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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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Press Release: Price Tag – About 200 Trees, Some Planted as Part of a Coexistence Initiative, Were Cut Down in the Village of Qusra | Settler Violence and Preventing a Palestinian Farmer from Entering His Lands
About 200 Trees, Were Cut Down in the Village of Qusra | Settler Violence Continue reading
Operation Groundswell – Last Day in the Field
These are some photos from the last day out in the South Hebron Hills with “Operation Groundswell” this summer. Continue reading
Posted in General, Palestinian Rights
Tagged Bir El Id, occupied territories, Operation Groundswell, Palestinians, settelers
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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
“Legal” discrimination in the occupied territories
Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann describes the discriminatory application of the “law” in the occupied territories by two events in the villages of Burin and Farata. The Palestinian can not receive real protection from the Israeli security forces. In these moments of darkness, Rabbi Grenimann finds RHR’s work important and enlightening. Continue reading
Posted in General, Palestinian Rights
Tagged Burin, Farata, Havat Golad, Palestinians, Rabbis for Human Rights, Security forces, settlers, the army, the police, Yanun
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How good are your tents O Jacob! How good are our tents?
In our Parasha Rabbi Haim Shalom asks – what would Balaam say if he saw our dwelling places today? What ethical judgements might he make? If he were to see any tents at all, would they be those of the “unrecognised” Bedouin villages of the northern Negev? Continue reading
Love of Country | The Light of the Human Rights | Checkpoints During the Holiday |
Rabbi Arik Ascherman: “I feel very Israeli on Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut. I also feel Israeli when experiencing the challenges and joys of everyday life here. However, just as the tin man in the Wizard of Oz realizes he has a heart when it is breaking, I feel most Israeli and most Jewish when driven to do whatever I can to effect Tikun Olam because of all that is not as it could, must and eventually will be in the country and among the people whom I love. Shabbat Shalom, Arik.” Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged B'her, facebook, family, Hebrew, Human Rights, Israel Court, Israeli moments, Jewish, language, Love of Country, Memorial Day, Palestinians, Parashat Hashavua, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan demolitions, Speech, The annual Alternative Beacon Lighting Ceremony, Tikun Olam, U.S visit, Yom Atzmaut
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Meet the executive director of Rabbis For Human Rights-North America: Rabbi Jill Jacobs
The new executive director of Rabbis For Human Rights-NA, Rabbi Jill Jacobs discusses Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and why Israel is most responsible for the failure in reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged North America, Palestinians, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Rabbis for Human Rights
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When the Rabbi meets the Imam
Following the fire at the Mosque in Hawara, Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann met the Imam of the Mosque, Imam Murad Udi. Rabbi Grenimann expressed his sorrow and said that he hoped it was not an act of arson. Both religious leaders requested a move away from extremism and for both sides to live together and respect each other. Continue reading
Land Dispute and Land Rights in the Holy Land
Readers of the Bible are no doubt aware of the Divine promise made to the ancestors of the Jewish people, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that their descendants would inherit the land of Israel. Continue reading
If you are organizing a group tour to Israel/Palestine or traveling on your own, Rabbis for Human Rights would be happy to meet with you!