Author Archives: Jonathon Leiner

A Jewish Thanksgiving Prayer

By Shaya French Shaya French is one of this year’s JOIN fellows and works as a community organizer at the Boston Center for Independent Living (disability advocacy and services). She grew up in Middleboro, MA 17 miles from where the … Read More

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The Spirit of Justice

Our Clergy Fellows gathered at Pearlstone Center this November to begin their 18-month journey into deeper community organizing. Here are some of their personal stories and torah. Rabbi Lydia Medwin of The Temple in Atlanta, Georgia, on her synagogue’s historic … Read More

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