Rabbi Shira Stutman is the senior rabbi at Aspen Jewish Congregation and cohost of Chutzpod! with The Atlantic’s Hanna Rosen, a podcast that shares Jewish approaches to life’s great predicaments. In 2021, she founded Mixed Multitudes, an organization dedicated to sharing the beauty, power, and diversity of Jewish life, tradition, and conversation. She was named one of America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis by The Jewish Forward, among other awards. Rabbi Shira graduated from Columbia University and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where she was a Wexner Graduate Fellow. She is also a proud graduate of the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School.
by Rabbi Shira Stutman
Judaism has survived for 3,500 years by embracing a few, arguably paradoxical ideas: Life is hard. It also has the potential to be joyous. Every single human has a spark of something extraordinary in them. And every one of us … Continue reading →