This is the Forward’s coverage of rabbis, the spiritual leaders of Jewish congregations.
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Culture For the ‘Jazz Rabbi’ of Connecticut, music and Judaism are both about tradition and improvisation
Greg Wall runs 'Jazz at the Post' in Westport, but still finds time to pray and study Talmud every day
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Culture On Instagram, ‘Rabbinic Fit Check’ is a look book for Jewish clergy
Curating 'a style diary for the rabbinate and beyond'
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Culture ‘We need to learn how to teach’: How the next generation of rabbis is preparing for the age of AI
In the absence of denominational guidelines, rabbinical students draw their own ethical maps
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Yiddish World This Pennsylvania rabbi fuses liberal Judaism with Hasidic Yiddish
Born to a Christian mother, Rabbi Cody Bahir had a remarkable journey to the rabbinate that included studying Chinese Buddhism
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Yiddish World Rabbi Mayer Moskowitz z”l, on Hasidic life in pre-war Czernowitz
The beloved rabbi and educator described in detail the Orthodox Jewish community of this once vibrant city
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Fast Forward First-ever empirical study of US rabbinate finds ‘shortage’ is more about fit than numbers
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study
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Opinion The rabbinic backlash against Zohran Mamdani isn’t about Mamdani at all
It's about the rifts in the Jewish community after Oct. 7 — and our ongoing unwillingness to address them
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Culture How a curator and a rabbi joined forces to keep a piece of Boston’s Jewish history alive
When Chelsea's Orange Street Synagogue shuttered in 1999, the fate of its elegant Torah ark hung in the balance
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Fast Forward After attacks, Jewish security watchdogs warn of ‘most elevated and complex threat environment’ in recent history
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Fast Forward Muslim advisor to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission resigns to protest ‘Zionist political agenda’
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