Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Avi Dabush

What is our role as Jewish people in working toward housing justice? How does our unique relationship to land allow us to understand homelessness in Los Angeles? Join us to learn about homelessness and housing justice and discuss how we can work collectively to build a more just LA.

About Molly Rysman

Molly Rysman (she/her) has spent over twenty years working to ensure that solutions to homelessness are grounded in principles of housing, racial and economic justice. She has over 15 years of experience working in deep partnership with people with lived experience of homelessness. Molly is helping to stand up Los Angeles County’s new Department of Homeless Services and Housing, which launches January 1, 2026. She will be serving as the Department’s Director of System Coordination and Engagement. She has previously served as the Chief Program Officer for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, one of the largest Continua of Care in the United States, and as the Senior Homeless and Housing Deputy for Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. She served as the Los Angeles Director for Corporation for Supportive Housing, where she launched the CSH Speak Up program. In 2017 Molly was awarded a Stanton Fellowship, which allowed her to create the Reframing Homeless Solutions project and co-host the Housing Justice LA podcast. Molly started her career as a Peer Advocate at a homeless youth drop-in center.

Date: Saturday, January 10

Time: 12:30 to 1:30pm (following Shabbat Morning service)

Location: Echo Park Commons