Jericho Vincent is a spiritual entrepreneur. The founder of Temple of the Stranger, an mystical community in Brooklyn, New York, rooted in Jewish ancestral wisdom and open to all, executive director of Shuva, which shares Jewish ancestral perspectives on restorative justice, and initiator of various spiritual experiments, they also teach Torah on Instagram @thealef, and as a guest of synagogues and organizations across the country.
Raised in an ultra-Orthodox home with an illustrious rabbinical lineage, Jericho learned from Buddhist, Sufi, and atheist communities before returning to Judaism to excavate timely wisdom from their family’s ancient traditions. Jericho is the author of the memoir Cut Me Loose. Their writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and The Cut, and their responsa have been published by the Trans Halacha Project. Jericho has been named to the Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36 and to The Forward’s Forward 50 for their work. Jericho holds a master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University, where they were a Pforzheimer Fellow. Trained as an IFS coach, they are currently a Wexner Fellow, a member of the ROI community, a senior rabbinical candidate, and a fellow at Atra: Center for Rabbinic Innovation. They are constitutionally incapable of turning down an offer of babka.
