The Philolexian Society of Columbia University
Rachel Kahn-Troster
Rabbi; Executive Vice President, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility; formerly Deputy Director of T’ruah, the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.
From Notable Alumni · Foundation editorial
Rabbi; Executive Vice President, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility; formerly Deputy Director of T’ruah, the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Vital
- Full name
- Rachel Kahn-Troster
Columbia & the Society
- Columbia
- Class of 2001 (Barnard College)
- Society role
- Moderator emerita of the Philolexian Society (as of 2002 bicentennial).
Works (7)
- 2009 “Teshuvah and My Year of Eating Sacredly” · Adamah (Hazon)
- 2013 “‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Brings Torture to Big Screen” · Op-ed, The Forward
- 2015 “Good Intentions & Bad Outcomes” · MyJewishLearning
- 2015 “The Work Was Unfinished” · MyJewishLearning, provided by American Jewish World Service
- 2017 “Return to the Homeland” · MyJewishLearning
- 2021 “The Path to Justice” · Jewish Theological Seminary
- 2021 “‘I Want a Future’: Two Generations of One Family on Climate Activism” · Lilith
Primary sources
The Columbia Daily Spectator
2000-12-01 Poets Perform in Off-Beat Event moderated the Bad Poetry Contest
Poets Perform in Off-Beat Event BY KATHERINE HAENSCHEN Spectator Staff Writer "With their moles and their drolls and their hard luck lives/ Their greasy noses like curly fries/ They spark a twinkle in my eyes/ At least I am not them." The dulcet tones of Ben Kopit, CC 'O2, and the 15th Annual Alfred Joyce Kilmer Bad Poetry Contest, sponsored by the Philolexian Society, flowed last night from the Kraft Center. Students, alumni and guests battled for the honor of Poet Laureate —the award given to the worst poet of the night. Contestants read original works that were judged by four professors spanning the humanities department. 'This event is the best of Columbia," said Rachel KahnTroster, BC 'Ol, the evening's moderator. "It's serious and funny and really bizarre and it brings all aspects of the campus together." Former Philolexian Society member Thomas Vinciguerra gave an…
Columbia College Today & other articles
Columbia College Today — vol. 43 (2002), Philolexian bicentennial dinner report
Philo alumni who spoke included Michael Marubio '87, Rachel Kahn-Troster '01 Barnard, the group's "moderator emerita," and Walter Wager '44.
CCT identifies her as the Society's 'moderator emerita' and one of the Philo alumni who spoke at the bicentennial dinner. Society leadership role.
The Foundation's research archive
correspondence
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