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About Maria Pulzetti
Maria K. Pulzetti is an Assistant Federal Defender in the appeals unit at the Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She worked in Moscow as the executive director of the Russian Justice Initiative, which represents victims of human rights violations at the European Court of Human Rights. She also co-founded the Day of Silence, a student-led day of action against homophobia, bullying and harassment in schools. Maria is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School. She and her family are members of Germantown Jewish Centre in Philadelphia.
About Evolve
Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations is an initiative of Reconstructing Judaism. We seek to promote the ongoing evolution of the Jewish community by launching collective, communal conversations about the urgent issues of our day. To that end, Evolve brings multiple voices together to listen to one another’s point of view and to interact respectfully. In an era when it has become ever more difficult to remain open to viewpoints that differ from our own, Evolve cultivates covenantal conversations even when we disagree. In this way, we hope to enhance the ongoing evolution of Jewish civilization.
Learn more on our Evolve website.
Evolve does not endorse every viewpoint presented on its platform. Its goal is to cultivate groundbreaking, constructive, respectful conversations about urgent issues of concern. Evolve makes space for a wide range of viewpoints and seeks to support constructive debate while abiding by the values of tzelem Elohim (regarding and treating all people as created in the divine image), kavod (respect), redifat shalom (pursuing peace) and makhloket leshem shamayim (disagreements for the sake of heaven).
