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Ariana Katz
Facilitated production of Post Traumatic Super Delightful: finding laughter & healing after sexual assault at Kol Tzedek in West Philadelphia.
Contact at arianakatz@rrc.edu or learn more about Ariana’s projects at https://www.arianakatz.com/
Ariana was our 2016 Auerbach Innovation Launch Grant Recipient! Read more here.
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Shelly Barnathan
Launched Hebrew-Arabic Language learning program at Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley, PA.
Contact at barnshel@gmail.com and read more about Shelly at the Jewish Exponent.
Shelly was also our 2017 Innovation Launch Grant recipient! Learn more here.
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Sandra Lawson
Hosted “Cafe Rabbi,” monthly Shabbat services at Arnold’s Way Cafe in Lansdale, PA.
Contact at slawson@rrc.edu and check out Sandra’s website https://www.sandrajlawson.com/
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David Basior
Threw an “All-Night Learning Party” as an alternative Shavuot experience for Jews in the Puget Sound area.
Contact at rabbidavid@kadima.org.
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Ellen Jaffe-Gill
Created “Torah for Skeptics,” a 10-week program for teens and adults with minimum background in Torah study .
Contact at rabbicantorejg@gmail.com or follow her work at http://www.ellenjaffegill.com
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Jacob Lieberman
Developed “a new kind of Beit Midrash” through the the pairing of social activism and Torah study through half-hour learning sessions.
Contact at jlieberman@rrc.edu
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Miriam Grossman
Organized Jewish skill-building and leadership for young adults in West Philadelphia, focused on boosting the connection between teens and Jewish learning.
Contact at miriamgrossman@rrc.edu
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Sarah Barasch-Hagans
Cultivated an Ashreinu Outreach program, which expands a network of peer-led Jewish programming in St. Louis, MI.
Contact at sbarasch@rrc.edu