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Human Rights Tour For Jewish Leadership
Join our Human Rights Tour For Jewish Leadership October 2nd- 9th
Please join RHR for 7 days of touring, experiencing and Torah study that will challenge and inspire Explore Israel’s Burning and Sometimes Confusing Human Rights Challenges With Israel’s Rabbinic Voice of Conscience. Become better informed, more knowledge
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A wealthy man as tantamount to a dead man; A Dvar Torah for Parashat “Behar-Bechukotai: The Book of the Covenant” | Rabbi Kobbi Weiss
A Dvar Torah for Parashat “Behar-Bechukotai: The Book of the Covenant” | Rabbi Kobbi Weiss Continue reading
Living in a Giant Government Boarding School: The ‘We Will Do and Listen’ Issue of Public Housing in Bet Shean
This week we again enjoyed the hospitality of the twelfth grade in Bet Shean’s Jezreel Valley West – Yif’at school, as part of the social studies curriculum. The students received a full explanation of our activities. Continue reading
A surround of “Ananei Kvod” for all: published on the blog of Rabbis for Human Rights
he lack of respect for those harmed by public housing is our lack of respect as a society. Continue reading
The Torah given out from darkness: Dvar Torah – Parashat “Ki Tavo”
The prophetic great light of the end of days is kept for those who succeed in finding light in the darkness of our existence, in the miserable protest tents, in the periphery, among the weak and vulnerable, where there is no light, and for those who do not give up on light in spite of the darkness and continue to look for it, like the cockerel. Continue reading
Social activity for human rights: Davar Torah – Parashat Ekev
Each parasha has a haftara whose purpose is consolation and redemption. We can learn from this that the people of Israel were in such a state of deep pain and sadness after the destruction of the Temple that seven full weeks were needed to console them. But it seems there is more to it. Continue reading
Farewell, Moshe Silman: Israel cares more for the dead than the living.
Moshe Silman was entitled to burial costs from Bituach Leumi after he died but not to a place to live when he was alive. Rabbi Kobi Weiss hopes that the right to die with respect will be echoed by the right to live with respect for those insist to live. Continue reading
What is Going On in Beit Shaean
On Thursday (7.6) our human rights center in Beit Shean was granted the prize of “exceptional project” by the Emek Israel college. The department of Human services in Emek Israel is cooperating with many bodies in the North, among them, municipalities, high tech companies and different social organizations. Continue reading
A small sink tells a big story: a report from Beit Shean
Rabbi Kobbi Weis shows us how the public housing company goes about repairing a sink in one of the public housing apartments in Beit Shean. Continue reading
On Leaks and Wetness in Public Housing in Beit Shean
Following the rainy winter Amidar received many complaints on leaks and wetness in different apartments. Continue reading
We will not stop asking
The question itself, as a principle of liberty, is a privileged that is not for the slaves. It is the cornerstone to a just and free society. Rabbi Kobi Weiss writes about the four questions as the great disillusionment of the summer protest. Continue reading
Posted in Economic/Social Justice, General
Tagged halaca, haokets, Jewish liberty, privileged, SEDER, slaves, the summer protest
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