T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
T’ruah brings the Torah’s ideals of human dignity, equality, and justice to life by empowering rabbis and cantors to be moral voices and to lead Jewish communities in advancing democracy and human rights for all people in the United States, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories.Cry aloud; do not be silent. Lift up your voice like a shofar.
— Isaiah 58:1
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Add Your Name: Jews Against Mass Deportations
“We are Jewish Americans committed to standing up for the rights and dignity of immigrants and against President Trump’s cruel and dangerous mass deportation agenda.”Featured
From our CEO: Why T’ruah rabbis got arrested in NYC.
International pressure is working, but the airdrops and humanitarian pauses are not nearly enough to meet the need in Gaza. We have to keep up the pressure, and T’ruah will keep sharing opportunities to do that together.
Rebuild Sanctuary – A Tisha B’Av Action on Immigration
As we mourn the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem, times of devastating loss and dislocation for the Jewish people, we call on our leaders to actively resist the federal assault on the dignity, safety and wellbeing of immigrants in our community.
WATCH: Understanding Antisemitism: A Training for All
Watch T’ruah’s antisemitism training, led by our Director of Learning, Rabbi Jonah Winer.
(M)oral Torah
Tisha B’Av: The Hunger We Cannot Ignore
by Rabbi Jonah Winer |
A lifetime of Jewish observance has prepared me with the tools for spiritual resilience and meaning-making when it is our community who suffers… What I need are the tools for when the people I love are the ones inflicting suffering.
