Author: Josh Weisman
Josh Weisman is studying to become a rabbi at Hebrew College. Josh has been bringing people together for community building and social change for over 14 years. As a Congregation Based Community Organizer in San Francisco, he helped congregations put their religious values into action by joining together to campaign for policies that addressed pressing community problems. Last year he was the Organizer for Philadelphia Emerging Religious Leaders, a new interfaith organization of leaders in formation. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Macalester College where he produced ethnographies on communities in Guatemala and Minnesota. Josh practices Jewish mindfulness meditation, and traditional ecstatic prayer. He actively explores the intersection between spiritual practice and social justice. Josh lives with his wife, Pella Schafer Weisman, a Marriage & Family Therapist, in Boston.