jewish organizations to oppose President Trump’s annexation plan, which would make Israel’s occupation permanent. We appeal to Jews around the world to reject this unjust deal.     The statement reads: “We are a diverse coalition of Jewish organizations and individuals from communities across the...

Cindy Greenberg examines the troubling story of Tamar in this d'var torah on Parshat Vayeshev.

T’ruah condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s announcement from the Trump Administration that they will no longer consider Jewish Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be illegal.