Joining interfaith partners to advocate and build support for legislation that would support, protect, and expand the right to… Creating Jewish teachings and thought leadership on democracy through Emor. Collaborating with A More Perfect Union to support rabbis and cantors in building relationships with their local election officials, and build trust in election processes. Our work includes: Recruiting poll chaplains to support election sites through de-escalation. Regardless of whether we support the choice of whom is being boycotted, the power to speak, not just with words, but with money, is an essential right under the First Amendment. We also work hard to protect the values of freedom of speech. We work to support rabbis, cantors, and the wider Jewish community in learning and taking action to protect voting rights and the integrity of the democratic process. Democracy & Voting Rights “A ruler is not to be appointed unless the community is first consulted.” -Babylonian Talmud Berachot 55a Since right-wing politicians in many states are working to undermine the basic process of voting and the people’s trust in our election institutions, the work we do is crucial to securing our rights to vote and participate in the democratic process.Covid permitting, you’ll be in-person for two full eight-hour days per week, which gives you firsthand experience with the… It allowed a lot of flexibility in the learning and space to engage with people from all over.” -Jenna Shaw, Hebrew College, Fellow ‘20 20 hours/week at a placement site in your city-a non-Jewish human rights-based organization. 9 week program 6 rabbinical or cantorial students from across Judaism’s movements Approximately 10 hours/week of T’ruah “classroom” time on Zoom “I actually loved the online format in a lot of ways. Our hybrid format, which debuted in 2022 with resounding success, consists of the following: Spend the summer where you live, so long as you’re between Eastern and Pacific Time and have a good wifi connection. The T’ruah Rabbinical and Cantorial Student Summer Fellowship in Human Rights offers a select cohort of rabbinical/cantorial students a nine-week experience working in a human rights/social justice organization, learning about human rights in Jewish text and tradition, and gaining the skills to be human rights leaders in their own communities. Summer Fellowship Funded in part by grants from the Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation and the E.
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