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Rabbi Maria Pulzetti (she/her)
Associate Rabbi
Conservative;Reconstructionist;All Affiliations Served
215-844-1507
Germantown Jewish Centre 400 West Ellet Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119
United States

About

As an out queer rabbi serving a congregation, I find sacred connection in learning people’s stories and being present with them through times of challenge, transition, and joy. I am blessed to be married and raising two children. I love to share the transformative power of Torah to make meaning in our lives, and I am committed to making Jewish life accessible and open for people of all sexual orientations and all genders. Our community is deeply committed to LGBTQ+ inclusion and to continued learning and growth about how best to serve LGBTQ+ Jews and their families.

Photos, videos, and divrei Torah from Germantown Jewish Centre's Pride Shabbat celebrations are here: https://germantownjewishcentre.org/lgbtq-at-gjc/pride-shabbat/

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 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

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

  • Experience officiating LGBTQ+ weddings