Evolve Conversation: "Transforming Our Unjust World & Personal Teshuvah: Considering Reparations for Slavery"

Rabbi Jacob Staub will engage in a conversation with Mark Pinsky, based on his Evolve essay, "Transforming Our Unjust World and Personal Teshuvah: Considering Reparations for Slavery." Pinsky is a member of the Board of Trustees of Reconstructing Judaism and is collaborating with its Tikkun Olam Commission to initiate a process to explore the best way to bring a recommendation about reparations before the Board of Trustees for consideration. Participants in the web conversation are invited to make comments and ask questions.

Mark A. Pinsky
 Mark A. Pinsky is a member of Germantown Jewish Centre, a Community of Communities in Philadelphia. He davens there with Minyan Dorshei Derekh, which he has served as a member of the Mazkirut. In October 2020, he joined the Board of Trustees of Reconstructing Judaism, and as a board member, he is collaborating with Reconstructing Judaism’s Tikkun Olam Commission to initiate a process to explore the best way to bring a recommendation about reparations before the Board of Trustees for consideration. He is also a member of the board of the Rabbis and Cantors Retirement Plan. Pinsky is the author of Organized Money: How Progressives Can Leverage the Financial System to Work for Them, Not Against Them (with Keith Mestrich; The New Press, October 2019). In his career, he has filled several leadership roles in the community development financial institution (CDFI) industry, which is working to align capital with social, economic and political justice. He is a partner in CDFI Friendly America, which is leading a campaign to bring the $220 billion CDFI industry to thousands of underserved communities. 

About Evolve

Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations is an initiative of Reconstructing Judaism. We seek to promote the ongoing evolution of the Jewish community by launching collective, communal conversations about the urgent issues of our day. To that end, Evolve brings multiple voices together to listen to one another’s point of view and to interact respectfully. In an era when it has become ever more difficult to remain open to viewpoints that differ from our own, Evolve cultivates covenantal conversations even when we disagree. In this way, we hope to enhance the ongoing evolution of Jewish civilization. Learn more on our Evolve website. 

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