JOIN for Justice

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Jewish Organizing Fellowship alum Emilia Diamant (’13) shares her reflections on her time as a “Jewish Professional” in relation to her Jewish identity. You can read more here!

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“Now is the time for a revitalized labor movement — and Jews have to be a part of it. If Jews are to be true to their values, history, and law, then we must support labor rights for all.”

Check out this opinion piece in The Forward by Ari Fertig, Jewish Organizing Fellowship alum (’12) and new Executive Director of the New England Jewish Labor Committee. You can read more here.

Hundreds of American Jews protest against ICE raids at an Amazon store in New York City, August 11, 2019. (Gili Getz)

“While Lander had attended one of the first Never Again Action demonstrations outside an ICE detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in July, for Rabbi Stephanie Kolin, who leads the historic Union Temple of Brooklyn, Sunday’s Amazon sit-in was her first with the immigrants’ rights movement. “As a rabbi, as a Jew, as a mom, I feel like I have to be here today,” she said.”

Read the full article in +972 here. 

“Rabbi Tuchman received her rabbinical ordination from JTS in 2018—making her, as far as she is aware, the first blind woman in the world to enter the rabbinate. Now a sought after speaker, spiritual leader and educator, she has taught at numerous synagogues and other Jewish venues throughout North America and was named to Jewish Week’s “36 under 36” for her innovative leadership concerning inclusion of Jews with disabilities in all aspects of Jewish life.”

Rabbi Lauren Tuchman is an alum of our Seminary Leadership Project, our online course Don’t Kvetch, Organize, and a trainer for JOIN for Justice. Read the full featured article on the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism website here.