Rabbi Rachel G. Greengrass

Rabbi Rachel G. Greengrass was ordained in 2008 from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s New York campus. She is a Rabbis Without Borders fellow, a Balfour-Brickner Fellow through the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and has written numerous publications, including the chapter “The Planet in Peril” in Moral Resistance and Spiritual Authority: Our Jewish Obligation to Jewish Social Justice (edited by Rabbis Seth Limmer and Jonah Pesner). Rabbi Greengrass serves Temple Beth Am in Miami, FL.

Photo of people at a vigil outside Alligator Alcatraz, a detention camp, in Florida

Bearing Witness at "Alligator Alcatraz"

Rabbi Rachel G. Greengrass
Just over an hour from where we live, a migrant detention center was built in the swamps of the Everglades. People quickly nicknamed it “Alligator Alcatraz.” It is a place where men, women, and children — many fleeing violence or poverty — are confined behind barbed wire, without adequate food, water, medical care, or access to family, friends, or lawyers.
Rabbi Rachel Greengrass, center, and members of RAC-FL at the March On for Voting Rights Votercade on August 28th.

Let Our People Vote

Rabbi Rachel G. Greengrass
As a rabbi, my passion for the right to vote is not only derived from my love of democracy – but from my love of Jewish text and teachings.

When You’re a Jewish Leader You’re Never Alone

Rabbi Rachel G. Greengrass

I “got the call” to the rabbinate my junior year in college. After speaking to my parents, I went to talk to my Hillel rabbi. He asked me, “Rachel, do you really want to be a rabbi? Or do you just want to be a more observant Jew?”

I think about this question

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