Rabbi Mordechai Liebling

Rabbi Mordechai Liebling

After founding the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and directing it for ten years, Rabbi Mordechai Liebling is now the Director of the Reflection and Renewal Process at POWER a faith-based community organizing group that is part of the Faith in Action Network (PICO) in which he is part of their training team on Race, Antisemitism and Christian Hegemony. Currently, he sits on the boards of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights; Faith and Politics Institute; The Shalom Center; and Green Justice Philly. He is married to Lynne Iser, and they have five adult children. Recently, he answered the clergy call to come to Ferguson, Mo.; Standing Rock, N.D.; and Charlottesville, Va.

Reflections on the Field of Jewish Social Justice: Ten Years of Training Rabbis for Activism

May 22, 2020 | Climate Justice & Environmentalism, Justice | 0 Comments

We are here to serve life, to love expansively, to celebrate our connections — the “voices of all that exist” praise Havayah, the life force.

A Brief History and Update on Antisemitism

Oct 29, 2018 | Antisemitism | 0 Comments

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.