Tag Archives: Siyyum
An Alternative Graduation Speech: Karla Van Praag’s Siyyum Remarks
These remarks were delivered by JOIN for Justice Executive Director, Karla Van Praag, at the 15th Annual Siyyum/Graduation on June 24th, 2013. In this past week’s New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of economist Albert O. Hirschman who embraced … Read More
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Rest and Celebration
In the course of the JOIN Fellowship year, we offer Jewish Organizing Fellows many tools to build their organizing skills. At the 2012 Siyyum/Graduation, Helen Bennett spoke eloquently about the need for rest and celebration in the life of an … Read More
