Social Justice Fellowship Alumni
Isaac Kates Rose
New York, NY, USA
Organizer / Filmmaker
Fellowship Year: 2014-2015
Placement: Rabbis for Human Rights
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Isaac (he/הוא) lived in Jerusalem for 7 years, or a full shmita cycle, and always missed Canadian winters. After studying Israel-Palestine in the University of Toronto’s Jewish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies programs, Isaac left the classroom and joined the movement. A founding member of All That’s Left, Isaac also spent his Social Justice Fellowship year with Rabbis for Human Rights, organizing the olive harvest in the northern West Bank, and providing solidarity to Mizrahi families fighting eviction, and to Bedouin communities fighting displacement, in the Jerusalem area. He got involved with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence in 2015 as a Jerusalem Organizer, and for 5 years was involved in building CJNV’s coresistance DNA, planning their delegations, and stewarding the relationships with the Palestinian and Israeli movement leaders on the ground. A new filmmaker and newer New Yorker, whenever you’re reading this, Isaac is probably still learning the NYC subway system.
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