T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
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Moral rabbinic voice protecting & advancing human rights in U.S., Israel & occupied Palestinian territories. Words = worlds. #ResistingTyrants.
At T'ruah's National Jewish Clergy Convening from February 9-11, 2026, we’ll hear from experts in the field and colleagues about modeling moral courage, having tough conversations, defending democracy, pursuing peace in Israel and Palestine, and much more. (1/2)
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
At T'ruah's National Jewish Clergy Convening from February 9-11, 2026, we’ll hear from experts in the field and colleagues about modeling moral courage, having tough conversations, defending democracy, pursuing peace in Israel and Palestine, and much more. (1/2)
In a new op-ed, our CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs argues that the ADL--with its hyperfocus on shutting down criticism of Israel and attempts to ingratiate itself with an administration that platforms and empowers antisemites--has abdicated its responsibility and made Jews more vulnerable.
ADL’s ‘Zohran Mamdani Monitor’ marks a troubling shift | The Jerusalem Post
Today’s ADL has abdicated this responsibility, and the Jewish community will suffer the consequences.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In a new op-ed, our CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs argues that the ADL--with its hyperfocus on shutting down criticism of Israel and attempts to ingratiate itself with an administration that platforms and empowers antisemites--has abdicated its responsibility and made Jews more vulnerable.
Reposted by T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Let’s stay focused. This is the clear and present danger facing Jewish Americans.
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social unpacks an emerging coalition that should frighten all Americans.
#antisemitism
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social unpacks an emerging coalition that should frighten all Americans.
#antisemitism
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Let’s stay focused. This is the clear and present danger facing Jewish Americans.
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social unpacks an emerging coalition that should frighten all Americans.
#antisemitism
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social unpacks an emerging coalition that should frighten all Americans.
#antisemitism
We were honored to host Sally Abed and Alon-Lee Green of @standing-together.bsky.social in our office this morning for a conversation with NYC rabbis and cantors. Standing Together is building an incredible movement of Israelis and Palestinians working together for peace, equality, and justice.
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We were honored to host Sally Abed and Alon-Lee Green of @standing-together.bsky.social in our office this morning for a conversation with NYC rabbis and cantors. Standing Together is building an incredible movement of Israelis and Palestinians working together for peace, equality, and justice.
In the conversation around a video of sexual abuse leaked by an IDF major general, Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson, Executive Director of Partners for Progressive Israel, brings the attention back where it needs to be: on the "wider culture of gross abuse and human rights violations at Sde Teiman."
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November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In the conversation around a video of sexual abuse leaked by an IDF major general, Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson, Executive Director of Partners for Progressive Israel, brings the attention back where it needs to be: on the "wider culture of gross abuse and human rights violations at Sde Teiman."
T’ruah clergy gave testimony today at the MA Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism, lifting up our vision for an inclusive Commonwealth that counters hate through interfaith and inter-community dialogue and relationships as well as robust, compassionate, and nuanced education.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
T’ruah clergy gave testimony today at the MA Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism, lifting up our vision for an inclusive Commonwealth that counters hate through interfaith and inter-community dialogue and relationships as well as robust, compassionate, and nuanced education.
"Two ICE detainees have died in my state this year, Ismael Ayala-Uribe and Huabing Xie. I didn’t know them and I don’t know their loved ones, but I want to honor their memories by naming them." (1/2)
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Two ICE detainees have died in my state this year, Ismael Ayala-Uribe and Huabing Xie. I didn’t know them and I don’t know their loved ones, but I want to honor their memories by naming them." (1/2)
Rabbi Sarah Reines was in the West Bank with T'ruah last week when two settlers with guns approached and threatened our group.
I glimpsed the violence facing West Bank Palestinians every day. American Jews who care about Israel must act. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A Manhattan rabbi describes a terrifying experience during a recent "protective presence" mission.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Rabbi Sarah Reines was in the West Bank with T'ruah last week when two settlers with guns approached and threatened our group.
In Chicago, ICE operations are now terrorizing young children. Last week, ICE went into a daycare center and forcibly took one of the teachers. This trauma is likely to stay with the children at that daycare for years to come. We must protect educators and protect each other.
Teacher pulled out of Chicago daycare by armed ICE agents, alderman says
Federal agents arrested a Chicago daycare worker just after the center opened Wednesday in a scene city officials said unfolded in front of teachers, parents and children.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In Chicago, ICE operations are now terrorizing young children. Last week, ICE went into a daycare center and forcibly took one of the teachers. This trauma is likely to stay with the children at that daycare for years to come. We must protect educators and protect each other.
Jewish tradition doesn't just ask whether we can resist unjust state power — it tells us when we're compelled to resist and how to do so.
Learn more from Rabbi Jonah Winer in this first of a new series from T'ruah, Tekiyah Gedolah: Deep Dives into Justice Torah: buff.ly/0VpuBuC
Learn more from Rabbi Jonah Winer in this first of a new series from T'ruah, Tekiyah Gedolah: Deep Dives into Justice Torah: buff.ly/0VpuBuC
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Jewish tradition doesn't just ask whether we can resist unjust state power — it tells us when we're compelled to resist and how to do so.
Learn more from Rabbi Jonah Winer in this first of a new series from T'ruah, Tekiyah Gedolah: Deep Dives into Justice Torah: buff.ly/0VpuBuC
Learn more from Rabbi Jonah Winer in this first of a new series from T'ruah, Tekiyah Gedolah: Deep Dives into Justice Torah: buff.ly/0VpuBuC
What will it take to see progress toward the next phases of ending the war? What’s next for Gaza? Dr. Gershon Baskin, a seasoned negotiator and mediator, will unpack what’s happening on the ground and the prospects for progress. (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What will it take to see progress toward the next phases of ending the war? What’s next for Gaza? Dr. Gershon Baskin, a seasoned negotiator and mediator, will unpack what’s happening on the ground and the prospects for progress. (1/2)
On Sunday, November 16, at 11:30 AM, T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs will moderate a discussion on the book "Fear No Pharaoh" with the author, Richard Kreitner, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage as part of their annual New York Jewish Book Festival.
Learn more and register here: buff.ly/1AIiz91
Learn more and register here: buff.ly/1AIiz91
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
On Sunday, November 16, at 11:30 AM, T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs will moderate a discussion on the book "Fear No Pharaoh" with the author, Richard Kreitner, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage as part of their annual New York Jewish Book Festival.
Learn more and register here: buff.ly/1AIiz91
Learn more and register here: buff.ly/1AIiz91
Last week, nine T'ruah rabbis and cantors joined Rabbis for Human Rights and other activists in the West Bank to help with the olive harvest and offer "protective presence" from settler violence. Settlers still attacked them. (1/3)
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Last week, nine T'ruah rabbis and cantors joined Rabbis for Human Rights and other activists in the West Bank to help with the olive harvest and offer "protective presence" from settler violence. Settlers still attacked them. (1/3)
On Monday, 11/17 at 2:30 PM, T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs will be speaking at JTS's Interreligious Convening on the topic of Safeguarding Democracy: Jewish Values and Global Lessons for Action.
Learn more here: buff.ly/oCJ4epZ
Learn more here: buff.ly/oCJ4epZ
Upholding Human Dignity in Turbulent Times: An Interreligious Convening - Jewish Theological Seminary
This two-day convening will bring together religious leaders, scholars, and activists from diverse traditions to explore the urgent imperative of safeguarding human dignity, well-being, and…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
On Monday, 11/17 at 2:30 PM, T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs will be speaking at JTS's Interreligious Convening on the topic of Safeguarding Democracy: Jewish Values and Global Lessons for Action.
Learn more here: buff.ly/oCJ4epZ
Learn more here: buff.ly/oCJ4epZ
“There are many, many groups being targeted, but immigrants are being targeted uniquely by our government," said Rabbi Allan Berkowitz, an organizer of the event. "...immigrants are... in need of our support and rehumanization as the government attempts to dehumanize them.”
Bay Area Religious Leaders Hold Interfaith Vigil Outside of ICE Office in San Francisco | KQED
Organizers called for “moral courage” in the face of the Trump administration’s increased immigration enforcement in recent months.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“There are many, many groups being targeted, but immigrants are being targeted uniquely by our government," said Rabbi Allan Berkowitz, an organizer of the event. "...immigrants are... in need of our support and rehumanization as the government attempts to dehumanize them.”
We're glad to see the IDF dismissed a reservist who fired near T'ruah rabbis & other volunteers helping with the olive harvest last week. But when will the IDF take seriously its responsibility to stop settler attacks on Palestinians, even when there are no Israeli or international activists around?
Reservist who fired in the air near West Bank olive harvesters dismissed from duty
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www.timesofisrael.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We're glad to see the IDF dismissed a reservist who fired near T'ruah rabbis & other volunteers helping with the olive harvest last week. But when will the IDF take seriously its responsibility to stop settler attacks on Palestinians, even when there are no Israeli or international activists around?
ICYMI: (M)oral Torah: Society has long monitored and judged women’s fertility, sometimes in the name of religion. But is this what our tradition tells us to do?
Rabbi Rachel Greengrass discusses this question, using Sarah's story of motherhood, in Vayera.
Full text: buff.ly/hWe0OJa
Rabbi Rachel Greengrass discusses this question, using Sarah's story of motherhood, in Vayera.
Full text: buff.ly/hWe0OJa
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
ICYMI: (M)oral Torah: Society has long monitored and judged women’s fertility, sometimes in the name of religion. But is this what our tradition tells us to do?
Rabbi Rachel Greengrass discusses this question, using Sarah's story of motherhood, in Vayera.
Full text: buff.ly/hWe0OJa
Rabbi Rachel Greengrass discusses this question, using Sarah's story of motherhood, in Vayera.
Full text: buff.ly/hWe0OJa
We are so moved by this story of coordinated nonviolent resistance -- with whistles -- against the ICE raids that are tearing apart communities in Chicago.
Commentary: In Chicago, residents mount a community-wide defense against Trump's deportation machine
Over the past two months, ICE has swept throughout Chicago but has swung its hammer with gusto on Little Village, considered the Mexican heart of the city.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We are so moved by this story of coordinated nonviolent resistance -- with whistles -- against the ICE raids that are tearing apart communities in Chicago.
Rabbi Suzanne Singer: "Doesn’t the Torah tell us to love our neighbor as ourself? Aren’t we supposed to pursue justice and righteousness?"
The Blogs: Attacked by Settlers in the West Bank
From the blog of Suzanne K. Singer at The Times of Israel
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November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Rabbi Suzanne Singer: "Doesn’t the Torah tell us to love our neighbor as ourself? Aren’t we supposed to pursue justice and righteousness?"
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided to allow Trump's administration to block people from using correct passport markers. In response, Jon Cohen, Director of Community Mobilization for Keshet, shared a statement:
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided to allow Trump's administration to block people from using correct passport markers. In response, Jon Cohen, Director of Community Mobilization for Keshet, shared a statement:
Thank you to Rep. Raskin and the over 100 members of Congress who signed a letter opposing home demolition orders in Umm al-Khair in the West Bank.
T'ruah rabbis have visited Umm al-Khair several times, learning about the settler and state violence that make life there nearly impossible. 🧵 (1/3)
T'ruah rabbis have visited Umm al-Khair several times, learning about the settler and state violence that make life there nearly impossible. 🧵 (1/3)
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Thank you to Rep. Raskin and the over 100 members of Congress who signed a letter opposing home demolition orders in Umm al-Khair in the West Bank.
T'ruah rabbis have visited Umm al-Khair several times, learning about the settler and state violence that make life there nearly impossible. 🧵 (1/3)
T'ruah rabbis have visited Umm al-Khair several times, learning about the settler and state violence that make life there nearly impossible. 🧵 (1/3)
T'ruah mourns the passing of our supporter and friend Peter Weiss, z"l, a human rights lawyer and pursuer of peace and justice.
Our heartfelt condolences to his children Judy, Tamara, and Daniel. May his memory be a blessing.
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Our heartfelt condolences to his children Judy, Tamara, and Daniel. May his memory be a blessing.
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Peter Weiss Obituary November 3, 2025 - Legacy.com
View Peter Weiss's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
T'ruah mourns the passing of our supporter and friend Peter Weiss, z"l, a human rights lawyer and pursuer of peace and justice.
Our heartfelt condolences to his children Judy, Tamara, and Daniel. May his memory be a blessing.
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Our heartfelt condolences to his children Judy, Tamara, and Daniel. May his memory be a blessing.
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We are so moved by the words of Rabbi Sarah Reines, who visited the West Bank with T'ruah and witnessed the settler attack: "The rising danger only increases my resolve to represent the highest Jewish values of respect, lovingkindness, peace and preservation of life in the land Jews call home.”
US teen deported, Israeli rabbi wounded as tensions mount for Jewish activists in the West Bank - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
In a second incident, a settler who was a soldier fired a gun near rabbis and Jewish leaders from the United States.
www.jta.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We are so moved by the words of Rabbi Sarah Reines, who visited the West Bank with T'ruah and witnessed the settler attack: "The rising danger only increases my resolve to represent the highest Jewish values of respect, lovingkindness, peace and preservation of life in the land Jews call home.”
Last week, in a raid, ICE agents broke the ribs of and critically injured a 67-year-old man in a Chicago neighborhood. In the same operation, they deployed tear gas without warning. This is just one example of the mass deportation agenda playing out in Chicago. This cruelty must stop.
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
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November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Last week, in a raid, ICE agents broke the ribs of and critically injured a 67-year-old man in a Chicago neighborhood. In the same operation, they deployed tear gas without warning. This is just one example of the mass deportation agenda playing out in Chicago. This cruelty must stop.
We are in a terrifying moment of rising authoritarianism and white nationalism. The far-right is eager to divide us. We need stronger relationships with allies who share our vision of a city and a country that is safe for everyone.
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Our full statement: buff.ly/tZQ5wKs
Rabbinic Human Rights Organization Pledges To Work With Mayor-Elect Mamdani for a Better New York City | T'ruah
November 5, 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We are in a terrifying moment of rising authoritarianism and white nationalism. The far-right is eager to divide us. We need stronger relationships with allies who share our vision of a city and a country that is safe for everyone.
Our full statement: buff.ly/tZQ5wKs
Our full statement: buff.ly/tZQ5wKs