#TrendingJewish 18: The Luxury of Not Having to Share

About this Episode

This interview with Rabbi Sandra Lawson was meant to focus on the intersection of Judaism and technology. But no illuminating conversation completely goes as planned. Rabbi Sandra explains how it is impossible to discuss her adoption of social media and technology without delving into questions of race, identity and sexuality. In this frank interview, Rabbi Sandra explains how fear, fear of failure, and fear of having others define her according to race and sexual-orientation, that prompted her to take the biggest risks in her life and rabbinical studies. A social media innovator, she explains how technology fits into her mission of reaching Jews in new settings: a new kind of rabbi for an evolving Jewish community.

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• Rabbi Sandra Lawson
• Sandra Lawson, black lesbian vegan rabbinical student, hopes to redefine where Judaism happens | Jewish Telegraphic Agency — Sandra Lawson didn’t expect to perform a public benediction at her local pub in this city’s Roxborough neighborhood. But when her friend Jay, who was entering firefighter training, asked her for a blessing earlier this year, she stood with him in the middle of the room and put her rabbinical school training into action.
• Rabbi Meets Jews Where They Are Today - Jewish Exponent
• Breaking with tradition, rabbinical student does Shabbat service Arnold's Way - Philly