Praying for peace, taking responsibility for our complicity
Rabbi Jill Jacobs: "Too often, we have given Netanyahu and other right wing politicians standing ovations in our own communities, even as they incite violence against their own citizens, woo Kahanists into the Knesset, and implement de facto annexation of the West Bank."
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Maetal Gerson
Maetal is a first year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She is an Avodah Service Corps Chicago alum and is currently working as a Climate Organizing Fellow at Dayenu.
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Year-in-Israel Program
***As of October 7, our in-person Israel programs are on hold. Rabbinical and cantorial students in Israel can check back here for updates.*** About the Year-in-Israel Program The T’ruah Year-in-Israel Program offers rabbinical and cantorial students spending the academic year in Israel the opportunity to develop their moral voice on human rights issues in Israel...
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Mat Wilson
Mat Wilson (they/them) is a second year rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the rabbinic intern at the Hillels at Drexel University and Gettysburg College.
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Emily Bell
Emily Bell is a first-year student at Yeshivat Maharat based in Washington Heights, New York.
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