Rabbi Avi Dabush will be coming to the East Coast to join NIF for events in a city near you! Avi is the director of NIF grantee, Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), a leading Israeli human rights organization guided by the core Jewish values of justice, dignity, and equality.
Find an event in a city near you:
NEW YORK
Harvesting Hope: From the Gaza Envelope to the West Bank
Wednesday, December 11 at 5:30 PM | MetLife Building, Midtown
This event will take place entirely in Hebrew.
Rabbi Avi Dabush will discuss RHR’s work in the West Bank to safeguard Palestinian villages and farmers. He will also share his personal story as a survivor of October 7, when Hamas militants attacked his home, Kibbutz Nirim.
Jewish Values in Action: Shabbat Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Avi Dabush from Rabbis for Human Rights
Saturday, December 14 at 11:45 AM | Congregation Rodeph Shalom
Join Congregation Rodef Shalom and NIF for Shabbat services followed by a lunch and learn with Rabbi Avi Dabush, director of NIF grantee Rabbis for Human Rights.
Rabbis Pursuing Justice in Israel: Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Rabbi Avi Dabush in Conversation
Tuesday, December 17 at 7 PM | B'nai Jeshurun, 275 West 88th Street
The leaders of two organizations dedicated to centering Jewish values and human rights come together for a conversation about what’s missing from public conversation about Israel—and how to change that. Join T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights for an evening with their CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs in conversation with Rabbi Avi Dabush, director of Rabbis for Human Rights.
WASHINGTON DC
Protecting Human Rights in a Time of War: With Rabbi Avi Dabush of Rabbis for Human Rights
Sunday, December 15 at 4:00 PM | Temple Micah 2829 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20007
Join us for a conversation with Rabbi Avi Dabush, director of Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), a leading Israeli human rights organization guided by the core Jewish values of justice, dignity, and equality. Rabbi Dabush will share firsthand insights into the courageous actions he and other Rabbis and Rabbinical students in Israel are taking to combat settler violence and protect Palestinian villages and farmers in the West Bank.
BOSTON
Human Rights in a Time of Hate: An Evening with Rabbi Avi Dabush Moderated by Professor Yael Sternhell
Thursday, December 19 at 7:30 PM | Sinai Brookline 50 Sewall Avenue, Brookline, MA 02446
NIF New England and Sinai Brookline are honored to host Rabbi Dabush, whose work can guide us out of the horrors of October 7, and the subsequent violence in Gaza and the West Bank.
Rabbi Avi Dabush was born in Ashkelon to a religious, right-wing, Mizrahi family and attended Zionist-religious schools and the Bnei Akiva youth movement. In his early twenties he founded and headed a school for children with autism. Over the last two decades he has been involved in and has led several social organizations and movements, including the Negev Council and the Movement of the Peripheries, and was one of the organizers of the Equality March in 2016 and 2022. He is director-general of Rabbis for Human Rights, author of the book The Periphery Rebellion and regular op-ed contributor for Haaretz and Israel Hayom newspapers. Avi was recently ordained at Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis, holds an MA in organizational sociology from Ben Gurion University of the Negev and is a graduate of the Heschel Institute Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Program. He was awarded the New Israel Fund UK’s human rights prize in 2021.