Mixed Multitudes exposes diverse groups of Jews and fellow travelers to the beauty and power of Jewish life, tradition, and conversation.

We envision a world in which…

  • • Judaism is widely recognized and experienced as a path to a deeply meaningful life.

  • • There is easy access to vibrant Jewish community, awakening spiritual practice, substantive text study, and transformational rabbinic support.

  • • People have the drive, opportunity and skills to be in conversation and learning across social, religious, and political divides.

  • • The Jewish world comes through and out of difficult moments with strength, hope, and creativity.

CURRENT PROJECTS INCLUDE

  • • Co-host of Chutzpod! one of the top Jewish podcasts in the United States, among other countries.

    • Author of forthcoming "The Jewish Way to a Good Life: Find Happiness, Build Community, and Embrace Lovingkindness”

  • • Scholar-in-Residence and Facilitator of the Sharon and Joseph Kestenbaum Legacy Philanthropy Program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Next Gen Philanthropy Program, and the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest Nativ Next Gen Philanthropy Program.

    • Jewish Federation of North American Atid Program in Denver and St. Louis

  • • Creator and teacher of How Do We Love Israel at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington DC. (2021, 2022, 2024)

    • Teach diverse groups, including Jewish leaders of secular organizations and staffers of Jewish social justice organizations about antisemitism and the conflict.

  • • Senior Rabbi of the Aspen Jewish Congregation

    • Faculty with Wexner Heritage Programs in New York City, West Palm Beach, Cleveland, New England and other cities in North America

    • Consultant with 18Doors on providing more welcoming introductions to Judaism for interfaith couples (2023)

  • • Building a Bridge: Faith Leaders and Domestic Violence Advocates with Ujima: The National Center on Violence in the Black Community (September)

    • Interview of Hasidic Doctor Alexandra Friedman at the National Museum of American Jewish History (October)

    • Guest preacher at Turner Memorial AME Church (October)

    • Is it possible to find meaning in a faith that endorses rape? at the Georgetown Day School Summit on Sexual Assault and Consent (November)

    • Special guest on Not Your Jewish Mother podcast (November)

    • Wise Women Sage Advice: Resiliency, with New York UJA (January)

    • Fighting Hate from Home: Day of Action to Confirm the US Anti-Semitism Envoy, interviewed by ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt (February)

    • BBYO Women's Leadership Initiative, class on A Torah of Money (March)

    • Interviewed as part of the Wexner Foundation's "How We Lead" Program (April)

    • Keynote speaker at Jewish Federation of San Francisco Gratitude in the Gardens gathering (June)

    • Week-long series of classes on “Understanding Myself as a Jewish Leader" with Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program Summer Institute (August)

    • Personalized text studies with members of the Wexner Field Fellowship (Ongoing)

  • • Two workshops with Jewish leaders of secular non-profits, one on antisemitism and one on Israel-Palestine (October, 2022)

    • Brown University Hillel Family Weekend Shabbat guest speaker. Topic: L'dor va'dor? Navigating generational (dis)agreements on observance, identity, and politics (October, 2022)

    • Co-Host of Americans for Peace Now annual gala (October, 2022)

    • Scholar-in-Residence at Chicago-Area Reform Rabbis retreat. Topic: Who is the Jewish Community of 2022--and how can we best serve them? (October, 2022)

    • Interviewed actor Sarah Podemski at Weitzman Museum in Philadelphia (November, 2022)

    • Keynote speaker at American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. Topic: The Power of Beliefs in Bringing People Together (November, 2022)

    • Speaker at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College "Momentum" event. Title: Reconstructing Judaism: An Ongoing Call to Disruptive Action (December, 2022)

    • Speaker at HUC-JIR Tisch Fellows Washington, DC retreat. Topic: What does it take to build? (January, 2023)

    • Text Study: Noticing, ceasing, resting, and releasing: A Torah approach to growth and change. With Svivah (February, 2023)

    • Creator and teacher of How Do We Love Israel at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington DC. (2022, 2023)

    • Consultant on project with national interfaith-family network to ascertain the quality and availability of Introduction to Judaism programs in the US (Ongoing)

    • Teach diverse groups, including Jewish leaders of secular organizations and staffers of Jewish social justice organizations about antisemitism and the conflict. (Ongoing)

    • Working with a Jewish Federation to create a cohort experience for anti-racist rabbis to deepen their working relationships with communities of color in the area. (Ongoing)

  • • Speaker at Jews United for Justice Heschel Awards gala (November)

    • UnExceptable protest to free Israeli hostages (December)

    • Aspen Chapel lecture on “Gender and the Divine – He/She/It/Them/They? (February)

    • Consultant and co-facilitator of Jewish Futures Conference in Princeton, NJ (April)

 

A Bit About Me

Rabbi Shira Stutman is a nationally known faith-based leader and change-maker with more than twenty years of experience motivating and inspiring groups large and small, most recently as the founding rabbi of Sixth & I in Washington DC. She teaches and speaks nationally on topics including growing welcoming Jewish spiritual communities; building the connective tissues between different types of people; and the current American Jewish community zeitgeist. She was named one of "America's Most Inspiring Rabbis" by the The Jewish Forward and a T'ruah "Rabbinic Human Rights Hero," among other awards. She graduated from Columbia University and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where she was a Wexner Graduate Fellow. She is a co-host of PRX podcast Chutzpod! alongside Hanna Rosin.