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Statements
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Letter from NY Rabbis to UJA Asking Them to Support Ceasefire, Hostage Deal
September 5, 2024
The hostages need your voice and your influence.
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Devastated and Furious: A Note from T’ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs After the Murder of 6 Young Hostages
September 4, 2024
This war needs to end now — before the remaining living hostages are killed and the hopes of their families crushed. Before more innocent Palestinians die in Israeli airstrikes or from malnutrition and disease. And before more young Israeli soldiers — more than 700 of whom have already been killed — are sent to their deaths.
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Rabbis Urge Accountability After Crowd Storms Sde Teiman
July 31, 2024
Anyone who cares about the future of the State of Israel — including every Jewish organization that “stands with Israel” — must stand with those who are fighting for democracy and human rights.
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Rabbis Condemn Hezbollah Blast That Killed 12, Urge Diplomacy
July 30, 2024
Deliberately targeting civilians is a war crime.
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Rabbis Gravely Concerned by Executive Order to Curb Asylum
June 17, 2024
We are gravely concerned that the Biden administration has chosen to prioritize politics over real policy solutions at the southern border. Read our full statement here.
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Rabbis Warn New Policy Will Endanger Asylum Seekers
May 24, 2024
The Biden administration announced a new rule this month that would give government officials the power to deport people seeking asylum significantly earlier in their legal process. Read what T'ruah CEO Jill Jacobs has to say.
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A Letter from North American Jews to the Israeli Government: Make a Deal Now to Bring the Hostages Home, End the War
May 8, 2024
As North American Jews who care deeply about the future of Israel, we urge you to make a hostage and cease-fire deal and bring the hostages home. There is no time to waste.
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Rabbinic Human Rights Organization Strongly Opposes Misguided Antisemitism Awareness Act
May 2, 2024
NEW YORK — T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights today voiced strenuous opposition to the proposed Antisemitism Awareness Act, warning the bill poses a grave threat to religious freedom and free speech. Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T’ruah, issued the following statement: “We are alarmed by the rise in antisemitic incidents across the country...
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Rabbinic Human Rights Group Applauds Senator Schumer’s Israel Speech
March 20, 2024
We thank Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for a speech he made last week on the Senate floor affirming the need for a two-state solution, criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling for new elections, and calling on both Israel and the U.S. to “do better” in Gaza, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed and wounded, and hundreds of thousands are starving.
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U.S. Rabbis and Cantors Call on President Biden to End War in Gaza
March 8, 2024
We are American rabbis, cantors, and student clergy writing to you in anguish after nearly five months of war that have brought unfathomable suffering to Israelis and Palestinians.