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The Rabbi is Busy

Author: Aaron Wildavsky

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Who are the rabbis of tomorrow? Where do they come from, and what drives them? Where do they stand on the issues that shape the Jewish world?

Dive into these questions and more as Aaron Wildavsky–himself a final-year rabbinical student–introduces a pluralistic array of emerging rabbis whose leadership looks to define the Jewish future.
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Episode 3 - Chris Penello

Episode 3 - Chris Penello

2025-08-0101:06:45

Chris Penello is a rising third-year student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Get to know Chris as he shares his theory of community-building, offers tips on how to speak productively across difference, and explains how exactly a kid from Borough Park ended up at a Conservative rabbinical school.
Episode 2 - Raffi Levi

Episode 2 - Raffi Levi

2025-06-0559:56

Soon-to-be-rabbi Raffi Levi is in his final year at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. Get to know Raffi as he makes the case for rationalism AND mysticism, models "embodied Jewish practice," and shares observations from his life as a neurodivergent Jewish leader.
Introducing "The Rabbi is Busy"
Soon-to-be-rabbi Sofia Freudenstein is a fourth-year student at Yeshivat Maharat. Get to know Sofia as she recounts her journey from Canada to passing as an “in-towner,” endorses gradualism as a theory of change, and reflects on spending October 7 in Berlin.
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