Jewish groups push bill targeting Myanmar for persecution of Muslims
WASHINGTON — Twenty-four Jewish groups encompassing all major religious streams urged a Senate panel to advance a bill that would penalize Myanmar — also known as Burma — for its treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority.
“Passing this legislation through your committee and the full Senate would send a powerful message to the Burmese military and the global community that the United States will not be silent or inactive in the face of mass atrocities,” said the letter sent Friday to Republican Senator Bob Corker (Tennessee) and Democrat Senator Ben Cardin (Maryland), respectively the top Republican and Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee.
Among those signing were Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and Reconstructionist umbrella bodies as well as major civil rights groups including the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League. Also signing was the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the consensus-driven umbrella for Jewish public policy groups.
The bill, as described in the letter, “would mandate targeted US sanctions to help end the Myanmar military’s atrocities against the Rohingya people, provide refugee assistance for the Rohingya, and establish a mechanism to address accountability around crimes committed against the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities in Burma.”
Dear Chairman Corker and Ranking Member Cardin:
We, the undersigned Jewish organizations, institutions, and community leaders, strongly urge you to pass the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017 (S. 2060), which is currently before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Passing this legislation through your committee and the full Senate would send a powerful message to the Burmese military and the global community that the United States will not be silent or inactive in the face of mass atrocities.
We are horrified by the Burmese military’s relentless persecution of the Rohingya, particularly since the recent outbreak of violence began on August 25. In the past four months, the Burmese military has engaged in a scorched earth campaign, razing entire Rohingya villages. Soldiers have indiscriminately massacred Rohingya men, women, and children, and an estimated 600,000 people have fled on foot or by boat—a three-day trek from their burned villages—to refugee camps in Bangladesh.
The Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act would mandate targeted U.S. sanctions to help end the Burmese military’s atrocities against the Rohingya people, provide refugee assistance for the Rohingya, and establish a mechanism to address accountability around crimes committed against the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities in Burma.
We urge the Senate to act now. Last month, the House of Representatives sent a resounding message, with its near unanimous vote on a resolution (H. Con. Res. 90) condemning the violence against the Rohingya and calling for an immediate restoration of humanitarian access. It is time for the Senate to build on this momentum by passing the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act.
We cannot remain silent as Jews, for whom the words “never again” require us to act, nor as global citizens, in the face of senseless acts of brutality. Many of our organizations have called on the United States and the international community to intervene on behalf of the Rohingya people, and to join our efforts to provide desperately needed aid to those who have fled to Bangladesh. We believe that Congress condemning the ethnic cleansing and mandating strong economic sanctions and humanitarian assistance is a crucial first step in stemming the violence.
The United States must act now to ensure the survival, safety and dignity of the Rohingya people. Please join us in condemning the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya--in saying never again--by passing the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017.
This is pretty rare: nearly every major Jewish organization, from Orthodox to Reform, signs letter to Senate Foreign Relations committee urging Burma sanctions to protect the Rohingya Muslims from ethnic cleansing https://ajws.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Senate-_Burma_Leg_Open_Letter.pdf …
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Cardin, who is Jewish, has told reporters in recent days that he believes the bill will advance soon.
“We cannot remain silent as Jews, for whom the words ‘never again’ require us to act, nor as global citizens, in the face of senseless acts of brutality,” the letter says.
Myanmar has been accused of ethnically cleansing Rohingya from its country. The hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing the country since August is believed to be the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis. Myanmar, a Buddhist majority country, says it is only targeting militants.
Israeli human rights groups have sued to stop Israel from selling arms to Myanmar.
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Jewish organizations, institutions, and community leaders' open letter
Letter signed by all major religious streams sent to heads of Senate Foreign Relations Committee calling for action to protect Rohingya minority
January 05, 2018
Senator Bob Corker
Chairman
Committee on Foreign Relations
425 Dirksen Senate Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin
Ranking Member
Committee on Foreign Relations
509 Hart Senate Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Chairman Corker and Ranking Member Cardin:
We, the undersigned Jewish organizations, institutions, and community leaders, strongly urge you to pass the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017 (S. 2060), which is currently before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Passing this legislation through your committee and the full Senate would send a powerful message to the Burmese military and the global community that the United States will not be silent or inactive in the face of mass atrocities.
We are horrified by the Burmese military’s relentless persecution of the Rohingya, particularly since the recent outbreak of violence began on August 25. In the past four months, the Burmese military has engaged in a scorched earth campaign, razing entire Rohingya villages. Soldiers have indiscriminately massacred Rohingya men, women, and children, and an estimated 600,000 people have fled on foot or by boat—a three-day trek from their burned villages—to refugee camps in Bangladesh.
The Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act would mandate targeted U.S. sanctions to help end the Burmese military’s atrocities against the Rohingya people, provide refugee assistance for the Rohingya, and establish a mechanism to address accountability around crimes committed against the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities in Burma.
We urge the Senate to act now. Last month, the House of Representatives sent a resounding message, with its near unanimous vote on a resolution (H. Con. Res. 90) condemning the violence against the Rohingya and calling for an immediate restoration of humanitarian access. It is time for the Senate to build on this momentum by passing the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act.
We cannot remain silent as Jews, for whom the words “never again” require us to act, nor as global citizens, in the face of senseless acts of brutality. Many of our organizations have called on the United States and the international community to intervene on behalf of the Rohingya people, and to join our efforts to provide desperately needed aid to those who have fled to Bangladesh. We believe that Congress condemning the ethnic cleansing and mandating strong economic sanctions and humanitarian assistance is a crucial first step in stemming the violence.
The United States must act now to ensure the survival, safety and dignity of the Rohingya people. Please join us in condemning the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya--in saying never again--by passing the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017.
Sincerely,
Ameinu - Gideon Aronoff, Chief Executive Officer
American Conference of Cantors - Rachel Roth, Chief Operating Officer
American Jewish Committee (AJC) - Jason Isaacson, Associate Executive Director for Policy and Managing Director, Government and International Affairs
American Jewish World Service (AJWS)- Robert Bank, President and CEO
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) - Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) - Rabbi David Stern, President
The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding - Rabbi Marc Schneier, President
The Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights -Felice Gaer, Director JACOB:
Jewish Alliance of Concern Over Burma - Rabbi Simkha Weintraub, Founder
Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) - David Bernstein, President
Jewish Labor Committee - Jonathan Rosenblum, Executive Director
Jewish Women International (JWI) - Loribeth Weinstein, CEO
Jewish World Watch (JWW)- Susan Freudenheim, Executive Director
The Orthodox Union (OU) - Mark Bane, President
Rabbinical Assembly (RA) - Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, CEO
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA) -Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, Executive Director Reconstructionist
Rabbinical College/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities (RRC/JRC) -Rabbi Deborah Waxman, President
The Shalom Center -Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Executive Director
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights - Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Executive Director
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) - Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) - Rabbi Steve Wernick, CEO
Uri L'Tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice - Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder and President
Women of Reform Judaism Rabbi Marla Feldman, Executive Director
The Workman’s Circle -Ann Toback, Executive Director
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Americans for Democracy in the MiddleEast - Rabbi Dr. Daniel M. Zucker, Chairman
Association of Rabbis and Cantors (Cleveland, OH) -Rabbi Enid C. Lader, President
Baltimore Jewish Council (Baltimore, MD) -Howard Libit, Executive Director
Beth Israel - The West Temple (Cleveland, OH) - Rabbi Enid C. Lader,Rabbi
Buffalo Jewish Federation/ Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo (Buffalo, NY) -Rob Goldberg, CEO/Executive Director
Cincinatti Jewish Community Relations Council (Cincinnati, OH) -Walter Spiegel
Columbia Jewish Community Relations Council (Columbia, SC)- Ilene King, Co-Chair
Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Metro West (Whippany, NJ) -Linda Scherzer, Director, CRC
Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio (San Antonio, TX) -Ellen Ollervidez, Director
Congregation B’nai Yisrael (Armonk, NY) -Rabbi Joshua Strom,
Congregation Beth Shalom (Clearwater, FL)- Rabbi David Weizman,
Congregation B'nai Torah (Trumbull, CT) - Rabbi Colin Brodie,
Congregation Tehillah (Bronx, NY) - Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn, Rabbi
Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council (Indianapolis, IN) -David Sklar, Assistant Director
Interfaith Action for Human Rights (Washington, DC)- Rabbi Charles Feinberg, Executive Director
Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC, Detroit (Bloomfield Hills, MI) -David Kurzmann, Executive Director
Jewish Community Relations Council, Milwaukee Jewish Federation (Milwaukee, WI) -Elana Kahn, Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of Colorado (Denver, CO) -Janet Sherman, Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (Boston, MA) -Jeremy Burton, Executive Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation (Miami, FL) -Carol Brick-Turin, Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) -Abbey Frank, Assistant Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ) -Karolyn Benger, Executive Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington -Guila Franklin Siegel, Associate Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas -Anita Zusman Eddy, Executive Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando (Orlando, FL) -Ben Friedman, Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (Chicago, IL) -Steven Dishler, Assistant Vice President, International & Public Affairs
Jewish Community Relations Council of Louisville (Louisville, KY) -Matt Goldberg, Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (New York, NY)-Noam Gilboard, Director, Israel and International Affairs
Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties (San Francisco, CA) -Abby Porth, Executive Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of Tampa (Tampa, FL)-Michelle Gallagher, JCRC Coordinator
Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans (Metairie, LA) -Dr. Caroline Good, Director of External Affairs
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) -Joshua Sayles, Director, Community Relations Council
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester (Rochester, NY) - Meredith Dragon, CEO
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley (Lehigh Valley, PA) -Aaron Gorodzinsky, Director of Outreach and Community Relations
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee (Sarasota, FL) -Jessi Sheslow, Director, Community Relations
Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley (Los Gatos, CA)- Diane Fisher, Director, Community Relations Council
Ma'yan Tikvah (Wayland, MA) -Rabbi Katy Allen
Memphis Jewish Federation Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein, Director, Community Impact
The New York Board of Rabbis (New York, NY)- Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President
Romemu (New York, NY)-Rabbi David Ingber, Founder and Senior Rabbi
Sha'ar Communities (Closter, NJ) -Rabbi Adina Lewittes,
Tampa JCCs and Federation (Tampa, FL) -Michelle Gallagher, JCRC Coordinator
Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills (Los Angeles, CA)-Rabbi Sarah Bassin, Associate Rabbi
Temple Emanuel of Tempe (Tempe, AZ)-Rabbi Dean Shapiro, Senior Rabbi
Temple Isaiah (Palm Springs, CA) -Rabbi David Lazar, Spiritual Leader
Temple Or Hadash (Fort Collins, CO) -Brooke Freeman, President
Tivnu: Building Justice (Portland, Oregon) -Steve Eisenbach-Budner, Executive Director
United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford, New Canaan and Darien (Stamford, CT) -Lauren Steinberg, Director, Jewish Community Relations Council
INDIVIDUALS
Institutional affiliation is provided for identification purposes only and does not constitute institutional endorsement.
Rabbi Laura Abrasley, Temple Shalom (Newton, MA)
Rabbi Rachel Adler, Ellenson Professor of Modern Jewish Thought, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Katy Allen, Ma'yan Tikvah (Wayland, MA)
Rabbi Adina Allen, Creative Director, The Jewish Studio Project (Berkeley, CA)
Rabbi Neil Amswych, Temple Beth Shalom, Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM)
Rabbi Camille Angel, University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President, Hebrew College (Boston, MA)
Rabbi Erica Asch, Temple Beth El (Augusta, ME)
Rabbi Andy Bachman, JCC Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Ethan Bair, Senior Rabbi, Temple Sinai (Reno, NV)
Rabbi Justus Baird, Dean, Auburn Seminary (Princeton, NJ)
Dr. Karen Balaban-Gil, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Port Washington, NY)
Rabbi George Barnard, Rabbi Emeritus, Northern Hills Synagogue (Cincinnati, OH)
Rabbi Benjamin Barnett, Havurah Shalom (Portland, OR)
Ellen Barshop-Ollervidez, Director, Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio (San Antonio, TX)
Rabbi Eliot Baskin, Jewish Family Service (Greenwood Willage, CO)
Cantor Chanin Becker, Scarsdale Synagogue (Scarsdale, NY)
Rabbi Shelley Kovar Becker, Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation (New York, NY)
Karolyn Benger, Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ)
Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum, Temple Har Zion (Mount Holly, NJ)
Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger, Temple Emanuel (Newton, MA)
Rabbi Marc Berkson, Congregation EmanuEl B’ne Jeshurun (Milwaukee, WI)
Rabbi Emeritus Donald Berlin, Temple Oheb Shalom (Baltimore, MD)
Rabbi Saul J Berman, Professor of Jewish Studies, Stern College, Yeshiva University (New York, NY)
Rabbi Marjorie Berman, Spiritual Director, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Clarks Summit, PA)
Rabbi Phyllis Berman, Spiritual Director, (Philadelphia, PA) Cantor Emily Blank (Mount Rainier, MD)
Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav, Chaplain, Kavod Senior Life (Denver, CO)
Rabbi Jill Borodin, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beth Sharon (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Colin Brodie, Congregation B'nai Torah (Trumbull, CT)
Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Temple EmanuEl (Haverhill, MA)
Cantor Shoshana Brown, Temple Beth El (Fall River, MA)
Rabbi Jeffrey Brown, Scarsdale Synagogue (Scarsdale, NY)
Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger, Director, Illuminate (Sharon, MA)
Rabbi Michael Cahana, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel (Portland, OR)
Rabbi Kerry Chaplin, Lab/Shul (Brooklyn, NY) Rabbi Joshua Chasan,
Rabbi Emeritus, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue (Burlington, VT) Rabbi Leah Citrin, Temple Beth Or (Raleigh, NC)
Rabbi Geoffrey Claussen, Associate Professor, Elon University (Elon, NC)
Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Chief of Innovation, Moving Traditions (Jenkintown, PA)
Rabbi Michael T. Cohen (Dallas, TX)
Cantor Sanford Cohn, Cantor, The Emanuel Synagogue (West Hartford, CT)
Rabbi David J. Cooper, Kehilla Community Synagogue (Piedmont, CA)
Ms. Betty Cotton, JCPA (New York, NY)
Rabbi Meryl Crean, Chaplain, T'ruah (Upper Gwynedd, PA)
Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz, Temple B'nai Abraham (Livingston, NJ)
Rabbi Beth D. Davidson, Temple Adath Yeshurun (Manchester, NH)
Rabbi Getzel Davis, Founder, Unorthodox Celebrations (Cambridge, MA)
Rabbi JudiAhavah DelBourgo, Chaplain, Vitas Hospice (Placentia, CA)
Rabbi Steven Denker, Temple Emanu El (Orange Village, OH)
Emanuel Donchin, Professor, University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
Rabbi Ira Dounn (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Rabbi Steven Edelman-Blank, Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
Rabbi Amy Eilberg, Kol Emeth (Los Altos, CA)
Rabbi Bruce Elder, Rabbi, Congregation Hakafa (Glencoe, IL)
Rabbi Barat Ellman (Brooklyn, NY) Rabbi David Englander,
Rabbi, B'nai Torah Congregation (Boca Raton, FL)
Rabbi Rachel Esserman, The Reporter Group (Vestal, NY)
Allen Fagin, Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union (New York, NY)
Rabbi Susan Falk, Congregation Kehilat Shalom (Belle Mead, NJ)
Rabbi Michael Feinberg, Executive Director, Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition (New York, NY)
Rabbi Charles Feinberg, Executive Director, Interfaith Action for Human Rights (Washington, DC)
Ms. Hariet Feiner, Lay Synagogue leader, Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore (Floral Park, NY)
Rabbi Samuel Feinsmith, Program Director, Institute for Jewish Spirituality (Evanston, IL)
Rabbi Patricia Fenton, American Jewish University (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Zev-Hayyim Feyer (Pomona, CA) Rabbi Adam Fisher,
Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Isaiah (Port Jefferson Station, NY)
Lois Frank, Atlanta Jewish Community Relations Committee (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Avidan Freedman, Hartman Institute
Rabbi Alex Freedman, Assistant Rabbi, Temple Emanu-El (Closter, NJ)
Brooke Freeman, President, Temple Or Hadash (Fort Collins, CO)
Rabbi Shoshana Friedman, Associate Rabbi, Temple Sinai (Brookline, MA)
Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein, Congregation Kneseth Israel (Elgin, IL)
Rabbi Ruth Gais, Chavurat Lamdeinu (Summit, NJ)
Rabbi Jordie Gerson, Greenwich Reform Synagogue (Cos Cob, CT)
Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg, Beth Abraham Synagogue (Dayton, OH)
Rabbi Sim Glaser, Temple Israel (Minneapolis, MN)
Rabbi Miriyam Glazer, Professor Emerita, American Jewish University (Los Angeles, CA)
Margo Gold, President, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg, Founder, Malkhut: progressive Jewish spirituality in Queens (Forest Hills, NY)
Rabbi Michael Goldman, Director, Seivah: Life Beyond Memory (White Plains, NY)
Rabbi Jerrold Goldstein, Community Organizer, Leo Baeck Temple (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Debra Goldstein (MA)
Rabbi Lizz Goldstein, Congregation Ner Shalom (Woodbridge, VA)
Rabbi Amy Goodman, Rabbinic Director, Hebrew SeniorLife Hospice Care (Dedham, MA)
Rabbi Marvin Goodman, Executive Director Emeritus, Northern California Board of Rabbis (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Julie Gordon, Director of Education, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation (Bethesda, MD)
Rabbi Maralee Gordon, FaithBridge Interfaith (Woodstock, IL)
Rabbi Andrew Gordon, Bolton Street Synagogue (Baltimore, MD)
Rabbi Debora Gordon, Congregation Berith Sholom (Troy, NY)
Rabbi Pamela Gottfried, Dean of Jewish Studies, The Weber School (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, AJRCA (Los Angeles, CA) Gary Gould, Tampa Jewish Federation (Tampa, FL)
Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann, Soceity for the Advancement of Judaism (New York, NY)
Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer, Education Director, HIAS (New York, NY)
Rabbi Laurie Green, Congregation Bet Mishpachah (Baltimore, MD)
Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, President Emeritus, CLAL: National Jewish center for Learning and Leadership (Bronx, NY)
Rabbi Steven Greenberg, Director, Eshel (Brookline, MA)
Rabbi Jameson Greene, Assistant Executive Director, Springfield JCC (Stafford Springs, CT)
Rabbi Hillel Greene, Gann Academy (Waltham, MA)
Rabbi David Greenstein, Congregation Shomrei Emunah (Montclair, NJ)
Rabbi Suzanne Griffel, Sinai Temple (Michigan City, IN)
Rabbi Tamar Grimm, Beth Jacob Congregation (Mendota Heights, MN)
Dana Gruman, Sisterhood Board of Directors Member, Congregation Schaarai Zedek (Tampa, FL)
Rabbi Steve Gutow, Visiting Scholar Wagner School, New York University (New York, NY)
Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy, Pardes (New York, NY)
Rabbi Shai Held, President and Dean, Mechon Hadar (New York, NY)
Rabbi Jacob Herber, Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid (Glendale, WI)
Mr. Michael Hersch, Executive Director, Philadelphia Jewish Labor Committee (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Avram Herzog, Yeshiva at the Jersey Shore (Fair Lawn, NJ)
Rabbi Elizabeth Heydemann, Founder, Mishkan Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Jo Hirschman (New York, NY)
Darcy Hirsh, Director of VA Government & Community Relations, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington (North Bethesda, MD)
Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Tikkun Olam Chavurah (Philadelphia, PA)
Bob Horenstein, JCRC Director, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland (Portland, OR)
Rabbi Mark Hurvitz, Davka.org (New York, NY)
Rabba Sara Hurwitz (New York, NY)
Rabbi Daniel Isaak, Congregation Neveh Shalom (Portland, OR)
Rabbi Lisa Izes, Chavura Beth Chai (Irvington, NY)
Geoff Jackson, Board Member, JCRC of Silicion Valley (San Jose, CA)
Rabbi Burt Jacobson, Founding Rabbi, Kehilla Community Synagogue (Piedmont, CA)
Rabbi Daniel Judson, Hebrew College Rabbinical School (Newton, MA)
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, Director of Programs, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights (Teaneck, NJ)
Rabbi David Kaiman, Congregation B’nai Israel (Gainesville, FL)
Rabbi Dan Kaiman, Congregation B’n Emunah (Tulsa, OK)
Rabbi Nancy Kasten (Dallas, TX)
Rabbi Alan Katz, Senior Rabbi, Temple Sinai (Rochester, NY)
Rabbi Hillel Katzir, Or Hadash of Northern Colorado (Fort Collins, CO)
Rabbi David Kay, Congregation Ohev Shalom (Maitland, FL)
Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Gamliel Institute (Berkeley, CA)
Rabbi Paul Kipnes, Congregation Or Ami (Calabasas, CA)
Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman, Associate Chaplain for Jewish Life, Macalester College (St. Paul, MN)
Rabbi David Klatzker, Congregation Beth Judea (Long Grove, IL)
Rabbi Margie Klein Ronkin, Congregation Sha’arei Shalom, Ashland, MA (Boston, MA)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (New York, NY)
Rabbi Tracy Klirs, Associate Rabbi, Temple Israel (Charlotte, NC)
Rabbi Peter Knobel, Beth Emet the Free Synagogue (Evanston, IL)
Rabbi Michael Knopf, Temple Beth-El (Richmond, VA)
Rabbi Debra Kolodny, Portland’s UnShul (Portland, OR)
Adina Konikoff, Repair the World (New York, NY)
Rabbi Jodi Kornfeld, Beth Chaverim Humanistic Jewish Community (Deerfield, IL)
Rabbi Marcel Kraus, Rabbi, Temple Emanuel (Virginia Beach, VA)
Rabbi Gabriel Kretzmer-Seed, Chaplain, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital (New York, NY)
Rabbi Suri Krieger, Bnai Or, Jewish Renewal of Greater Boston (Boston, MA)
Rabbi Paul Kurland, Nanuet Hebrew Center (New City, NY)
Rabbi Van Lanckton, Executive Vice President, Alumni Association of the
Rabbinical School of Hebrew College (Newton, MA)
Rabbi Hannah Laner (Boulder, CO)
Rabbi Adam Lavitt, Chaplain, Hebrew SeniorLife (Canton, MA)
Rabbi Jonah Layman, Shaare Tefila Congregation (Olney, MD)
Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz, Israel Office Director, Yad Yaakov Fund (Berkeley, CA)
Rabbi Darah Lerner, Congregation Beth El (Bangor, ME) Mr Saul Lessler (Somis, CA)
Rabbi Annie Lewis, Director of Rabbinic Formation, Reconstructionist Rabbinica College (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Steven Lewis, Temple Ahavat Achim (Gloucester, MA)
Rabbi Elias Lieberman, Falmouth Jewish Congregation (East Falmouth, MA)
Cantor David Lipp, Congregation Adath Jeshurun (Louisville, KY)
Rabbi Serge Lippe, Senior Rabbi, Brooklyn Heights Synagogue (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann, Kolot Chayeinu/ Voices of Our Lives (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Asher Lopatin, President, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (New York, NY)
Rabbi Marc Margolius, Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Rabbi Randall Mark, Rabbi, Shomrei Torah (Wayne, NJ)
Rabbi Danny Marmorstein, Ahavat Olam (Miami, FL)
Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger, Rabbi Emeritus, Beth-El Congregation (Fort Worth, TX)
Rabbi Michael Mellen, President and Lead Coach, Iron and Sage, Inc. (New York, NY)
Rabbi Amy L. Memis-Foler, Temple Judea Mizpah (Skokie, IL)
Ruth Messinger, Global Ambassador, American Jewish World Service (AJWS) (New York, NY)
Rabbi Joseph Meszler, Temple Sinai (Sharon, MA)
Mr. Andrew Meyer, Managing Member, Continental Wholesale Diamonds (Tampa, FL)
Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, Romemu (New York, NY)
Deborah Meyer, CEO, Moving Traditions (Philadelphia, PA)
Chaplain Joshua Minkin, Pastoral Care, Terrance Cardinal Cooke Community Health Center (New York, NY)
Rabbi Avram Mlotek, Base Hillel (New York, NY)
Rabbi Steven Moskowitz, Congregation L'Dor V'Dor (Oyster Bay, NY)
Ms. Michelle Myers, Board member, JCRC Southern New Jersey (Cherry Hill, NJ)
Rabbi Dina Najman, Senior Rabbi, The Kehilah of Riverdale (Bronx, NY)
Larry Needle, Community Relations Council Co-Chair, Columbia Jewish Federation (Columbia, SC)
Rabbi Lee Paskind, Consultant, Social Justice Commission, Rabbinical Assembly (New York, NY)
Rabbi Jack Paskoff, Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, PA)
Rabbi Allison Peiser, Director of Education, Temple Beth Shalom (Melrose, MA)
Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Laurie Phillips, Founding Rabbi, Beineinu (New York, NY)
Rabbi Richard Plavin, Rabbi Emeritus, Beth Sholom B'nai Israel (Manchester, CT)
Rabbi William Plevan (New York, NY)
Rabbi Elaine Pollack, Chaplain, Spaulding Hospitals (Boston, MA)
Rabbi Mindy Portnoy, Rabbi Emerita, Temple Sinai (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Eve Posen, Assistant Rabbi, Congregation Neveh Shalom (Portland, OR)
Rabbi Joshua Rabin, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (New York, NY)
Rabbi Joshua Ratner, JLens (Woodbridge, CT) Rabbi Steven Rein, Agudas Achim Congregation (Alexandria, VA)
Rabbi Victor Reinstein, Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue (Jamaica Plain, MA)
Dr. Elliot Reisman, JCRC (Tampa, FL)
Rabbi Elizabeth Richman, Deputy Director, Jews United for Justice (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Joshua Rose, Congregation Shaarie Torah (Portland, OR)
Rabbi Ariella Rosen, Temple Adath Israel (Merion Station, PA)
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn (New York, NY)
Rabbi Ronald Roth, Rabbi, Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation B'nai Israel (Fair Lawn, NJ)
Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein, Temple Sinai (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Rabbi Robert Rubin, Temple Beth Or (Brick, NJ)
Rabbi Ralph Ruebner (Skokie, IL)
Rabbi Sonia Saltzman, Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, MA)
Rabbi Neil Sandler, Ahavath Achim Synagogue (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips, Executive Director, WAYS OF PEACE Community Resources (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi David Saperstein, Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy, Union for Reform Judaism and Former United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation (Bethesda, MD)
Cantor Robert Scherr
Rabbi Elchanan “Sunny" Schnitzer, Bethesda Jewish Congregation (Bethesda, MD)
Rabbi Jonathan Schnitzer, B'nai Israel Congregation (Rockville, MD)
Rabbi Rachel Schoenfeld, Shir Hadash (Boston, MA)
Mrs. Linda Schwartz, Reconstructionist Synogogue of the North Shore (Roslyn, NY)
Steven Schwersky, JCRC Chair, Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties (Clearwater, FL)
Dr. Cory Shapiro, Individual (Phoenix, AZ)
Rabbi Shira Shazeer, MetroWest Jewish Day School (Framingham, MA)
Rabbi Jeremy Sher, Jewish Renewal (San Jose, CA)
Rabbi Andy Shugerman, Executive Director, Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Garth Silberstein, Rabbi, Kenesset Israel Torah Center (Sacramento, CA)
Rabbi Jack Silver, TJSC (Tempe, AZ)
Rabbi Suzanne Singer, Rabbi, Temple Beth El (Riverside, CA)
Rabbi Jonathan Slater, Senior Program Director, Institute for Jewish Spirituality (New York, NY)
Rabbi Joel Soffin (New York, NY)
Rabbi Ruth Sohn, Hebrew Union College (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Howard Sommer, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Beth Tikvah (Madison, CT)
Rabbi Robin Sparr, Temple Emanuel (Lowell, MA)
Rabbi Toba Spitzer, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek (West Newton, MA)
Rabbi Howard Stecker, Temple Israel of Great Neck (Great Neck, NY)
Mary Ann Stein (Bethesda, MD)
Rabbi David Steinberg, Temple Israel (Duluth, MN)
Rabbi Naomi Steinberg, Temple Beth El (Eureka, CA)
Rabbi Ariel Stone, Congregation Shir Tikvah (Portland, OR)
Rabbi Andrew Straus, Temple Adat Elohim (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Rabbi Avi Strausberg, Temple of Aaron (St. Paul, MN)
Rabbi Gerald Sussman, Temple Emanu-El (Staten Island, NY)
Rabbi Robert Tabak (Melrose Park, PA)
Rabbi Elliott Tepperman, Senior Rabbi, Bnai Keshet (Montclair, NJ)
Rabbi David Teutsch, Professor, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Mervin Tomsky, Burbank Temple Emanu El (Reseda, CA)
Rabbi Seth Wax, Jewish Chaplain, Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
Rabbi Michael Weinberg, Rabbi, Temple Beth Israel (Skokie, IL)
Rabbi Arthur Weiner, Jewish Community Center of Paramus/Congregation Beth Tikvah (Paramus, NJ)
Rabbi Elie Weinstock, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (New York, NY)
Risa Weinstock, Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore (RSNS) (Manhasset, NY)
Rabbi Samuel Weintraub, Kane Street Synagogue (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Sarah Weissman, Associate Rabbi, Congregation Beth Am (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Rabbi Julia Weisz, Congregation Or Ami (Calabasas, CA)
Rabbi David Weizman, Congregation Beth Shalom (Clearwater, FL)
Rabbi Lauren Werber, Temple B'nai Abraham (Elyria, OH)
Rabbi Sara Zacharia, Senior Jewish Educator/Campus Rabbi, Hillel Queens College (Flushing, NY)
Rabbi Michael Zimmerman, Congregation Kehillat Israel (Lansing, MI)
Rabbi Julie Zupan, Director, RJ Connect, Union for Reform Judaism (Sharon, MA)
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