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Alumnus Dan Gelbtuch Recognized For Excellence in Civic Engagement

Posted on April 9, 2013 by JOIN for Justice

Dan Gelbtuch, (Jewish Organizing Fellowship c/o 2008) has spent over 6 years developing the next generation of community activists in Boston through  Dorchester Bay Youth Force and, since 2009, the Youth Jobs Coalition, a coalition of 29 Eastern Massachusetts organizations … Read More

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Fellowship Alums at Real Food Challenge Win Big

Posted on April 5, 2013 by JOIN for Justice

This week, Jewish Organizing Fellowship alumni, David Schwartz and Nina Mukherji recorded a significant victory in their organization’s (Real Food Challenge) on-going campaign to bring sustainable and ethical food purchasing to America’s college campuses. Amidst growing demands from college students … Read More

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SLP Alumnus Hard at Work in New Jersey Shul

Posted on March 12, 2013 by JOIN for Justice

Rabbi Greg Litcofsky, alumnus of JOIN’s Seminary Leadership Project (where rabbinical and cantorial students learn organizing skills through classes, workshops and internships) and current JOIN for Justice board member, recently left Massachusetts to take up a new role at a … Read More

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Excerpt from “Rabbis in Red Lipstick”

Posted on March 7, 2013 by JOIN for Justice

by Dasi Fruchter (Alumna of JOIN’s Seminary Leadership Project)  …Alongside my graduate studies, however, I’ve also chosen recently to embark on a another journey towards social change through spiritual leadership. I’ve enrolled and begun to learn at Yeshivat Maharat, a … Read More

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JOIN Alumni Leading the Fight to Protect Youth Jobs

Posted on March 5, 2013 by JOIN for Justice

February 21st marked the latest action by the Youth Jobs Coalition. Comprised of 28 youth and community organizations in Massachusetts and co-founded by JOIN for Justice alumnus Dan Gelbtuch, the YJC has been at the forefront of the fight to … Read More

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