Rabbi Maggid Jhos Singer is a professional Jewish educator, writer, and speaker. He is an out transman, a parent of three, devoted spouse, craft cocktail mixologist, neophyte straight razor shaving nerd, and a skillful home chef. He relishes engaging in Jewish text study, hiking, and facilitating spiritual experiences for his flock, students, and friends. With his wife, the lovely Julie Batz he spent over two decades in service as a congregational leader In Half Moon Bay and Berkeley. He also served the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as its Maggid (a Jewish Teacher, preacher, and bard) from 2012-2024. His ordination as a Maggid came from Rabbi Gershon Winker in 2002. For good measure, since not too many folks are familiar with that title, he earned his MA in Jewish Studies, (2012) at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and then received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Benay Lappe, SVARA Rosh Yeshiva (2024). His work can be found hither and yon including in Torah Queeries, Balancing on the Mechitza, Jewish Mixology with Jhos, SVARA and ELItalks.
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We are, worldwide, at the threshold of two dramatic seasons supercharged by climate change. Here on the Pacific Coast in…

