The promise of liberation is not for us alone

April 7, 2020 My Seder table, perhaps like yours, will be notably emptier this year — just my husband, our daughters, and me — instead of the usual assortment of family, friends, and people we’ve collected along the way. For many of us, this is the most difficult Pesach we’ve experienced, as we’re separated — at least...
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As Jews, we must stay the path and save lives

We are more than halfway through counting the omer — the period between Pesach and Shavuot. We have emerged from slavery and are well on our way to the liberation of standing at Sinai, affirming our status as a community with shared laws, values, and responsibilities for one another. When we start counting the omer, we know...
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Meet our 2022 Honorees

Every year, T’ruah honors several leaders for their commitment to and activism in advancing human rights. Our 2022 honorees will be presented with their awards at our annual gala on May 25, 2022. Heather Booth Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award Inspired by her first trip to Yad Vashem in 1964, Heather Booth has committed her...
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Spotlight On: Rabbi Mira Rivera

Rabbi Mira Rivera is Associate Rabbi and Director of Pastoral Care at Romemu in New York City. She serves as a rabbi and mentor at Ammud: the Jews of Color Torah Academy and actively supports LUNAR: the Asian-Jewish Film Project.  She has co-chaired the rabbinical council of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) and continues...
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Repro Shabbat 2024

T'ruah is proud to partner with National Council of Jewish Women on Repro Shabbat, coming February 9-10 (Parshat Mishpatim).
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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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Tyler Dratch

Tyler Dratch is a Rabbinical Student at Hebrew College in Newton. Massachusetts, part of the class of 2021. Before moving to Boston, he served as a Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center (RAC) of Reform Judaism advocating for economic justice and disability rights issues. During his time at the RAC, Tyler staffed the L’Taken Social Justice...
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Rabbi Ali (Sagadencky) Lawton

Ali Sagadencky is a third year rabbinical student at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California. Ali was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She completed her undergraduate and graduate work at Pepperdine University, receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts as well as a Master’s Degree in Education with an emphasis on Early Childhood...
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