11 Dec. 06: Rabbis for Human Rights - North America Awards Prize to B'Tselem

"To Do What is Just and Right", the first Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award, was presented on 11 December 2006, to B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories at a ceremony in New York City . Jessica Montell , B'Tselem's Executive Director, accepted the award on behalf of the organization.

Also honored with the award were Rabbis David Forman, Ben Hollander, and David Rosen, who founded Rabbis for Human Rights, and the Center for Constitutional Rights.

The ceremony was part of the first North American rabbinic conference on Judaism and human rights, which is being held in New York this week.