The Future of NYC: Social Change as a Spiritual Mandate, with Rabbi Hilly Haber

Today’s guest is Rabbi Hilly Haber, Director Social Justice Organizing and Education at Central Synagogue in New York City. A scholar and advocate, Rabbi Haber describes what she understands as our spiritual mandate to advocate for social change in New York City. Listen to this vibrant episode on how she sees her call and where it’s taken her and what her vision is for The Future of New York City.

As Director of Social Justice Organizing and Education since 2019, Rabbi Hilly Haber works with the lay leaders in Central’s Community Organizing Leadership Team (COLT) on systemic justice issues such as criminal justice reform and immigration, as well as on other areas of social justice programming.   

Rabbi Haber also has taught men and women on Rikers Island through Manhattan College. She and her wife, Rabbi Rachel Marder of Congregation Beth El in South Orange, New Jersey, are the rabbinic chaplains at Northern State Prison in Newark, New Jersey.   Rabbi Haber is currently pursuing her PhD at Union Theological Seminary.