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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Rabbi Aaron Levy

Rabbi Aaron Levy is the founder and director of Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism, named one of North America’s 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot ’10-’11. He inspires diverse Jews and non-Jews by fusing ritual and ethical practice, by teaching in an open-minded and intellectually serious style, and by making Judaism’s joy and playfulness apparent through...
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Dan Slipakoff

Dan Slipakoff, of Philadelphia, PA, is thrilled to begin his rabbinic studies at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Dan has a Master’s in Social Work from Temple University and has spent the last year interning with POWER, an interfaith community organizing group focused on making Philadelphia a city of equal opportunity for...
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Neta Hamami Tabib Dror

Neta (she/her) comes to T’ruah with a long history as an activist, educator, and group facilitator of youth and adult groups dealing with issues of identity and social justice. As a Mizrachi woman, Neta teaches and lectures about traditional and social Judaism and has been a teacher of Torah and social justice at Bina since...
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Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel

Senior Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel has been with Temple Micah since 1983 and has woven his open-minded, creative approach to Judaism into the culture and worship at Micah. He feels his primary role as rabbi is grappling with the challenge of “translating” the inherited Jewish past into a theology and practice that speaks to today....
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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 Anna Boswell-Levy

Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy is the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Emet, a dynamic, inclusive Reconstructionist community in Yardley, PA. Her experiences in Israel were foundational to her decision to become a rabbi and sparked a passion for social justice. During rabbinical school, she was an Aaron Zeigelman Social Justice Fellow and an intern for Bat Shalom,...
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Rabbi Salem Pearce

Salem received her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew College Rabbinical School in Boston, Mass. During her time there, she has served as the rabbinic intern at Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue and at the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, and she was the Community Organizer at Temple Israel of Boston. She was also a mikveh guide at Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community...
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Morris Panitz

Morris Panitz grew up in Norfolk, Virginia and attended the University of Maryland, College Park where he earned a double degree in Philosophy and Jewish Studies. He worked within the field of Jewish, environmental education from 2009-2014, participating in the Adamah Fellowship, serving as a farm apprentice at Ocean Air Farms, and leading the educational...
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