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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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All you wanted to know about the olive harvest and did not dare to ask
You are invited to come and harvest olives at the Palestinian villages near Nablus (and in other places) and near to settlements. Continue reading
A visit to the boy who was lynched and the family who had a molotov thrown at them
Natanya Ginzborg went to Hadassah to visit the young man who had been attacked in Kikar Zion in the middle of Jerusalem and the Palestinian family who had been attacked. Read her experience Continue reading
Posted in General, Palestinian Rights
Tagged Jerusalem, jewish terror, kikar zion, lynch, molotov
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Women solidarity at Sheikh Jarrah
Maya Wind: “Growing up in segregated Jerusalem, I had understood solidarity to describe my affinity to the Jewish community alone. It was only after I ventured into East Jerusalem and the West Bank that I redefined this term. For when I began organizing with Palestinians facing eviction in Sheikh Jarrah, my conception of who I could share values with radically changed.” Continue reading
I have to choose between medications, and food for my son and rent money
This is a translation of the profile of Etti Hen, which, with the help of RHR, first appeared last summer on the website of Israel’s Channel 2. Click here for the Channel 2 website in Hebrew. Continue reading
Rabbis for Human Rights Hagaddah Supplements 5772
WHO SITS WITH US AT OUR SEDER? Continue reading
Posted in Economic/Social Justice, Education, General, Legal Work, Palestinian Rights
Tagged 5772, African Refugees, Al Arakib, Farmers of El-Jenya, freedom, Hagaddah Supplements, Hallel, INJUSTICES, Jahalin Bedouin, Jericho, Jerusalem, KKL-JNF, Pesach, Pharaoh, Public Housing, Residents of East Jerusalem, SEDER, Silwan, Susya, The Four Children at the Seder Table
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In East Jerusalem, only Palestinian property seized as ‘Absentee’
To this day, Palestinians are being legally evacuated from their properties in East Jerusalem due to the application of a racist 1950 Israeli law. Continue reading
Give the money of Prazot to those who need public housing
The public housing issue and the money that is restricted money of Prazot do not leave our social agenda. Continue reading
Despite denials, JNF to continue eviction effort of J’lem Palestinians
A recent comment by the Jewish National Fund makes it clear that previous statements by its US office were lies
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Posted in General
Tagged 972Magazine, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, JNF, Noam Seizaf, The Jewish National Fund
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Take Action: Tell the JNF not to evict Palestinians from East Jerusalem
We need all of you journalists, bloggers, students, Rabbis, community leaders, Rabbinical Students, activists and other partners—to put public pressure on the JNF Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Absentee Property, activists, bloggers, community leaders, ELAD, Hagit Ofran, Himnuta, Ir Amim, Jerusalem, JNF, journalists, non-Jews, Rabbinical Students, Rabbis, Settlers (ELAD), Silwan, students, Take Action, Wadi Ara
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From Noah to Lekh Lekha
As we move from Noah to Lekh Lekha, many of us like to teach the midrash that compares Noah to a young child holding God’s hand, while Abraham who argues with God, is like the older child who runs ahead. Continue reading
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Tagged An Opening Word, Channel 2 news, illegal act, Jerusalem, Lekh Lekha, midrash, Noah, Public Housing, squatters, הסרט שלטון החוק
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