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Human Rights Tour For Jewish Leadership
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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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To be Advised by a Non-Jew and Become Stronger: Newsletter of Parashat “Jethro”
This week we are happy to announce two victories. On Wednesday we will go to plant trees in El Jenia, a village near Ramallah, that has been repeatedly attacked by Price Tag graffiti and other violence from the settlers in the area. Shabbat Shalom Continue reading
A report on theft and harassment | From Noah to Lekh Lekha | Hopes for the Coming Knesset Session
Here are the Dvar Torah of Lekh-lekha and the opening word give us a concept of people’s and leaders’ actions in these times and also tools to help us to bring social changes in the coming session of the Knesset and also to end the occupation’s injustices. Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged 972 Magazine, Activism out of Faith, Beit Haam, Black Labour, Dqeiqa, El-Arakib, harvest, Humanisty, Ir Amim, Khan al-Ahmar, the encampments in Jerusalem, The weekly protest watch of El-Arakib, The weekly report of Rabbis For Human Rights, Yariv Mohar, YNET
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Settlers Attack Palestinian Family Near Bat Ayin | Human Rights and the Tent Protests | High Price Tag in the Mosque of the Village Yatma
Rabbi Dubi Haiun find a connection between the twelve ‘curse be’ of parashat “Ki Tavo” and the Ten Commandments. The border that parashat hashavua is creating is social-economic, psychological is meaningful to our days. Continue reading
Journey to El Arakib
Amita Jarmon: “Last Friday I joined a few other rabbis and least 100 other Israeli and international activists at a solidarity gathering and prayer service with the people of El Arakib whose homes have been demolished at least a dozen times in the past year.” Continue reading
A Prayer on the ruins of El Arakib | Danger of eviction in Ramle | Jew and non-Jews in the Halacha
Rabbi Arik Acherman: “I rush to write a few brief words about my friend and teacher Rabbi Isaac Newman. We are already past our deadline, but how can Parashat HaShavua go out as if nothing as changed when RHR has lost another one of the visionary leaders who shaped RHR?” Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged BEDOUIN COMMUNITIES IN THE JERUSALEM PERIPHERY FACING IMMINENT THREAT OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT, Beit Shean, El-Arakib, eviction, Halacha, interfaith prayer, Masad, Matot – Mas'ei, Mondoweiss, Non-Jewish life, Rabbi Isaac Newman, Ramle, the Social Democratic Camp, UNRWA: Herders Fact Sheet 2010, Volunteers Needed
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A Prayer on the ruins of El Arakib
This is a special prayer for the Bedouin unrecognized village of El Arakib.On July 22nd we will hold an interfaith prayer gathering in El Arakib. This prayer is a part of several events to recall the first year of the numerous demolitions of the village. Continue reading
Plowing in South Hebron Hills | Enable the Flotilla to arrive in Gaza | Destruction of El-Arakib |
Dolev Rahat returns with experiences and impressions from the journey of destruction wrought by the Israeli Civil Administration at the Palestinian village of Bir El Id. Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged 972Magazine, Balaam, Balak, Bir El Id, Dolev Rahat, El-Arakib, First Anniversary of the Destruction of El-Arakib, flotilla, Gaza, Hushiya family, Israeli Civil Administration, letters campaign, Rabbi Haim Shalom, summer camps, The Neshamah Center, “unrecognised” Bedouin villages of the northern Negev
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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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Shabbat HaGadol and Pesach
None of these victories are the cataclysmic act of salvation recounted in the exodus story. (And it is not enough to remove drops of wine from our seder cups when recounting the plagues, or to recite the midrash from Shir HaShirim Rabah containing God’s rebuke to the angels, “My children are drowning and you sing praises.” We truly do not want to see those with whom we are in conflict suffer anything close to the suffering of the Egyptians, not among our fellow Israelis and not among those beyond our borders.) Continue reading
Posted in Palestinian Rights
Tagged Amidar, Awarta, El-Arakib, Exodus, haggadah, Passover, Pesach, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Ramla, salvation, Shabbat HaGadol, Social Change Victories, Ta'ayush, The Valley of T'wamin
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