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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Sara Moore Litt

Sara Moore Litt

A former New Yorker, Sara was a corporate lawyer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, executive vice president and associate general counsel of the Courtroom Television Network, and executive director of The Interfaith Center of New York. She has been a consultant for ABC News, the Markle Foundation, and the Yale Law School. She has served...
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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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Rachel Faulkner

Rachel is a community organizer, coach, social justice advocate, and anti-racist educator. She has done this work through roles at City Year, Match Education, the Community Builders, and Citizens of The World Elementary School, and currently serves as the Director of Community Investments at the Safety Respect Equity Network. Additionally, Rachel served as the National...
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Anna Calamaro

Anna Calamaro (she/her) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College, class of 2023. A Chicago native, Anna completed her undergraduate studies in 2014 at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana campus, in Jewish Studies. She worked for four years for Metro Chicago Hillel as Director of Engagement and Jewish Life, serving students on college campuses...
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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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