אַשְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁפָּט עֹשֵׂה צְדָקָה בְכָל-עֵת

תהילים קו:ג

Happy are those who act justly, who do right at all times

Psalms 106:3

Rabbis for Human Rights is the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel.

Rabbis for Human Rights was established with the purpose of giving voice to the Zionist ideal and the Jewish religious tradition of human rights.

Rabbis for Human Rights has no affiliation with any political party or ideology.

Rabbis for Human Rights, founded in 1988,, includes over one hundred ordained rabbis and rabbinical students. Its members are Israeli citizens.

Rabbis for Human Rights is the only Israeli rabbinical organization comprised of Reform, Orthodox, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Renewal rabbis and students. Among its members are rabbis in national leadership positions, as well as educators and congregational rabbis capable of influencing change from the grass roots.

Rabbis for Human Rights is an important outlet for information on pressing human rights issues in Israel and the Middle East, and is frequently quoted in the Israeli and world media

Rabbis for Human Rights is widely respected by other human rights organizations and journalists, and it maintains an extensive international mailing list.

Rabbis for Human Rights has championed the cause of the poor, supported the rights of Israel’s minorities and the Palestinians, worked to stop the abuse of foreign workers, endeavored to guarantee the upkeep of Israel’s public health care system, promoted the equal status of women, helped Ethiopian Jews, and battled trafficking in women.

Rabbis for Human Rights has mobilized thousands of volunteers to stand for justice in hundreds of activities on these and other issues.

Rabbis for Human Rights reflects a Zionist commitment to the values of justice and equality, as expressed in Israel’s Declaration of Independence. It also demonstrates its understanding of a Jewish responsibility to defy silent complicity, to bring specific human rights grievances to the attention of the Israeli public, and to pressure the appropriate authorities for their redress.

Rabbis for Human Rights mandate is twofold. Alongside efforts to prevent human rights abuses, Rabbis for Human Rights endeavors to introduce an authentic and humanistic understanding of Jewish tradition and sources into Israel’s public discourse. While the increasingly dominant nationalistic and particularistic understanding of Judaism echoes loudly, Rabbis for Human Rights gives voice to the tradition’s concern for the stranger and others vulnerable within society.

Rabbis for Human Rights has been endorsed by the Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist rabbinical organizations in North America, and by the Reform and Liberal rabbinical organizations in England.

Rabbis for Human Rights received in 1993 “The Speaker of the Knesset’s Award for the Quality of Life in the Field of Enhancing the Rule of Law and Democratic Values, Protecting Human Rights, and Encouraging Tolerance and Mutual Respect.”

Rabbis for Human Rights received in 2006 the prestigious Niwano Peace Prize for its efforts to promote peace in an interfaith context.

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Recent Articles by Rabbis for Human Rights

• RHR helps families access burial plots - July 18th, 2008
• Huqqat: Human Rights and a pure society - July 1st, 2008
• Shelah: Human Rights in a lush and bountiful land - June 15th, 2008
• Behar: Human Rights and Social Justice - May 16th, 2008
• Prayer for the State of Israel - May 7th, 2008
• Tractate Independence - May 1st, 2008
• Rabbi Ben Hollander zekher tzadik livrakha - February 10th, 2008
• Noah: Righteousness in Our Generation - October 15th, 2007
• Yom Kippur - September 20th, 2007
• Yom Kippur Vidui - September 20th, 2007
• Make Your Voice Heard: A Guide to Israeli Government Officials - July 22nd, 2007
• Parashat Vayechi - July 9th, 2007
• Yitro/Meira welt - July 9th, 2007
• JURY AND BEIT DIN - DEVAR TORAH FOR SHABBAT MISHPATIM - July 9th, 2007
• Dvar Torah - Parashat Va-Yakhel-Pekudei - July 9th, 2007
• Dvar Torah Parashat Vayikra - July 8th, 2007
• Dvar Torah - Parashat Shemini: When Words Fail Us. - July 8th, 2007
• Dvar Torah – Parashat Metzorah - July 8th, 2007
• Dvar Torah – Bamidbar - July 8th, 2007
• Dvar Torah - The Value of Peace As a Religious Goal - July 8th, 2007
• Dvar Torah – B’Haalotkha - July 8th, 2007
• Desecrating Their Graves- Desecrating Our Souls - July 8th, 2007
• Dvar Torah – Parashat Pinchas - July 8th, 2007
• Dvar Torah – Parashat Balak - July 8th, 2007
• Happy are they who maintain justice, and do righteousness at all times - June 27th, 2007
• Rabbis for Human Rights Annual General Meeting - February 22nd, 2007
• Stop Wisconsin - February 8th, 2007
• Tu B'shvat: Our tradition of Human Rights for all of G-d's creations - February 1st, 2007
• Tu B'shvat: Partners in Creation and protecting the Human Rights of all - February 1st, 2007
• Tu BShvat: RHR to plant trees in the Galilee - January 29th, 2007
• RHR officiates at memorial service for victims of the 2007 State Budget - January 2nd, 2007
• Rabbis for Human Rights seeks to increase Health Care Budget - December 25th, 2006
• Our Mission - November 21st, 2006
• Educational Programs and Planting Trees - November 21st, 2006
• Human Rights Education Programs - November 21st, 2006
• Indentured Servants - November 21st, 2006
• Interfaith Dialogue - November 21st, 2006
• Economic and Social Justice - November 21st, 2006
• Professor Aviezer Ravitzky is seriously injured - October 16th, 2006
• Rabbi Max Warschawski zt"l - September 14th, 2006
• Supporters - September 9th, 2006
• Olive Tree Campaign - September 9th, 2006
• Human Rights Educational Initiatives - September 6th, 2006
• Separation Barrier - September 6th, 2006
• Human Rights Yeshiva - September 2nd, 2006
• Defense of Palestinian Human Rights - September 1st, 2006
• Women's Rights - September 1st, 2006
• Israeli Arabs Rights - September 1st, 2006
• Principles of Faith - September 1st, 2006
• Rabbis for Human Rights - September 1st, 2006
• Wanted: People to adopt people from disaster afflicted areas - August 11th, 2006
• RHR rabbis and volunteers visit the bomb-shelters in Qiriat Bialik - August 3rd, 2006
• Jerusalem Mayor announces intention to demolish home - July 28th, 2006
• Prof. Shlomo Avineri discusses Israel Citizenship Law with Rabbis For Human Rights - July 9th, 2006
• Human Rights and Self-Defense: Open meeting of the RHR Human Rights Yeshiva. - May 26th, 2006
• Arab World Human Rights Organizations - May 23rd, 2006
• International NGO Human Rights Organizations - May 23rd, 2006
• Palestine National Authority NGO Human Rights Organizations - May 23rd, 2006
• Israeli NGO Human Rights Organizations - May 23rd, 2006
• Resource Centers - May 23rd, 2006
• RHR Dedicates New Office and Celebrates Niwano Peace Prize - May 19th, 2006
• Economic Justice - May 15th, 2006
• Guarantee Agricultural Access: Participate in planting, plowing, pruning, reaping and and harvesting efforts - May 15th, 2006
• Action Center - May 15th, 2006
• Education - May 15th, 2006
• Economic, Social and Cultural rights - May 15th, 2006
• Children - May 15th, 2006
• Business & Human Rights - May 15th, 2006
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - May 15th, 2006
• Rabbis for Human Rights Receives Niwano Peace Prize - May 11th, 2006
• Dialogue with the Presbyterian Church USA - April 21st, 2006
• Who Sits With Us At Our Seder?: Haggadah Supplement 5766 - April 7th, 2006
• Board of Directors - January 9th, 2006
• What you can do - January 5th, 2006
• Contact Rabbis for Human Rights - September 14th, 2003
• Protect Housing Rights: Act against discrimination in matters relating to land, development and housing construction. - April 16th, 2003
• Donate - January 14th, 2003
• Who We Are - January 21st, 2000

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