Ally Karpel

Ally Karpel is a rising second-year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. Prior to rabbinical school she ran the WRJ-RAC Reproductive Health & Rights Campaign, where she drove strategy around the Reform Movement's reproductive rights advocacy. Prior to her work on the campaign, Ally worked as the WRJ Eisendrath Legislative Assistant, where she represented WRJ in coalition and on Capitol Hill in advocating for a range of issues, including reproductive rights, gender-based violence, economic justice, labor rights, and disability rights. 

Ally with WRJ Leaders
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From the RAC to Rabbinical School: A WRJ YES Fund Story

Ally Karpel
My relationship with WRJ began with a business card. It was June 2018, and the URJ Board of Trustees was convening in Austin, TX, for their annual Board meeting. As a recent graduate and former student leader at the University of Texas Hillel, I was asked to lead Shabbat morning services for the URJ Board before joining Board members for lunch and a discussion on how to best engage college students in the Reform Movement.