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2023 Honorees Former Congressman Andy Levin A former member of Congress, union organizer, human rights activist, workforce policy expert and green energy entrepreneur, Andy Levin brought his unique expertise to the halls of Congress as the proud representative for Michigan’s 9th District from 2018 to 2022. While in Washington, Andy authored, cosponsored, and helped pass...
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Lawrence Dreyfuss

Lawrence Dreyfuss (he/him) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College and expects to graduate in 2026. Before coming to rabbinical school, Lawrence served as a Teach For America corps member teaching high school English at Waianae High School, a predominately native Hawaiian high school on the west coast of Oahu. While there, he also coached...
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Max Antman

Max Antman is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, expecting to graduate in 2024. Originally from Evanston, IL, Max attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and minors in English and Jewish Culture and Society. Max’s academic path sparked an...
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Victoria Cano

Victoria Cano (she/her) joins T’ruah as a creative administrator with a diverse background working across the arts and nonprofit sectors. Originally hailing from Brooklyn, she recently returned Stateside after spending a decade living in London working as professional playwright, producer, and fundraiser. Her international artistic and administrative experiences have enabled her to craft a bespoke...
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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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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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Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch

Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch is a student at Yeshivat Maharat expected to graduate in 2022. She grew up in South Florida and earned a B.A. in Religion and Anthropology from American University (Washington, DC). Phoebe Ana has completed various internships including at Hillel International and a national voter registration campaign. Phoebe Ana studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Middlebury College Language Schools....
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Shani Abramowitz

Shani Abramowitz is a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), expected to graduate in 2021. Before entering rabbinical school, Shani was a year-long fellow at Mechon Hadar, an egalitarian yeshiva on the Upper West Side of New York. Shani was born and raised in Chicago, and attended Brandeis University, where she...
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Eric Sloan

Eric Sloan is a partner with the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He received his B.A., with honors in English Literature, from Northwestern University, his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, and his LL.M. (Taxation) with distinction from the Georgetown University Law Center. His clients include private equity and...
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