Arik Ascherman

Date of Birth
01/01/1959

​City
Erie, Pennsylvania

​Country
United States

​Arik Ascherman is an American-born Israeli Reform rabbi and human rights activist. Ascherman is the Executive Director and founder of the Israeli Human Rights organization “Torat Tzedek-Torah of Justice”. The organization is seeking to stop the chipping away at the 2006 High Court decision, accompany and protect Palestinian shepherds, and it advocates for public housing for Israelis. Ascherman has been co-recipient of the Leibowitz Prize and Gandhi Peace Award, to name a few.

Discover more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/25/israel and https://torat-tzedek.org.il/