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Ari Geller
West End Strategy Team
Jewish End-of-Life Care in a Virtual Age: Our Tradition Reimagined
The pandemic has changed every aspect of our lives, even the way we become ill and the way we die.
Those Who Are Saved
Very few Jews managed to escape the Holocaust and find refuge in the United States. In her novel Those Who Are Saved, Alexis Landau tells the story of Vera and Max, whose artistic talents and connections afforded them a new life in America without sacrificing the privileged lifestyle they enjoyed before the war.
Sarah Blaine
Lead Organizer, RAC-NJ
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Sarah Blaine, previously a teacher and a lawyer, is now the lead organizer for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism's New Jersey state project, RAC-NJ.
Sophie Raim
Leadership Development Associate
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Sophie Raim (she/her) is the leadership development associate at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
Shayna Han
Eisendrath Legislative Assistant
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Shayna’s portfolio includes gun violence prevention, environment and climate change, Israel, foreign policy, antisemitism, the Holocaust, international religious freedom, and Native American rights. She is proud to be in the first cohort of the Jews of Color Initiative partnership with the RAC LA program.
Rachel Klein
Eisendrath Legislative Assistant
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Rachel is excited to bring her passion for Jewish social justice work to the RAC. Her legislative portfolio includes immigration, LGBTQ+ equality, refugees, hate crimes, separation of church and state, and education.
Could The Solution to Today’s Problems Be More Arguing, Not Less?
Stories for the Sake of Argument, by Abi Dauber Sterne and Robbie Gringras, is filled with short stories designed to spur family members or groups to engage in healthy disagreement on hot button issues.
Rabbi David Saperstein
Director Emeritus and Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy
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During his 40 years as Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Rabbi Saperstein represented the Reform Jewish Movement to Congress and the Administration.
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner
Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and Senior Vice President of the Union for Reform Judaism
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Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner (he/him) serves as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and has led the Religious Action Center since 2015. Rabbi Pesner also serves as Senior Vice President of the Union for Reform Judaism, a position to which he was appointed in 2011. Named one of the most influential rabbis in America by Newsweek magazine, he is an inspirational leader and tireless advocate for social justice.