Author Archives: Christy

Jewish Service: Thoughts from a JOIN Alum

Rabbi Seth Goren, an alum of JOIN’s Seminary Leadership Project, a member of the Philadelphia cohort of our new Rabbinical Fellowship and the Director of Repair the World: Philadelphia, wrote a great piece for eJewish philanthropy, “The Limitations and Possibilities … Read More

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JOIN’s DC Rabbinic Fellowship Has Launched!

We are thrilled to let you know that the DC area rabbinic fellowship launched on May 27 with a full day of training. We have 12 rabbinic fellows, and JOIN Senior Organizer and Trainer Jeannie Appleman will be working with … Read More

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Celebrating JOIN Connections to Jewish Week’s 2015 “36 under 36”

Two of this year’s “36 Under 36,” named each year by Jewish Week, have JOIN for Justice connections! Rabbi Sara Luria is an alum of the Jewish Organizing Fellowship and our Cross-Seminary Class who’s working now to improve the reputation … Read More

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Registration Now Open for “Don’t Kvetch, Organize! A Master Class”

Registration is now open for “Don’t Kvetch, Organize! A Master Class.” We hope you’ll join us in our first online course this fall! Don’t Kvetch, Organize! is aimed particularly at volunteer leaders who are inspired by their Jewish identity to … Read More

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Nesting in Nashville with JOIN Alum Rabbi Aaron Finkelstein

Forward profiled JOIN Seminary Leadership Project alumni Rabbi Aaron Finkelstein and his wife, Julie Sugar, in their Homelands column. See an excerpt of this get-to-know-you piece below, and read the entire interview on the Forward website. Aaron and Julie moved … Read More

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