Rabbi, Musician, and Writer

Hi, I’m Rabbi Sandra Lawson. I work as the Inaugural Director of Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Reconstructing Judaism. I am also an activist, a public speaker, and a musician. You can also find me on many social media sites as Rabbi Sandra. Sometimes called the Snapchat Rabbi and the TikTok Rabbi. Featured in the JTA as one of The 50 Jews everyone should follow on Twitter, named one of the Forward 50 2020. In 2022 the Center for American Progress said I was one of 22 Faith Leaders To Watch in 2022 and I am a current Schusterman Fellow For my latest musical adventures, follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube and you can find my music on every streaming service such as Spotify.

• Center for American Progress: 22 Faith Leaders To Watch in 2022

• NY TIMES ‘Blackness Deserves a Seat at the Seder’

• NPR: How Black American Jews incorporate their food traditions into their Passover Seders

• Forward 50 2020: The people we (mostly) needed in the year we (definitely) didn’t

• ABC: A queer, Black, female Rabbi's fight for racial equity in Judaism

• CNN: There's not a 'right' way to celebrate Passover, and that's OK

• Forward: Does God hear us?

• The 50 Jews everyone should follow on Twitter

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Paypal: PayPal.me/sandrajlawson