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A Just, Humane Immigration System Starts With Vision
I have just returned from the borderlands, where the conjoined cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez meet.
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Arts of Losing: Joseph and His Brothers, Religious Nationalism, and Democracy
Joy Ladin applies the 'art of losing' to Joseph, his brothers, and religious nationalists in this d'var torah for Parshat Vayechi.
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Mass Incarceration
“Exalted and High, Mighty and Awesome, You bring low the proud and lift up the fallen; You free the imprisoned, redeem the humble, and help the poor.” -Blessing after the Shema, Morning service Mass incarceration is a racial justice issue. We cannot achieve real change unless we recognize and name that racism is at the...
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Rabbi Max Reynolds
Max Reynolds is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he moved to New York in 2003 for an MA in Philosophy of Religion at Union Theological Seminary. Max has over 10 years experience in direct services, primarily within LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities, including Callen-Lorde Community Health Center...
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Hannah Ellenson
Hannah Ellenson (she/her) is a fourth year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She was raised as an active member of the Jewish communities in Los Angeles and New York. After graduating from Wellesley College in 2008 with a B.A. in History and Jewish Studies, she earned her M.P.P. from Tel Aviv...
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Sarah Berman
Sarah Berman is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, expecting to graduate in 2020. She comes to rabbinical studies after a career in the arts. For more than a decade, Sarah researched the broad permanent collections of the Seattle Art Museum, specializing in provenance (the history of ownership...
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Amelia Lavranchuk
Amelia Lavranchuk is a cantorial student, working toward ordination and a Masters of Religious Education in 2020, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Amelia grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Brandeis University in 2012 with a degree in music and education. After graduating, she taught elementary school in New...
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Dave Yedid
Dave is a student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, pursuing rabbinic ordination as a Wexner Graduate Fellow and Davidson Scholar, expecting to graduate in 2022. Raised in Port Washington, New York, Dave graduated from Middlebury College with a BA in Geography. At Middlebury, he was a pioneer in the Jewish, LGBT, and dance communities. After...
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Nicole Fix
Nicole Fix (she/her) is a rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and is expected to graduate in 2023. Nicole is deeply committed to the expansion of Jewish and social engagement through the arts. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Monday Night, Nimrod International Journal for Prose and Poetry, Post Road Magazine, Go!...
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