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TaRessa Stovall

TaRessa Stovall

TaRessa Stovall is an Atlanta-based writer specializing in intersectional identities. Her most recent book is a memoir, “SWIRL GIRL: Coming of Race in the USA.” Follow her on Twitter @taressatalks.

Rabbi Mira Rivera (center), the first Filipina-American to be ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, talks to students at Ammud: The JOC Torah Academy in 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Ammud)
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More rabbis of color are being ordained. Why aren’t they on the bimah?

TaRessa Stovall by TaRessa Stovall July 31, 2023July 31, 2023

This story was originally published in the Forward. After graduating from Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2018 as a prominent openly gay, female and Black rabbi, Sandra Lawson said she applied […]

Yanira Quinones, who came with her family from Westchester, recites a Juneteenth poem at the Be'chol Lashon Juneteenth Shabbat in New York City. (Photo/Forward-Julian Voloj-Be'chol Lashon)
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‘Delightfully uncomfortable’: Commemorating Juneteenth at 3 Shabbat events

TaRessa Stovall by TaRessa Stovall and Forward June 20, 2022June 20, 2022
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The gospel of ‘Kingdom Business’ director Christopher Erskin

TaRessa Stovall by TaRessa Stovall and Forward June 13, 2022June 13, 2022

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