For Interfaith and Civic Organizations
Using lessons from Jewish wisdom and faith-based community organizing techniques, I can help your Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh… organization or civil organization build stronger bridges.
I am available to serve as scholar-in-residence, guest teacher/preacher, workshop leader, or consultant.
I can help your organization by leading these types of efforts:
Judaism 101
The Ten Commandments for Our Day - A Journey through The Jewish Calendar - What does Judaism teach about the Messiah? - What Happens After I Die
Reflecting on The Human Condition
Integrity - Yearning for Connection and Good - The Wonder Drug: Kindness - Tolerate, Accept, Celebrate - What Happened to Civility?
Antisemitism and Hate
Holocaust Lessons Learned; Lessons Still Needed to be Learned - Antisemitism Again and Again and Again - Antisemitism and Anti-Israel - Antisemitism, Multiculturalism, and Jewish Values - Hate Speech in Our World
Reflecting on Holidays
Really, I Apologize: A Yom Kippur Reflection - Light in The Winter Holidays - The Women of Purim - The Role of Memory in Our Lives: Memorial Day - Juneteenth: The Slave Bible
Israel
Israeli Perspectives on Yom haZikaron and Yom ha’Atzma’ut - Can I Criticize Israel? - The Declaration of The Establishment of The State of Israel - Exploring Zionist Dreams - What is The Spectrum of Jewish Opinions About Israel?
Reflecting on Current Events
God and The Superbowl - Voting is Good for You - Jewish Views on Reasonable Gun Control - What Unites Us? - Are American Values Religious or Secular? - The Politics of Hate
Musar: Jewish Virtue Clarification
Trained as a Musar facilitator, I enjoy bringing people together in a series called “Working Together to Become a Better Me.”
Faith-Based Community Organizing
Trained in Faith-Based Community organizing, I can teach your organization how to make “up-stream” impact on your community.
I believe that the best way for all of us to live together is by respecting and celebrating each other so that we can live in community across real and perceived differences. While bridge-building activities are important today because the hate-filled “othering” we know too well, they are also important because who we have been as humanity for millennia. My tradition teaches that there was one Adam created to remind us that we all are a part of one large family.
As the Founding Director of The Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement, I brought together 500+ spiritual leaders across Southwest PA to build bridges.
