Combatting and Resolving Social Justice Crises in Israel
ATZUM strives to remedy injustices in Israeli society and
encourage individuals to become social activist agents of change.
In the past decade, approximately 25,000 women, nearly all from the Former Soviet Union, were smuggled into Israel over the Egyptian border to be brutalized as sex slaves. Once in Israel, victims are repeatedly sold and resold to pimps and brothel owners. They are forced to work in slave-like conditions, … Learn More >>
Campaign for Refuges and Asylum Seekers There are 900 single mothers and their young children among 30,000 Eritrean and Darfurian asylum seekers in Israel, survivors of hunger, war and brutal abuse as they crossed the Sinai desert. They, ger, yatom v’almanah/stranger, orphan and widow are the most vulnerable and … Learn More >>
Amid the horrors of the Holocaust, thousands of non-Jews selflessly risked their lives to save an untold number of Jews from persecution and extermination by the Nazis and their allies. It is a little known fact that 130 of these rescuers, the "Righteous Among the Nations," chose to deepen their solidarity with the Jewish people … Learn More »
Since 2002, ATZUM's Roberta Bernstein (z”l) Project for Survivors of Terrors has assisted hundreds of families and individuals in a variety of ways, providing financial aid of more than a million dollars, educational grants and resources for rehabilitation. It was ATZUM’s privilege to have been able to facilitate this response … Learn More >>
ATZUM was established in 2002 to remedy injustices in Israeli society, and encourage individuals to become social activists and agents of change. The organization was founded on the belief that Israel should serve as an example for the rest of the world in regards to combatting and resolving social problems and social justice crises. ATZUM's current projects … Learn More >>
Our past projects include: Project Abrah: an oral history film project documenting testimonies of Ethiopian "Prisoners of Zion" as recorded by Israeli youth Beit Midrash TAKUM: an international social justice program integrating Jewish learning with activism Foreign Workers: providing assistance to foreign workers in crisis due to injuries not … Learn More »
December 31, 2018 will be remembered by many as the day Israel’s Knesset did the right thing by … Read more »
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