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Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek is a Faculty Associate Fellow for Pardes North America. He has been recognized by the Jewish Forward as one of the most inspiring rabbis in America, by Hudson Valley Magazine as a Person to Watch and by Newsweek as “a rabbi to watch.” He is a Senior Rabbinic Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute and a Fellow of the Schusterman Foundation.

Rabbi Brent has been the rabbi at Beacon Hebrew Alliance since 2010; prior to that, he served as the Rabbi in Residence at American Jewish World Service and was the Marshall T. Meyer Fellow at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in New York.

Rabbi Brent holds rabbinic ordination and a master’s degree in philosophy from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was the first recipient of the Neubauer Fellowship. Prior to entering the rabbinate, he attended Wesleyan University and worked as a daily journalist in Durham, NC. He lives in Beacon with his wife Alison, a professor of environmental chemistry at Vassar College, and their two children.

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In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Pardes Chief Innovation Officer Faith Leener for a conversation about reading the Torah with an…

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In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by couples therapists Assael and Galit Romanelli to discuss covert male depression, single married mothers, a…

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In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Ely Kreimendahl, queer comic, author, psychotherapist and host of Shame Spiral to discuss an ancient sage…

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In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Jonathan Vatner, author of Carnegie Hill and The Bridesmaids Union to discuss knowing our partners,…

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A Torah of Relationships Loving other human beings is both the trickiest and most important thing we’ll ever do. It’s the most important,…

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In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Rabbi Mychal B Springer, Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at New York Presbyterian Hospital and…

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Rabbi Brent is joined by celebrated coach Catherine Bell to discuss maintaining boundaries, communicating clearly, slowing down enough to regulate our nervous system,…

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On this episode of Good Jewish Lover: The Torah of Relationships, Rabbi Brent is joined by Jackson Katz to talk about gender-based violence,…

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In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Day Shildkret, creator of Morning Altars and author of Hello Goodbye to discuss names, Fiddler…