Rabbi Michael Lezak

Michael Lezak is the staff rabbi at the Glide Center for Social Justice in San Francisco. Previously, he served 14 years as rabbi of Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael, California, where he oversaw the congregation’s Chevra Kaddisha and New Jim Crow Working Group.  Rabbi Lezak is on the board of the Bay Area Organizing...
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Rabbi Mordechai Liebling

Rabbi Mordechai Liebling is the Director of the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He previously served as the Executive Vice-President of Jewish Funds for Justice, the Torah of Money Director of the Shefa Fund, and the Executive Director of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. He is on the boards of the Faith and...
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Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater is the Executive Director of Friends in Deed, a local, religious-based non-profit addressing homelessness and poverty in the greater Pasadena area. After 5 years in congregations on the east coast, he served 12 years as senior rabbi of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, where he established himself as an activist and...
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Deborah Goldberg

Deborah Goldberg is a first year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Prior to enrolling at HUC-JIR, Deborah served as the Teen Programs Coordinator at the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs in Chicago, IL. In this role, she managed all aspects of JCUA’s teen social justice program, Or Tzedek. Before...
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Ari Witkin

Ari Witkin, a Minneapolis native and Goucher College graduate, is a third year rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Prior to joining the RRC community, he spent 5 years loving living in Baltimore where he worked as a community organizer engaging religious communities in violence prevention and youth advocacy campaigns and as an experiential...
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Bryan Mann

Bryan Mann, a Temple University graduate, is a queer rabbinical student entering his fourth year at Hebrew College. A member of the Moishe Kavod House and Keshet Boston, he is actively engaged in social justice work to combat police brutality, fight for a living wage, and promote the full inclusion of LGBTQ people. In addition...
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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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Rabbi Elana Friedman

Rabbi Elana Friedman graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Before entering rabbinical school in 2010, Elana spent seven years working for the Fund for the Public Interest, a nonprofit organization that runs campaigns for environmental and progressive causes. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Environmental Studies. As a rabbinical...
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Katie Greenberg

Katie Greenberg is a fourth year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she is pursuing her Masters in Education and a certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education. A native New Yorker, she graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Jewish History and Environmental Studies. She spent three years living in Israel, where she...
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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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