Human Trafficking
Modern-Day Slavery: Bringing Awareness to Human Trafficking in 2017
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month serves as a time to bring awareness to the issue of modern-day slavery: the trafficking in persons that occurs around the world and within communities in the United States. Human trafficking is the illega
Slavery Didn't End in Egypt: Human Trafficking Passover Resources and Legislative Update
Earlier this year, the United States took meaningful action to further prohibit products made by slave labor to enter our country. For 85 years, there was a loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930, that allowed companies to import goods that were derived from
Tzedek, Tzedek, Tirdof: Justice Justice Shall you Pursue
A confirmation class curriculum on human trafficking that culminates with the students presenting what they’ve learned to educate the entire congregation. Community Contact Information: Temple Beth Torah Centreville, VA http://bethtorah.net Goals: To teach confirmation students that global poverty is a root cause of human trafficking and the concept of tikkun
Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom
Temple Committee Against Human Trafficking brought awareness on the issue of human trafficking to the community. Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Montreal, Quebec, Canada established a four-day series to bring awareness of human trafficking to the congregation, Jewish community, general public, and youth. As a part of the program, authorities on
Position of the Reform Movement on Human Trafficking
A 1978 Union of American Hebrew Congregation resolution details that Reform Judaism has a profound commitment to the principle of equality of opportunity for all persons. The Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism passed a resolution entitled "Human Trafficking," at its April 2000 meeting which resolves to: "Urge all