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The Honorable Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, D.C. 20250 March 26, 2020 Dear Mr. Secretary, As 302 rabbis and cantors from across 35 states and the District of Columbia representing all major Jewish denominations, we write today to express our deep concerns about the State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights. Touted by you as a body that will explore the principles and foundations of human rights in U.S. foreign policy, the Commission’s work has become a thinly veiled effort to apply dangerous religious ideology to curtail the human rights of people across the globe. As Jews, our tradition teaches us that all human beings are created b’tzelem Elohim, in the divine image. As a result, we stand in opposition to any attempt to deny rights to the most vulnerable people, which, as is now apparent, is the Commission’s true aim. As clergy, we denounce efforts to propose that there is a crisis or a “proliferation” of human rights today. To be clear, this is not the case. Rather, human rights movements around the world including those for women, girls, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community benefit all people. We stand in support of their resounding calls for justice. We know from our own history that vulnerable people face stigma, violence, and discrimination simply because of their very identities. Our scriptures teach that we must love our neighbors as we love ourselves that we must stand up to injustice everywhere. 1 The divine is served only when all people have the opportunity to exercise their rights and live a life of dignity. Unfortunately, the public views and records of individual Commissioners, and the open meetings of the Commission itself, reject this divine mandate by asserting that there is a hierarchy of rights, with purported freedom of religion and conscience at the top. As religious leaders, we firmly oppose this distinction. We object when supposed religious values are used to promote hate and 1 Leviticus 19:18, Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 54b BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chair Bradley Abelow Vice Chairs Sharon Leslie Eric Sahn Treasurer James Koshland Secretary Carol Yanowitz Miller President and CEO Robert Bank Marion Bergman Jay Cohan Monte Dube* Tom Dubin Eileen Epstein Marty Friedman* Rabbi Elyse Frishman Marc Greenwald Michael Hirschhorn Carol Joseph Paul Lehman Howard Mandel Jill Minneman Rabbi Suzanne Offit Bill Resnick Bruce E. Rosenblum Nathalie Rubens Suzanne Schecter Elizabeth Galatin Seth Judith C. Stern Scott Waxman Past Chairs* …………………………………….. NEW YORK 45 West 36 th Street New York, NY 10018 T 212.792.2900 CHICAGO 4700 N. Ravenswood Avenue Suite B Chicago, IL 60640 T 312.579.3630 LOS ANGELES 10495 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 110 Los Angeles, CA 90025 T 310.834.9588 SAN FRANCISCO 131 Steuart Street Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94105 T 415.593.3280 WASHINGTON, D.C. 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20036 T 202.379.4300 [email protected] www.ajws.org

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Page 1: BOARD OF TRUSTEES · Chanin Becker Tarrytown, New York Marilyn Becker Life Cycle Outreach Newton Centre, Massachusetts Shelley Kovar Becker New York, New York Martin Beifield ,

The Honorable Michael R. Pompeo

Secretary of State

U.S. Department of State

2201 C Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20250

March 26, 2020

Dear Mr. Secretary,

As 302 rabbis and cantors from across 35 states and the District of Columbia

representing all major Jewish denominations, we write today to express our deep

concerns about the State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights. Touted by you as a body that will explore the principles and foundations of

human rights in U.S. foreign policy, the Commission’s work has become a thinly

veiled effort to apply dangerous religious ideology to curtail the human rights of

people across the globe. As Jews, our tradition teaches us that all human beings

are created b’tzelem Elohim, in the divine image. As a result, we stand in

opposition to any attempt to deny rights to the most vulnerable people, which, as

is now apparent, is the Commission’s true aim.

As clergy, we denounce efforts to propose that there is a crisis or a “proliferation” of human rights today. To be clear, this is not the case. Rather, human rights

movements around the world – including those for women, girls, and the lesbian,

gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community – benefit all

people. We stand in support of their resounding calls for justice. We know from

our own history that vulnerable people face stigma, violence, and discrimination

simply because of their very identities. Our scriptures teach that we must love our

neighbors as we love ourselves – that we must stand up to injustice everywhere.1

The divine is served only when all people have the opportunity to exercise their

rights and live a life of dignity.

Unfortunately, the public views and records of individual Commissioners, and the

open meetings of the Commission itself, reject this divine mandate by asserting

that there is a hierarchy of rights, with purported freedom of religion and

conscience at the top. As religious leaders, we firmly oppose this distinction. We

object when supposed religious values are used to promote hate and

1 Leviticus 19:18, Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 54b

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Chair

Bradley Abelow

Vice Chairs

Sharon Leslie Eric Sahn

Treasurer

James Koshland

Secretary

Carol Yanowitz Miller

President and CEO

Robert Bank

Marion Bergman

Jay Cohan

Monte Dube*

Tom Dubin

Eileen Epstein

Marty Friedman*

Rabbi Elyse Frishman

Marc Greenwald

Michael Hirschhorn

Carol Joseph

Paul Lehman

Howard Mandel

Jill Minneman

Rabbi Suzanne Offit

Bill Resnick

Bruce E. Rosenblum

Nathalie Rubens

Suzanne Schecter

Elizabeth Galatin Seth

Judith C. Stern

Scott Waxman

Past Chairs*

……………………………………..

NEW YORK 45 West 36th Street New York, NY 10018 T 212.792.2900

CHICAGO 4700 N. Ravenswood Avenue Suite B Chicago, IL 60640 T 312.579.3630

LOS ANGELES 10495 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 110 Los Angeles, CA 90025 T 310.834.9588

SAN FRANCISCO 131 Steuart Street Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94105 T 415.593.3280

WASHINGTON, D.C. 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20036 T 202.379.4300

[email protected] www.ajws.org

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discrimination against those in vulnerable communities, including denying access

to reproductive rights and criminalizing people because of who they are or whom

they love.

As 302 Jewish leaders from across this nation, we call on you, Mr. Secretary, to

immediately disband the Commission on Unalienable Rights. We urge the State

Department to uphold and promote the dignity of vulnerable people around the

world. We further demand that the Department cease undermining the ability of

women, girls, and LGBTQI people to access their sexual and reproductive health

and rights, including abortion services, through this Commission or any other

avenue.

As faith leaders, we denounce the Commission’s efforts to allow hate and

discrimination to masquerade as moral and religious beliefs. Rather, it is our

moral obligation to uphold human rights and speak out against injustice and

oppression.

Sincerely,

The undersigned 302 Rabbis and Cantors

Organizations listed for affiliation purposes only

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Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder

Atlanta, Georgia

Rabbi Rachel Ackerman

Temple Shalom

Washington, District of Columbia

Rabbi Ruthie Adar

San Leandro, California

Rabbi David Adelson

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of

Religion

Brooklyn, New York

Rabbi Rachel Adler

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of

Religion

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Sara Adler

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Rabbi Daniel Alexander

Congregation Beth Israel

Charlottesville, Virginia

Rabbi Mona Alfi

Congregation B’nai Israel

Sacramento, California

Rabbi Katy Allen

Ma'yan Tikvah

Wayland, Massachusetts

Cantor Sheri Allen

Fort Worth, Texas

Cantor Irena Altshul

Temple Israel of the City of NY

New York, New York

Rabbi Camille Shira Angel

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

Rabbi Matia Angelou

B'nai Or of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

Rabbi Melanie Aron

Los Gatos, California

Rabbi Guy Austrian

New York, New York

Cantor Elise Barber

Temple Beth El

Springfield, Massachusetts

Rabbi George Barnard

Cincinnati, Ohio

Rabbi David Basior

Kadima Reconstructionist Community

Seattle, Washington

Rabbi Eliot Baskin

Temple Emanuel

Denver, Colorado

Rabbi RBO Bat-Or

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi David Dunn Bauer

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Cantor Chanin Becker

Tarrytown, New York

Cantor Marilyn Becker

Life Cycle Outreach

Newton Centre, Massachusetts

Rabbi Shelley Kovar Becker

New York, New York

Rabbi Martin Beifield

Richmond, Virginia

Rabbi Alfred Benjamin

Milton, Massachusetts

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Rabbi Allen Bennett

San Francisco, California

Rabbi Marc Berkson

Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun

River Hills, Wisconsin

Cantor Julie Berlin

Temple Beth-El

San Antonio, Texas

Rabbi Joel Berman

Temple Beth Emet

Anaheim, California

Rabbi Marjorie Berman

Temple Israel of Lehighton

Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Phyllis Berman

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Binyamin Biber

Humanist Chaplaincy at American

University - Washington, DC

Silver Spring, Maryland

Rabbi Barry Block

Congregation B'nai Israel

Little Rock, Arkansas

Rabbi Rena Blumenthal

New Paltz, New York

Rabbi Lisa Bock

Westlake Village, California

Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav

Multifaith Leadership Forum

Denver, Colorado

Rabbi Jill Borodin

Congregation Beth Shalom

Seattle, Washington

Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz

Atlanta, Georgia

Rabbi Erin Boxt

Temple Beth El

Knoxville, Tennessee

Rabbi Deborah Bravo

MakomNY

Woodbury, New York

Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor

Congregation Shirat HaYam of Nantucket

Brooklyn, New York

Cantor Vera Broekhuysen

Temple Emanu-El

Haverhill, Massachusetts

Rabbi Deborah Bronstein

Har HaShem

Boulder, Colorado

Cantor Shoshana Brown

Temple Beth El

Fall River, Massachusetts

Rabbi Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik

Los Angeles, California

Cantor Scott Buckner

Israel Congregation of Manchester

Manchester Center, Vermont

Rabbi Daniel Burg

Beth Am Synagogue

Baltimore, Maryland

Rabbi Melissa Buyer-Witman

Temple Israel of the City of New York

New York, New York

Rabbi Meredith Cahn

Petaluma, California

Rabbi Debra Cantor

B'nai Tikvoh-Sholom

Bloomfield, Connecticut

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Rabbi Nina Cardin

Baltimore, Maryland

Rabbi Emeritus Steven Chester

Temple Sinai

Oakland, California

Rabbi Amy Cohen

Temple Beth Shalom

Austin, Texas

Rabbi Michael Tevya Cohen

Dallas, Texas

Rabbi Hillel Cohn

San Bernadino, California

Rabbi Karen Companez

South Bend, Indiana

Rabbi David J. Cooper

Kehilla Community Synagogue

Berkeley, California

Rabbi Mychal Copeland

Sha'ar Zahav

San Francisco, California

Rabbi Heidi Coretz

Shir Tikvah

Frisco, Texas

Cantor Don Croll

Beth El Binah

Dallas, Texas

Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz

B'nai Abraham

Livingston, New Jersey

Rabbi Benjamin David

Adath Emanu-El

Mount Laurel, New Jersey

Rabbi Joshua Davidson

New York, New York

Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis

Flower Mound, Texas

Rabbi Barry Diamond

Temple Adat Elohim

Thousand Oaks, California

Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus

Shir Tikvah

Homewood, Illinois

Rabbi Aderet Drucker

The Den Collective

Bethesda, Maryland

Rabbi Matthew Durbin

Temple Beit HaYam

Palm City, Florida

Rabbi David Eber

Jewish Reconstructionist Congegregation

Evanston, Illinois

Rabbi Judith Edelstein

New York, New York

Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Los Altos, California

Rabbi Emeritus Stephen J. Einstein

Congregation B’nai Tzedek

Fountain Valley, California

Rabbi Diane Elliot

Wholly Present

El Sobrante, California

Rabbi Barat Ellman

Brooklyn, New York

Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell

Congregation Rodeph Shalom

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rabbi David Englander

Boca Raton, Florida

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Rabbi Lewis Eron Rabbi Adam Fisher

Cherry Hill, New Jersey Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Isaiah, Stony

Brook, NY Rabbi Rachel Esserman Port Jefferson Station, New York Endwell, New York

Rabbi Nancy Flam Rabbi Richard Ettelson Northampton, Massachusetts Murrieta, California

Rabbi Karen Fox Rabbi Andrew Ettin Wilshire Boulevard Temple Temple Israel Los Angeles, California Salisbury, North Carolina

Rabbi Scott Fox

Rabbi Andrew Feig Indianapolis, Indiana

Los Angeles, California Rabbi Allen I. Freehling

Rabbi Michael Feinberg New Orleans, Louisiana

Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition

New York, New York Rabbi John Friedman

Judea Reform Congregation

Rabbi Samuel Feinsmith Durham, North Carolina

Evanston, Illinois Rabbi Lev Friedman

Rabbi Marla Feldman Azamra Minyan and Clergy team, Mishkan

Women of Reform Judaism Tefila, Brookline, MA

New York, New York Waban, Massachusetts

Rabbi Avi Fine Rabbi Elyse Frishman

Temple De Hirsch Sinai The Barnert Temple

Bellevue, Washington Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

Rabbi Jeremy Fineberg Rabbi Pam Frydman

Closter, New Jersey Congregation B'nai Emunah

San Francisco, California

Rabbi Steven Fineblum

Temple Sinai of Cinnaminson Rabbi Gordon Fuller

Cinnaminson, New Jersey Columbia, Maryland

Rabbi Brian Fink Rabbi Capers Funnye

Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew

Center Manhattan Congregation

New York, New York Chicago, Illinois

Rabbi Aaron Gaber

Congregation Brothers of Israel

Newtown, Pennsylvania

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Rabbi Wendi Geffen

Chicago, Illinois

Rabbi David Gelfand

Temple Israel of the City of New York

New York, New York

Rabbi Laura Geller

Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Kim Geringer

Short Hills, New Jersey

Rabbi Jordie Gerson

Greenwich Reform Synagogue

Riverside, Connecticut

Rabbi Carol Glass

Newton, Massachusetts

Rabbi Miriyam Glazer

Ikar

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg

Malkhut

Jackson Heights, New York

Rabbi Megan GoldMarche

Silverstein Base Hillel

Chicago, Illinois

Rabbi Lynne Goldsmith

Or Hadash

Broomfield, Colorado

Rabbi Lizz Goldstein

Congregation Ner Shalom

Woodbridge, Virginia

Rabbi Rafael Goldstein

Miami, Florida

Cantor Lauren Goodlev

Beth David Reform Congregation

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Marvin Goodman

Foster City, California

Rabbi Sara Goodman

Santa Monica, California

Rabbi Mel Gottlieb

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Andrea Gouze

Temple Beth Emunah

Providence, Rhode Island

Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann

SAJ-Judaism that Stands for All

New York, New York

Rabbi Laurie Green

Kehila Chadasha

Washington, District of Columbia

Rabbi C. Michelle Greenberg

Falls Church, Virginia

Rabbi Suzanne Griffel

Chicago, Illinois

Rabbi Nadya Gross

Pardes Levavot

Boulder, Colorado

Rabbi Rachel Gross-Prinz

New York, New York

Rabbi Eric Gurvis

Sha'arei Shalom

Sherborn, Massachusetts

Rabbi Debra Hachen

Walnut Creek, California

Rabbi Richard Hammerman

Congregation Bnai Israel

Caldwell, New Jersey

Rabbi Laura Harari

Laguna Woods, California

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Rabbi Maurice Harris Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill

Glenside, Pennsylvania Tidewater Chavurah

Virginia Beach, Virginia Rabbi Michael Harvey

Temple Israel Rabbi Raachel Jurovics

Battle Ground, Indiana Yavneh: A Jewish Renewal Community

Raleigh, North Carolina Cantor Sara Hass

Temple Israel Rabbi Bruce Kadden

Long Beach, California Temple Beth El

Tacoma, Washington Rabbi Jill Hausman

Actors Temple, Cong. Ezrath Israel Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

New York, New York T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

Teaneck, New Jersey

Rabbi Corey Helfand

Peninsula Sinai Congregation Rabbi Beth Kalisch

Foster City, California Beth David Reform Congregation

Gladwyne, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Lauren Henderson

Mishkan Chicago Rabbi Raphael Kanter

Chicago, Illinois Tifereth Israel Congregation

New Bedford, Massachusetts

Rabbi Alan Henkin

Beth Knesset Bamidbar Rabbi Shalom Kantor

Lancaster, California West Bloomfield, Michigan

Rabbi Floyd Herman Rabbi Karen Kaplan

Har Sinai Oheb Shalom Congregation Bnei Israel

Baltimore, Maryland Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Rabbi Rachel Hertzman Rabbi Juliana Karol

Montclair, New Jersey Congregation Rodeph Sholom

New York, New York

Rabbi Cynthia Hoffman

Davis, California Rabbi Molly Karp

New City, New York

Rabbi Daniel Horwitz

Beth Yeshurun Rabbi Nancy Kasten

Houston, Texas Faith Commons

Dallas, Texas

Rabbi Jocee Hudson

Temple Israel of Hollywood Rabbi Alan Katz

Los Angeles, California Temple Sinai

Rochester, New York

Rabbi Alan Iser

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

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Rabbi Aurora Katz

Chevrei Tzedek

Baltimore, Maryland

Rabbi Rena Kieval

Ohav Shalom

Albany, New York

Cantor Lisa Kipen-Hershenson

Brookline, Massachusetts

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Congregation Or Ami

Tarzana, California

Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman

St. Paul, Minnesota

Rabbi Jessica Kirschner

San Carlos, California

Rabbi David Klatzker

Long Beach, California

Rabbi Jason Klein

Temple Israel

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rabbi Michael Knopf

Temple Beth-El

Richmond, Virginia

Rabbi Michael Kramer

Hockessin, Delaware

Rabbi Alex Kress

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Barry Krieger

Greenland, New Hampshire

Rabbi Enid Lader

Beth Israel - The West Temple

Cleveland, Ohio

Cantor Marcia Lane

Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of

Riverdale and Greenburgh Hebrew Center

Bronx, New York

Rabbi Michael Adam Latz

Shir Tikvah

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rabbi David Lazar

Or Hamidbar

Palm Springs, California

Rabbi James Lebeau

Lowell, Massachusetts

Rabbi Darah Lerner

Bangor, Maine

Rabbi Joshua Lesser

Bet Haverim

Atlanta, Georgia

Rabbi Sarra Lev

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Daniel Levin

Temple Beth El

Boca Raton, Florida

Rabbi Moshe Levin

Congregation Ner Tamid

San Francisco, California

Rabbi Adina Lewittes

Sha'ar Communities

Closter, New Jersey

Rabbi Mordechai Liebling

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Seth Limmer

Chicago Sinai Congregation

Chicago, Illinois

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Cantor Nancy Linder

Temple Beth David

Westminster, California

Rabbi Emerita Ellen Lippmann

Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives

Brooklyn, New York

Rabbi Sarah Mack

Temple Beth-El

Providence, Rhode Island

Rabbi Sanford Marcus

Columbia, South Carolina

Rabbi Janet Marder

Congregation Beth Am

Los Altos Hills, California

Cantor Michael McCloskey

Temple Emeth

Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts

Rabbi Michele Medwin

Monticello, New York

Rabbi Michael Mellen

New York, New York

Rabbi Joseph Meszler

Temple Sinai

Sharon, Massachusetts

Rabbi Abby Michaleski

Beth Israel Congregation

Sicklerville, New Jersey

Rabbi Brian Michelson

Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom

Reading, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Joshua Minkin

Temple Emanu-El of Canarsie

Brooklyn, New York

Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh

Temple Israel of Hollywood

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Jack Moline

Alexandria, Virginia

Rabbi Lee Moore

Brattleboro Area Jewish Community

Brattleboro, Vermont

Cantor Baruch Morris

P’nai Or of Portland Portland, Oregon

Rabbi Len Muroff

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Steven Nathan

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Elana Nemitoff-Bresler

Temple Israel

Westport, Connecticut

Rabbi MJ Newman

Stamford, Connecticut

Rabbi Kelly Onslow

Greenville, North Carolina

Rabbi Saul Oresky

Greenbelt, Maryland

Rabbi Salem Pearce

New York, New York

Rabbi Barbara Penzner

Temple Hillel B'nai Torah

Boston, Massachusetts

Rabbi Stacy Petersohn

Fremont, California

Rabbi Louis Polisson

Wayland, Massachusetts

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Rabbi Eve Posen

Congregation Neveh Shalom

Portland, Oregon

Rabbi Sally J. Priesand

Ocean Township, New Jersey

Cantor Colman Reaboi

Ahavas Achim

Westfield, Massachusetts

Rabbi Esther Reed

Highland Park, New Jersey

Rabbi Victor Reinstein

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Rabbi Philip Rice

Congregation Micah

Brentwood, Tennessee

Rabbi Debra Robbins

Temple Emanu-El

Dallas, Texas

Cantor Kathy Robbins

Elijah Minyan

Carlsbad, California

Cantor Annie Rose

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Rabbi Cheryl Rosenstein

Shomrei Torah

Santa Rosa, California

Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal

Ahavath Achim Synagogue

Atlanta, Georgia

Rabbi John Rosove

Temple Israel of Hollywood

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Ruhi Rubenstein

Temple Beth Israel

Eugene, Oregon

Rabbi Neil Sandler

Ahavath Achim Synagogue

Atlanta, Georgia

Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb

Adat Shalom

Bethesda, Maryland

Cantor Robert Scherr

Temple Israel of Natick

Natick, Massachusetts

Rabbi Simone Schicker

Temple B'nai Israel

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Rabbi Chaim Schneider

Aptos, California

Rabbi Elchanan 'Sunny' Schnitzer

Bethesda Jewish Congregation

Bethesda, Maryland

Rabbi Joel Schwab

Bronx, New York

Rabbi Judith Seid

Tri-Valley Cultural Jews

Pleasanton, California

Rabbi Gerald Serotta

Chevy Chase, Maryland

Rabbi Scott Shafrin

Kol Rinah

St. Louis, Missouri

Rabbi Dean Shapiro

Temple Emanuel of Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

Rabbi Cantor Robbi Sherwin

Wood River Jewish Community

Ketchum, Idaho

Rabbi Paul Sidlofsky

East Setauket, New York

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Rabbi David Siff

Kol HaLev

Boynton Beach, Florida

Rabbi Becky Silverstein

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Rabbi Michael Singer

Brith Sholom

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Suzanne Singer

Temple Beth El

Riverside, California

Rabbi Chaim Singer-Frankes

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Jeffrey Sirkman

Larchmont Temple

Larchmont, New York

Rabbi Jonathan Slater

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Rabbi Lynn Brody Slome

Wilshire Boulevard Temple

Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Dr. Amy Small

Ohavi Zedek Synagogue

Burlington, Vermont

Rabbi Lily Solochek

Adas Yoshuron Synagogue

Rockland, Maine

Rabbi Eric Solomon

Beth Meyer Synagogue

Raleigh, North Carolina

Cantor Emeritus Robbie Solomon

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation

Hull, Massachusetts

Rabbi Marc Soloway

Congregation Bonai Shalom

Boulder, Colorado

Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker

Mount Zion Temple

St. Paul, Minnesota

Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett

Temple Beth Abraham

Nashua, New Hampshire

Rabbi Benjamin Spratt

Congregation Rodeph Sholom

New York, New York

Rabbi Peter Stein

Temple B'rith Kodesh

Rochester, New York

Rabbi David E. S. Stein

Culver City, California

Rabbi Naomi Steinberg

Temple Beth El

Eureka, California

Rabbi Gil Steinlauf

Kol Shalom

Rockville, Maryland

Rabbi Kaya Stern-Kaufman

Housatonic, Massachusetts

Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman

Shaare Emeth

St. Louis, Missouri

Rabbi James Stoloff

Temple Avodat Shalom

Ridgewood, New Jersey

Rabbi Joshua Strom

Congregation B'nai Yisrael

Armonk, New York

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Rabbi Robert Tabak

Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Susan Talve

Central Reform

St. Louis, Missouri

Rabbi Dov Taylor

Chavurat Ki-tov

Woodstock, Vermont

Rabbi Susan Tendler

B'nai Zion

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Rabbi Elliott Tepperman

Bnai Keshet

Montclair, New Jersey

Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp

Temple Sholom

Cincinnati, Ohio

Rabbi David Teutsch

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Barbara Thiede

Temple Or Olam

Concord, North Carolina

Rabbi Michael Torop

Temple Beth-El

St. Petersburg, Florida

Cantor Rosalie Toubes

Andover, Massachusetts

Rabbi Gordon Tucker

Temple Israel Center

White Plains, New York

Rabbi Victor Urecki

B'nai Jacob Synagogue

Charleston, West Virginia

Rabbi Burton Visotzky

New York, New York

Cantor Risa Wallach

Temple Beth El

Union City, New Jersey

Rabbi Andrew Warmflash

Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre

(HERJC)

Hewlett, New York

Rabbi Pamela Wax

White Plains, New York

Rabbi Elyse Wechterman

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Abington, Pennsylvania

Rabbi Cheryl Weiner

Hollywood, Florida

Rabbi Nathan Weiner

Congregation Beth Tikvah

Marlton, New Jersey

Rabbi Samuel Weintraub

Brooklyn, New York

Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub

Brooklyn, New York

Rabbi Jeremy Weisblatt

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cantor Stephanie Weishaar

Clarksburg, Maryland

Rabbi Stephen Weisman

Temple Solel

Bowie, Maryland

Rabbi Sarah Weissman

Redwood City, California

Rabbi David Weizman

Congregation Beth Shalom

Clearwater, Florida

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Rabbi Melissa Wenig

Kol Ha Neshama

Sarasota, Florida

Rabbi Josh Whinston

Temple Beth Emeth

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Rabbi David Wirtschafter

Temple Adath Israel

Lexington, Kentucky

Rabbi Joseph Wolf

Havurah Shalom

Portland, Oregon

Rabbi Michal Woll

Congregation Shir Hadash

Shorewood, Wisconsin

Rabbi Daniel Wolpe

Flushing Fresh Meadows Jewish

Congregation

Fresh Meadows, New York

Rabbi Marina Yergin

Temple Beth-El

San Antonio, Texas

Rabbi Sara Zacharia

New York, New York

Rabbi Lina Zerbarini

Kehillath Shalom Synagogue

Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Rabbi Ilana Zietman

Washington, District of Columbia

Rabbi Michael Zimmerman

Kehillat Israel

Lansing, Michigan

Rabbi David Zucker

Aurora, Colorado