"Meet an innoFaither is our new series to introduce the inspiring optimists in the innoFaith world and what they’re working on and thinking about. We hope it helps you find and engage with each other across the network to advance faith-based social innovation and interfaith collaboration for social impact."
"Judaism has always been a creative religion,” Tasman said. “It’s not anything to replace traditional Judaism or traditional Jewish life, but is a way of seeing Judaism as a creative endeavor.”
At her center, she works with people to create ritual, marking periods in their lives they have come through or are about to enter.
“A number of people I have worked with may be in the last third of their lives,” she said. “Maybe they’re getting ready for retirement, downsizing moving out the home they have lived in for much of their lives.
“I work with them to create a ritual to mark that trend,” she continued, “because it’s not a trend that we have a big communal lifecycle event for.”
"Greater Philadelphia is full of clergy who are independent, working as freelance entrepreneurs. These rabbis and cantors officiate life cycle services for the unaffiliated and fill in for others when unavailable. Whether by choice or happenstance, this career path allows for a sense of freedom and flexibility.
“I like to think I have all of the joys of being a pulpit rabbi and never have to show up at a board meeting,” Rabbi David Levin said."
Featuring but three of Clal's "Borderless" rabbis, we hope to give you a view of what many of our rabbis do beyond the pulpit. Through innovation and compassion, Clal's affiliated rabbis are pluralistically reshaping the world, and that's good news!
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