Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
on Jun 30th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone from Boulder, Colorado tells us why she is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” She believes that RHR-NA is one of the only organizations that truly speaks the conscious of Judaism. Rabbi Firestone notes that there is a disconnect between central Jewish principles – such as to love our neighbor as ourself – and what is seen in the world...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: United States
on Jun 30th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi Jill Jacobs
On June 29th, 2011, Rabbi Jill Jacobs was honored with a first-place award for excellence for her Single Commentary: When the Slumlords Are Us in the Forward.
Competing with the leading national Jewish newspapers and magazines, Rabbi Jacobs’ Rockower award was one of 13 received by the Forward – a huge accomplishment.
Read Rabbi Jill Jacobs’ award-winning commentary on Jewish responsibilities to tenants and what the Jewish community’s response should be to landlords who fail to uphold Jewish...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
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Rabbi Gerald Serotta tells us why he is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” He believes that Jewish tradition demands of all Jews that we support the human rights of the entirety of creation. Jewish history makes it clear that we have to stand up for human rights for everyone, which Rabbi Serotta says is especially true for American...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
on Jun 28th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi Michael Ross from Philadelphia tells us why he is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” He says that Rabbis for Human Rights is the primary group that deals with moral and ethical considerations of those living in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Rabbi Ross thinks that supporting human rights is a simple...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
on Jun 27th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi Michael Lerner tells us why he is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” Judaism, he notes, starts with the conviction that all people are created in the image of God, which immediately requries from us resepct for every human being. Rabbi Lerner believes that to be a rabbi demands one to insist on and fight for the development of human rights...
