ATZUM-Justice Works was established in 2002 by Jewish educator and activist, Rabbi Levi Lauer, to remedy social injustices in Israel, encourage individuals to realize their potential as agents of change, and bring opportunity, resources and voice to society’s most vulnerable. Careful not to duplicate others’ efforts, ATZUM addresses issues that would otherwise go unattended and leave people without urgently needed practical resources, the power to advocate on their own behalf, and basic human dignity.

The Task Force on Human Trafficking and Prostitution (TFHT) and Project Chaya La'or (which provides survivors access to higher education)  are ATZUM’s current priority projects. Previous projects include: providing humanitarian aid to Eritrean and Darfurian single-mother asylum seekers and their children; meeting the needs of Righteous Rescuers, non-Jews now living in Israel who saved Jewish lives during the Shoah, and of overlooked Shoah survivors and assisting victims of terror not aided through other means. ATZUM is the proud recipient of the Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Prize, awarded annually by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel; the Ministry for Social Equality Award for Combating Violence Against Women; and the Hebrew Union College’s Roger E. Joseph Prize, acknowledging exceptional work done by individuals or organizations in the fields of human rights and Jewish survival.