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An Organizer’s Journey: Turning Grief and Storytelling Into Community
We love sharing stories about how our alumni are using the organizing lessons we taught them to make change in the world. Last month we were fortunate to speak to Chloe Zelkha, an alumna of the 2014 Jewish Organizing Fellowship. … Read More
What Happened When I Went On Sabbatical
After ten years as Executive Director of JOIN for Justice and twenty-five years in the work world without a break, I had the rare opportunity to have a sabbatical last year. When I tell most people about having had a … Read More
Strong Leadership and Courageous Action
When the phone began to ring off the hook after the November 2016 election with calls from rabbis and cantors, trained by JOIN, looking to strategize, it became evident that our rabbinic and cantorial alumni would need particular and different … Read More
When Two Fellows Come Together, A National Campaign Emerges
JOIN Fellows Bar and Carly share how they collaborated together on a deportation defense that became a national campaign. Bar: I met Carly during match day for JOIN when we sat at the same table waiting anxiously to interview with … Read More
New Jersey Rabbis Demand Gun Action During Hanukkah
This past December, rabbis from the New Jersey cohort of the Clergy Fellowship partnered with Jersey City Together on a major call to action which brought more than 500 people, including Jersey City’s Mayor Steven M. Fulp, to a Baptist … Read More
