Ready to rabbi, thanks to you

Three days after Election Day, we stood with Jewish, Christian, and Muslim clergy colleagues outside of the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes were being counted. We came to lift our voices in prayer to assert that “Every vote is sacred.” We came to honor our ancestors who paved our way to the polls, especially Black...
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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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2024 Gala Honoree Selection Committee

Each year, T’ruah honors a group of extraordinary clergy who demonstrate an unwavering commitment to living and working in accordance with a Torah of justice and human rights. And each year we turn to our supporters to help us find these remarkable leaders by nominating their clergy colleagues and friends. Nominations for our 2024 Rabbinic...
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Chayva Lehrman

Chayva is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, expecting to graduate in 2022. She feels very fortunate to be starting a career that incorporates her love of Jewish community, music, spirituality, social justice, and learning. Chayva grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area at Congregation Beth Am...
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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 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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Ariana Siegel

Ariana Siegel is a first year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. At JTS, Ariana enjoys leading prayer services, including a new experimental minyan she co-founded. Ariana graduated from Tufts University in 2012 with a BA in Peace and Justice Studies and English literature and spent a semester studying Arabic in Alexandria, Egypt. After...
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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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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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