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 America and other countries.

    • Author of forthcoming "The Jewish Way to a Good Life: Time-Tested Ideas for Twenty-First-Century Lives”

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

  • • Interim Rabbi of the Aspen Jewish Congregation

    • Faculty with Wexner Heritage Programs in 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

  • • 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 actor Joshua Malina.