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Rabbi Brian Serle (he/him/his)
Independent Rabbi
Non-Denominational;Unaffiliated
612-251-5045
Illinois 60061
United States

About

Hello! I'm Rabbi Brian. I am an independent Rabbi and lifecycle officiant servicing the Midwest, especially southern Wisconsin, northern Ilinois and Northwest Indiana. ​ I have extensive experience working with Jewish, Interfaith, Same-Sex and non-affiliated couples and families to celebrate their one-of-a-kind relationships. It is my goal to bridge age-old traditions with a modern world, working to create special and meaningful experiences that will become memories that last a lifetime.

I have extensive experience working with Jewish, Interfaith, Same-Sex and non-affiliated couples and families to celebrate their one-of-a-kind relationships. It is my goal to bridge age-old traditions with a modern world, working to create special and meaningful experiences that will become memories that last a lifetime. I have mentored LGBTQ+ people through the process of conversion to Judaism, as well as weddings and b-mitzvahs.

Listing Details

Clergy answered "Yes" to the following

  • Trained on LGBTQ+ identities within past five years
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 in end-of-life care for LGBTQ+ individuals

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

  • Speaks or writes regularly on LGBTQ+ themes