How Ms. Rachel Was Called to Speak Out

Our guest is children’s educator and entertainer Rachel Griffin-Accurso, better known as Ms. Rachel, who is often described as this generation’s Mr. Rogers. She has been outspoken on behalf of children in Gaza.

We discuss…

• How she came to the issue of Palestinian suffering

• Resistance she felt to speaking out, both from others and from within

• The backlash

• Her stirring meeting with Palestinian three-year-old Rahaf

• The effects of trauma on children

• Rachel’s spirituality and how it serves her activism

This conversation was cosponsored with Jewish Currents.

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