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Assistant Program Director, Antisemitism Education Initiative
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Rabbi Rory Katz is the Assistant Program Director of the Antisemitism Education Initiative. She is the grandchild of refugees from Nazi Germany and has been passionate about antisemitism education her entire life. Prior to joining the CJS, she served as the spiritual leader of Chevrei Tzedek Congregation, a Conservative Synagogue in Baltimore. She was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary where she also received a Certificate in Pastoral Care, and she also holds a BA in Philosophy from Vassar college. Outside of Cal, she also teaches introductory Judaism and Hebrew at Urban Adamah and Chochmat HaLev and she is currently a Pedagogies of T'fillah Research Fellow at the Institute for Experiential Jewish Education.
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