Senior Rabbi Ben Spratt and Senior Cantor Shayna De Lowe 5.20.2022 BEN: The story of tonight is really the story of this community. Ours is the story of two people seeking a home of belonging, only to find it within these walls. In many ways, this is the same story that sparked this...
American Judaism Is in Decline. That's Great News for American Jews: Synagogues closing, rising intermarriage, deepening denominational and political rifts: That's one way to tell the story of today's American Jewish Diaspora. But there's another thrilling, remarkable tale we should be telling by Benjamin Spratt and Joshua Stanton Read the article...
Break Up America’s Clergy Cartel [God Is Not A Business]: We’re Reform rabbis who want more transparency for clergy contracts and fewer protectionist obstacles that keep good people from answering the call by Benjamin Spratt and Joshua Stanton Read the article here. ...
Upon the tragedy in Uvalde, listen to Rabbi Spratt on the Exit Strategy Podcast as he discusses how we can best support, guide, and love our children through and beyond unspeakable tragedies....
We send our deepest condolences to the family and communities of Uvalde, Texas. May the tragedies that define these days move our hearts towards our highest sense of humanity, and challenge us to see community as our necessary vital response. ...
Judaism must learn to welcome outsiders to its traditions: Non-Jewish people should be able to explore Jewish traditions and elements without having to commit to converting by Benjamin Spratt and Joshua Stanton Read the article here. ...
The future of American Judaism looks bright, contend rabbis Stanton and Spratt in their strong debut. The authors argue that the “seeds of a new Jewish awakening” lie with “those cast to the margins of the American Diaspora” because of their gender, sexual orientation, or race. Stanton and Spratt highlight...
New Kinds of Growth: Edifice Rex by Rabbi Benjamin Spratt and Rabbi Joshua Stanton Read the article here. ...
“In mythologizing the look and sound of a ‘real’ Jew, and the feeling of the ‘real’ ritual, we diminish the depth and diversity of Judaism, and place Jewishness into narrow focus. Who’s more authentic, the Sefardi Floridian, the Ashkenazi Californian, or the New York Jew By Choice?”...
Who’s ‘Really’ Jewish: the Sefardi Floridian, the Ashkenazi Californian, or the New York Jew By Choice? ‘Authenticity’ is a Trap by Rabbi Ben Spratt and Rabbi Joshua Stanton. Read the article here. ...
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