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Jericho Vincent: portraits

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Rav Jericho Vincent was raised in an ultra-Orthodox rabbinic family with a lineage studded with a chasidic master and many rabbinic luminaries. They learned from Buddhist, Sufi, and atheist communities before returning to Judaism to excavate wisdom from their family’s ancient traditions.
 
Rav Jericho is the founder and spiritual leader of Temple of the Stranger, the Executive Director of Shuva, and teacher of Torah to tens of thousands on Instagram. The first person in their family to go to college, they hold a graduate degree in public policy from Harvard University where they were a Pforzheimer Fellow. Rav Jericho is a leading teacher of mystical Torah, trans/queer/feminist Torah, and the Torah of restorative justice, and has been a guest speaker at dozens of communities around the country. They currently serve as an advisor to the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s Clergy Leadership Program and to Beit Kohenet, and as a board member of The Shalom Center. A Wexner Fellow, a member of the ROI: Schusterman Community, and a recent fellow at Atra: The Center for Rabbinic Innovation, Rav Jericho has been named to the Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36 and Forward 50 for their work.

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News

  • Jericho offers a series of in-person wisdom talks/sichot on Kabbalah in Brooklyn (June 2023)
  • Jericho appears on a GaneshSpace panel "Reclaiming Queerness in Spirituality" (June 2023)
  • Jericho speaks at Chochmat HaLev in Berkeley, CA (March 2023)
  • An intimate group gathered for Temple of the Stranger's three "sichot" or wisdom talks on romantic love. (February 2023)
  • Temple of the Stranger's immersive theater piece for Tu B'Shvat, "The Orchard" sells out! "The Orchard uplifted my spirit, and amplified my appreciation and wonder of the layers of sacred story manifested in our lives" - Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie  (February 2023)
  • Jericho leads Temple of the Stranger in Strange Fire, a Chanukah solstice event. Limited tickets available! (December 2022)
  • Jericho speaks on Facing the Future with Spiritual Chutzpah at the Hillel International Global Assembly (December 2022)
  • Jericho and Temple of the Stranger offer a Havdala ceremony at Moishe House Williamsburg (December 2022)
  • Jericho launches Temple of the Stranger with two alternative, mystical, inclusive High Holiday experiences at House of Yes in Brooklyn! (September 2022)
  • Jericho is selected as a fellow at the Center for Rabbinic Innovation (July 2022)
  • Jericho speaks about writing and parenting on the Here to Save You podcast (July 2022)
  • Jericho offers a public workshop on the Radical I'm Sorry (June 2022)
  • Jericho teaches a class on Isaiah and Queer and Urgent Prophecy for Judaism Unbound's Shavout Live. Watch here (June 2022)
  • Jericho's personal essay, Let Me Tell You a Joke, is published by Ayin Press (May 2022)
  • Jericho is selected to participate in the Wexner Summit on Climate Change (May 2022)
  • Jericho is selected to participate in the Schusterman Family Foundation's ROI Summit (May 2022)
  • Jericho teaches an online course on "Queer and Present Prophesy" with the UnYeshiva (April 2022)
  • Jericho teaches GenderQueer Torah at Romemu Brooklyn's Queer Kehila (April 2022)
  • Jericho appears on an online panel discussing the future of Jewish feminism at the Jewish Feminist Academy (April 2022)
  • Jericho's perspective on Radical Monogamy is shared in Vice Magazine (March 2022)
  • Jericho co-facilitates a workshop titled "Is Monogamy Dead? A Jewish Lens on Sex, Love, and Relationships" for Romemu Brooklyn  (February 2021)
  • Jericho presents at Beit Toratah, sharing their Toratah tefillin-- the first of their kind (February 2021)
  • Jericho's story is featured by Humans of New York. JTA covers the story (November 2021)
  • Jericho co-leads an "All Parts and All People Welcome" Friday night service at the IFS conference, alongside colleague Yoel Sykes (October 2021)
  • Rami Efal interviews Jericho on the Jewish Ancestral Wisdom Podcast (September 2021)
  • Jericho offered a prayerful exploration of atonement and amends at Kol Hai (September 2021)
  • Lilith Magazine publishes Jericho's Instagram Essay, Tikkun for the Moon. Check it out on Instagram @lilithmagazine (August 2021)
  • Jericho presents "Tikkun for the Moon" as a grantee of Word: Bruce Geller Memorial Prize. (August 2021)
  • Jericho delivers a sermon for Trans Pride Shabbat at CBST, the largest LGBTQ synagogue in the world.  (June 2021)
  • Jericho's genderqueer theology is profiled in Jewish Boston. June 2021)
  • Jericho's reflections on a changing rabbinate are featured in Tablet Magazine. (June 2021)
  • Jericho is awarded a Word: Bruce Geller Memorial Prize for their visual essay on the lost feminine-centric practices of ancient Jews. (June 2021)
  • Jericho is awarded a Wexner Fellowship. (April 2021)
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News

  • Jericho will co-lead an "All Parts and All People Welcome" Friday night service at the IFS conference, alongside colleague Yoel Sykes. (October 2021)
  • Rami Efal interviews Jericho on the Jewish Ancestral Wisdom Podcast. (September 2021)
  • Jericho offered a prayerful exploration of atonement and amends at Kol Hai (September 2021)
  • Lilith Magazine publishes Jericho's Instagram Essay, Tikkun for the Moon. Check it out on Instagram @lilithmagazine (August 2021)
  • Jericho presents "Tikkun for the Moon" as a grantee of Word: Bruce Geller Memorial Prize. (August 2021)
  • Jericho delivers a sermon for Trans Pride Shabbat at CBST, the largest LGBTQ synagogue in the world.  (June 2021)
  • Jericho's genderqueer theology is profiled in Jewish Boston. June 2021)
  • Jericho's reflections on a changing rabbinate are featured in Tablet Magazine. (June 2021)
  • Jericho is awarded a Word: Bruce Geller Memorial Prize for their visual essay on the lost feminine-centric practices of ancient Jews. (June 2021)
  • Jericho is awarded a Wexner Fellowship. (April 2021)

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