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Rabbi Brian Zimmerman (He Him)
Rabbi
Reform
817-332-7141
Beth El Congregation 4900 Briarhaven
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
United States

About

I have been a Rabbi for three decades. I have served at my current congregation for nine years. The congregation strives to be a welcoming and safe place for all who wish to learn and live Judaism. The State of TX through its elected officials has recently declared war on the basic rights of LGBTQ+. For those moving here, growing up or even stuck in TX, Fort Worth remains a safe and affirming community and Beth El will continue to be a place where all Jews and those curious about Judaism can learn, live and celebrate without fear. Feel free to go to the Beth El website and read more about my own life's work and rabbinic journey.

Listing Details

Clergy answered "Yes" to the following

  • Trained on LGBTQ+ identities within past five years
  • Experience in end-of-life care for LGBTQ+ individuals
  • Approaches the presence of LGBTQ+ people as the norm rather than an exception in Jewish communal life
  • Person-centered and LGBTQ+ positive approach to Jewish law and tradition
  • Comfortable consistently using they/them pronouns and neopronouns
  • Experience in pastoral/spiritual care of LGBTQ+ individuals
  • Experience officiating LGBTQ+ weddings

Clergy answered "No" to the following

  • Experience celebrating LGBTQ+ specific life-cycle rituals such as coming out and renaming

Clergy answered "I'm Still Learning" to the following

  • Experience officiating conversions for transgender and nonbinary individuals with a sensitivity to the wide range of relationships to gender and embodiment that transgender and nonbinary individuals may have
  • Experience officiating gender-expansive b-mitzvah
  • Familiar with gender-expansive Hebrew liturgical and linguistic options
  • Speaks or writes regularly on LGBTQ+ themes