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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

Migrants walk along the Huixtla highway in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, October 22, 2024, hoping to reach the country's northern border and ultimately the United States. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
October 24, 2024, 9:07 am
As US election nears, Jewish groups decry ‘xenophobia, fear and lies’ about immigrants
Thinly-veiled criticism of Trump, signed by Reform and Conservative rabbinic associations and 500 clergy, urges candidates to ‘reject the impulse to seal our borders’
By Ron Kampeas
US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
May 4, 2024, 2:27 pm
5 US Jewish orgs boycott education secretary call over presence of progressive groups
Cardona makes second antisemitism presentation after Jewish Federations of North America, ADL, Conference of Presidents refuse to attend the first one
By Ron Kampeas
A Palestinian man walks between scorched cars in a scrapyard after a settler riot, in the town of Huwara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, February 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
February 28, 2023, 5:03 am
As US Jewish groups condemn Huwara settler rampage, many avoid mentioning Netanyahu
Some mainstream organizations express outrage over deadly riot against Palestinians, refrain from direct criticism of government; Orthodox Union urges ‘clear and strong leadership’
By Ron Kampeas
Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir arrives to speak to supporters as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem, November 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 3, 2022, 5:25 am
US Jewish groups sound alarm over rise of Ben Gvir, though many steer clear
American Jewish Committee, Reform Movement, J Street and others express deep concerns over likely far-right government, but other organizations avoid mentioning Otzma Yehudit head
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights (Courtesty via JTA)
September 23, 2022, 6:46 am
Jewish think tank to counter conservative ideas, provide forum for Israel critics
Progressive leaders’ new Emor Institute for Bold Jewish Thought aims to influence discourse and US policy on racism, immigration and LGBTQ rights, boost scholars critical of Israel
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg holds a sign reading 'Health and safety is a human right' at the launch of the Cabricanecos Campaign in early March. (JFREJ)
June 26, 2022, 2:48 am
In NY, Liberal rabbis demonstrate for workers’ rights and a Hasidic company listens
Impromptu bargaining session part of a larger campaign that pairs left-wing Jewish activist organizations T’ruah and Jews for Racial & Economic Justice with Laundry Workers Center
By julia GERGELY
A refugee fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine walks with children holding toys after crossing the border by ferry at the Isaccea-Orlivka border crossing in Romania, on Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
March 24, 2022, 11:56 pm
US Jewish groups hail Biden decision to take in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
Mainstream, liberal groups press for further details to ensure that those coming in are given full protections, lament lack of similar treatment for other refugees
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: T'ruah Rabbi Ariel Stone, holding megaphone, at a social justice rally in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Stone)
February 4, 2022, 4:45 pm
A new kind of chaplain? US Jewish clergy train to support social justice activists
T’ruah partners with the Faith Matters Network on a new course in ‘movement chaplaincy,’ which seeks to provide a spiritual anchor for protesters who face the ‘pain of the world’
By Danielle Ziri
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster spent a decade with the human rights group T’ruah, including years advocating on behalf of farmworkers. Earlier this year, she left to become the executive vice president of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. (Courtesy of Kahn-Troster/ via JTA)
June 21, 2021, 3:20 am
Rabbi wants US Jews to be more involved in boardroom battles for social justice
Executive VP of the ICCR, a group of 300 institutions controlling $4 trillion in assets, Rachel Kahn-Troster says the Jewish community can pressure companies to act more ethically
By Asaf Shalev
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), the sister organization of The Jewish Vote, march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2016. (Courtesy Gili Getz)
April 21, 2021, 8:48 pm
US Jewish groups welcome guilty verdict in trial of cop who killed George Floyd
Comments by mostly liberal organizations say ruling a first step in addressing police brutality, reforms still needed to tackle systemic racism
By Jacob Magid
Itamar Ben Gvir of the far-right Otzma Yehudit faction speaks at the Religious Zionism party headquarters in Modi'in, on elections night, March 23, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
March 25, 2021, 11:18 am
US Democratic pro-Israel group ‘appalled’ by Kahanist faction’s entry to Knesset
DMFI says views of Religious Zionism’s Itamar Ben Gvir antithetical to Israel’s founding principles; AIPAC says it’ll continue policy of boycotting such MKs
By Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pats his head during a joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool via AP)
January 26, 2021, 4:09 am
Pompeo plan to declare rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’ over Israel stance shelved
Former official says policy, introduced after Trump lost election, faced pushback because of free speech concerns; State Department did not have time to get ball rolling
By Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, October 21, 2020. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP)
October 23, 2020, 1:02 pm
ADL slams US effort to declare human rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’
Anti-Semitism watchdog says designation of 3 organizations would be ‘neither accurate nor helpful’ in combatting Jew hatred
By ToI Staff and JTA
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, October 21, 2020. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP)
October 22, 2020, 4:43 am
Pompeo said set to declare human rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’ over Israel stance
Expected State Department report would target groups like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam for alleged BDS support and end US aid for their activities
By ToI Staff
US Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, with Senator Debbie Stabenow, a Wisconsin Democrat, right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
July 10, 2020, 8:33 am
Progressive pro-Israel groups back Senate amendment to ban US aid on annexation
Eight liberal Zionist organizations, including J Street and Americans for Peace Now, say US taxpayer dollars shouldn’t support Netanyahu’s West Bank plan
By Eric Cortellessa
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