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ABOUT US

OUR MISSION

Torat Tzedek (Torah of Justice) is an Israeli human rights non-profit organization internationally recognized as a role model for faith-based activism.

The goals submitted to and approved by Israel’s NGO directorate are the following:  

 

1. Torat Tzedek strives for a society that honors God’s Image in every human being, and for the human rights that this necessitates.


2. Torat Tzedek seeks to educate our society that honoring God’s image in every human being, protecting human rights and taking concrete action to further these goals is a human and religious obligation in general, and in particular a Jewish religious obligation.

 

On principle, Torat Tzedek works for the human rights of both Jews and non-Jews.

Torat Tzedek will not work on issues that are consensus, nor be a Don Quixote chasing windmills. We look for issues where our input, combined with the efforts of whoever else is working on a given issue, could possibly tip the scales.

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OUR DIRECTOR

Torat Tzedek was founded in September 2017 by Rabbi Arik Ascherman, who led Rabbis for Human Rights for 21 years. Torat Tzedek capitalizes on Rabbi Ascherman’s experience as one of Israel’s most veteran human rights professionals in order to identify issues not being dealt with, and look for out-of-the-box solutions. 

Rabbi Ascherman’s niche through the years has been to work for universal human rights as a Jewish religious obligation, and to present the foundation for this obligation in Jewish sources. Rather than remaining behind a desk, he has always believed that in the human rights field we must have one foot in the grass roots, and the other among the decision and opinion makers.” The greatest successes of the organizations he has worked with have been the result of field work that gave us knowledge and a moral voice when we went to the court, the Knesset, the public, the international community and/or the press. Where necessary, Rabbi Ascherman is willing to put his body on the line.

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Torat Tzedek (Torah of Justice) is an Israeli human rights NGO founded in September 2017 by Rabbi Arik Ascherman, who led Rabbis for Human Rights for 21 years, and is internationally recognized as a role model for faith-based activism. Learn more

CONTACT

T: +972-2-6480893

E: torat.tzedek@gmail.com

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