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Announcing: New JOIN Clergy Fellowship!

Talking about community organizing…  is easy! Learning it is a challenge. Doing it is much harder. Community organizing brings people together to identify a shared mission and common values and interests and act on them together. Doing this consistently and … Read More

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Political Leadership: JOIN Board Member Stephanie Kolin

This week on RJ.org, guest blogger Steven Windmueller wrote a great piece about JOIN Board member Rabbi Stephanie Kolin: about her new position at New York’s Central Synagogue and about her role in modern-day religious leadership. He writes: With the … Read More

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Reconnecting to Climate Change as a People’s Movement

One of the major progressive events of 2014 was the powerful gathering of over 400,000 people calling for action around climate change in New York City. Jewish Organizing Fellow alum Davida Ginsberg was there, and she recently reflected on her … Read More

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“Checking Our Privilege” and Intersectionality: A JOIN Alum Learns from Jacob

Rabbi Michelle Dardashti is a JOIN leader and an alum of our Seminary Leadership Program. Rabbi Dardashti serves as the Associate University Chaplain to the Jewish Community at Brown University and Rabbi at Brown RISD Hillel. Her essay, “Checking Our … Read More

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Happy Hanukkah from JOIN for Justice

Happy Hanukkah from all of us at JOIN for Justice! This Hanukkah season of light and sharing, please considering supporting the work of JOIN. We are so grateful for your generosity.

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