Lee Winkelman

Lee Winkelman is the Associate Director of Organizing for the RAC and the lead organizer for RAC-NY. He is a long time community organizer who grew up in the Reform Movement in Greater Detroit.

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LGBTQ+ Equality

RAC-TX Condemns Attacks on Transgender Youth

Lee Winkelman

fredi Bleeker Franks

February 25, 2022

The Texas Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC-TX) unequivocally denounces the hateful and erroneous statements made by Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton this week, in which they define gender-affirming medical care as child abuse and punishable by law.

State-Based Projects

RAC-CA won big this year on GVP and housing in the Golden State

Lee Winkelman

November 22, 2019

In 2019, RAC-CA set gun violence prevention and housing as our two top issues. This agenda was created by our lay-led issue research teams and input from 179 social justice leaders from 45 Reform congregations and communities.

Now that the Legislature has

Gun Violence Prevention

A Major GVP Victory in California

Lee Winkelman

May 10, 2019

California Governor Gavin Newsom responded to RAC-CA and our allies’ calls by tripling funding for local gun violence prevention (GVP) programs.

Newsom’s announcement came less than a week after the conclusion of our successful call-in week.