Staff

Steven Gerber, Executive Director

After graduating from American University with a law degree and a Master’s degree in International Law and Organizations, Steven became the Director of the International Criminal Court Project at the World Federalist Association and the Coordinator of the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court. Steven brought together different organizations to work on establishing a permanent court to try people accused of committing genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Steven worked both at the United Nations to lobby countries to draft a treaty establishing the ICC and in Washington to lobby the U.S. Government to support the ICC.

While working on the issue of the ICC, Steven participated in the Rome Treaty conference where over 150 countries spent 5 weeks negotiating the ICC treaty in July 1998. After the Rome Conference, he spent eight months as an international lawyer at the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina drafting decisions under the European Convention on Human Rights. At the time Bosnia was recovering from a civil war between three ethnic groups.

Steven returned to Washington, DC where he served as acting Legislative Counsel for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now Human Rights First). During a six year tenure as a communications lawyer for cable television companies, he continued his involvement in human rights as Chair of the ICC Task Force of Amnesty International USA's Legal Support Network. Prior to his joining Rabbis for Human Rights, Steven worked as a program officer in the Human Rights and International Justice program of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, Director of Education and Outreach

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster was recently ordained from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and served last year as RHR-NA's Associate Director of Education and Outreach. An educator of Jews of all ages, she served as rabbinic intern at both Congregation Beth Simchat Torah and the Jewish Community Center of Manhattan. She is a contributor to The Jew and the Carrot and Jvoices. com.

Emma Missouri, Office Administrator

Emma Missouri returned to New York City after 30 years.  After being an organic, fair trade coffee roaster for 16 years she wanted to get back to direct social action work. She has run a number of not-for-profit organizations. She is a member of Kolot Chayeinu Synagogue in Brooklyn, NY.  As part of Kolot's Social Justice Committee she is a leader in Brooklyn Congregations United--people organizing to improve their community.