Rabbis for Human Rights is an Israeli human rights organisation describing itself as "the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights". Rabbis for Human Rights is a partner organization of Rabbis for Human Rights-North America.
Their membership includes Reform, Orthodox, Conservative and Reconstructionist rabbis and students. According to their web site, the organization includes "over one hundred ordained rabbis and rabbinical students".
The organization received the Niwano Peace Prize in 2006.
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