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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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A country which destroys its citizens: The story of Moshe Silman
On Shabat evening, 14.7 during a demonstration on Kaplan St. where Moshe Silman set fire to himself, in protest at the terrible economic situation he was in and at his mistreatment by state and government institutions. The following will try to clarify how Moshe got to this stage. Continue reading
Posted in Economic/Social Justice, General
Tagged 100 percent disability, appeal, Bituach Leumi, Director of Social Justice at Rabbis for Human Rights, food, Haifa encampment, Haifa municipality, Homeless, Idit Lev, medicine, Member of Knesset Orly Levy Abecassis, Ministry of Housing, Moshe Silman, Moshe Silman set fire to himself, poverty, The rejection letter, welfare
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The victory of Ovadia – Newsletter of Parashat T’tzave – Shabbat Zachor
Due to the mutual struggle of all the social activists, Ovadia Ben-Avraham stopped his hunger strike. An agreement with Amidar was reached and the eviction order for February 27th was canceled. This is additional proof that the mutual action of the social group brings results. Shabbat Shalom. Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged Amidar, Beit Shean, Channel 2, Demolition orders for Jinba, German-funded solar energy for Palestinians, JNF/KKL, MK Nitzan Horovitz, poverty, Prawer, Public Housing, Quamar Mishirqi-Asad on Haaretz, Shabbat Zachor, Social Change Victories, South Hebron Hills, South Hebron Mountains, T'tzave, The breastplate of the High Priest, The victory of Ovadia
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The Minister of Welfare did not come to the Conference on Poverty
Aisha Sidawi returns from the conference on the International Day of Fighting against Poverty with new insights. She is not ashamed to speak on issues that have not been heard in the Knesset before. The big question she raises is how to speak about poverty. Continue reading
The Relativity of Poverty
The poor people expect only the basic things from the state, Jabotinsky’s five “M”s, but his “ideological successors” in the Israeli government are not committed to provide even this. A special article for the Day of Fighting against Poverty, that was commemorated in the Knesset. Continue reading
Bureaucracy and suffering
The story of the K. family Continue reading
Posted in Economic/Social Justice, General
Tagged disability allowance, medical problems, poverty, Wisconsin Plan
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Summer Camp as a Social Instrument
Rabbi Idit Lev shows us how the summer vacation brings us back to a social problem when looking how much money has to be paid to participate. Continue reading
Posted in Economic/Social Justice, General
Tagged empowerment center, Hadera, human dignity and freedom law, poverty, summer camps, welfare
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