Movement Chaplaincy Course 2022

Are you a rabbi, cantor or rabbinical/cantorial student interested in providing spiritual, emotional, and relational support to those on the front lines of today’s movements for justice? Are you looking for ways to make your own justice work more committed, resilient, sustainable, and spiritually rooted? Join T’ruah’s Movement Chaplaincy community of practice as we move...
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New York City

Don’t live in New York City? Check out the Chaverim Hub for opportunities nationally and in your area! Whether pursuing worker justice through our long-term relationship with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and pressuring Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program; or supporting the Laundry Workers Center’s Cabricanecos campaign for worker safety and the...
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New York State

Don’t live in New York? Check out the Chaverim Hub for opportunities nationally and in your area! T’ruah’s New York State cluster focuses on statewide campaigns, both through direct advocacy in Albany and by plugging into local efforts to support legislation on the state level.  We’re proud to be part of the #CommunitiesNotCages coalition, pushing...
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Meet our 2024 Gala Honorees

Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award From the arts, to the United Nations, to Human Rights Watch, Marina Kaufman has dedicated her life to human rights for all people. In 1978, she became involved with an organization called the University for Peace in Costa Rica, where she was one of the “producers” of a benefit concert...
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Yovel / Jubilee: Fifty Years Since 1967

ORDER YOUR YOVEL GUIDE HERE Plus New Rabbinic Teachings on Video [bs_icon name=”glyphicon glyphicon-play”] The year 2017/5777 marked 50 years since the Six-Day War, when Israel captured East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza. This anniversary calls both for celebration of Jewish sovereignty over our holiest site, the Temple Mount, and a more somber commemoration of...
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Itamar Haritan

Itamar is the Program Manager for T’ruah’s Human Rights Program for Rabbinical/Cantorial Students in Israel. He is an Israeli-American translator and researcher. Itamar earned his BA in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.  He is currently finishing his MA in Sociology and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. In 2010-2011, he was a New Israel Fund Social...
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Joshua Mikutis

Josh Mikutis is a 4th Year Rabbinical Student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute in New York City and a 2nd Year Masters Student of Jewish Nonprofit Management at the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management. Originally from Dayton, Ohio, he attended Haverford College where he graduated with Honors in Religion and History. After graduating, he...
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Sarah Berman

Sarah Berman is a first year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. An art historian and archaeologist, she worked for more than 10 years in the curatorial department at the Seattle Art Museum. There, she researched the museum’s permanent collections with a focus on provenance (history of ownership)–especially WWII era–and...
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