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EPISODE · May 11, 2026 · 55 MIN

The Vision of Justice and Peace with Rav Michael Melchoir!

from Uri L'Tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice · host Uri L'Tzedek

We’d love to have you join us for our upcoming classes! Please sign up here → https://linktr.ee/utzedek —A descendant of seven generations of Danish Rabbis, Rabbi Melchior was born in Denmark, is an ordained Orthodox rabbi and immigrated to Israel in 1986. He serves as the Chief Rabbi of Norway and as Av Beit Din of the Scandinavian Countries and is the rabbi of a vibrant orthodox community in Jerusalem. He was elected to the Knesset in 1999 and served for 10 years in roles including: Minister for Social Affairs and World Jewry; Deputy Minister of Education & Culture; and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. In addition, he was the founding chairman of Birthright Israel.Rabbi Michael Melchior is the founder and chairman of The Mosaica Center for Religious Conflict Transformation in the Middle East and The Jerusalem Center for Mediation and Consensus-Building. This Initiative aims to discreetly respond to and alleviate crisis situations behind the scenes while also cultivating a web of relationships between religious and political leaders to advance religious peacebuilding. By acting as an “insider religious mediator,” Rabbi Melchior has made strides in helping to advance a warm ‘religious peace’ in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as conflicts around the world. This work includes mitigating violence in mixed Jewish-Arab cities in Israel as well as helping to facilitate religious rulings that promote human sanctity and dignity. In addition to founding Mosaica, which actively works to build a religious peace between leaders of all religions in the Middle East and  offers professional mediation services adapted to the particular needs of a wide range of sectors, populations, cultures, languages, and religions in Israel Rabbi Melchior has founded Meitarim, a network of over 170 inclusive Jewish schools and communities in Israel enabling diverse populations on the Jewish – Israeli sequence to live together and to study jointly in an optimal educational climate that allows each and every one to devise their identity. The network assists in establishing and accompanying mixed communities and inclusive educational frameworks. Another organization Melchior founded is The Citizen's Accord Forum, which promotes the building of bridges of coexistence and justice between Israeli Jews and Israeli-Arabs.  Rabbi Melchior is also an internationally renowned Jewish leader, thinker and activist and a leading advocate for social justice in Israel, interfaith dialogue and a voice for peaceful co-existence.http://www.rabbimichaelmelchior.org –STAY CONNECTED WITH URI L’TZEDEK:🔗 All Socials: https://linktr.ee/utzedek🖥️ Website: https://utzedek.org📰 Newsletter: https://utzedek.org/subscribe🎁 Donate: https://utzedek.org/donate

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