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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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Thier first time to an Israeli Beach
RHR accompanied a group of Bedouin to the beach Continue reading
Trial and tribulations: About our work in the OT
Several recent and upcoming events give me pause to think about our work in the Occupied Territories Continue reading
What character should the JNF take on to represent you?
A new project by Rabbis for Human Rights’ will seek to publicize your opinions on the issue of ” What character should the JNF take on to represent you?” Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Absentee Property, al-Araqib, Bedouin, character, JNF, project, Silwan, The JNF's character matters to all of us
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We must savor our successes, even as we recover from our defeats
Public housing residents and the Bedouin are not giving up, and neither should we. I can sit and belittle the significance of our successes in light of overwhelming injustice. However, I would prefer to use that time to write another letter to the KKL on behalf of the Somarin family, and planning long term strategy Continue reading
A report on theft and harassment
Read about demolitions in the Bedouin encampment of Khan al-ahmar, which is located between Kfar Adumim and Ramallah. All the Bedouin encampments in this area are in danger of expulsion. Continue reading
Ushpizin | Thoughts on Intimacy and Compartmentalization | Injustice at the Harvest
Following is Dvar Torah for this week’s parasha, Parashat Bereshit, written by Rabbi Dalia Marx. We will be happy if you will join, the coming week, the olive harvest and watch our activities in the Jerusalem encampment. Hag Samech Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged army presence, Awarta, Bedouin, Burin, CNN, harvest, Jamain, Jit, Lehavim, olive harvest, Palestinian villages, Quadum, Rabbi Dalia Marx, Shalit, The Washington Post, Turmus-aya, Ushpizin, volunteers
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Jahalin Summer Camps End
The five camps organised by the coalition of organisations for the Jahalin (Vienta Deterra, the Combini sisters, Rabbis For Human Rights and the Jerusalem Bedouin Cooperative) have just finished, as Ramadan starts today Continue reading
Posted in General, Palestinian Rights
Tagged Bedouin, Jahalin, Right to education, thank yous
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Jahalin: When Israel expelled Palestinians
RHR have been working with this tribe of Bedouin for a long time now, since a couple of thousand of them were expelled/evicted from the area around Maaleh Adumim to make way for its expansion in the 1990s. Continue reading
Posted in General, Palestinian Rights
Tagged 1990s, Bedouin, Jahalin, Land Owner Rights, land takeover, Maaleh Adumim. settelment, protest prayer, tribe
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Celebration on Chan El Achmar
We, Rabbis for Human Rights were invited to the celebration on Chan El Achmar with the participation of Salam Fayad, the Palestinian Prime Minister. Continue reading
Posted in Palestinian Rights, Press Releases
Tagged Bedouin, celebration, Chan El Achmar, Civil Administration, demolition, Israeli representatives, Italian organization, leaders, Palestinian Prime Minister, Palestinian’s rights, Rabbis for Human Rights, Salam Fayad, school, school made of tyres and mud, Village
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HAGADDA SUPPLEMENTS 5771
WHO SITS WITH US AT OUR SEDER? Eloheinu v’Elohei Kadmoneinu (Avoteinu, Avoteinu vEmoteinu), our God and God of our ancestors, we are gathered around this seder table as b’nei khorin, free people commanded to remember our dark nights of oppression. We … Continue reading
Posted in Palestinian Rights
Tagged Abu-Wael of Farata, Adir Hu, Amidar, Awarta, b'nei khorin, Bedouin, Beit Sha'an, collective punishmen, Egypt, El-Arakib, El-Kurd, Elijah, Gaza, Gilad Shalit, HAGADDA, Hanoun, Israeli Democracy, Issawiyah, justice, Nablus Region, oppression, Our ancestor was a wandering Aramean, Pharaoh, Public Housing, Rabi Natan, Residents of East Jerusalem, SEDER, Silwan, Sudanese Refugees, The Ghawi, Western Negev
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