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Israeli elections 2015: Who will stop the cruel abuse of El-Araqib & the rest...
As Israel prepares to go to the voting booth on March 17th 2015, RHR is running a series of features encouraging citizens to vote and reminding them to bring the values of human rights work and the...
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Weekly Torah portion: On Aaron the Peacemaker
In Parashat Ki Tissa, Rabbi Dr. Ron Kronish considers the leadership differences between Moses and Aaron, and challenges all of us, as elections approach, to ask ourselves which of our leaders can show...
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Weekly Parasha: Light brings light
In this elegant reading of Parashat Tzav, Rabbi Susan Silverman explores our responsibilities to ourselves, to each other, to our children and to the most vulnerable among us. Despite everything, we...
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Weekly Torah portion: The Song of the Sea – The 7th day of Passover: A word...
God condemns the angels for singing out in joy while the Egyptians drowned. Thousands of years later, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel z’l continues to inspire us to seek the equality of ALL people as our...
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Weekly Parasha: Bringing the outcast back to the fold
Why do we respond to abnormal bodily functions with revulsion? How do religion and society handle those who society labels “dirty” or “impure”? What responsibilities do our leaders have towards...
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Weekly parasha: Between Wholeness and Holiness
What is “wholeness” and what is “holiness”? How does our tradition guide us in our quest for them? In this week’s parasha, Rabbi Dov (Dubi) Haiyun shows us that through our acts taking responsibility...
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Conditional Covenant: Dvar Torah by Rabbi Ron Kronish
This dvar Torah for Parashat B’Har was originally published in The Jerusalem Report. View below or click here Download the PDF file . Rabbi Dr. Ron Kronish is the Founding Director and senior advisor...
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Weekly parasha: A Seat of Mercy for all
In this week’s Dvar Torah for Parashat Behukotai, Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann confronts the contradiction between the Jerusalem of the Bible and of the prophets, both ancient and modern, and the Jerusalem...
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Weekly parasha: Stand up and be counted for social justice
In this week’s Torah portion, the Jewish people stand up and are counted in a census. In his dvar Torah, Rabbi Ron Kronish shows us that in order to be the holy people we agreed to be in our covenant...
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Weekly parasha: Something about Samson
In this week’s parasha, Rabbi Ed Rettig examines the story of Samson, a judge to Israel from humble beginnings who lived an unexpected life. In the story of Samson, we see that God is accessable in all...
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Weekly parasha: Not by might, nor by force, but by my spirit
We often talk about the Jewish people as a “light unto nations.” But what does this really mean, and how does a society who is truly a light unto the nations act? “Menorah 0307″ by ariely – The...
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Weekly parasha: The Blind Seeing Person
Parashat Shelach Lecha deals with sight and seeing. A person may be able to physically see, but if they are unable to look inside themselves, and find compassion in order to help them “see” the others...
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Weekly Torah portion: The merits of a matter, or the merits of a man?
Real values, like human rights, are never a “position” in a debate. These values are timeless, and are required long after the end of any argument or confrontation. Read on for Parashat Korach, by...
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Weekly Torah portion: How Fair are your tents, O Jacob!
The non-Israelite prophet Balaam is sent by his king to curse the nation of Israel. Despite his attempts to complete his mission, he finds himself moved by the vision of the peaceful Israelite camp...
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Weekly parasha: Who are we to back away from peace-making?
The truth is, sometimes the Torah, like the world, is violent; sometimes there are alarming episodes that we most certainly do not condone or wish to emulate. In this week’s reading, we see Phinehas –...
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Weekly parasha: Jeremiah’s Anguished Cry, and its Lesson
What happens to a people when they “lose their fear” of the Lord? In his Torah commentary on Parashat Matot-Masei, Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann examines the wretched task of Jeremiah, who begs his people to...
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Weekly parasha: Calling on light to overcome moral darkness
After a recent string of hate crimes and murders apparently committed by religious Jewish extremists, the leader of an right-wing NGO made an outrageous call for the burning of churches, justified by a...
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Weekly parasha: Changing directions for a better tomorrow
The Jewish month of Elul has begun, and with it comes the call for introspection. In this week’s Torah commentary by Rabbi Miri Gold on Parashat Shoftim, we see that it is never too late to pursue...
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Weekly Parasha: Respecting Human rights amidst military victory
The tension between security, the honouring of human rights, and military triumph is one that has been with humanity for generations. How does the Torah encourage us to remember that people -...
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Weekly parasha: Our True Oneness
In Parashat Ha’azinu, Yonatan Shefa questions the true nature of the reality we live in. How can we bring solidarity to our people when Israeli society is so divided? “Worshiping the golden calf” by...
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