RABBI BENJAMIN CHAIDELL
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Rabbinic Portfolio

Click here to download my resume. 
Sermons
Senior Sermon at The Jewish Theological Seminary, February 20,  2018
See video recording below.
Click here for text of sermon.

Rosh Hashanah at Congregation B'nai Amoona, September 22, 2017
See video recording below.

Click here for text of sermon.


Making Judaism Meaningful
Published this High Holiday reflections booklet for Egalitarian High Holiday services at Yale University, and collaborated with Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein and Isaac Friedman to produce this High Holiday booklet of intentions and reflections for the new year

Regular Facebook Live Videos during pandemic to offer daily doses of Jewish inspiration.

Jewish Community Engagement
Established young professional community at Adath Israel ("Adat") with lay board and multiple events per month including Kaballat Shabbat (click here) and Whiskey and the Word.
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Organized Tu Beav (Jewish Valentine's Day) dinner and learning for young adults in partnership with Moishe House STL. Click for Facebook event

Designed this facilitation guide and participant handout for Shabbat dinner conversations on mental health as part of a community Shabbaton dedicated to raising awareness and connecting community members to resources. Event impacted nearly 100 participants

In the Press:
St. Louis Jewish Light:
Divrei Torah published Jan. 10, 2018 (Becoming Woke to Oppression, Then and Now) and Aug. 30, 2017 (Debate for the Sake of Heaven and Those in Need)

MyJewishLearning Southern and Jewish Blog: Check out this link to reflections  on my experience traveling the South as an educator with the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life

In the Wider Community:
Represented congregation and Jewish community at A Mighty Stream: An Interfaith Community of Sacred Activists for Racial Justice in Cincinnati. Click here to view my presentation (36:20 in the video) on April 22, 2021.

Presented core Jewish beliefs at EquaSion's Sacred Connections interfaith exchange program in Cincinnati on Feb. 28, 2021. Click here to view presentation.

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