Author Archives: Helen Bennett

Tisha B’Av–An Annual Pause to Stop Sinat Hinam–Baseless Hatred

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Helen Bennett

by Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Director of Alumni and Community Engagement at AVODAH, and alumna of the JOIN’s Seminary Leadership Project. This article was originally posted on AVODAH: Jewish Voices Pursuing Peace. Is there such a thing as sinat hinam –baseless … Read More

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Major win for Youth Jobs

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Helen Bennett

After four years of ENORMOUS organizing efforts by JOIN alum, Dan Gelbtuch, the Youth Jobs Coalition, and the collaboration of alumni Chris Messinger, Anna Lifson, Ilana Lerman, Dylan Lazerow, and others, 19 million dollars of MA state funding are secured for … Read More

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An Alternative Graduation Speech: Karla Van Praag’s Siyyum Remarks

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Helen Bennett

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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ECCO fights for raising the minimum wage

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Helen Bennett

Led by JOIN alum and Essex County Community Organization Director, Dan Lesser, ECCO had a multi-issue Action assembly on Immigration Reform, Raising the minimum wage and Criminal justice reform in early June 2013. Over 400 people came out on a … Read More

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