Ari Moffic's guest appearances

Ari Moffic

Judaism Unbound

Coffeepot Fellowship Podcast

Changing the Rules

Danya Ruttenberg

Patrick Beaulier

Sarah Arthur

Elie Wiesel

Zack Bodner

Jonah Pesner

Daniel Matt

Jonathan Sarna

Ariel Burger

Peter Beinart

Arthur Waskow

Mara Benjamin

Mike Moskowitz

Ilana Kaufman

Noa Kushner

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Episode 64:  Unconventional Faith and Family, Rabbi Ari Moffic, guest

LINKS: Sponsor: United Faith Leaders Cohere Chicago Rabbi Riffs Open Dor Project ELI Talk: "Community IS Everything" Honi the Circle Maker Hebrew Union College Baltimore Hebrew University Indiana University InterfaithFamily/Chicago MORE: Founder of Cohere Chicago, Rabbi Ari Poster Moffic was ordained in 2007 from Hebrew Union College. She has an undergraduate degree from Indiana Universityin Religious Studies, a time when, she says, she got "slightly obsessed with Buddhism." She then went on to Baltimore to complete a Masters Degree in Jewish Education from Baltimore Hebrew University. She has been the Director of InterfaithFamily/Chicagoand spends her full-time rabbinate focused on supporting interfaith couples and families who are exploring Jewish life. Her husband is also a Reform Rabbi and they are the proud parents of a 8 year old and 10 year old. She is open to mall walking or meeting for a coffee and discussing how it is someone from Boston now lives in Chicago with no ocean. Rabbi Ari is usually giving people a multitude of options to try out Judaism. Here, though, she challenges us with a dynamic new way to understand Jewish community, obligation, and belonging. Watch her ELI Talkon the Coffeepot Fellowship show notes page. "Synagogues can't have the monopoly on what it means to be affiliated and what constitutes Jewish community. Synogogue is a vehicle for community for so many people. But the model isn't working for the majority of American Jews.  And so we're going to need new models and new ways to think about Jewish community, not as opposed to or against, but in addition to.  And we can tell people, We can encourage people to call their friendship groups and the people they meet up with to do Jewish things "community." - Rabbi Ari Moffic Like Ari, I (Jay McNeal) deeply appreciate the sacred spiritual moments in Starbucks with engaged couples, sharing the journey into their married lives. The opportunity to support and assist wandering souls in love through a sacred, confusing and critical time is precious. This is, of course, the story of being a pastor, helping people through sacred times. And, indeed, what time in life is not sacred? You can catch more of Ari in Rabbi Riffs!

LINKS: Sponsor: <a href="https://unitedfaithleaders.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">United Faith Leaders</a> <a href="http://coherechicago.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cohere Chicago</a> <a href="http://coherechicago.com/rabbi-riffs/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rabbi Riffs</a> <a href="https://www.opendorproject.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Open Dor Project</a> ELI Talk: <a href="http://coffeepotfellowship.com/arimoffic/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">"Community IS Everything"</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/hRfV7XrGfBo" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Honi the Circle Maker</a> <a href="http://huc.edu/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hebrew Union College</a> <a href="https://www.towson.edu/cla/centers/baltimorehebrewinstitute/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Hebrew University</a> <a href="https://www.indiana.edu/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Indiana University</a> <a href="https://www.interfaithfamily.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">InterfaithFamily/Chicago</a> MORE: Founder of <a href="http://coherechicago.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cohere Chicago</a>, <a href="http://coherechicago.com/about-us/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rabbi Ari Poster Moffic</a> was ordained in 2007 from <a href="http://huc.edu/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hebrew Union College</a>. She has an undergraduate degree from <a href="https://www.indiana.edu/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Indiana University</a>in Religious Studies, a time when, she says, she got "slightly obsessed with Buddhism." She then went on to Baltimore to complete a Masters Degree in Jewish Education from <a href="https://www.towson.edu/cla/centers/baltimorehebrewinstitute/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Hebrew University</a>. She has been the Director of <a href="https://www.interfaithfamily.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">InterfaithFamily/Chicago</a>and spends her full-time rabbinate focused on supporting interfaith couples and families who are exploring Jewish life. Her husband is also a Reform Rabbi and they are the proud parents of a 8 year old and 10 year old. She is open to mall walking or meeting for a coffee and discussing how it is someone from Boston now lives in Chicago with no ocean. Rabbi Ari is usually giving people a multitude of options to try out Judaism. Here, though, she challenges us with a dynamic new way to understand Jewish community, obligation, and belonging. Watch <a href="http://coffeepotfellowship.com/arimoffic/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">her ELI Talk</a>on the Coffeepot Fellowship <a href="http://coffeepotfellowship.com/arimoffic/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">show notes page</a>. "Synagogues can't have the monopoly on what it means to be affiliated and what constitutes Jewish community. Synogogue is a vehicle for community for so many people. But the model isn't working for the majority of American Jews.  And so we're going to need new models and new ways to think about Jewish community, not as opposed to or against, but in addition to.  And we can tell people, We can encourage people to call their friendship groups and the people they meet up with to do Jewish things "community." - Rabbi Ari Moffic Like Ari, I (Jay McNeal) deeply appreciate the sacred spiritual moments in Starbucks with engaged couples, sharing the journey into their married lives. The opportunity to support and assist wandering souls in love through a sacred, confusing and critical time is precious. This is, of course, the story of being a pastor, helping people through sacred times. And, indeed, what time in life is not sacred? You can catch more of Ari in <a href="http://coherechicago.com/rabbi-riffs/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rabbi Riffs</a>!

Coffee with Ari Moffic

Dan and Lex are joined by Ari Moffic, Founder of Cohere, a Chicago-area organization that brings customized Jewish educational experiences into people's homes, along with other outside-the-box locations. Their conversation addresses why so many people do not feel comfortable in synagogue settings but still crave forms of Jewish life. They also re-visit the topic of interfaith families, which has arisen in many past episodes, and they ask what the idea of "Jewish community" really means. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here. To access full shownotes for this episode, click here!

Dan and Lex are joined by <a href="https://youtu.be/R9pi9OBerhs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ari Moffic</a>, Founder of <a href="http://coherechicago.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cohere</a>, a Chicago-area organization that brings customized Jewish educational experiences into people's homes, along with other outside-the-box locations. Their conversation addresses why so many people do not feel comfortable in synagogue settings but still crave forms of Jewish life. They also re-visit the topic of interfaith families, which has arisen in many past episodes, and they ask what the idea of "Jewish community" really means. If you're enjoying <a href="http://www.judaismunbound.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Judaism Unbound</a>, please <a href="http://www.judaismunbound.com/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">help us keep things going</a> with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound <a href="http://www.judaismunbound.com/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">by clicking here.</a> To access <a href="http://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/2018/2/5/judaism-unbound-episode-106-cohere-ari-moffic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full shownotes</a> for this episode, <a href="http://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/2018/2/5/judaism-unbound-episode-106-cohere-ari-moffic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>!

Episode 106: Cohere - Ari Moffic