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 Afflictions and their Remedies
But why should we read specifically a chapter about afflictions as part of our annual cycle? Why not skip it? Large sections of the Prophets and the Writings were skipped by the sages. When they chose the scrolls to be read on festivals, selected the haftarot, and elevated Psalms as the great book of prayer—they also chose what not to include. So first, I would like to restore to us the power of choice. We do not erase any part of the Torah or the Bible, but we are certainly entitled to choose what to engage with more and what less.
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.