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Elizabeth Goldstein

Elizabeth Goldstein is associate professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., and a Reform rabbi. She specializes in Hebrew Bible and Jewish studies and has written many articles on Judaism and LGBT issues, gender and purity in biblical Judaism and in modern society. She is the author of Impurity and Gender in the […]

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Adam Meyer

Adam Meyer is the associate director and professor of the Jewish studies program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. Much of his research focuses on the relations between blacks and Jews. He is the author of  Black-Jewish Relations in African American and Jewish American Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography .

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Temple Sinai DC

Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C., is a Reform congregation that declared itself a sanctuary congregation in response to President Trump’s immigration order. The temple is headed by Rabbi Jonathan Roos, who wrote an opinion piece on why his congregation offers sanctuary.

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American Jewish World Service

American Jewish World Service is an international development and human rights organization headquartered in New York City. AJWS supports women, girls and LGBT people as they organize to end discrimination, stop violence and live with dignity, safety and health. Contact Javid Syed on the sexual health and rights team.

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David Algaze

David Algaze is a rabbi at Havurat Yisrael in Forest Hills, N.Y. He is one of several Orthodox rabbis described as part of a nascent group of Orthodox rabbis who supported Trump’s election.

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Jonathan Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt is the CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights watchdog organization with Jewish roots.

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Lena Epstein

Lena Epstein was the co-chair of Donald Trump’s campaign in Michigan. She wrote an essay describing why she is a Trump supporter in the Oct. 13, 2016, issue of The Washington Examiner and in the Nov. 7, 2016, issue of the Forward. She is the owner and general manager of Vesco Oil in Southfield, Mich.

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Jewish Voice for Peace

Jewish Voice for Peace describes itself as a grass-roots organization opposed to anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim bigotry and for Palestinian self-determination and peace in the Middle East. It has multiple branches across the U.S. and lists many local activist leaders by city. Rebecca Vilkomerson is the executive director and Naomi Dann is the media coordinator.

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