Bring Human Rights Shabbat to Your Community

On Human Rights Shabbat, we celebrate the deep intersections between Judaism and human rights. Since 2008, nearly 500 communities have joined this celebration. Human Rights Shabbat is observed on the Shabbat closest to International Human Rights Day, December 10, which is the anniversary of the UN’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We...
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Katie Greenberg

Katie Greenberg is a fourth year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she is pursuing her Masters in Education and a certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education. A native New Yorker, she graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Jewish History and Environmental Studies. She spent three years living in Israel, where she...
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Jonah Winer

A Toronto, Canada native, Jonah Winer felt inspired to pursue the rabbinate during his time as an undergraduate at McGill University. He is now an Orthodox rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah where he expects to graduate in 2022.  His study of religion in university and his volunteer leadership roles at downtown Montreal’s student-led Ghetto...
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Briah Cahana

Briah Cahana (she/her) is a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Maharat in Riverdale, NY, in the 2023 class. Her upbringing in Sweden, Toronto, and Montreal enabled her to become a quick adapter to and great enthusiast for new environments, languages, and cultures. Her parents — a rabbi and social worker duo — modeled for her the...
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Rabbi Kliel Rose

Rabbi Y. Kliel Rose is the spiritual leader of Beth Shalom located in Edmonton, Alberta. Kliel was born in Jerusalem to a rabbinical family and grew up in Winnipeg, Canada. Kliel earned a BA in Judaic studies from Gratz College, in Philadelphia, after which he studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). As a student, Kliel...
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Hannah Weilbacher

Hannah (she/her) comes to T’ruah having worked as an organizer and advocate in the field of Jewish social justice. Before T’ruah, Hannah served American Jewish World Service as Senior Program Officer for Jewish Advocacy and Engagement, where she worked with rabbis and cantors who are passionate about human rights. Hannah also worked at the Jewish...
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