Rabbis for Human Rights

Rabbis for Human Rights
Founded1988
FocusHuman rights activism
Location
Area served
Israel, Palestine
Executive Director
Rabbi Avi Dabush
Rabbi Ruti Bidatz (Chair)
Websitewww.rhr.org.il/en

Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) is an Israeli human rights organization that describes itself as "the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights".

Their membership includes Reform, Orthodox, Conservative, and Reconstructionist rabbis and students. According to their website, the organization brings together over 170 ordained rabbis, rabbinical students, and rabbinic leaders.

The organization received the Niwano Peace Prize in 2006.

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