Aron Wander

Aron Wander (he/him/his) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College and expects to graduate in 2024. Before beginning rabbinical school, he worked in Boston as the Northeast Campus Organizer for J Street U, where he helped students plan campaigns and run programming related to Israel/Palestine. While in Boston, he served on the Coordinating Committee of...
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Aliza Schwartz

Aliza Schwartz (she/her) is a rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, expecting to graduate in 2024. She is an incoming Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) in New York City. Before rabbinical school, Aliza was based in Boston. Her spiritual and political home in Boston is Kavod, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial community...
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Jenna Shaw

Jenna Shaw (they/them/theirs) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Newton, MA, in the class of 2023. Jenna grew up in Chicago and fell in love with political activism and the ways that social justice interacts with their Jewish identity when they stumbled into a local mayoral campaign office. Their deep call to activism...
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Rabbi Jenna Shaw

Rabbi Jenna Shaw

Jenna (they/them) is a passionate connector, educator, and organizer. They were ordained in 2023 from the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Newton, MA. Jenna grew up in Chicago and fell in love with political activism and how social justice interacts with their Jewish identity when they stumbled into a local mayoral campaign office. Their...
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Danny Stein

Danny Stein (he/him) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College (Class of 2023). He grew up in the Chicagoland Reform movement, spending many summers at Camp OSRUI in Wisconsin. Graduating American University with a degree in public communication and marketing, he moved on to Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which together with Svara in Chicago ignited...
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Aliza Schwartz

Aliza Schwartz (she/her) is a rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, expecting to graduate in 2024. Before rabbinical school, Aliza was based in Boston and given the enormous gift of growing up as a leader, organizer, and trainer there. Aliza’s spiritual and political home in Boston is Kavod, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial community led by...
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Prison Moratorium Rally and Hearing - Tuesday June 27th at the State house. Rally with us at 10 am. Testify at the hearing at 11 am. Sign up: tinyurl.com/MoratoriumHearing

Rally and Hearing for the Prison Moratorium!

For the last two years, T’ruah clergy and their communities have been organizing in support of the #NoNewWomensPrison campaign — an effort to stop a $50 million women’s prison project and instead invest in Massachusetts communities most affected by incarceration. The legislative centerpiece of the campaign is the Prison and Jail Construction Moratorium, which on Tuesday, June...
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Judiciary Committee Hearing - State House Tuesday July 25 at 1 pm. Join us tinyurl.com/FreeHerHearing. #NoNewWomensPrison

MASSACHUSETTS: Second Hearing for the Prison Moratorium

For the last two years, T’ruah clergy and their communities have been organizing in support of the #NoNewWomensPrison campaign — an effort to stop a $50 million women’s prison project and instead invest in Massachusetts communities most affected by incarceration. The legislative centerpiece of the campaign is the Prison and Jail Construction Moratorium, which, on Tuesday, July 25th,...
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Valentine's Week Rally in solidarity with Incarcerated Women. February 12th 3 pm State House. Bit.ly/FreeHerValentine

#FreeHer Valentine’s Week Rally

On Monday, 2/12 at 3:00 p.m., join us at the MA State House for our partners’ annual Valentine’s Week rally in support of the jail and prison construction moratorium and ending the incarceration of women and girls in Massachusetts. Please consider sharing this event with your communities and congregations! This event is led by Families for...
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We organize, train, and support more than 2,300 rabbis and cantors across 47 states and 5 Canadian provinces who are chaverim (members) of T’ruah. Emor, the Institute for Bold Jewish Thought, delves deep into Jewish wisdom, and facilitates conversations among rabbis, scholars, practitioners, and lay leaders that tackle the most important moral and political questions...
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