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Rabbi Sarah Bassin

Rabbi Sarah Bassin

Rabbi Sarah Bassin is the associate rabbi of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills and was the founding executive director of NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change.

Jews gathered at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn every evening for the month leading up to Tisha B'Av to blow the shofar and call for justice on behalf of Black lives. (Photo/JTA-Ari Beser)
Posted inOpinion

Why Reform Jewish leaders support H.R. 40, the federal reparations bill

Rabbi Sarah Bassin by Rabbi Sarah Bassin, Deitra Reiser, Rabbi Hannah Goldstein and RNS July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

Despite Congress and President Joe Biden recently designating Juneteenth a federal holiday, the United States still struggles to commemorate a jubilant, though complicated, moment of freedom from chattel slavery. As a nation, […]

Protesters walk during the Women's March on Washington, Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Mario Tama-Getty Images)
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I am a rabbi — here’s why I’m going to the Women’s March

Rabbi Sarah Bassin by Rabbi Sarah Bassin January 7, 2019January 10, 2019

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