Arik Ascherman
Encyclopedia
Rabbi Arik W. Ascherman is the Director of Special Projects for Rabbis for Human Rights
in Israel, an organization where he previously served as Executive Director. He is a well-known Israeli peace activists and in the 2010 award-winning documentary Israel vs Israel
, Arik Aschermann is one of the main characters.
Rabbis for Human Rights
Rabbis for Human Rights-Israel is an Israeli human rights organisation describing itself as "the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights"....
in Israel, an organization where he previously served as Executive Director. He is a well-known Israeli peace activists and in the 2010 award-winning documentary Israel vs Israel
Israel vs Israel
Israel vs Israel is an award-winning 2010 documentary film on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict directed by Swedish journalist and filmmaker Terje Carlsson about Israeli peace activists....
, Arik Aschermann is one of the main characters.
Awards
- In 2009, Ascherman was co-recipient (with Alice ShalviAlice ShalviProfessor Alice Hildegard Shalvi is a leading figure in progressive Jewish education for girls.- Biography :Shalvi was born in Essen, Germany, to a Zionist Orthodox Jewish family, the youngest of three children...
) of the Leibowitz Prize, named to commemorate Yeshayahu LeibowitzYeshayahu LeibowitzYeshayahu Leibowitz was an Israeli public intellectual and polymath known for his outspoken opinions on Judaism, ethics, religion and politics.- Biography :...
, presented by the Yesh DinYesh DinYesh Din is an Israeli human rights group providing legal assistance to citizens of the Palestinian territories. Its name comes from a Hebrew phrase meaning “there is law”...
human rightsHuman rightsHuman rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
organizationOrganizationAn organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
for public activism in the spirit of Leibowitz's political and philosophical teaching.