Interviewed in 2009
Israeli Jewish Born in 1959 Lives in Jerusalem Profession: Rabbi, human rights worker Works at Rabbis for Human Rights Interviewed by: Anat Langer-Gal
Rabbi Arik Ascherman is the Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights Israel. Rabbis for Human Rights advocates for human rights and social justice based on a humanistic interpretation of Judaism. The organization struggles against Israeli expropriation of Palestinian-owned lands, house demolitions, and settler takeovers of land, as well as advocates for social welfare rights for participants in Israel's Wisconsin Plan and others of its kind. The organization is also engaged in the struggle against discrimination of Palestinians in East Jerusalem, and particularly in Sheikh Jarrah.