Not to be burned: Newsletter on the parashat Devarim for Tisha B’Av

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Rabbis for Human Rights
Funeral of Moshe Silman, Holon, Israel, 22.7.2012 An Israeli man places a flower on the grave of Moshe Silman at the end of his funeral in Holon on July 22, 2012. Moshe Silman died from severe burns after he set himself on fire during a social justice demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 14. Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Actviestills.org

This week we buried Moshe Silman z”l. It is difficult. We are all praying for his welfare and hope that people will not sacrifice their bodies, their flesh and their souls for the protest. We want a live protest that is a demonstration and there is no justification for dying on the streets. Continue reading →

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ICAHD Peace Center ‘Beit Arabiya’ Demolished for the Fifth Time

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Rabbis for Human Rights
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Last night (23.1) around midnight in Anata security forces destroyed for the fifth time the Shawamreh family’s home, “Beit Arabiyah” (That had been used as a peace center and had become the international symbol of the struggle against home demolitions … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin Plan Is Back | An attack and theft in Toamin | Public Housing and Social Justice

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Rabbis for Human Rights
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Rabbi Arik Ascherman: Just as the differing Muslim and Jewish fasts with their different atmospheres lead to the same place of “tikun” (repair, restoration, cleansing, healing) God, may it be Your Will that our effors and struggles in tent camps and outside them bring us to a place of tikun. Continue reading →

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