{"id":31,"date":"2025-04-28T13:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhr.digiproduct.co.il\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-11-05T07:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:12:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t<section class=\"home-top-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"home-top-bg-slider owl-carousel\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/home-top.jpg');\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container home-top__container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"home-top__title\">\u201cBlessed are those who uphold justice and act righteously at all times\u201d<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/donate\/\" class=\"home-top__button\">Donate<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\t\n\n\n\n\r\n\t<section class=\"about-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container about__container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"about__title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout the Organization\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about__image mobile\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/home\/about-organization\/\" alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about__text\"><div class=\"nu\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><em>Rabbis for Human Rights is the Jewish voice on human rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\">Founded in 1988, it brings together more than 170 members \u2013 ordained rabbis and rabbinical students from across the denominations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about__buttons\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/about\/\" class=\"about__button about__button_1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about__image desktop\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/home\/about-organization\/\" alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"support-block\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/support-bg.png)\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container support__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"support__title\">Support Our Work<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"support__text\"><div class=\"nu\">\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;\">Your donation enables us to continue advancing human rights in the spirit of Jewish tradition. Every gift, large or small, helps us to defend human rights and build a more just society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/donate\/\" class=\"support__button\">Donate Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"cards_2__block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cards_2__title\">Weekly Torah Portion<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards_2__tabs tabs\" style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"tab\" data-tab=\"tab-a566b2bebc\" data-type=\"\">papers<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards tab-content\" id=\"tab-a566b2bebc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card__title\">\u201cI Am a Foreigner and a Resident Among You\u201d<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__subtitle\">Thoughts for Prashat Chayei Sarah \/ Anton Goodman, Acting CEO, Rabbis for Human Rights<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__text\"><div class=\"nu\">During this olive harvest season, we are working alongside Palestinian communities to help them defend their land, while at the same time helping us, as Jews, defend our values. Both are under brutal attack.<\/p>\n<p>Moderation, humility, and respect for human dignity are the cornerstones of Jewish tradition. They are the moral compass that guides our relationships with one another and with God. The foundation upon which we exalt Moses is his profound humility: \u201cNow the man Moses was very humble, more so than any other human being on earth\u201d (Numbers 12:3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/torah-chapter\/prashat-chayei-sarah\/\" class=\"card__button\">Read more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card__title\">Lot\u2019s Testimony<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__subtitle\">Thoughts for Parashat Vayeira \/ Rabbi Marc Rosenstein<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__text\"><div class=\"nu\">It doesn\u2019t really seem fair. \u201cNo Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted into the congregation of the Lord\u2026 even in the tenth generation\u2026 [But] you shall not abhor the Edomite\u2026 your kinsman, [nor] the Egyptian, for you were a stranger in his land.\u201d (Deut. 23:4-7). Was I not a kinsman? Abraham was my uncle. I joined him on his great adventure, when he set forth from Haran to Canaan. Indeed, to maintain family peace, I even agreed to separate my flocks and household from his. And he clearly took our kinship seriously, twice taking on great risk for my sake: liberating me from Chedorlaomer\u2019s captivity (Gen. 14), and then confronting God over the plan to destroy my hometown.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/torah-chapter\/parashat-vayeira-2\/\" class=\"card__button\">Read more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card__title\">The Whole Land Needs You<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__subtitle\">Thoughts for Parashat Lech Lecha \/ Rabbi Avi Novis-Deutsch<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__text\"><div class=\"nu\">Over the past few weeks, I have been going to the Jordan Valley to take part in protective presence activities. 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