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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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The Choice We Face: A Dvar Torah for parashat “Vaera”, 5773
Rabbi Idit Lev shows us the choice that faced the Egyptian leadership and people when confronted with the demands of Moses and Aaron. That fateful decision, coming from the top down, parallels our own impending elections in Israel. Read the Dvar Torah for parshat Vaera. Continue reading
The poor man’s lamb and twisted facts: replay to Smoritz from “regavim” on the issue of Susya
The Palestinian village of Susya is in danger of being totally destroyed. It presents an example of the efforts of many groups to remove the Palestinians from where they live in Area C. In his recent column, Bezalel Smotritz of “Regevim” tried to justify this process, and accused human rights organizations of not letting the facts confuse them. Continue reading
Different and humane figures in parashat Shmot
Exodus begins with the story of the 12 tribes in Egypt, and every time we read it we impressed again from by the actors and the events of this parasha. Rabbi Maurisio Balter invite you to join him with a different reading of the text through the examination of the main characters, observe the Egyptian society and mainly by examining the way of treating the “other Continue reading
Promoting Enduring Peace
Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of Promoting Enduring Peace, dear friends, From the Bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for the great honour which you have bestowed upon me, upon my friend Rabbi Asherman and upon all our colleagues in Israel, members of Rabbis for Human Rights. We are proud and humbled to receive this prestigious award and to join the list of such distinguished people, past recipients of this outstanding award. Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Abraham, Adam, Annual Memorial Day, Auschwitz, award, Egypt, first Executive Director, Gandhi Peace Award, humiliation de-humanization, Intifada, Israel Defense Force, Jewish religious perspective, Khan Yunis, Leviticus, Lot, May Day, Never Again, oppression, Palestinian uprising, persecution, Promoting Enduring Peace, Rabbi, Rabbi Asherman, Rabbi David Forman Z”L, Rabbi David Rosen, Rabbi Max Warshawsky Z”L, Rabbinic Human Rights Watch, Torah, West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Yehuda Amichai
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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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