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elizabeth leff

Elizabeth Leff (she/her) is the Social Justice Associate at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism where she drives strategy around the Reform Movement's immigration and refugee advocacy. She works to mobilize Reform communities to take action on a local, state, provincial, and federal level and administers Kraus Immigration Justice Mini-Grants as part of the Kraus Initiative for Immigrant and Refugee Justice. Immediately prior to her current role, Elizabeth was a Leadership Development Associate at the RAC, and just before that, she was a 2017-2018 Eisendrath Legislative Assistant.

How You Can Support Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Elizabeth Leff

Like so many across the United States, we are committed to ensuring a compassionate and just national response to the growing numbers of unaccompanied minors entering the United States along the southwest border. The weaknesses in our immigration policy that

Reform Jewish Women Vote!

Elizabeth Leff

This post originally ran as a Women of Reform Judaism Strategies for Sisterhood Success newsletter item. 

In college, I was told a story that highlights the uniqueness of the Reform Jewish Movement. The story as I heard goes: a rabbi and her son were at a

Observing World Refugee Day

Elizabeth Leff

 

Every year on June 20, we honor the resilience and courage of refugees and celebrate their contributions to our communities and to our entire nation.

Today, we face a global refugee crisis of an unprecedented scale. The 65.5 million people displaced

Shabbat for Rohingya Rights

Elizabeth Leff

Since August 2017, nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled violence and ethnic cleansing in the Rakhine State, a region on the western border of Burma. The survivors have made their way to Bangladesh where refugee camps hold new humanitarian and

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