Ending the Occupation

 “Cry with a full throat without restraint; Raise your voice like a shofar!” -Isaiah 58:1  Our approach to ending the occupation is grounded in human rights and a belief that all Israelis and Palestinians are created b’tzelem Elohim, in the image of the Divine, and should be treated with dignity and compassion.  As rabbis and...
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Eric Abbott

Eric L. Abbott is a fourth-year rabbinical student and educator studying at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). Originally from Warwick, RI, he graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a B.A. in Judaic Studies. Since arriving in New York, Eric has taught 6th and 7th graders, led services at...
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Rabbi Mónica Gomery

Rabbi Mónica Gomery was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in 2017. Her interests include poetry, niggunim, Talmud study, social justice, and pastoral care. As a T’ruah Fellow, she interned at the Women’s Prison Association.
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Alanna “Lonnie” Kleinman

Alanna “Lonnie” Kleinman is originally from Tucson, Arizona and attended undergrad at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR, where she majored in Religious Studies and Art History. After college, she spent a year studying in Jerusalem at the Pardes Institute of Jewish studies. She subsequently moved to Jackson, Mississippi and learned from and with...
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Lilli Shvartsmann

Lilli Shvartsmann (she/her), a Los Angeles native, has always found outlets to further her passion for Jewish education. A rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary expecting to graduate in 2024, Lilli works as a rabbinic intern at Hillel at Binghamton University, where she provides learning opportunities and pastoral care for students. In 2020, Lilli...
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Yedidah Bat Aaron

Yedidah Bat Aaron (she/they) is a rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, expecting to graduate in 2025. They grew up between the Reform & Conservative movements, and is passionate about Hebrew School and the inter-generational project of passing down Jewish traditions l’dor v’dor—from generation to generation. Yedidah’s extensive work centers on exile and teshuva,...
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Bella Orden

Bella Orden (she/her) is a passionate and proactive administrator who comes to T’ruah with a background in trauma-informed healthcare. Her experiences in past roles allow her to support the big picture and day to day needs of T’ruah’s programs department with care and compassion and she is excited to join the T’ruah team in their...
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Rabbi Lauren Henderson

Rabbi Lauren Henderson originally hails from Spartanburg, SC, and serves as the rabbi of Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs, GA. She earned her BA from Rice University in 2009 in Religious Studies and History, and studied at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem and the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles before transferring...
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Rabbi Sharon Mars

Rabbi Sharon Mars became the senior rabbi at Temple Israel in Columbus, Ohio in 2017, and for 4 years prior to that served as TI’s Associate Rabbi and Director of Community Engagement.  She received her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College, New York in 1998. Previously, Sharon served as a rabbi in Jewish Community Centers,...
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