Description: Top Jewish educators address today's most pressing issues and explore the connection between activism, spirituality, community, and Jewish wisdom.
Speak Torah to Power is a transformational speaker series, in which diverse Jewish educators from around the country address the most pressing issues of our time to offer us the Jewish thinking most needed in today’s world. Issues range from the climate crisis and food insecurity to racial justice, creating change within our political systems, and more.
Now in its third year, Speak Torah to Power features incredible leaders including: Shahanna McKinney-Baldon , Founder and Director of Edot: The Midwest Regional Jewish Diversity Collaborative; Nate Looney , Avodah’s Manager of Racial Justice Initiatives and a U.S. Army veteran with a background in urban farming; Founder and CEO of Swipe out Hunger (and Avodah alum!) Rachel Sumekh , who credits her intersectional lens to being raised by her Jewish Iranian immigrant parents; Rabbi Jennie Rosenn , the founder
For our latest installment of the “Speak Torah to Power” talk series, we have an interactive curriculum and discussion guide, which combine the videos with text, activities, and opportunities for action. These guides were designed with a college audience in mind, but can be adapted for use for high school students and adults. In addition, we have individual discussion guides, as well as three workshops, which combine clips from their videos into interactive sessions from our past two seasons. Click here to