About Rav Jericho

Rav Jericho is the founding rabbi of Temple of the Stranger, a growing Ivri community in Brooklyn. A frequent guest lecturer in communities across the country, they serve as an advisor both to Beit Kohenet and The Shalom Center. They are a Wexner Fellow, a member of B’not Esh, and the Schusterman ROI Community, and a recent fellow at Atra: The Center for Rabbinic Innovation. Their work has been recognized by the Forward 50.

Jericho teaches the Ivri Path. Rooted in the love of Goddess and the wisdom of our ancestor Miriam, the Ivri Path is a mystical, embodied source of ancient Jewish wisdom and practice for healing, connection, justice, and joy.

Raised in a rabbinic ultra-Orthodox family, Rav Jericho is a first-generation college graduate. They hold a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University, where they were a Pforzheimer Fellow and received rabbinic ordination from the Aleph Ordination Program in the lineage of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.

You can learn with Rav Jericho on their Substack, Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness, on their limited series podcast, or on Instagram @thealef.

Rav Jericho is trans nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. They live in Brooklyn, New York on Lenape land with their partner, Dr. Ben Ash Blum, and their children.