{"id":2171,"date":"2010-05-04T18:06:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T18:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2010\/05\/founder-of-israels-rabbis-for.php"},"modified":"2010-05-04T18:06:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T18:06:10","slug":"founder-of-israels-rabbis-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2010\/05\/founder-of-israels-rabbis-for","title":{"rendered":"Founder of Israel&#8217;s Rabbis for Human Rights Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM &#8211; Rabbi David Forman, founder of Rabbis for Human Rights, a prominent group defending Palestinians, has died, a colleague said Tuesday.<br \/>\nForman was 65. He died Monday in a hospital in Dallas, Texas, where he was undergoing treatment, said Rabbi Arik Ascherman, current leader of the human rights group.<br \/>\nForman founded Rabbis for Human Rights in 1988 and led it until 1992. He served as its chairman again from 2002-2003.<br \/>\nA Reform Jewish rabbi, he was director of the Israel office of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Reform umbrella group. He moved to Israel in 1972.<br \/>\n&#8220;Rabbi Forman was a mentor and a moral compass for several generations of rabbis and Jews around the world&#8221; through his work in human rights, Ascherman told The Associated Press.<br \/>\nRabbis for Human Rights leads regular protests against the demolition of Palestinian homes and uprooting of olive trees in the West Bank.<br \/>\nForman is survived by his wife and four children. His funeral is set for Thursday in Israel.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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