Elliot Glassenberg
Special guest
Eliott Glasenberg is an American-Canadian-Israeli Queer Jewish educator-activist whose work focuses on the intersection of Judaism and human rights. Originally from Chicago, Elliot holds a B.A. from McGill University, an M.A. in Jewish Education and an M.A. in Jewish Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Since moving to Israel in 2011, Elliot has taught hundreds of groups from Israel and abroad and has volunteered and advocated for refugee rights, LGBTQ inclusion and other causes. Elliot currently serves as a senior educator at BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change where, as part of his work, he oversees the RRC-BINA Israel Summer Program.
Elliot Glassenberg has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Episode 57: The Anniversary of October 7 and BINA: the Jewish Movement for Social Change
September 26th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 1 min
bina, hamas, high holidays, israel, israel-hamas, israeli, jewish, judaism, october 7, palestine, rosh hashanah, social change, usa
It’s not easy to talk about and process the first anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023, when war continues to widen, hostages remain in Gaza and a ceasefire seems less and likely. This wide-ranging episode featuring Rabbi Mira Wasserman, Ph.D., interim vice president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Elliott Glassenberg, senior educator at BINA: the Jewish Movement for Social Change aims to model such a conversation.