Writing & Teaching

Writing & Teaching

Jewish text in conversation with contemporary life

Jewish text in conversation with contemporary life

I also write and teach on Jewish ritual, meaning, community and the ways our tradition can accompany people through complicated human experience.

I also write and teach on Jewish ritual, meaning, community and the ways our tradition can accompany people through complicated human experience.

Selected topics

Talks & teaching

Talks & teaching

Ritual for the moments tradition didn't name

On building Jewish ceremony for transitions with no fixed liturgy.

Interfaith families and Jewish belonging

A liberal approach to inclusion in lifecycle ritual.

Text as living conversation

How tradition is meant to be turned and turned again.

Jewish language after violence

Spiritual companionship without a prescribed timetable.

Featured project

On Paths We Do Not Choose

On Paths We Do Not Choose

A Jewish spiritual companion and educational project addressing domestic and sexual violence — for individuals, those who walk beside them, and Jewish communities.

A Jewish spiritual companion and educational project addressing domestic and sexual violence — for individuals, those who walk beside them, and Jewish communities.

Speaking inquiries

Invite me to speak or teach

Lifecycle Rituals

Jewish ritual for life's meaningful moments.

Also from Rabbi Griffith

Just Add Jewish — justaddjewish.com

Just Add Jewish — justaddjewish.com

On Paths We Do Not Choose — onpathswedonotchoose.info

On Paths We Do Not Choose — onpathswedonotchoose.info