Events

At our Shabbat evening service, Sharon Abraham-Weiss, executive director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, will speak about work ACRI is undertaking in the current most testing times.

Israel is one of the most diverse societies in the world, often described as a mosaic. While Israelis and Arabs struggle to find lasting peace, social divides are widening following the 2014 conflict with Hamas in Gaza. One of the largest obstacles to protecting vulnerable populations affected in both Israel and the Occupied Territories is clear policy that will expand and secure human rights. How can Israelis and Palestinians foster a culture of human rights and bring about real change in Israel across all sectors of society? ACRI is Israel’s largest and oldest human rights organization, dealing with the entire spectrum of rights and civil liberties issues in Israel and the Occupied Territories. Its precedent-setting legal work, human rights education, public outreach and international advocacy has contributed significantly to the protection and enforcement of human rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories.

Attorney Sharon Abraham-Weiss took the helm at ACRI in May 2014 following five years as the Tel Aviv and Central Israel Region Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner. There she was responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing a non-discriminatory policy for employers and employees.

In 2014, Sharon was named as one of Ha’aretz’s prominent women leaders, and back in 2005, The Marker named her one of the top 10 most influential people working for social change in Israel.

Sharon holds an MA in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, where she was a Wexner fellow, and an LLM magna cum laude from Tel Aviv University.