Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
on Jul 11th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein tells us why she is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” She believes that there is nothing more important that we do as Jews and rabbis than support human rights. The Torah explicitly commands us to welcome the stranger in our midst. Rabbi Klein says that we have to find a way to work with the...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
on Jul 8th, 2011 | 1 comment
Rabbi George Stern from Philadelphia tells us why he is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” He says that the reason that he is a Jewish leader is because he wants to bring the ethics of Judaism to Jews and non-Jews. Rabbi Stern believes that without human rights for everyone, there cannot be human rights for...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: Israel, West Bank
on Jul 7th, 2011 | Comments Off
Reposted from Rabbis for Human Rights-Israel.
Occupation forces arrived Tuesday, 5.7.2011 to Um Nir (Near Susya – South Hebron Hills). They came to demolish it for the fifth time. Among the forces were soldiers, policeman, bulldozers and crane trucks. All that against a weak community of the elderly and the poor.
A few days ago, the community received assistance in the form of ten large water tanks. The bulldozers destroyed nine of the ten. Vital water spilled, tanks were ruptured and destroyed. Community members were left without drinking water.
Late Tuesday morning, around 11:30, a convoy...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights, United States
on Jul 6th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, an early founding member of RHR-NA, tells us why he is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” He is very proud of how the organization has grown and the work it has taken on concerning Israelis of all backgrounds (Jewish and Arab) and the...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
on Jul 1st, 2011 | Comments Off
Cantor Freyda Black tells us why she supports “Rabbis for Human Rights.” She sees that Judaism was built upon a system of ethics, the most important being how to treat other human beings. Cantor Black believes that Judaism tells us that every person on the planet deserves every human rights we enjoy in the United...
