Tal Rachael Bowen met Emet through If Not Now Philadelphia. She is a public school teacher in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Ilana Saltz is a public school teacher and an immigration attorney based in New York City. She met Emet through If Not Now Philadelphia. She is a grandchild of a Shoah refugee.
Josh Friedman met Emet through If Not Now Philadelphia.
Jenn Wright met Emet through If Not Now Philadelphia. She designed the banner, the living funeral program, and the funeral program. She works in HIV/AIDS public health.
Rabbi Linda Holtzman was Emet’s academic advisor at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and she was the director of student life at the time Emet was in hospice.
Rabbi Sarah Barasch was a classmate of Emet at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and a comrade of Emet at If Not Now Philadelphia. She is originally from St. Louis where she first became involved in Ferguson and the movement for Black lives. She is currently based in New Zealand.
Jordan Taitel Parnell first met Emet through If Not Now Philadelphia, where they were chevruta at their orientation. Jordan was in nursing school at the time Emet was in hospice and she is now a midwife based in Chicago.
Niko Oral History Interview. Niko is a graduate student at the University of Delaware. Niko met Emet through PrettySick, a facebook group for chronically ill and disabled folks on the more femme side of the spectrum. Niko had EDS and Long COVID. Niko was dating Kit at the time Emet was in hospice.
Adam Bleiman Oral History Interview
Adam is a civil engineer and he organized with If Not Now Philadelphia.
Shir Lovett-Graff Oral History Interview. Shir worked for Reconstructing Judaism and was involved with If Not Now Philly at the time Emet was in hospice. Shir is a writer and organizer. They hold a masters in theological studies with a concentration in spiritual care and conflict transformation from Harvard Divinity School and will likely pursue the rabbinate in the future. Shir is the executive director of the Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative.
Jordyn Kimelhein Oral History Interview
Jordyn organized with If Not Now Philadelphia.
Daniel Holtzman is a licensed clinical social worker and therapist based in Philadelphia. Daniel was an organizer with If Not Now Philadelphia and is a past editor in chief of New Voices Jewish Student Magazine.
Oral History interview with Rabbi Sarah Brammer Shlay, campus chaplain of Grinnell College, Iowa. She is an alum of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and was one of Emet’s classmates and comrades at If Not Now Philly. Rabbi Sarah Brammer Shlay is a co-founder of If Not Now.
Sarah Giskin was an organizer with If Not Now Philadelphia. She was working as an organizer for the Philadelphia public library when Emet was in hospice.