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Rabbi Idit Lev lights a candle for human dignity at special Knesset Hanukkah...
Yesterday December 8th, Rabbi Idit Lev, the director of RHR’s socio-economic justice department, lit a Hanukah candle representing human dignity in the Knesset during a special ceremony sponsored by...
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International students join RHR for study session on socio-economic justice...
On Friday December 18th, Rabbi Idit Lev taught Torah and led a session on socioeconomic justice in Israel as part of the series of programs and field tours RHR runs every year for rabbinical,...
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A taste of open hours at RHR’s Hadera Socio-Economic Rights Center
Open hours for the public at the Rabbis for Human Rights Socio-Economic Rights Center in Hadera are an unpredictable time; perhaps no one will come, or perhaps there won’t even be a free moment to...
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Rabbi Lev named a person of the year by Yedioth Ahronoth!
Rabbi Idit Lev, the director of our socio-economic justice department, has been named a “person of the year” in 2015 by the popular Israeli paper Yedioth Ahronoth! Rabbi Lev fights tirelessly for the...
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LISTEN: Rabbi Idit Lev on Israeli radio with Keren Neubach on the new credit...
Yesterday (January 26th), Rabbi Idit lev, the head of RHR’s Socioeconomic justice department was one of Keren Neubach’s interviewees on the planned bill on new credit history and current debt...
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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...
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How 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...
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Our 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...
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Tisha 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...
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Accepting 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’...
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Rabbi 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...
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Rabbi 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...
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WATCH: 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...
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Good 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...
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Disadvantaged 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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