Ally Karpel

Ally Karpel is a rising second-year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. Prior to rabbinical school she ran the WRJ-RAC Reproductive Health & Rights Campaign, where she drove strategy around the Reform Movement's reproductive rights advocacy. Prior to her work on the campaign, Ally worked as the WRJ Eisendrath Legislative Assistant, where she represented WRJ in coalition and on Capitol Hill in advocating for a range of issues, including reproductive rights, gender-based violence, economic justice, labor rights, and disability rights.

Jewish Values

From Struggle to Progress: Reflecting on Women’s History Month 2021

Ally Karpel

March 31, 2021

Each March, dozens of countries across the globe commemorate Women’s History Month as a time to highlight the political, cultural, and socioeconomic achievements of women.

Protesters marching; one carrying a sign that says women's rights are human rights

Ten Minutes of Torah

Deepening our Commitment to Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice – and Exactly What That Means

Ally Karpel

December 9, 2019

Our endeavors in support of Reproductive Justice and its leaders will help build a world in which all people can shape their sexual and reproductive lives with dignity.

Passengers aboard the ill-fated MS St. Louis

Ten Minutes of Torah

80 Years Later: How the Tragedy of the St. Louis Inspires Our Advocacy for Refugees

Ally Karpel

Talia Kaplan

June 10, 2019

The recent surge in xenophobic policies and anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. raises alarm because we Jews remember what it’s like to be unwelcome on America’s shores.

Closeup of a person holding a fanned out handful of money

#10YearChallenge: The Struggle for Equal Pay Remains

Ally Karpel

February 5, 2019

Here’s what you can do to ensure that we continue to make progress toward pay equity.