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Rabbis 2014
Rabbi Adam Greenwald
Rabbi Greenwald — or R’Adam, as I call him — is, in fact, completely rad. I got to know him as a student in his “Intro to Judaism” program, and he has become an invaluable mentor. He has the ability to teach a diverse roomful of students (ranging from “What’s a Jew?” to “My dad…
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Marc Soloway
Rabbi Marc has shared his enthusiasm for making ethical, local, organic food available in Boulder by participating in the Boulder Tuv Ha’Aretz CSA, the chicken/goat co-op; hanging out at the farmers market, and through the Hazon Colorado Food Conference. His drashes have made the whole community more aware of their food and general consumption of…
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Naftali Harcsztark
A founder of the innovative SAR High School in New York City and a powerful advocate for open and engaged Orthodox Judaism, Rabbi Naftali Harcsztark has taken a risk in allowing women students to wear tefillin. He has not only created a first-rate school, but one that embodies what is best about Orthodoxy, without being…
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Susan Talve
On a recent Shabbat afternoon, in the shadow of disappointment surrounding the thwarted gun reform legislation, a group of concerned locals gathered on Red Bud Avenue, a street in St. Louis notorious for gun violence. They stood together by the middle school and the corner grocery and somberly named each of the 46 children who…
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Herschel Hartz
Rabbi Herschel Hartz is one of the most extraordinary individuals I have ever crossed paths with. Over the past year, Rabbi Hartz has worked tirelessly to single-handedly resurrect the latent Jewish community of Inwood, Manhattan. He approaches his work with both a sweet love for all Jews and a fiery devotion that comes at the…
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Elie Weinstock
I was completely unaffiliated, with no Jewish education. I became interested in Judaism when my wife became pregnant with our first child, but did not feel comfortable in shul, due to my lack of knowledge. I did not know how to daven, and could not read Hebrew. Rabbi Elie Weinstock’s Jewish outreach program provided a…
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Rachel Isaacs
My family moved to a small, rural part of Maine 10 years ago, and we immediately joined the 100-year-old Beth Israel Congregation, but our membership was dwindling. We were aware that soon our beloved doors might no longer be open. Then I received a call: If we acted quickly, we just might get accepted into…
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Harold S. White
For decades, he has been a pioneer in keeping interfaith families connected to Judaism. I never expected to have a rabbi again after I intermarried, but now I have Rabbi White. He provides our community with intellectual rigor, compassion and thirst for social justice. He transmits the stories of his own teachers — Heschel, Buber,…
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Benzion Klatzko
I met Rabbi Klatzko about four years ago in Phoenix, Arizona, when he was in town giving a class on Judaism to a bunch of us college kids. Before he left, he had us all write down our email so he could create accounts for us on his new website, called Shabbat.com. I never bothered…
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Jamie Korngold
She inspires my 12-year-old to sign on each week via Skype to learn Hebrew, even when I am not home from work yet, or have not reminded her! My daughter sings her blessing in the shower with a special Shabbat soap, even when we miss Shabbat dinner! — K.T. Whaley and four others
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Rabbis 2014 Rabbi Benay Lappe
Rabbi Benay Lappe has provided her students and the entire Jewish community with the opportunity to see that Judaism is smarter, more radical and sexier than we ever imagined. She has modeled, taught and demonstrated that — particularly to those of us who have not been the receivers of a Judaism that speaks to us…
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