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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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Passover Thoughts 5772
Rabbi Arik Ascherman thinks that we will be free only when there will be justice and equality for everyone. 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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The birth of Miriam, the birth of a prophetess
In Parashat ‘B’Shalach’ Rabbi Dalia Marx investigates the prophetess Miriam. On one hand Miriam appears in the Bible as a prophetess more times then other women’s names in the Bible. On the other hand we know very little about her. Miriam’s singing, says Rabbi Marx, transforms Miriam into a prophetess. Continue reading
Freedom from Corruption of Power
This week’s Torah narrative completes the story of the ten plagues. It describes the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart as the story proceeds. It then introducesthe firstmitzvot given to the Jewish people as a nation – the twenty mitzvot which create the holiday observances of Pesach, the festival of Freedom. To this day this educational construct serves to create and recreate the Jewish people and is a cornerstone of our collective identity. Continue reading
The Original “Egyptian Bondage
Rabbi Peretz Rodman tells us about the original “Egyptian Bondage” that actually was the bondage of the Egyptian people by Joseph and Pharaoh during the drought in Egypt and suggests that Joseph is, ultimately, not our model but our counter-model. Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged 5772, drought, Goshen, Joseph, Judah Benjamin, Parashat Vayyiggash, Pharaoh, starvation
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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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