T’ruah is seeking an experienced organizer or advocate to serve as our full-time Manager or Director of Israel Campaigns. The Manager or Director of Israel Campaigns will educate, engage, and mobilize the rabbis and cantors in our network through North America-based actions and campaigns to protect the human rights of Israelis and Palestinians in Israel and Palestine. The role also holds responsibilities related to T’ruah’s advocacy work to stop antisemitism and respond to the weaponization of antisemitism in the U.S.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, impactful organizer, and detail-oriented project manager with experience bringing collaborative projects from ideation to completion. The candidate has a record of building relationships and alliances with diverse partners to deliver tangible change, has experience and is excited about working on the issue of Israel and Palestine in the United States, and feels enthusiastic about representing T’ruah’s positions on Israel and Palestine. Rabbinic ordination is not required, but it is a strong preference.

This position is an incredible opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a relational and effective team that values learning and growth, accountability, direct communication, and appreciating each other as human beings.

Who We Are

T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights brings the Torah’s ideals of human dignity, equality, and justice to life by empowering rabbis and cantors to be moral voices and to lead Jewish communities in advancing democracy and human rights for all people in the United States, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories. To learn more about our work, visit www.truah.org or find us @truahrabbis on Facebook and Instagram.

What You’ll Do

The Manager or Director of Israel Campaigns reports to the Chief Programs Officer and is responsible for the following:

• Working closely with the Chief Programs Officer to develop and run T’ruah’s campaigns, including education and advocacy, related to Israel and Palestine
• Collaborating with other relevant staff to ensure our Israel and combating antisemitism campaigns and broader work are strategic, right-sized, and consistent with T’ruah’s goals
• Cultivating, educating, and mobilizing T’ruah chaverim (rabbi and cantor members of our clergy network) to take action
• Communicating with and periodically convening T’ruah’s volunteer leadership group of clergy members who give input on strategy and tactics on our Israel/Palestine work
• Working with the Director of Learning and the Manager of Rabbinic Education to create resources, webinars, and other learning opportunities on these issues that educate and activate Jewish clergy and the community more broadly
• Collaborating with the Senior Director of Campaigns and Organizing to bring needed programming to our network in emergent moments of overlapping issues, such as the weaponization of antisemitism in attacks on democracy
• Monitoring American and Israeli media outlets and working with the Chief Communications Officer to draft and circulate organizational responses and public messaging guidance to breaking news
• Representing T’ruah as a member of the Progressive Israel Network (PIN) and in other relevant coalitions
• Overseeing the planning and implementation of T’ruah’s program for rabbinical students during their time in Israel and supervising the Rabbinic Educator in Israel who is responsible for that work (Director-level only)
• Overseeing the planning and execution of T’ruah’s immersive programs for rabbis and cantors in Israel and Palestine (Director-level only)

If you were in the role right now, you would be:

• Working with Israel and Palestine-based partners to plan webinars for chaverim on the war in Gaza and/or violence in the West Bank
• Project managing a resource for clergy and educators to use books and documentary films as starting points for honest and values-based conversations about Israel and Palestine, especially in their synagogues
• In collaboration with Resetting the Table, planning a webinar for clergy on how to have hard conversations about Israel and Palestine and the occupation in their communities
• Convening the staff Israel team for weekly meetings to move forward our Israel and Palestine and antisemitism advocacy work
• Scheduling a meeting of the volunteer clergy leadership group on our Israel and Palestine work
• Connecting with the Chief Communications Officer about plans for promoting these resources and events to clergy
• Drafting the Israel campaigns’ goals for the next fiscal year in collaboration with the Chief Programs Officer
• Overseeing the planning of a trip for rabbis to do protective presence in the West Bank with Rabbis for Human Rights after the World Zionist Congress (Director-level only)

Who You Are & Keys to Success

To be successful in this job, you are or have most of the following:

• Advocacy and/or organizing experience: You have demonstrated success working on issue-based advocacy and/or organizing campaigns, preferably on Israel/Palestine related issues in the Jewish community (4-6 years for Manager-level position; 7+ years for Director-level position). You demonstrate integrity, acting in line with your, and the organization’s, values.
• Knowledgeable about Israel and Palestine: You have strong working knowledge of issues related to Israel and Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the related complex dynamics of the American Jewish community, especially in the rabbinate.
• A reliable, detail-oriented, collaborative project manager: You have impeccable executive functioning skills and a successful track record of taking a project from idea to fruition. You have a demonstrated track record of closely collaborating with colleagues across departments and position levels, shepherding the team to accomplish a collective project.
• A team player: You are self-aware and attuned to others, have a keen emotional and social intelligence, and demonstrate humility. You view your work as supporting the whole and integral to the team’s effectiveness.
• A relationship builder: You have a demonstrated track record of building authentic relationships with stakeholders inside and outside the organization. You demonstrate appropriate use of self in professional contexts and elicit similar vulnerability in others. You have recruited for, worked with, and understand how to support and manage volunteer committees.
• Entrepreneurial and resourceful: You've overcome challenges and leveraged resources to creatively solve problems. You propose solutions to issues without much guidance (and are not afraid to ask questions). You proactively ask for help, anticipate problems, and course-correct where needed.
• Excellent presentation skills: You are a reliable organizational representative in coalition meetings and public gatherings, speaking clearly on behalf of the organization and advocating for/with community members. You communicate well with others, including sharing context and asking questions to understand others’ perspectives. You’re adept at facilitating public conversations.
• Enthusiastic representative of T’ruah’s positions on Israel and Palestine: You are excited to represent T’ruah’s positions, which include support for a swift end to the current war, including the return of hostages and a cessation of violence in Gaza, as well as massive humanitarian relief there; a political solution that ends the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and that resolves the status of Jerusalem and its residents; and the future of Israel as a Jewish democratic state side-by-side with a State of Palestine.
• Sophisticated antisemitism and racism analyses: You have an analysis of antisemitism that is aligned with T’ruah’s (see our Very Brief Guide to Antisemitism) as well as a racial equity analysis that complements and connects to your understanding of how antisemitism works in present-day North America.
• Able to manage a high volume of work with efficiency: You create systems to manage projects and tasks. You’re able to juggle competing demands and prioritize without sacrificing quality.
• Able to synthesize information quickly: You can digest a large volume of articles and information and stay on top of current events, legislation, and developments as they impact our work.
• Torah knowledge and application. You are knowledgeable about Jewish content, and you are able to creatively use text and Jewish tradition to illuminate or shed new light on contemporary issues.
• Rabbinic ordination is not required, but it is a strong preference.

Experience working with rabbis and cantors and a working knowledge of Hebrew and Arabic are plusses but are not required.

Systemic inequities in hiring have caused many women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. If you don’t have all of the qualifications listed above but are extremely organized, passionate about our mission, and believe you have applicable and transferable skills from other industries, we encourage you to apply for this job. We’d love to hear from you. In your cover letter, be sure to explicitly highlight how your experience, skills, and personal qualities have set you up to succeed in the role.

What Else You Should Know

Status

This position is full-time.

Salary

Manager-level: The salary range for this position is $67,200-$85,000. (For those with rabbinic ordination, the range is $78,400-$85,000.)

Director-level: The salary range for this position is $91,200-$105,000. (For those with rabbinic ordination, the range is $96,900-$105,000.)

We set salary through a collaborative process using a standard rubric based on years of experience.

Location

The job location depends on where you reside: If you live anywhere other than the New York Metropolitan Area, the position is remote. We would prefer the position be filled by someone living on the East Coast. Those living in the New York Metro Area will have our New York City office at their disposal if and when they choose to work from the office.

Travel

We expect you to have the ability to travel to occasional in-person meetings in various U.S. locations, especially but not limited to the East Coast, and to Israel and Palestine up to a few times a year.

Benefits include:

• T’ruah pays for 100% of the employee’s premium and 50% of one dependent’s premium on our recommended medical insurance plan
• Employer-covered basic life and AD&D insurance valued at $10,000
• Optional benefit plans available at employee expense: dental, vision, health savings account, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, supplemental life insurance, and supplemental AD&D insurance
• Automatic employer contributions of an amount equal to 3% of your salary to your 403(b) retirement account beginning one year after the date of hire – whether or not you make elective deferral contributions
• 15 vacation days a year in your first year of employment, increasing to 20 days a year at the start of your second year of employment
• 34 holidays a year, which includes Jewish and most Federal holidays, Summer Fridays, and a floating holiday
• Paid leave of up to 12 weeks for the birth or adoption of a child

Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)

T’ruah is committed to DEI at every level of our organization, including our Board of Directors. For the past several years we have been actively working on becoming an antiracist organization. We have a set of organizational values reflecting this commitment.

Equal opportunity employer

T’ruah isn’t just an equal opportunity employer. We are actively seeking to build a diverse and inclusive team with a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. T’ruah does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, personal appearance, family responsibility, political affiliation or any other status protected by applicable law. Women, transgender people, veterans and people of color are encouraged to apply.

Compliance with eligibility verification law

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

Our Timeline

Applications will be accepted and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Priority will be given to applications received on or before July 30, 2025. Our ideal start date for this position is September 15, 2025 or as soon as possible.

How to Apply

Complete the application here, which includes submission of a cover letter and resume. Cover letters will be assessed as a writing sample and applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Due to a high volume of applicants, we may not be able to respond to everyone.