Keep Judaism thriving.

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Rabbi Jen believes in the transformative power of a loving community, built on the foundation of shared history, faith, narrative and culture.

Her role is to connect people to each other, to guide them on their paths of self-discovery, and to lengthen our chain of tradition, one link – one person – at a time. Just as our faith has evolved from generation to generation, Rabbi Jen helps her community remain nimble and innovative in order to meet the needs of our people in this time and place.

As a lifelong seeker and learner, Rabbi Jen is currently an 18Doors Rukin Rabbinic Fellow, learning how to make her rabbinate more radically inclusive to interfaith couples and families. She also participated in the CLI Fellowship (Clergy Leadership Incubator), where she focused on supporting and encouraging “outside the box” thinking as it relates to synagogues, alternative models of Jewish spiritual community, and organizational transformation. Rabbi Jen is also a powerful national voice for social justice issues - you can catch her on PBS NewsHour, in the Wall Street Journal, on CNN, on VOX: Today, Explained, and featured in other local and national media.

 
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Rabbi Jen Lader has served as a rabbi at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, since her ordination by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2012.