Rabbi Ellen Lippmann is the founder and Rabbi Emerita of Kolot Chayeinu/​Voices of Our Lives, where she worked for 25 years with many others to build a progressive Jewish community in Brooklyn.

Rabbi Lippmann was co-chair and served on the board of T’ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights for 18 years. She served as the first social justice chair for the Women’s Rabbinic Network. She serves on the boards of JFREJ: Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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Sunday's Rally in New York Is Just About Israeli Hostages—that's Not OK
"I cannot call for the release of the hostages without an explicit demand for an immediate cease-fire and an end to the Israeli assault on Gaza."
Ellen Lippmann