Praying With Your Feet
September 2, 2024
“We need to become citizens who produce democracy.”
After founding the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and directing it for 10 years, Rabbi Mordechai Liebling is now the senior advisor at POWER Interfaith, a faith-based community organizing group that is part of the Faith in Action Network, of which he is a board member. He also sits on the boards of Faith and Politics Institute, and The Shalom Center. He is married to Lynne Iser, and they have five adult children.
“We need to become citizens who produce democracy.”
Antisemitism holds a central and essential place in the world view of contemporary American white nationalists. By contrast, antisemitism that surfaces on the left is not essential, and can and should be addressed.
A look at some of the causes of tension and misunderstanding between Jews and Blacks in the United States.
A discussion of how and why coalitions are effective in enacting political change and moving issues forward.
We are here to serve life, to love expansively, to celebrate our connections — the “voices of all that exist” praise Havayah, the life force.
Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement
Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis
Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues
Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives
