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Jeffrey Dekro
Jeffrey Dekro is President of the Isaiah Fund which makes loans for low-income housing and community development in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast . He founded and ran The Shefa Fund for 18 years and, in 2006, initiated a merger with the Jewish Fund for Justice. Jeffrey has an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in Hasidism and Kabbalah. He co-wrote Jews, Money & Social Responsibility.
Old/New Approaches to Social Justice
- Sunday 9:30 AM–10:45 AM Hamilton Building, Classroom 312
Contemporary Jewish Life, Social Justice
First it was soup cans and coats, then demos and advocacy; now, rooted in rabbinic tradition, Maimonides, Kabbalah and the Baal Shem Tov, Jewish organizations across the country have sprouted to establish service learning, leadership training, synagogue-based community organizing and community lending as our best justice tools. Learn more about how our community can engage in social justice.
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