Today we are joined by Rabbi AriHart. He lives, breaths, and applies Jewish wisdom to all aspectsof life. Today in our chat with Ari, we discover the connectionbetween the shores of Greece and crossing the Nile.

Ari is a husband and father. Heserves as the Associate Rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdaleand Director of Admissions at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah RabbinicalSchool. He co-founded Uri L’Tzedek (Awaken to Justice) The OrthodoxSocial Justice Movement, the Jewish Muslim Volunteer Alliance, andwas the founding director of the teen institute for Jewish socialjustice. He lives in New York with his family.

Topics discussed todayinclude:

• Partof the Jewish story is fleeing from Egypt and the refugeeexperience
• Welearn part of Ari’s history and his Grandmother’s story
• Howthere must be a Jewish response for the current refugee crisis inGreece
• As aRabbi he felt it was an important spiritual and geopoliticalissue
• Howit was powerful to take pictures, share stories, and helppeople
• Howthere is not enough of an orthodox representation
• Social justice and our responsibility in theorthodox community
• Whattrying to be a Jewish spiritual leader means to Ari

It was great talking with Ari.If anyone would like to join me for a coffee date email meat [email protected]

Links and Resources:

Uri L’Tzedek

The Language ofTruth

Quotes/Tweets:

“Ideas of Jewish people strivingto do justice in the world is very old” Ari Hart

“Taking very old primary Jewishideas and make them new for today” Ari Hart

“The old will become new and thenew will become holy” Ari Hart

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