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Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone (He/Him/His)
Rabbi
Conservative
Ahavath Achim Congregation 1850 North Woodlawn
Wichita, Kansas 67206
United States

About

I am a rabbi serving a small Conservative/Masorti congregation in Wichita, KS, which also serves about a 1-3 hour radius around the city. Our congregation is by no means perfect, but welcoming to everyone who comes our way.

Listing Details

Clergy answered "Yes" 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
  • Person-centered and LGBTQ+ positive approach to Jewish law and tradition

Clergy answered "No" to the following

  • Experience in end-of-life care for LGBTQ+ individuals

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

  • Trained on LGBTQ+ identities within past five years
  • Approaches the presence of LGBTQ+ people as the norm rather than an exception in Jewish communal life
  • Experience celebrating LGBTQ+ specific life-cycle rituals such as coming out and renaming
  • Comfortable consistently using they/them pronouns and neopronouns
  • Speaks or writes regularly on LGBTQ+ themes
  • Experience in pastoral/spiritual care of LGBTQ+ individuals
  • Experience officiating LGBTQ+ weddings