Elizabeth Leff

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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.

Reform Jewish Women Vote!

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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.

Observing World Refugee Day

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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.

An Unwanted Exodus

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Photo: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 via Times of Israel.
 
Passover celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in ancient Egypt. The word for Egypt, Mitzrayim, is derived from m'tzarim, meaning ‘narrow straits.’ This imagery carries into the