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Human Rights Tour For Jewish Leadership
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Press Release: Instead of Succot, building a house for one who has none. Published on the blog of Rabbis for Human Rights
Rachel Levi-Davida calls on other homeless men and women to follow her example and set up such social “outposts.” She hopes to slowly create a trend whereby vulnerable citizens take control of their fate and build themselves housing without government help: building a home in place of the one seized by the state. Continue reading
Being poor in Israel
Rabbi Idit Lev, looking back in a moment of reflection, following the death of Moshe Silman Continue reading
Posted in Economic/Social Justice, General
Tagged Amidar, Black Labour, bureaucracy, Hachzit HaHaifait, Moshe Silman, poverty in Israel, single mothers, survival in the social system of Israel, the rights center in Hadera, we on the internet, You can not live on Bituach Leumi allowance
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Stop (again) the eviction of the Al-Aju family
The al-Aju family’s struggle is part of the national struggle of families in public housing for their rights to decent housing and against the greed for profit of Amidar. See event on Facebook. Continue reading
Posted in Economic/Social Justice, General
Tagged Abed al-Razak al-Aju, Al-Aju family, Amidar, eviction, Public Housing, Ramle
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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
Another eviction prevented – Acharei Mot – Kedoshim Newsletter
The eve of Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day). Our Torah readings areb “Akharei Mot” (After the deaths) and “Kedoshim” (You shall be holy). Many times I have commented that Yom HaAtzmaut almost always falls during the week we read Kedoshim, or the week after. Is that just a coincidence? Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged Abu Samra, Adv. Becky Keshet, Akharei Mot, Al Arakib, Amidar, Arie King, Asifat Haohalim, Beit Shean, Community Advocacy, Daniel Cheren, East Jerusalem, evictions of Palestinian families in East, Ezekiel's vision, Hakeshet hademokratit Hamizrachit, Halhul, Horrors of Egypt, Independence, Jalud, Jobs, Kobi Weiss, Lea Shemi, Liberated Beer Sheva, new manager, Omer Sharvit, preventing access of Palestinian farmers to their lands, Public Housing, Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch's, Rights Center in Hadera, settlement, Shatil, South Hebron Hills, South Hebron Mountains, Tarabut, Um Batin, Yom Ha'atzma'ut, Zionism
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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
The victory of Ovadia – Newsletter of Parashat T’tzave – Shabbat Zachor
Due to the mutual struggle of all the social activists, Ovadia Ben-Avraham stopped his hunger strike. An agreement with Amidar was reached and the eviction order for February 27th was canceled. This is additional proof that the mutual action of the social group brings results. Shabbat Shalom. Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged Amidar, Beit Shean, Channel 2, Demolition orders for Jinba, German-funded solar energy for Palestinians, JNF/KKL, MK Nitzan Horovitz, poverty, Prawer, Public Housing, Quamar Mishirqi-Asad on Haaretz, Shabbat Zachor, Social Change Victories, South Hebron Hills, South Hebron Mountains, T'tzave, The breastplate of the High Priest, The victory of Ovadia
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The questions we grapple with on Shabbat Zachor
I want to connect those successes to the breastplate of the High Priest we read about in this week’s Torah portion and the questions we grapple with on Shabbat Zachor. Continue reading
Posted in Economic/Social Justice, General
Tagged Al Arakib, Amalek, Amalekiut, Amidar, Barukh Goldstein, Book of Esther, breastplate of the High Priest, cancellation of Amidar's eviction, Efi Stentzler, El-Arakib, Exodus, JNF, JNF/KKL, Judge Nehama Netzer, KK"L, KK"L stops planting on disputed land., KK"L will not plant on disputed lands, Ovadia, Parashat Zachor, planting a KK"l forest, Prawer report, Public Housing, Purim, Shabbat Zacho, the Barukh Goldstein massacre, the book of Esther, The breastplate of the High Priest, the unrecognized villages, the victory of Ovadya and Miriam Ben Avraham, to eliminate Amalek's seed
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The Relativity of Poverty
The poor people expect only the basic things from the state, Jabotinsky’s five “M”s, but his “ideological successors” in the Israeli government are not committed to provide even this. A special article for the Day of Fighting against Poverty, that was commemorated in the Knesset. Continue reading
In the absence of public housing, Ovadia is on a hunger strike: – Newsletter of Parashat ‘Teruma’
Again demolitions in South Hebron Hills, another Rabbi is against trees uprootings in the territories and “K”‘s brave speech in the Knesset on the International Day for Defeating Poverty. We will not stop fighting for social justice and human rights. Shabbat Shalom. Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged A call to help Ovadia in the absence of public housing, Amidar, Attorney General of the occupied territories office, Baatale, Civil Administration, Civil Administration illegally demolished structures in Baatale in South Hebron Hills, Civil Administration uprooted trees, demolitions in south hebron hills, destruction, Dror Etkes, International Day of Fighting against Poverty., JNF, JNF will commit to stop its afforestation-expulsion work, Palestinians to plant trees on their land, Public Housing, Rabbi Altshuler, Rabbi Gil Nativ, settlement of Susya, south h, South Hebron Hills, stop the bulldozers, Ta'ale, Teruma, they were violently expelled, Tu Beshvat Halachic, Turmus-aya
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