Menachem Creditor
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Menachem Creditor is the rabbi
of Congregation Netivot Shalom, in Berkeley, California
. He is chair of Bay Area Masorti, a co-founder and facilitator of ShefaNetwork.org: The Conservative/Masorti Movement Dreaming from Within, co-founder of KeshetRabbis
: The Alliance of Gay-Friendly Conservative/Masorti Rabbis, and author of TheTisch, a commentary on Jewish Spirituality. Rabbi Creditor sits on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly, is a member of the Chancellor's Rabbinic Leadership Team at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and is the International Co-Chair of Rabbis for Women of the Wall.
A popular speaker at synagogues, college campuses, and various Jewish communities around the country and in Israel on questions of Jewish Identity, Leadership, and Spirituality, Rabbi Creditor also continues to perform with Shirav, a Jewish folk-music group.
Creditor has been described as "a vocal proponent of gay and women’s rights" and "a leading advocate of gay ordination." He was noted for his controversial 2005 speech at the biennal conference of the Conservative movement, urging the expulsion of non-egalitarian congregations from the movement. He also appears as a "central figure" in Josh Kornbluth
's 2010 monologue
Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
of Congregation Netivot Shalom, in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. He is chair of Bay Area Masorti, a co-founder and facilitator of ShefaNetwork.org: The Conservative/Masorti Movement Dreaming from Within, co-founder of KeshetRabbis
Keshet Rabbis
Keshet-Rabbis is an organization of Conservative/Masorti rabbis which holds that LGBT Jews should be embraced as full, open members of all Conservative/Masorti congregations and institutions...
: The Alliance of Gay-Friendly Conservative/Masorti Rabbis, and author of TheTisch, a commentary on Jewish Spirituality. Rabbi Creditor sits on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly, is a member of the Chancellor's Rabbinic Leadership Team at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and is the International Co-Chair of Rabbis for Women of the Wall.
A popular speaker at synagogues, college campuses, and various Jewish communities around the country and in Israel on questions of Jewish Identity, Leadership, and Spirituality, Rabbi Creditor also continues to perform with Shirav, a Jewish folk-music group.
Creditor has been described as "a vocal proponent of gay and women’s rights" and "a leading advocate of gay ordination." He was noted for his controversial 2005 speech at the biennal conference of the Conservative movement, urging the expulsion of non-egalitarian congregations from the movement. He also appears as a "central figure" in Josh Kornbluth
Josh Kornbluth
Josh Kornbluth is an American comedic autobiographical monologuist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has toured internationally, written and starred in several feature films, and starred in a television interview show.- Personal life :...
's 2010 monologue
Monologue
In theatre, a monologue is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media...
Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?