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Claire Davidson Bruder

Claire Davidson Bruder is a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She has been a Youth Advisor and Shabbat Model Educator at B’nai Jeshurun (New York.) She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University with a B.A. in Judaic Studies and Middle East Studies. She was the Strategic Communications and Development Associate at APN...
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Rabbi Kliel Rose

Rabbi Y. Kliel Rose is the spiritual leader of Beth Shalom located in Edmonton, Alberta. Kliel was born in Jerusalem to a rabbinical family and grew up in Winnipeg, Canada. Kliel earned a BA in Judaic studies from Gratz College, in Philadelphia, after which he studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). As a student, Kliel...
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Hannah Weilbacher

Hannah (she/her) comes to T’ruah having worked as an organizer and advocate in the field of Jewish social justice. Before T’ruah, Hannah served American Jewish World Service as Senior Program Officer for Jewish Advocacy and Engagement, where she worked with rabbis and cantors who are passionate about human rights. Hannah also worked at the Jewish...
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Hadar Harris

Hadar Harris

Hadar Harris is an award winning human rights attorney and institution builder whose work focuses on civic enfranchisement, gender equality, freedom of expression and association, protecting closing civil society space and domestic implementation of international norms. She spent fifteen years in academia, building centers and organizations impacting a range of issues. She has worked as...
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Worker Justice

“Great is work, as it gives honor to the one who does it.” —Nedarim 49b Our tradition tells us that it is a Jewish moral imperative to treat workers fairly. But we know that in this country and around the world, the workplace is often ground zero for forced labor, exploitation, wage theft, and violence...
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Kelly Whitehead

Kelly Whitehead is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (’24). Kelly grew up in New York City before moving to Washington DC, where she graduated from American University (BA History ’15). Prior to rabbinical school, Kelly worked as the Youth Engagement Specialist at Temple Sinai in Washington D.C. Kelly’s love of the...
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