Tue 2 Apr 2024 at 7pm - 8:30pm
Emanuel Synagogue
7 Ocean St
Woollahra NSW 2025
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Avi Dabush was in his home in Kibbutz Nirim on October 7th when Hamas terrorists attacked his home. Since then, he has continued his work, tirelessly fighting for peace, justice and equality for all in Israel-Palestine.
An inspirational activist and leader, Avi is the Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights and has worked for a variety of civil society organisations, including NIF Israel’s action-arm, Shatil.
NIF is thrilled to host Avi, to help us make sense of the path forward, following on from the horrors of October 7th, and the subsequent violence in Gaza and the West Bank.
Join us to learn from Avi, and help make sense of this moment, in order to understand how we can work towards a better future for Israelis and Palestinians.
Read more of Avi's words in Haaretz
Avi Dabush is an activist and community organiser who is a leading voice on a variety of social and political issues in Israel. Raised in a national religious home in the Southern town of Ashkelon, Avi’s journey of activism and leadership has been bold and far reaching. He began by leading a vast coalition of NGOs and municipal bodies in a 13 year struggle which successfully prevented the construction of a damaging power plant in his hometown.
Avi lives in Israel’s south and was in his home on the morning of October 7th, which he wrote about for leading Israeli newspaper, Haaretz late last year. Avi is the executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), an Israeli organisation that aims to articulate a vision of justice rooted in Jewish tradition, in the spirit of the Rabbinical teaching that all persons are created in God’s image and act in order to prevent violations of human rights taking place within Israel and in the occupied territories.
Through various roles, Avi has organised, overseen and led many coalitions and grassroots campaigns on a broad spectrum of issues. From the struggle against poverty to fighting for workers rights and corporate social responsibility; from campaigns to protect beaches to demands for responsible urban planning, Avi and his teams have been at the forefront of grassroots social action over the last decade.
Avi was one of the founders of the Movement for the Future of the Western Negev, which brings the voice of residents of the South calling for a political agreement between Israel and Gaza. In 2018, Avi entered politics and ran for Knesset for the first time in the Meretz party. He reached number 8 on the Meretz list and was a leading voice in the party on issues of Mizrahi identity and social justice.
In Sderot, Avi founded a “Social Action Beit Midrash” and was his community’s Gabbai for six years. Avi is a fellow at the Beit Midrash For Israeli Rabbis of the Hartman Institute and the HaMidrasha at Oranim. He is a proud husband and father of two, and a passionate advocate of veganism.