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Rabbi Adam Zeff (He/him)
Rabbi
Conservative;Reconstructionist;All Affiliations Served
215-844-1507
Germantown Jewish Centre 400 W. Ellet Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119
United States

About

My core conviction is that diversity in Jewish community and in the world is the clearest expression of the divine. I draw from a wide range of sources in Jewish tradition to pursue my conviction, having been raised in the Reform movement, attended Reconstructionist rabbinical school, and serving a progressive Conservative congregation. Serving LGBTQ+ Jews and their partners and families is a key part of my work and is very dear to me, and I strive to remove barriers and extend welcome so that all can participate in the richness of a Jewish life that embraces the full diversity of humanity, including the beautiful rainbow of sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.

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 in end-of-life care for LGBTQ+ individuals
  • 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
  • Speaks or writes regularly on LGBTQ+ themes
  • Experience in pastoral/spiritual care of LGBTQ+ individuals
  • Experience officiating LGBTQ+ weddings

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

  • Trained on LGBTQ+ identities within past five years