Author Archives: JOIN for Justice

“Do you want to agonize or do you want to make real change?”

Rabbi Amy Eilberg lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and signed up for the our 2019 Don’t Kvetch, Organize! course to support her work at Faith in Action and with Truah. JOIN talked with Rabbi Amy a few weeks … Read More

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Organizing for Liberation with Rabbi Lauren Tuchman

  As we enter the high holidays, join us to reflect with Rabbi Lauren Tuchman and Rabbi Becky Silverstein. As the first blind woman in the world to enter the rabbinate, Rabbi Lauren will lead us in imagining how vibrant … Read More

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Behind-the-Scenes of the Empower Fellowship

In partnership with Combined Jewish Philanthropies, this fall JOIN for Justice launched a new initiative as part of the Jewish Organizing Fellowship for Jews with disabilities, called the Empower Fellowship. As part of this initiative, Empower Fellows, their Placements, and … Read More

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Meet Ericka Hines, our new DEI Consultant

Ericka Hines, Principal of Every Level Leadership, is a consultant, advisor, strategist, curriculum designer, and senior trainer who works with organizations to do two things: use diversity to their advantage and leverage leadership across levels. As a consultant, she embraces … Read More

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JOIN partner and trainer Nahma Nadich share reflections of An American Teshuvah

How might we approach our teshuvah as American Jews in 2019? How might we pursue justice, knowing that we will never fully attain this elusive goal?  As American and as Jews, how can we set about to achieve what Coates … Read More

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