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The Chavurah Collective is a collection of “chavurah” communities. The Hebrew word “chavurah” literally means community of friends, and this collective approach to community co-creation reflects our belief that we are stronger together. In Judaism, we are commanded to “l’yached” (unify) and “l’taken olam b’malchut Shaddai” (be a force of healing in this world). These two religious principles inform our Read more...

Rabbi Greg Marcus is an unaffiliated and independent community rabbi, who creates space for learning, Jewish rituals and worship tailored to meet each person’s needs. He is a warm spiritual leader who creates safe environments for grief, learning, and prayer. He has a passion for helping people connect to Jewish text, ideas and practices so they can experience Judaism as Read more...

Rabbi Zelig Golden’s vision for a thriving, earth-based Jewish tradition developed out of a lifetime of nature connection, Jewish leadership, and commitment to environmental advocacy. Zelig invokes mentorship, facilitation, and ceremonial tools to guide an annual cycle of land-based festivals, nature-based rites of passage, and mentorship for emerging leaders. Zelig received rabbinic ordination from ALEPH, Alliance for Jewish Renewal, supported Read more...

A program for young people and their families to blossom Jewishly. The Ner Shalom Nitzanim program is a rich and exciting offering for young people, K-8, and their families. It is a pop-up Jewish village that offers an opportunity for our families to deepen in Jewish experience and learning through song, prayer, nature, art, story, mysticism, movement, text and discussion. Through Read more...

Congregation Ner Shalom is a warm and inclusive Jewish community. Drawing from our Reconstructionist roots and the soulfulness of Jewish Renewal, we embrace Judaism through ritual, social justice, music, learning and laughter. Wander this website and find what speaks to you. Ner Shalom is affiliated as a Reconstructionist synagogue. The Reconstructionist Movement, now called “Reconstructing Judaism”, was founded in 1955 Read more...

Rabbi Lex Rofeberg is a Jewish educator and activist who serves as co-host of the Judaism Unbound podcast and as Senior Jewish Educator for Judaism Unbound’s UnYeshiva, a digital center for Jewish learning and unlearning. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Judaic Studies from Brown University in 2013. While in college he served as Brown RISD Hillel’s student president, Read more...

Alexander Massey is a: composer of sacred music professional singer (opera, recital, folk, jazz, sacred) instrumentalist prayer leader and creative liturgist academic and writer and teacher. Read more...

Cantor Abbe Lyons is dedicated to enhancing the spiritual and emotional power of music and Jewish learning in everyday life as well as in sacred spaces. She is on the faculty at ALEPH Ordination Programs, where she studied with Hazzan Jack Kessler and received smicha as Hazzan (Cantor) in 2010. She is a Hillel professional at Ithaca College, where received a B.Mus. Read more...