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Our motto, “Doing Jewish Differently,” applies to our long history of welcoming everyone. We want to celebrate Jewish life with our full and true selves in all our diversities. We embrace the reality of intercultural marriage by fully celebrating everyone’s life partner and their family. Children of intercultural families can be both Jewish and something else, rather than either/or. We actively welcome LGBTQIA+ Read more...

Kesher Pittsburgh is a community enlivening Judaism at the intersection of spirituality and social justice. We are an intergenerational, intersectional community that has different needs and desires at different stages of life. We build community through learning and unlearning, engaging in tikkun olam (healing the world), celebrating and mourning, and strengthening relationships with one another, locally and beyond. We are Read more...

Rabbi Dr. Tzemah Yoreh, leader of The City Congregation, is one the intellectual leaders of Jewish humanism. He has been a student of the Bible since his earliest days, winning the Diaspora Division of the International Bible Contest in childhood. He attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he obtained his Ph.D. in biblical criticism in record time. He earned Read more...

Yehudah was raised Jewish and, in his spiritual explorations, has lived in a Zen Buddhist monastery, studied Aikido, Yoga, and Tai Chi, and been a frequent participant in the Native American sweat lodge. Since 1977, he has performed weddings of almost every combination, employing his experience, openness, and creativity in each one. After working a decade as a hospice and Read more...

Rabbi Wechterman holds a BA in International Relations and BS in Journalism from Boston University. She lives in Abington, PA with her husband David Nerenberg and is the parent of two children, Avi and Sharon. Rabbi Wechterman is Executive Director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. Rabbi Wechterman created the RRA’s Office of Rabbinic Career Development in an effort to serve the professional Read more...

With over 25 years of experience, I have been performing weddings, commitment services, and other life-cycle events in Metropolitan New York and on Long Island. If you are seeking an alternative to mainstream religious practice, if you would like to celebrate the milestones of your life in a way that is in keeping with your beliefs, then I can help you Read more...

Our organization aims at promoting brit shalom as an alternative to brit milah for Jewish families who wish to welcome their newborns without circumcision. We want to raise awareness on the suffering – physical, psychological and sexual – that ritual circumcision can cause, for the baby and the man he will become. We are providing information and advice in French on all Read more...

Our youth education is called the Spinoza Program and it provides our young people with a positive and enriching Jewish cultural educational experience that will empower them to make choices about how to incorporate Jewish culture and heritage into their own lives, supplying them with the tools to make informed decisions about their Jewish identities. We also place an important emphasis on Read more...

Humanistic Judaism celebrates Jewish life while putting our faith in human reason and human power as the best vehicles for improving the world. ​Humanistic Judaism offers a connection to Jewish identity and community for people who identify as “just Jewish,” culturally Jewish, “Jew-ish,” “Jewish and . . .,” “half-Jewish,” multicultural, “not religious,” secular, humanistic, atheist and/or agnostic. ​Humanistic Judaism provides Read more...

Our mission is to be an inclusive congregation that provides a supportive and welcoming environment in order to sustain and strengthen Jewish traditions, education, and sense of community. Our values guide us through everything we do at CBD, and encompass: Jewish traditions that are based on Conservative teachings and that are informed by our congregants’ needs Lifelong Jewish learning that Read more...