History
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights was founded in 2002 as Rabbis for Human Rights-North America (RHR-NA). From the beginning, we have mobilized a multi-denominational network of rabbis and Jewish communities to protect human rights in North America and Israel. We originally acted as a sister organization to the Israeli group, Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR). In that capacity, we partnered with RHR on human rights campaigns in Israel and raised millions of dollars to support the RHR’s sacred work, even as we pursued our own campaigns on North American issues and on issues in Israel and the occupied territories.
In January 2013, RHR-NA became T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, ending our formal affiliation and financial relationship with RHR.
Read the letter we sent to our community about this new direction.
Today, we continue to mobilize our network of 1,800 rabbis and more than 10,000 American and Canadian Jews to advocate for human rights in Israel, the United States, and Canada.
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