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 Marc
Pelavin
Affiliation: Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Titles: Director of the
Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism
Contact Information:
Progressive Faith Media: Jennifer Mason, 212-300-2072; mason@progressivefaithmedia.com, or
RAC: Alexis Rice, Communication's Director:
ARice@rac.org,
Phone:
202-387-2800 Fax: 202-667-9070
Bio:
Mark J. Pelavin
is the Associate Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform
Judaism (RAC), a position he has held since May 1996. He is one
of the Jewish community’s leading legislative strategists,
and having worked in Washington for over 15 years,
one of its senior lobbyists. Mr. Pelavin, an attorney, is also
the Associate Director of the Commission on Social Action of Reform
Judaism. The commission is the social justice policy-making body
of the Reform Movement, relating ethical and spiritual principles
of Judaism to the problems of today’s world.
He has played a leadership role on RAC’s entire
agenda, most notably as an expert on issues concerning the separation
of church and state. He is an expert in confronting the religious
right, and his observations and writings have been carried in newspapers
across the nation (including the New York Times, The Washington
Post, and USA Today). He is also a frequent guest on radio and
television programs.
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