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Development Havruta: Fundraising Outside the Box
This year, a new pilot project provided an opportunity for the Fellows to learn about the importance of organizing dollars in addition to their work organizing people to create collective power, as well as teach them new fundraising skills; the … Read More
Nurturing Rabbis To Pursue Activism
This article originally appeared on The Jewish Week, and profiles Seminary Leadership Project Alum Elana Rosen-Brown. Rabbis for Human Rights launches summer social-justice fellowship for diverse group of seminarians. Helen Chernikoff, Staff Writer Knocking on strangers’ doors is never easy. … Read More
Nurturing a National Network of Leaders
Boston-based JOIN for Justice uses Jewish teachings to groom activists By Sarah Smith Special to the Advocate *this article originally appeared in the Jewish Advocate. Julie Aronowitz had long struggled with where to focus her energies: within the Jewish community … Read More
Breaking Records at Game Night
Jewish Organizing Fellows Rachie Lewis, Sam Dreyfus, and Eli Latto brought community members together at a Game Night Fundraiser last week, raising nearly $1,000 towards their fundraising goal. Contestants played games to vie for prizes supplied by other Fellows. Prizes … Read More
Fighting for Laid Off Workers
Jewish Organizing Fellow Phoebe Gardener and her placement organization Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores (Community Worker Center) in New Bedford, MA, made local news last week when they gathered to protest the firing of workers flagged as immigrants. The workers were given … Read More
