Join more than 2,300 of your colleagues in bringing a Jewish moral voice to human rights in North America, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories. T’ruah chaverim are rabbis and cantors who stand up to be counted as human rights leaders, nationally and in their own communities. Being part of our chaverim network gives you…

Through our programs for cantorial and rabbinical students, T’ruah is training the next generation of clergy to be human rights leaders. These programs combine on-the-ground experience with Jewish learning, tools for developing a rabbinic voice, issue education, and the building of cross-denominational cohorts of future cantors and rabbis committed to bringing a moral voice to…

Get a close-up view of human rights issues, and learn how to tackle them in your own community. Our programs are for cantors and rabbis. We have no upcoming trips posted at this time, but keep checking back for updates!

Bring human rights to your celebrations of Chanukah and Passover, to your synagogue kiddush, and more. Through partnerships with Divine Chocolate and Equal Exchange, we are proud to offer kosher fair trade Chanukah gelt, kosher-for-Passover chocolate, coffee, and more that come from companies committed to dignified working conditions and environmental sustainability. Proceeds from these purchases…

About the Year-in-Israel Program The T’ruah Year-in-Israel Program offers rabbinical and cantorial students spending the academic year in Israel the opportunity to develop their moral voice on human rights issues in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territories. For students attending liberal Jewish seminaries, participation in T’ruah’s Israel programming is a given. Over 80% of…

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…

Join the T’ruah network in reading a timely book about human rights, learning related Jewish texts, and participating in an interactive webinar with the author. You can read together with your existing book club, with members of your synagogue or other institution, with a friend, or on your own. Or let us know if you…

On Human Rights Shabbat, we celebrate the deep intersections between Judaism and human rights. Since 2008, nearly 500 communities have joined this celebration. Human Rights Shabbat is observed on the Shabbat closest to International Human Rights Day, December 10, which is the anniversary of the UN’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We…

Defend Human Rights With T’ruah Thank you for your commitment to human rights in North America, Israel, and the occupied territories. We’d love to have you join us by lending your skills and experiences to our collective efforts. Please click here and tell us a little about who you are and how you’d like to…

Learn from leading rabbis and cantors about the weekly Torah portion, with a human rights lens. For this week’s Torah from T’ruah go to our resource page here and click on Divrei Torah (top right). Or scroll down on the Divrei Torah menu (on the resource page) to search our archive of commentaries by Torah…