Rev. Liddy Barlow and Rabbi Ron Symons: Working Together in Pittsburgh and Beyond
If you are in New York (or close by) we hope you will join Rev. Liddy and Rabbi Ron at our Jewish Futures Conference on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at NYU. Click to Learn more and Register.These are a few of the articles, inter-faith statements, and emails from the work that Reverend Barlow and Rabbi Symons are doing.A Declaration of Religious Leaders | 8.28.17Signed by more than 200 faith leaders, an example of how far-reaching and inclusive their early work was before there was a reason (the tragedy at Tree of Life*Or L'Simcha) or a need to come together.Faithful Conversations on Gun Violence | 3.19.18Five weeks after a gunman murdered 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., 150 progressive faith leaders and politicians gathered at the Pittsburgh JCC for a two and a half hour interfaith forum focused not just on mass shootings like the one in Parkland, Fla., but on neighborhoods where gun violence is a daily occurrence.”Clergy Shows Solidarity with Jewish Community at 'We Have To Talk' Event“About 150 local leaders of different faiths and denominations gathered at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh in Squirrel Hill on Thursday morning to talk about next steps following the Oct. 27 synagogue massacre less than a mile away. The session was titled, ‘We Have to Talk.’ It served as both a show of solidarity with the Jewish community and a wider call to action against a spreading intolerance of other religious, racial and ethnic minorities.”You will find these and a collection of other selected resources on the Teaching About anti-Semitism on our website.
