Location: Avodah Institute

August 2021

Yolanda Savage-Narva

Yolanda Savage-Narva is the Director of Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at The Union of Reform Judaism and the former Executive Director of Operation Understanding DC.

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Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay

Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay is the Associate Dean at the JTS Rabbinical School and Executive Director of the Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice.

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Danielle Natelson

Danielle Natelson is the Director of the Springboard Fellowship at Hillel International working at the intersection of leadership and learning across the Jewish communal landscape.

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Isaac Luria

Isaac Luria is the Director of Voice, Creativity and Culture at the Cummings Foundation and a passionate organizer, resource mobilizer, and movement builder.

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Beth Huppin

Beth Huppin is the founding Director of Project Kavod, the Jewish education project at Jewish Family Service, Seattle who is passionate about teaching adults and children of all ages.

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Rachel Giattino

Rachel Giattino is a Program Officer at Crown Family Philanthropies and a triathlete and avid reader.

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Rabba Yaffa Epstein

Rabba Yaffa Epstein is the Director of the Wexner Heritage Program at the Wexner Foundation. She holds Orthodox Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshivat Maharat and was a long time faculty member at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.

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Shana Bloom

Shana Bloom is the Director of Innovation and Community Experiences at UJA Federation in NY and an alum of the Avodah Justice Fellowship.

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Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt

Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, co-chair, is an Avodah national Board Member and Rabbi at Adas Israel Congregation.

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Ilana Kaufman

Ilana Kaufman, co-chair, is the Executive Director of the Jews of Color Initiative whose work sits at the center of Jewish community, philanthropy, racial equity and justice.

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