Protective presence for Palestinian farmers, assistance with access to land, and documentation of human rights violations.
Promoting social and economic rights, combating poverty and discrimination, and advancing equal opportunities.
Designing and delivering educational programs on human rights, religious pluralism, and tolerance.
Dialogue and interfaith cooperation, development of joint initiatives, and the promotion of mutual understanding.
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Rabbis for Human Rights is the Jewish voice on human rights.
Founded in 1988, it brings together more than 170 members – ordained rabbis and rabbinical students from across the denominations.
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Weekly Torah Portion
The Danger of Fire
Course Recalibration
At its founding, the Jewish state sought peace with its neighbors, aspired to integrate into the region, to become a moral exemplar (or at least to strive toward that ideal). It was a Jewish state that wished to embody a Judaism of compassion, of freedom, and of equality, in the spirit of the vision of the prophets of Israel.
Farming of Faith
And within this, Shabbat HaGadol is a refusal to be silenced. It is an ancient and eternal Jewish command to listen, even through the noise of war, for the enduring mission we have taken upon ourselves: to grow, and to cultivate sacred and worthy life—even under the most painful conditions. As Sivan Har-Shefi writes: to grow, and that the heart becomes more humble.
So what is the meaning of Shabbat HaGadol? What does it truly demand of us?