page_title: Arik Ascherman
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caption_attribution_description: English: Rabbi Arik Ascherman of Rabbis for Human Rights, who campaign to stop house demolitions in the West Bank. Photo: Eoghan Rice.
context_page_description: Arik Ascherman is an American-born Israeli Reform rabbi, and co- founder of the interfaith human rights organization "Haqel-Jews and Arabs in Defense of Human Rights." For 21 years, starting in 1995, he served as Co-Director, Executive Director, Director of Special Projects and President and Senior Rabbi for Rabbis for Human Rights, an Israeli organization. As a human rights activist, he has spearheaded protests to defend Palestinians against Israeli settler violence, worked for socioeconomic justice for Israelis, and advocated on behalf of Israel's Bedouin citizens. He has often put himself at physical risk, and several times stood trial for acts of civil disobedience. He appears in the 2010 documentary Israel vs Israel.
context_section_description: Arik Ascherman (Hebrew: אריק אשרמן; born 1959) is an American-born Israeli Reform rabbi, and co- founder of the interfaith human rights organization "Haqel-Jews and Arabs in Defense of Human Rights." For 21 years, starting in 1995, he served as Co-Director (1995-1998), Executive Director (1998-2010), Director of Special Projects (2010-2012) and President and Senior Rabbi (2012-2017) for Rabbis for Human Rights, an Israeli organization. As a human rights activist, he has spearheaded protests to defend Palestinians against Israeli settler violence, worked for socioeconomic justice for Israelis, and advocated on behalf of Israel's Bedouin citizens. He has often put himself at physical risk, and several times stood trial for acts of civil disobedience. He appears in the 2010 documentary Israel vs Israel.
caption: Rabbi Arik Ascherman in 2012
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