Rabbi Gerald Serotta
Co-Chair, Rabbis for Human Rights and Associate Rabbi, Temple Shalom - Chevy Chase, MD
Rabbi Gerry Serotta has worked at the vanguard of progressive Jewish movements since the 1960s. He currently serves as Co-Chair of Rabbis for Human Rights, North America, and the Associate Rabbi at Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Previously, he served as the Campus Rabbi at The George Washington University, where he directed the Hillel Foundation for 20 years. Rabbi Serotta has been involved in interfaith work through the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Interfaith Committee for Peace in the Middle East. He has a decades-long record of activism in seeking solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Areas of Expertise:
• Religion and Politics
• U.S. torture policies
• Interfaith dialogue and action
• Poverty
Recent interviews and statements:
• Interfaith Voices: Conversation on the Common Good: Focusing on Poverty
• Religious Action Center on Reform Judaism: Rabbi Serotta on NRA's Holocaust References
• Rabbis for Human Rights: Statement on Campaign Against Torture
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