Author Archives: ULT

By Miriam Darnowsky Perusing an old New York Times article led me to discover the Slavery Footprint website, which allows you to take a survey, and, based on your answers to questions about food, clothing, electronics and other items you … Continue reading →

By Rabbi Howard Cohen The warden looked at me incredulously and asked, “What exactly is a mohl and why do you want to bring one in here?” Here, is a maximum-security prison in Pennsylvania where I was employed as the … Continue reading →

By: Andrew Scheer, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Student and Army Chaplain trainee In prison, there are no Orthodox Jews.  Neither are there Conservative nor Reform Jews.  There are no Hasidim, Misnagdim, Sephardim or Ashkenazim.  What there are, are people with a … Continue reading →

Rabbi Eliot Baskin Jewish Community Chaplaincy & Rafael Spiritual  Healing Program of Jewish Family Service of Colorado I recall the “shamas” of the FCI Englewood, CO Jewish community.   He was from Oklahoma and committed a federal crime of threatening the President … Continue reading →

By: Liz Traison, Program Fellow at Hazon I would like to share with you one of the proudest, most powerful moments of my life. Inside a small gymnasium with air conditioners blowing on high, a poetry reading took place involving … Continue reading →

The Yom Iyun began with two personal accounts of the prison system, immediately investing participants with a sense of urgency about the need to create more justice.  A past prisoner, Greg, was open and candid about the mistakes he had … Continue reading →

Over the past few days, I have spent some time on the Lower East Side of New York, coordinating and handing out materials to those in need.  I have seen a lot of need, anxiety and desperation – and I … Continue reading →

Report from Ariel Fisher, Director of Summer Fellowship, NYC 2012: This past Friday we completed the fourth successful Uri L’Tzedek Summer fellowship in New York. The Uri L’Tzedek summer fellowship is our premier program that trains the next generation of … Continue reading →

Earlier this week the Uri L’Tzedek fellows in New York volunteered for Dorot. Our volunteer work consisted of us escorting some seniors to cemeteries to visit their deceased loved ones. Some brought flowers, others love and prayers. What was so … Continue reading →

Every so often in elementary school, my teacher would pass around the blue JNF box. The coins in it were real, and jingly, but I never knew where they went, and I never thought much about that. It was just … Continue reading →