ABOUT
Rabbi Sarah Rubin is an accomplished writer, spiritual leader, and teacher. She is passionate about supporting personal spiritual journeys and building community through shared experiences and traditions, and through mutual support in times of joy and sorrow. She teaches writing as a spiritual practice as a way of exploring and moving along the journey of life, in both Jewish and general contexts.
I bring my experience as a teacher for all ages, my strength as a writer, and my participation and leadership in diverse Jewish and non-Jewish communities to my passions.
I am influenced by my work as an anthropologist, both in working with people in diverse cultures, and in the stratigraphy of ideas and traditions from archaeological excavations. I believe that knowledge of Jewish values and ideas from across traditions and generations is important to individual and communal Jewish connection.
I received rabbinic ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2007. Prior to that, I achieved B.A. and M.A. degrees in anthropology, with a graduate minor in medical sciences. As part of my research, I excavated archeological sites in Jerusalem, and on the Euphrates River in Turkey.
I have served congregations in the pulpit and as an educator, and I have taught in a variety of college settings, in departments ranging from Religion to Biology, and from Genocide Studies to Anthropology.
I currently work independently, bringing Jewish engagement to individuals and communities through Writing as a Spiritual Practice, and through life cycle and community programs.