Unbelievable! Driver’s Licenses of those who drive for a living revoked due...
According to estimates, hundreds of driver’s licenses are frozen each year by the Bailiff’s Office. For many Israelis, this immediately results in their inability to earn money and pay off the debt...
View ArticleHow much is left after rent?
At Rabbis for Human Rights’ socio-economic rights center in Hadera, Rabbi Idit Lev sat with two different men. The conversation found its way to a simple math question: How much money is left over...
View ArticleOur duty as free people once enslaved: Dvar Torah for Passover 5777
“As Rabbi Marshall Meyer said: ‘The role of the rabbi is the role of the prophet, to speak truth to power, to voice the conscience of society.'” Rabbi Idit Lev The story of the Exodus is a miraculous...
View ArticleTisha b’Av 5777: Rabbi Zadok’s prayer
Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by Francesco Hayez, 1867 By Rabbi Idit Lev In recent years in Israel the eve of Tisha B’Av has become a time to talk about the hatred between brothers that led to...
View ArticleAccepting the gratitude of others: A moment of blessing at the Hadera Justice...
Gratitude is a basic Jewish value, and still it is not easy for us to accept it from others. This is especially true when those are individuals are those who turn to us at the Rabbis for Human Rights’...
View ArticleRabbi Idit Lev in Philadelphia & central NJ areas this weekend!
Friends, do not miss these opportunities to hear Rabbi Idit Lev speak about Rabbis for Human Rights and her important work fighting for social justice in Israel! Rabbis Lev will be at Germantown Jewish...
View ArticleRabbi Idit Lev in the Bay Area this Thursday & Saturday!
Friends in California, do not miss these opportunities to hear Rabbi Idit Lev speak about Rabbis for Human Rights and her important work fighting for social justice in Israel! Rabbi Lev will be at...
View ArticleWATCH: Rabbi Idit Lev on social justice work, poverty & recent urban renewal...
Rabbi Idit Lev is the director of Rabbis for Human Rights’ socio-economic justice program. She is extremely active in the struggle to enshrine the Jewish values of social justice into Israeli...
View ArticleGood News for those in Poverty: Less Barriers to Academic Studies
The Labor and Social Affairs Committee approved regulatory conditions that enable recipients of income support to study for an academic degree. These regulations may be the start of a policy that can...
View ArticleDisadvantaged residents at risk of being thrown out of homes, lose...
Residents living in poverty may be thrown out of their homes and lose opportunities for urban renewal because of the “Tenant Refusal” law. The bill could prevent disadvantaged residents from demanding...
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