Noa Sattath
Executive Director

Noa Sattath took the helm of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) in November 2021.

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Since becoming ACRI's Executive Director, Noa has led the organization during a critical period, as it battles the government's attempts at a judicial overhaul and confronts unprecedented human rights violations in Israel and the Occupied Territories following the Gaza war that erupted after October 7th. Under her direction, ACRI has had pivotal and precedent-setting legal and public successes: petitions to the Supreme Court that curbed government overreach; protecting the rights of prisoners during the war; defending freedom of protest and expression; protecting marginalized communities; and challenging abuses of power by police, the military, and public officials. Through persistent legal action, public campaigns, and field advocacy, ACRI under Noa’s leadership has remained at the forefront of defending democracy, civil liberties, and human dignity. 

Noa is an ordained Reform rabbi who previously served as Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), where she led campaigns addressing religion and state, gender equality, and anti-racism. While there, she played key roles in fighting against women's exclusion in the public sphere and the election of racist Knesset candidates. 

Before her work at IRAC, Noa was Executive Director of the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, where she helped lead the first Pride March in Jerusalem. She also served as Executive Director of MEET, an organization that uses technology to develop joint leadership initiatives between young Israelis and Palestinians. 

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Read an interview with Noa from October 2022 in the Israeli newspaper HaAretz.

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