How to Plan a Delegation to Wendy’s

Four of the five major fast food chains have joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)’s Fair Food Program. Who is the major holdout? Wendy’s, who has not only failed to join the program, but has actively chosen to move its tomato purchases out of Florida, where real changes are taking root. Since 2013, T’ruah has engaged with Wendy’s...
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Writing a Campaign for Fair Food Op/Ed

A guide for Jewish leaders by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. We hope this will inspire you to write an OpEd of your own. Since talking points often change, please email T’ruah for the most up-to-date language and for help with editing and placement.
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Tomato on the Seder Plate

by Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson
This ritual, developed by T’ruah and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, places a tomato on the seder plate in recognition of the farmworker who picked the tomato and their struggles for justice.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

by Rabbi Barbara Penzner, Dr. Susannah Sirkin, Diane Paulus, Cantor Nancy Abramson, Rabbi Gilah Langner
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the UN on December 10, 1948, is one of the foundational documents of the human rights movement. At T’ruah, we think of it as a modern prophetic text, a vision of the redeemed world where all people’s rights will be protected. Communities who celebrate Human Rights...
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Resources from our allies: Just Vision

An introduction to the work of Just Vision and the film The Wanted 18.
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Resources from Our Allies: Right Now

by Right Now
T’ruah is the fiscal sponsor of Right Now, an organization of American and Israeli Jews that advocates for the rights of African asylum seekers in Israel.
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The Dreams We Dream for Israel

This lesson plan for upper elementary or middle school students introduces them to portraits of several Israeli families and invites them to ask what dreams they might dream for Israel.
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Fighting Modern-Day Slavery: A Handbook for Jewish Communities

by Lev Meirowitz Nelson
T’ruah’s resources on trafficking are collected in Fighting Modern-Day Slavery: A Handbook for Jewish Communities. This handbook will help Jewish communities across North America fight trafficking on a local level. It includes background information sermon ideas text studies a children’s program ways to take action a poster to photocopy and hang in institutional restrooms further resources...
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