Standing in Solidarity the Sick, Hungry, and Vulnerable around the world!
As Modern Orthodox rabbis committed to the Torah's vision of universal justice and the preservation of human dignity, we are deeply concerned by the freeze on USAID funding and the dismantlement of the USAID organization. Our tradition commands us to uphold the sanctity of life and to care for the most vulnerable, regardless of national borders. We have already seen how the funding freeze and dismantlement are literally threatening the lives of the sick, hungry and vulnerable in the most immediate and devastating way. While the priorities and administration of USAID may well need to be revamped and even transformed in the case of some programs, such actions must be carried out with care and wisdom. Meanwhile we call for funding to be restored and the necessary administrative staff of USAID to be rehired, in order that essential, often life-saving funding in nutrition, food security, health and education can continue and massive loss of life and health can be avoided, and human potential can be saved.
Rabbi Shimon Brand
Rabbi Shamir Caplan
Rabbi Dr. Michael Chernick
Rabbi Max Davis
Rabbi Yehoshua Engelman
Rabbi David Fain
Rabba Ruth Friedman
Rabbi David Glicksman
Rabbi Michael Gordan
Rabbi Dr. Mel Gottlieb
Rabbi Dr. Yitz Greenberg
Rabbi Steve Greenberg
Rabbi Avram Herzog
Rabbi David Jaffe
Rabbi Yisroel Juskowicz
Rabbi Frederick Klein
Rav Daniel Landes
Rabbi Raphael Levi
Rabbi Dina Najman
Rabbi Micha Odenheimer
Rabba Adina Roth
Rabbi Isaac Sassoon
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger
Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez
Rabbi David A. Schwartz
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller
Rabbi Alana Suskin
Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Rabbi Dr. Jeremiah Unterman
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler