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.
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.
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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.
Our full statement: buff.ly/tZQ5wKs
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
On Tuesday, armed settlers attacked a group of T'ruah rabbis volunteering during the olive harvest in the West Bank with Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR).
This was a taste of the violence Palestinian olive farmers living under occupation face during the harvest and all year.
The full story here:
This was a taste of the violence Palestinian olive farmers living under occupation face during the harvest and all year.
The full story here:
Armed Settlers Attack Rabbis, Other Volunteers Assisting with Olive Harvest in West Bank | T'ruah
November 4, 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
On Tuesday, armed settlers attacked a group of T'ruah rabbis volunteering during the olive harvest in the West Bank with Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR).
This was a taste of the violence Palestinian olive farmers living under occupation face during the harvest and all year.
The full story here:
This was a taste of the violence Palestinian olive farmers living under occupation face during the harvest and all year.
The full story here:
Who are the holy trouble-makers in your life who live by the Torah of justice, fight for an equitable future, and inspire you to step up and join the good fight? We want to celebrate them!
Nominate your rabble-rousing rabbi or cantor for T’ruah’s Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Awards: truah.org/nyr
Nominate your rabble-rousing rabbi or cantor for T’ruah’s Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Awards: truah.org/nyr
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Who are the holy trouble-makers in your life who live by the Torah of justice, fight for an equitable future, and inspire you to step up and join the good fight? We want to celebrate them!
Nominate your rabble-rousing rabbi or cantor for T’ruah’s Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Awards: truah.org/nyr
Nominate your rabble-rousing rabbi or cantor for T’ruah’s Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Awards: truah.org/nyr
"It was important for us to be there as U.S. rabbis who care about this place, in partnership with Israeli rabbis, to help a family harvest their olives, and to share with our communities the stories of both the Palestinians experiencing violence and the many Israelis who are standing with them..."
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November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"It was important for us to be there as U.S. rabbis who care about this place, in partnership with Israeli rabbis, to help a family harvest their olives, and to share with our communities the stories of both the Palestinians experiencing violence and the many Israelis who are standing with them..."
This morning, T'ruah rabbis and volunteers with Rabbis for Human Rights and @standing-together.bsky.social were attacked by 2 armed settlers. The rabbis were there to bear witness to challenges facing Palestinians farmers and shepherds here, and to help Palestinian families harvest their olives. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This morning, T'ruah rabbis and volunteers with Rabbis for Human Rights and @standing-together.bsky.social were attacked by 2 armed settlers. The rabbis were there to bear witness to challenges facing Palestinians farmers and shepherds here, and to help Palestinian families harvest their olives. 🧵
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This state-backed violence is a daily occurrence for Palestinians in the West Bank, especially during the olive harvest. It is aimed at Palestinians but it doesn’t stop there. No one is safe in this reality, and all of us have to refuse this horror and end the occupation. (2/2)
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This state-backed violence is a daily occurrence for Palestinians in the West Bank, especially during the olive harvest. It is aimed at Palestinians but it doesn’t stop there. No one is safe in this reality, and all of us have to refuse this horror and end the occupation. (2/2)
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WATCH: Settlers attacked us, Palestinian farmers and activists from Standing Together and Rabbis for Human Rights who were helping harvest olives in Qarawat Bani Hassan! They flew a drone into an activist, injuring her, and then threatened us and shot into the air. (1/2)
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
WATCH: Settlers attacked us, Palestinian farmers and activists from Standing Together and Rabbis for Human Rights who were helping harvest olives in Qarawat Bani Hassan! They flew a drone into an activist, injuring her, and then threatened us and shot into the air. (1/2)
Your rabbi wants you to VOTE.
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Your rabbi wants you to VOTE.
"In secular Jewish American life, democracy is often treated as a Jewish value, and voting in elections as akin to a mitzvah. Yet is there a basis for this affinity for democracy in classical Jewish thought?"
Rabbi David Polsky explores a halakhic approach to voting and democracy: buff.ly/XRUlxJT
Rabbi David Polsky explores a halakhic approach to voting and democracy: buff.ly/XRUlxJT
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"In secular Jewish American life, democracy is often treated as a Jewish value, and voting in elections as akin to a mitzvah. Yet is there a basis for this affinity for democracy in classical Jewish thought?"
Rabbi David Polsky explores a halakhic approach to voting and democracy: buff.ly/XRUlxJT
Rabbi David Polsky explores a halakhic approach to voting and democracy: buff.ly/XRUlxJT
“I’m very concerned about the Israeli government’s crackdown on people who are supporting Palestinians and on the total impunity for settlers who are carrying out violent attacks,” said [T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill] Jacobs.
Israel deports two US Jews who volunteered to help Palestinians pick olives
(RNS) — Israel has ramped up deportations of foreigners involved in advocacy for Palestinians or demonstrations against the occupation, but the deportation of US Jews sets a precedent.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“I’m very concerned about the Israeli government’s crackdown on people who are supporting Palestinians and on the total impunity for settlers who are carrying out violent attacks,” said [T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill] Jacobs.
(1/4) Communities are showing up for each other in big ways, as our elected officials choose to let Americans go hungry when SNAP expires this weekend.
As many of us prepare to support our local food pantries, here are some ways to maximize your giving:
As many of us prepare to support our local food pantries, here are some ways to maximize your giving:
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
(1/4) Communities are showing up for each other in big ways, as our elected officials choose to let Americans go hungry when SNAP expires this weekend.
As many of us prepare to support our local food pantries, here are some ways to maximize your giving:
As many of us prepare to support our local food pantries, here are some ways to maximize your giving:
US citizens have been swept up in Trump's mass deportation agenda. in June, Andrea Velez was on her way to work when ICE agents arrested her on bogus charges of obstruction. 1/3
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And…
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
US citizens have been swept up in Trump's mass deportation agenda. in June, Andrea Velez was on her way to work when ICE agents arrested her on bogus charges of obstruction. 1/3
We're proud of these rabbis for using their moral voices!
From the letter: “Even though there are areas where we may disagree, we affirm only genuine solidarity and relationship-building can create lasting security. That work has sustained us for generations...and remains our only path forward.”
From the letter: “Even though there are areas where we may disagree, we affirm only genuine solidarity and relationship-building can create lasting security. That work has sustained us for generations...and remains our only path forward.”
A second rabbinic letter, arguing against Jewish rejections of Mamdani, enters the NYC mayor's race - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The letter, signed so far by more than 200 rabbis, rejects the idea that Mamdani's pro-Palestinian activism reflects hatred of Jews.
www.jta.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We're proud of these rabbis for using their moral voices!
From the letter: “Even though there are areas where we may disagree, we affirm only genuine solidarity and relationship-building can create lasting security. That work has sustained us for generations...and remains our only path forward.”
From the letter: “Even though there are areas where we may disagree, we affirm only genuine solidarity and relationship-building can create lasting security. That work has sustained us for generations...and remains our only path forward.”
On November 1, 1 in 8 Americans will have less food to eat because the President and his supporters in Congress are prioritizing financing authoritarianism over feeding our families.
Cutting SNAP is a choice.
Click here to find a food bank near you or donate:
Cutting SNAP is a choice.
Click here to find a food bank near you or donate:
U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America
Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
On November 1, 1 in 8 Americans will have less food to eat because the President and his supporters in Congress are prioritizing financing authoritarianism over feeding our families.
Cutting SNAP is a choice.
Click here to find a food bank near you or donate:
Cutting SNAP is a choice.
Click here to find a food bank near you or donate:
This weekend, T'ruah is proud to support communities across the country gathering to say: No more disappearances. No more detentions. No more silence.
Join the Disappeared In America Weekend of Action Nov 1–2 and stand for justice, dignity, and due process.
Events in your city: buff.ly/xdQh5WZ
Join the Disappeared In America Weekend of Action Nov 1–2 and stand for justice, dignity, and due process.
Events in your city: buff.ly/xdQh5WZ
October 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This weekend, T'ruah is proud to support communities across the country gathering to say: No more disappearances. No more detentions. No more silence.
Join the Disappeared In America Weekend of Action Nov 1–2 and stand for justice, dignity, and due process.
Events in your city: buff.ly/xdQh5WZ
Join the Disappeared In America Weekend of Action Nov 1–2 and stand for justice, dignity, and due process.
Events in your city: buff.ly/xdQh5WZ
(M)oral Torah: Imagine a tent with no walls and every door open, welcoming anyone who enters, and creating a safe space to leave, continuing on their individual journey.
Rabbi Naomi Zaslow reminds us that community means embracing those who arrive and blessing those who depart.
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Rabbi Naomi Zaslow reminds us that community means embracing those who arrive and blessing those who depart.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
(M)oral Torah: Imagine a tent with no walls and every door open, welcoming anyone who enters, and creating a safe space to leave, continuing on their individual journey.
Rabbi Naomi Zaslow reminds us that community means embracing those who arrive and blessing those who depart.
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Rabbi Naomi Zaslow reminds us that community means embracing those who arrive and blessing those who depart.
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This is an outrageous attempt to intimidate peace activists. These two US Jewish women must be released now.
Instead of arresting people who are peacefully supporting farmers in the olive harvest, the IDF should be arresting the settler extremists violently attacking Palestinians every day.
Instead of arresting people who are peacefully supporting farmers in the olive harvest, the IDF should be arresting the settler extremists violently attacking Palestinians every day.
Israel deporting 2 US Jews who entered closed IDF zone to aid Palestinian farmers
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October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is an outrageous attempt to intimidate peace activists. These two US Jewish women must be released now.
Instead of arresting people who are peacefully supporting farmers in the olive harvest, the IDF should be arresting the settler extremists violently attacking Palestinians every day.
Instead of arresting people who are peacefully supporting farmers in the olive harvest, the IDF should be arresting the settler extremists violently attacking Palestinians every day.
Big win! A coalition of progressive and liberal slates at the World Zionist Congress has successfully passed a resolution preventing the WZO from using any resources for settlement in the Gaza Strip. *This is why we're here.* @hatikvahslate.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Big win! A coalition of progressive and liberal slates at the World Zionist Congress has successfully passed a resolution preventing the WZO from using any resources for settlement in the Gaza Strip. *This is why we're here.* @hatikvahslate.bsky.social