When Hope Ends in Slavery: Human Trafficking in Israel

Acting on the conviction that Israel serve as an example in addressing social problems and crises, Rabbi Levi Lauer founded ATZUM-Justice Works and, together with Kabiri-Nevo-Keidar, the Task Force on Human Trafficking to address and fight this alarming human rights abuse.

Many thousands of women have been trafficked into Israel. Hundreds of brothels and "discrete apartments" operate throughout the country. According to the U.S. State Department, migrant workers in Israel come searching for better opportunities but many ultimately face conditions of forced labor, sex trafficking, and debt bondage.

Rabbi Lauer will discuss the trafficking crisis in Israel and how activists on the ground are trying to stop it. Question & answer session to follow. Light refreshments will be served.

This event is co-convened by the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism and cosponsored by the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute,  International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life, the Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies Program, the Social Justice & Social Policy Program, the Women's and Gender Studies Program, and the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.