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T’ruah statement on the terrorist attack in Duma

July 31, 2015

T’ruah expresses our horror at the “price tag” (“tag mechir“) attack last night in the northern West Bank, in which Jewish terrorists murdered an 18-month-old baby, Ali Saad Dawbshe, seriously wounded his parents and four-year-old brother, and destroyed their home and that of another Palestinian family. The words “revenge” and “long live the Messiah” were...

Their Blood Cries Out From the Ground: T’ruah Statement on Terrorist Attacks

October 7, 2015

Our brothers’ and sisters’ blood cries out to us from the ground. We have watched with pain and sorrow as the recent wave of terror attacks have claimed too many lives and orphaned too many children. We unconditionally condemn these violent attacks on innocent Israeli citizens. No political motive justifies murdering or injuring civilians. We...

Living Rabin’s Legacy: A Joint Statement of Principles

October 29, 2015

From J Street, New Israel Fund, Americans for Peace Now, T’ruah and Ameinu Twenty years ago, a great defender of Israel and champion of peace was struck down. As we commemorate the yahrzeit of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, z”l, and look at how much Israelis and Palestinians continue to suffer from this conflict, we are...

T’ruah congratulates President Obama on new federal efforts to “ban the box”

November 4, 2015

T’ruah applauds President Obama’s November 2nd announcement that the federal government will “ban the box” on most federal job applications, mirroring the work of legislative campaigns in more than 100 cities and states around the country. “Banning the box” means eliminating the checkbox on many job applications asking whether an applicant has ever been convicted...

T’ruah Statement on New Settlement Expansion

November 10, 2015

T’ruah calls on the Israeli government to reverse the decision to approve 2200 new settlement housing units, including legalizing two outposts established against the laws of the state. This move violates the human rights of Palestinians, endangers the lives of Israelis, and threatens the future of a peace solution. Announcing this new construction just as...

T’ruah’s Testimony at the House Judiciary Hearing on the Syrian Refugee Crisis

November 19, 2015

Written testimony submitted for hearing on the Syrian Refugee Crisis and its Impact on the Security of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program 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 response of the United States to the...

T’ruah mourns for Ezra Schwartz z”l

November 20, 2015

T’ruah joins our colleagues in Massachusetts and around the world in mourning the untimely loss of Ezra Schwartz z”l, who was killed yesterday in a terror attack in Gush Etzion. No political motive justifies the murder of an innocent teenager. Ezra, age 18, was in the middle of a gap-year program based in Beit Shemesh....

JNF to T’ruah: We Don’t Fund Settlements, Except When We Do

December 15, 2015

T’ruah supporters have been asking the Jewish National Fund to come clean about how much of our U.S. donor money ends up over the Green Line. JNF-USA’s response further obfuscates their involvement in building the settlements that serve as obstacles to peace. The JNF response letter asserts, “Contrary to T’ruah’s allegations, JNF is not involved...

Reform of Solitary Comes to New York State

December 17, 2015

T’ruah wishes a mazal tov to the New York Civil Liberties Union and New York State on this week’s announcement of a landmark settlement that will create a comprehensive overhaul of solitary confinement in one of the nation’s largest prison systems, and that will provide a mechanism for ending the state’s overreliance on prolonged isolation...

From the Narrow Places I Called To You

January 27, 2016

T’ruah’s statement on historic reform of solitary confinement announced by the Obama Administration T’ruah congratulates the Obama Administration on the announcement of significant reforms of solitary confinement in the federal prison system. We applaud yesterday’s release of the Department of Justice’s Report and Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing, which offers comprehensive guidelines on...