The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

What The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights does

T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 2002 (originally as Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, rebranded in 2009) and headquartered in New York City. The organization mobilizes a network of over 2,300 rabbis and cantors across the United States and Canada to act as moral voices on human rights issues, including immigration justice, democracy and voting rights, worker justice, mass incarceration, racial justice, antisemitism, and ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Its core activities are organized around three pillars: organizing clergy and their communities around specific human rights campaigns, training rabbinical and cantorial students and ordained clergy as human rights leaders, and amplifying rabbinic voices in public discourse. Local engagement is structured through geographic clusters (Bay Area, Massachusetts) and the Chaverim member network.

T'ruah does not sell technology products, software, or services. Its "product surface" consists of advocacy campaigns, educational toolkits and resource libraries (e.g., the Antisemitism & Immigration Messaging Guide, weekly (M)oral Torah commentary, holiday resources), training programs (antisemitism training, Year-in-Israel programming for rabbinical/cantorial students), experiential programs (West Bank clergy tours in partnership with Breaking the Silence), and member mobilization infrastructure (Chaverim Hub). Distribution is primarily via the organization's website (truah.org), email newsletters, webinars, in-person events, and direct membership engagement. There is no app, API, SDK, or proprietary technology platform.

The organization operates as a donation-funded nonprofit with a diversified fundraising mix. Revenue streams include individual donations, foundation grants, and an annual "Celebration of Human Rights" gala with host committee tiers ranging from $720 (Builders) to $50,000+ (Gala Host). Major donor cultivation is handled by a Director of Development handling gifts over $20,000. The Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation is identified as a significant programmatic funder. The organization reports no venture capital, parent company, or earned-revenue product lines.

Name

The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

Legal name

T'ruah

Website

https://truah.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

T'ruah is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes a network of over 2,300 rabbis and cantors in the U.S. and Canada to advocate for human rights issues including immigration justice, democracy, worker rights, and ending the Israeli occupation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights (BPADAGAH)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Rabbinic organizing
• Clergy training
• Nonprofit advocacy
• Community organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: T'ruah is a non-profit organization that raises funds through donations from individuals, foundations, and gala events. The organization solicits charitable contributions to support its human rights organizing, training programs, and advocacy campaigns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

T'ruah is a nonprofit rabbinic human rights organization that organizes, trains, and amplifies the voices of rabbis, cantors, and their communities to advocate for human rights. It delivers training programs for rabbinical and cantorial students, mobilizes clergy for campaigns on immigration justice, democracy, antisemitism, and the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and produces educational toolkits and Torah-based commentary.

Product overview

T'ruah is a rabbinic human rights organization that organizes rabbis, cantors, and their communities to advance human rights. Rather than a technology product company, T'ruah offers advocacy campaigns, educational resources, training programs, and community organizing tools for Jewish clergy and their communities. Their offerings include antisemitism awareness materials, immigration justice resources, democracy advocacy, Israel & Palestine programming, and various toolkits for Jewish community engagement on human rights issues. The organization does not offer a commercial software product or technology platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chaverim Network Membership Membership network for over 2,300 rabbis and cantors in the U.S. and Canada, providing organizing support, resources, action alerts, and advocacy coordination on human rights issues.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,300 rabbis and cantors mobilized for human rights advocacy
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Nexus ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerT'ruah collaborated with The Nexus Project to create 'Project Esther': Exploiting Jewish Fear to Advance Dangerous Policy, a resource examining how Jewish fear is being used to advance dangerous policies. This is a joint publication partnership focused on antisemitism education.
• Bend the Arc: Jewish ActionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerT'ruah collaborated with Bend the Arc: Jewish Action to create 'Antisemitism & Immigration: A Messaging Guide for Jewish Clergy', providing combined resources on these interrelated topics.
• Breaking the SilenceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerT'ruah partners with Breaking the Silence, an organization of Israeli Army veterans that collects testimony about military service in the Occupation, for West Bank tours and educational programs.
• Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerT'ruah has partnered with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on the Fair Food Program campaign, organizing delegations of rabbis (#TomatoRabbis) to support farmworker rights and ethical food sourcing.
• Progressive Israel NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerT'ruah is part of the Progressive Israel Network (PIN), a coalition including Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, Habonim Dror North America, Hashomer Hatzair World Movement, Jewish Labor Committee, J Street, New Israel Fund, Partners for Progressive Israel, and Reconstructing Judaism. Together they oppose codification of the IHRA definition of antisemitism.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HIAS: Jewish-founded global refugee resettlement and advocacy organization with a substantially larger operating budget. Comparable in Jewish-communal-rooted refugee/immigration work, but operates globally with direct service delivery rather than clergy mobilization.
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL): Major Jewish-founded organization combating antisemitism and hate. Comparable to T'ruah in Jewish communal antisemitism work, but operates at national scale and differs sharply in ideological positioning (ADL favors IHRA, which T'ruah opposes).
• National Council of Jewish Women: Established Jewish advocacy organization with a large membership base working on social justice, immigration, and reproductive rights. Comparable in Jewish-women-led advocacy and progressive positioning, but with a much larger institutional footprint.

Direct peers

• Bend the Arc: Jewish Action: Progressive Jewish advocacy organization mobilizing Jewish communities on domestic issues including immigration, democracy, and economic justice. Directly comparable to T'ruah in mission, constituency (Jewish clergy and allies), and advocacy style; the two have even co-published messaging guides.
• Jewish Labor Committee: Jewish organization advancing labor, civil rights, and social justice through coalition work. A PIN coalition partner of T'ruah; comparable in progressive Jewish advocacy and intersection with worker justice campaigns.
• Rabbis for Human Rights (Israel): Israeli rabbinic human rights organization on which the original T'ruah (Rabbis for Human Rights-North America) was modeled. Directly comparable in mission, clergy-led model, and human rights advocacy scope; differs in operating geography and Israeli policy focus.
• J Street: Pro-Israel, pro-peace advocacy group lobbying U.S. policymakers. Comparable to T'ruah in progressive Jewish positioning and Israel/Palestine policy work, and a co-member of the Progressive Israel Network coalition.
• New Israel Fund: Funded organization supporting Israeli civil society and progressive causes. Overlaps with T'ruah on Israeli democracy and human rights work and is a Progressive Israel Network partner; differs as a grantmaker rather than direct advocacy org.
• Ameinu: Progressive Zionist organization advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace and progressive Jewish values in North America. PIN coalition partner of T'ruah with overlapping constituency and Israel-focused programming.
• Americans for Peace Now: U.S. Jewish organization advocating for a two-state solution and Israeli-Palestinian peace. Closely aligned with T'ruah's Israel/Palestine work and PIN coalition member; comparable advocacy model and donor base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/truahrabbis
• Facebookfacebook.com/TruahRabbis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/t-ruah-the-rabbinic-call-for-human-rights

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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