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775 Rabbinic Leaders Urge Fair Treatment of Bedouin and Withdrawal of Legislation that Would Lead to Forced Relocation of 30,000-40,000 Citizens
November 6, 2013
Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights delivered a plea from hundreds rabbinic leaders today urging the withdrawal of the “Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev,” also known as the Prawer-Begin Plan Bill, at the beginning of Knesset’s Interior Affairs Committee hearings on the legislation....
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Rabbis to Deliver Biblical Message of Human Rights in Public Letter and Testimony to Knesset Committee Hearing on Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev
November 5, 2013
775 Rabbinic Leaders Urge Fair Treatment of Bedouin and Withdrawal of Legislation that Would Lead to Forced Relocation of 30,000-40,000 Citizens Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights will deliver a plea from hundreds of rabbinic leaders urging the withdrawal of the “Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement...
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T’ruah Denounces Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans
November 1, 2013
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights today denounced the Israeli Government’s plan to construct 5000 new homes in West Bank settlements and in East Jerusalem. These plans, T’ruah asserted, exacerbate egregious violations of international law and defy Jewish legal principles that demand care for non-Jews living among Jews, and that forbid interference with another...
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Rally & March Against Labor Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
September 23, 2013
Each year, diplomats with extreme power and privilege, traffic vulnerable domestic workers, subjecting them to conditions of modern-day slavery. They take their passports, force them to work inhumane hours, deny them fair pay, and trap them into situations of forced servitude with no way out. They are able to flagrantly violate human rights and remain in...
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Prayer for Peace in Paris
January 9, 2016
May the One who blessed our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah— The Merciful One who blessed the Hebrew midwives as they stood up against an evil decree and watched over baby Moses as he floated on the river— Bless and protect all those hurt and affected by the violence in...
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T’ruah Statement on New AP Report About NYPD’s Unjustified Targeting of Mosques
August 30, 2013
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, today issued the following statement after a report by The Associated Press revealed that the New York City Police Department, with the approval of a federal judge, had “secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorism organizations, a designation that allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy...
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Jewish Organizations Meet with White House National Security Council and State Department Officials on Israeli Government Plan
August 23, 2013
A delegation of rabbis and leaders from American Jewish and Israeli organizations met on Tuesday at the White House with National Security Council and State Department officials regarding the Israeli-government sponsored “Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev.” This legislation, which seeks to resolve longstanding land disputes between Bedouin Israelis and the...
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T’ruah Applauds Federal Court Ruling Deeming NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Tactics Unconstitutional
August 12, 2013
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, today praised U.S. District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s decision deeming the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practice a violation of the constitutional rights of minorities in the city and calling for a federal monitor to oversee reforms in the NYPD. “This ruling sends a strong message,”...
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T’ruah’s Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights
July 23, 2013
Testimony of Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster Director of North American Programs T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to submit testimony on behalf of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights concerning the moral imperative to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and...
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T’ruah and Right Now Urgently Call on Israeli Government to Stop Deporting Asylum Seekers Back to Eritrea
July 22, 2013
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Right Now: Advocates for African Asylum Seekers in Israel today called on the Israeli Government to immediately halt the deportation of detained Eritrean asylum seekers back to Eritrea. According to detainees in the Saharonim internment camp for asylum seekers, 14 Eritreans who spent the last year in...