A personal note in the midst of COVID-19

March 13, 2020 I’m writing first to send love and good wishes to everyone in the T’ruah community. I know that all of us are feeling a heightened sense of anxiety as we hunker down at home, quarantine ourselves, cope with our own illnesses or those of friends and family, and mourn the chance to...
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A Symposium on Judaism and Democracy

We are excited to announce our Symposium on Judaism and Democracy, which will be held on Thursday, June 2 in New York City. This gathering will be a first step to develop new intellectual frameworks for how Judaism relates and can contribute to the preservation and reimagining of multiracial democracy in America. After an opening panel,...
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Gala 2022 Honoree Committee

Each year, T’ruah honors a group of extraordinary clergy who demonstrate an unwavering commitment to living and working in accordance with a Torah of justice and human rights. And each year we turn to our supporters to help us find these remarkable leaders by nominating their clergy colleagues and friends. Nominations for our 2022 Rabbinic...
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New York City

Don’t live in New York City? Check out the Chaverim Hub for opportunities nationally and in your area! Whether pursuing worker justice through our long-term relationship with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and pressuring Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program; or supporting the Laundry Workers Center’s Cabricanecos campaign for worker safety and the...
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New York State

Don’t live in New York? Check out the Chaverim Hub for opportunities nationally and in your area! T’ruah’s New York State cluster focuses on statewide campaigns, both through direct advocacy in Albany and by plugging into local efforts to support legislation on the state level.  We’re proud to be part of the #CommunitiesNotCages coalition, pushing...
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Meet our 2024 Gala Honorees

Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award From the arts, to the United Nations, to Human Rights Watch, Marina Kaufman has dedicated her life to human rights for all people. In 1978, she became involved with an organization called the University for Peace in Costa Rica, where she was one of the “producers” of a benefit concert...
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Talia Stein

Talia is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College Rabbinical School, where she is also pursuing a Masters of Jewish Education and anticipates graduating in 2020. Talia grew up in the great city of Philadelphia before moving to Maryland to study economics and public policy at University of Maryland. After school, she moved to Chicago to...
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Talia Stein

Talia is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College Rabbinical School, where she is also pursuing a Masters of Jewish Education and anticipates graduating in 2020. Talia grew up in the great city of Philadelphia before moving to Maryland to study economics and public policy at University of Maryland. After school, she moved to Chicago to...
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Hannah Jensen

Hannah Jensen is a rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, where she is expected to be ordained in 2022. She grew up in many places, but considers South Bend, Indiana home. She graduated from Carleton College with a degree in Cinema and Media Studies and French, before quickly fleeing Minnesota for coastal...
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