The Latest from Alumni At Large

America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis of 2016

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Tali Smookler

An Inside Look JOIN for Justice was proud to learn that six alumni of our clergy training programs were listed in The Jewish Daily Forward’s list of 32 of America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis of 2016. The six alumni are: Rabbi Noah Zvi … Read More

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After Orlando, LGBTQ Jews seek more than ‘solidarity’

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Tali Smookler

This piece by Idit Klein (alum of our Jewish Organizing Fellowship’s first class in 1999, and JOIN for Justice board member)  was originally published in Jewish Telegraph Agency.  (Idit Klein is the Executive Director of Keshet.) BOSTON (JTA) — In the wake of the Orlando … Read More

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Will Your Synagogue Be a Club or a Cause?

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Tali Smookler

This piece by Rabbi Joshua Rabin (an alum of JOIN for Justice’s Seminary Leadership Project)  was originally published on eJewish Philantrhopy.  (Photo source: pixabay) I love going to the gym. Each day, I take an hour to get my heart pumping … Read More

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Fighting for Environmental Justice in Massachusetts

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Sarah Resnick

Kate Rafey (Jewish Organizing Fellow ‘12-’13) interviewed Joel Wool (Jewish Organizing Fellow ‘12-’13) and wrote this story. Joel Wool (Jewish Organizing Fellow‘12-’13) may work in the environmental movement to change policies and impact state governance, but he stays for the … Read More

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Winning Change at Ramsay Park

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Sarah Resnick

We are excited to share a major organizing victory that Jewish Organizing Fellowship Alum Sarah O‘Connor (’14-15) won with her teen organizers at St. Stephen’s Youth Programs in Boston’s South End. Last spring, St. Stephen’s teen organizers decided that their … Read More

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