by Laura Finkler & Bill Lazarus
More than twenty activists, including many members of Kehilla’s Economic Justice Committee (“EJC”), met at the home of Laura Finkler and Larry Walter on January 31, 2016, following a similar gathering held last June. The occasion was largely a social event, mixed with quick presentations of projects in which folks are involved. The hope was to strengthen relationships among activists and to spur further involvement.
With that continued hope, the following is a partial list of Kehilla activists who participated. Most spoke of more than one involvement, but a single issue is selected in the hope that this will help spur further discussion. Feel free to contact anyone on this list if you want more information. For contact information, you can email sasha@kehillasynagogue.org or check the Membership Roster in the Members Only section of the website.
Mandy Bratt – Oakland Community Organizations (OCO)
Karen Rachels – Income Inequality
Richard Speiglman – East Bay Housing Organizations
Roberta Stern – Working with veterans via the American Friends Service Committee to educate high school students about the realities of war
Tree Gelb Stuber – National Association for Mental Health; Alameda County Food Bank; Jewish Family and Children’s Services
Lisa Saxe – Affordable housing
Sharon Lebenkoff – Jewish Voice for Peace
Norma Smith – East Bay Interfaith Immigration Coalition
Julie Litwin – Refugee accompaniment teams
Lea Delsen – Interfaith Trio – interfaith work with Muslims and Christians
Alex Madonik – Anti-death penalty work
Sue Goldberg – Proposition 13 tax reform and other tax measures, Economic Justice Committee member
Bill Lazarus – Protecting California eucalyptus in the East Bay Hills
Laura Finkler – Work of the Economic Justice Committee
Nikki Sachs – Palestine/Israel issues
Rochelle Towers – Racial justice
Anna Couey – Domestic workers bill of rights
More than twenty activists, including many members of Kehilla’s Economic Justice Committee (“EJC”), met at the home of Laura Finkler and Larry Walter on January 31, 2016, following a similar gathering held last June. The occasion was largely a social event, mixed with quick presentations of projects in which folks are involved. The hope was to strengthen relationships among activists and to spur further involvement.
With that continued hope, the following is a partial list of Kehilla activists who participated. Most spoke of more than one involvement, but a single issue is selected in the hope that this will help spur further discussion. Feel free to contact anyone on this list if you want more information.
Mandy Bratt – mandybratt2002@aol.com … Oakland Community Organizations (OCO)
Karen Rachels – karenrachels@gmail.com … Income Inequality
Richard Speiglman – rspeiglman@sbcglobal.net … East Bay Housing Organizations
Roberta Stern – rozydeco50@hotmail.com … Working with veterans via the American Friends Service Committee to educate high school students about the realities of war
Tree Gelb Stuber – tgelb1@aol.com … National Association for Mental Health; Alameda County Food Bank; Jewish Family and Children’s Services
Lisa Saxe – lisa_saxe@yahoo.com … Affordable housing
Sharon Lebenkoff – sharon.lebenkoff@gmail.com … Jewish Voice for Peace
Norma Smith – nsmith@igc.org …East Bay Interfaith Immigration Coalition.
Julie Litwin – jblitwin@yahoo.com … Refugee accompaniment teams
Lea Delsen – lea@delsenphoto.com … Interfaith Trio – interfaith work with Muslims and Christians
Alex Madonik – alexmadonik@sonic.net … Death penalty
Sue Goldberg – suegoldberg@sbcglobal.net … Prop 13 tax reform and other tax measures, EJC member
Bill Lazarus – wjlazarus@gmail.com … Protecting California eucalyptus in the East Bay Hills
Laura Finkler – larryandlaura@comcast.net … Work of the EJC
Nikki Sachs – nikkisachs@gmail.com … Palestine/Israel issues
Rochelle Towers – rtwellness@hotmail.com …Racial Justice
Anna Couey – couey@well.com … Domestic workers bill of rights