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The Rabbis for Human Rights Yeshiva

A program combining weekly study and volunteer fieldwork for Israeli University students promoting Jewish values in defense of human rights

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"..The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they who do his commandments.."
Psalms 111:10

The Yeshiva could not be possible without support from overseas. RHR is thankful to those who have provided full scholarships for an RHR yeshiva student fellowship:

  • The Adas Israel Synagogue of Sag Harbor,
  • Evely Shlensky,
  • the Zigmond Family

and the following rabbis:

  • Leonard Beerman,
  • Richard Block,
  • Lewis Bogage,
  • Herbert Brockman,
  • Lester B. Bronstein,
  • David Ellenson,
  • David Forman,
  • Ronne Freidman,
  • Robert Gan,
  • Rosalind Gold,
  • Samuel Gordon,
  • Eric Gurvis,
  • Roberto Graetz,
  • Rosette Haim,
  • Uri Herscher,
  • Richard Kirschen,
  • Roger Klein,
  • Allen Krause,
  • Debra Landsberg,
  • Bruce Lustig,
  • Bernard Mehlman,
  • Jonah Pesner,
  • Sally Priesand,
  • John Rosove,
  • Peter Rubinstein,
  • Robert L. Samuels,
  • Barry Schwartz,
  • Steven Sirbu,
  • Joel Sisenwine,
  • David Stern,
  • Brian Walt,
  • Michael White,
  • Leo Wolkow,
  • Elaine Zecher, and
  • Rabbi Earl and Netta Grollman.


In addition to the generosity for the named fellowships of these contributors, support of the program honored the memories of

  • Stephen Block,
  • Samuel and Rosalind Ellenson,
  • Rabbi Stanley Chyet,
  • Harold F. Klein,
  • Rabbi Maurice Zigmond,
  • Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler.

This support also honored

  • Temple Beth Elohim of Wellesley,
  • the Rabbis of Temple Israel of Boston,
  • NFTY and
  • Machon Greenberg.

RHR is also grateful to the many other general contributors whose dedication and support makes the Yeshiva program possible.

Rabbis Frederick Greene, James Prosnit, and Robert Orkand supported the translation into English and publication of RHR’s book Life, Freedom, and Equality in the Jewish Tradition, by Noam Zohar of Bar-Ilan University. The book is used as a resource by the Beit Midrash students, and is available in English from RHR.

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