Sarah Grabiner

Sarah Grabiner grew up in London and has been keenly involved in Jewish life since starting North Western Reform Synagogue preschool at age 2! After high school, she spent a gap year in Israel studying in Jerusalem and volunteering with Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv, and then studied Hebrew at Oxford University. Sarah has been...
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Rabbi Jill Jacobs

Rabbi Jill Jacobs (she/her) is the CEO of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, an organization that trains and mobilizes more than 2,300 rabbis and cantors and their communities to bring a moral voice to protecting and advancing human rights in North America, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories. She is the author of...
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Jessica Fisher

Jessica Fisher is a second year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Before beginning rabbinical school she ran the Chicago Diller Teen Fellows, a leadership development program for Jewish teens, and worked at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, she first moved to New York to attend the joint...
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Lexi Erdheim

Lexi Erdheim is a rabbinical student at HUC-JIR. She is originally from Livingston, NJ and attended Barnard College, where she majored in religion. She wrote her senior thesis on media representations of Mormons during the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. Lexi is excited to be working with T’ruah again after serving as their Israel Advocacy Intern...
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Daniel Atwood

Daniel is a student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, expecting to be ordained in 2019, and a resident of the vibrant community in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Honors Program at Yeshiva University, with majors in Psychology and Medieval Jewish Studies, where he also served as Managing Editor and Senior...
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Tyler Dratch

Tyler Dratch is a Rabbinical Student at Hebrew College in Newton. Massachusetts, part of the class of 2021. Before moving to Boston, he served as a Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center (RAC) of Reform Judaism advocating for economic justice and disability rights issues. During his time at the RAC, Tyler staffed the L’Taken Social Justice...
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Shira Danan

Shira (she/her) is a writer and proud RK (rabbi’s kid) who has worked as an editor and social media manager in the private and non-profit sectors. As a comedy writer, she has written for many publications, including the New Yorker, The Onion, McSweeney’s, and Mad Magazine. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Religion from Columbia University in...
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Allen Lipson

Allen Lipson (he/him/his) completed his first year of rabbinical school at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was the inaugural rabbinic intern at JTS’ Hendel Center for Justice and Ethics. After his T’ruah summer, he transferred to Hebrew College, where expects to be ordained in 2024. Previously a labor organizer at UNITE HERE, the hotel...
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Caryn Fliegler

As Grants Officer, Caryn Fliegler (she/her) works closely with T’ruah’s Director of Development and leadership to manage a growing profile of institutional giving supporters. Prior to T’ruah, Caryn was Grants Manager at Josselyn, a Community Mental Health Center serving 3,600 people in the Chicago area. She is an active community volunteer, serving as a Board...
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Dvir Cahana

Dvir Cahana (he/him) was born in Sweden and grew up in Canada. He received a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Israel Studies from Concordia University, where he played varsity basketball as a 3-time Academic All-Canadian. He earned his M.A. in Jewish Studies from McGill University, representing McGill in the East Coast Consortium...
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