And Justice for All:
Jewish Community Responses
to Black Lives Matter
Rabbi Susan Talve, Central Reform Congregation
&
Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, Bend the Arc
January 22, 2015
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Agenda
 Welcome
 Background and Jewish Community’s
Connection to Dr. King
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 Ethical legacy and moral responsibility
 Role of Jewish community in ensuring
social justice
 Bigger picture-something’s happening here
 Q&A
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Rabbi Susan Talve
 Rabbi Susan Talve is the founding rabbi of Central
Reform Congregation. Rabbi Talve joined with a
small group to keep a vibrant presence in the city
to be on the front line of fighting the racism and
poverty plaguing the urban center. Today she
performs life cycle events, leads worship services
for the seven hundred fifty plus households that
comprise the congregation, and actively teaches
courses on Jewish life and thought in both the
Jewish and non-Jewish communities.
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Rabbi Susan Talve
 Rabbi Talve has led her congregation in promoting radical
inclusivity by developing ongoing relationships with
African-American and Muslim congregations. In 2007 she
became a founding member and president of Missouri
Health Care for All. Rabbi Talve was ordained by Hebrew
Union College in Cincinnati in 1981, where she earned a
Master’s Degree in Hebrew Letters and a Doctor of
Divinity. She was honored with the college’s Stephen
Levinson Award for Community Service after founding
the Jewish Early Learning Cooperative. She received an
honorary Doctorate from Eden Theological Seminary in
2011 for supporting interfaith relations in the St. Louis
community.
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Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block
 Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block is Rabbi-inResidence and Deputy Director of Bend the Arc
Jewish Action, where he focuses on bringing a
Jewish ethical voice to the halls of power in
Washington DC. Previously, as Bend the Arc’s
Senior Director of Leadership Initiatives, he
directed the Selah Leadership Program, where he
continues to work on training, curriculum design
and strategic direction.
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Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block
 Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block is the co-editor and
co-author of Just: Judaism. Action. Social
Change and served as the Director of the PANIM
Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values. He
received his rabbinic ordination from The Jewish
Theological Seminary of America and his B.A. in
Political Science from Grinnell College. Rabbi
Kimelman-Block is also a founding member of
Eastern Village Cohousing, where he lives with
his family.
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And Justice for All:
Jewish Community Responses
to Black Lives Matter
 Q & A - Send us your questions
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And Justice for All:
Jewish Community Responses
to Black Lives Matter
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