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T’ruah

The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

New York, NY   |  www.truah.org

Mission

T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights brings the Torah’s ideals of human dignity, equality, and justice to life by empowering rabbis and cantors to be moral voices and to lead Jewish communities in advancing democracy and human rights for all people in the United States, Canada, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories.

Ruling year info

2002

Principal Officer

Rabbi Jill Jacobs

Main address

266 West 37th Street Suite 803

New York, NY 10018 USA

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Formerly known as

Rabbis for Human Rights-North America

EIN

45-0464545

NTEE code info

Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (R01)

Jewish (X30)

International Human Rights (Q70)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Our programs

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Organize rabbis and cantors, train rabbinical students, amplify voices of rabbis and cantors.

We organize rabbis, cantors and their communities to make an impact through specific human rights campaigns.
We train rabbinical and cantorial students and rabbis and cantors to be powerful human rights leaders.
We amplify the voices of rabbis and cantors on the pressing human rights concerns of our time.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

Goals & Strategy

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We believe that the job of a rabbi, and the job of the Jewish community, is to be human rights leaders. To that end, we train and mobilize rabbis and rabbinical students to engage their communities in protecting human rights. In our current campaigns, we aim to end the occupation and create a viable two-state solution that will enable both Israelis and Palestinians to have a better future; ensure a long-term solution that allows Bedouin Israelis to live in dignity and with their communities; end modern-day slavery and human trafficking in the United States; ensure that the U.S. never again engages in torture; and reform the systems of policing and mass incarceration that have a disproportionate effect on communities of color in the U.S.

Our strategies include:
--Mobilizing rabbis and their communities on campaigns on which we can have an impact, both in North America, and in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
--Training rabbinical students and rabbis to be human rights leaders.
--Lifting up the voices of rabbis as moral leaders on human rights.

We have a network of 2000 rabbis and cantors, proven success in organizing for change, and deep knowledge of the Jewish wisdom that inspires us.

Financials

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T’ruah

Board of directors
as of 06/30/2023
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Board co-chair

Sara Litt


Board co-chair

Rabbi William Plevan

Michael Lezak

Esther L. Lederman

Kenneth Chasen

Lester Bronstein

Michael Latz

Eric Sloan

Sara Litt

William Plevan

Daniel Zemel

Laura Abrasley

Rachel Bearman

Marc Dollinger

Rachel Faulkner

Hadar Harris

Nancy Kasten

Claudia Kreiman

Sandra Lawson

Aliza Schwartz

Moses Silverman

Kelly Whitehead

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

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Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

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