Uploaded February 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Rabbi Sid Schwarz talks about chutzpah and his calling. Rabbi Schwarz is the founder of the PANIM Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values and the founding rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland, where he continues to teach and lead services. The author of two groundbreaking books, Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation Can Transform the American Synagogue and Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World, Rabbi Schwarz now serves as a Senior Fellow at CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and as a consultant to Jewish organizations around the country. (Washington, D.C.)
Interview & Camera by Kasey Kirby / Edited by Matt Lauterbach / Produced by Rachel Pikelny & Erin Williams
Rabbi Sid Schwarz talks about chutzpah and his calling. Rabbi Schwarz is the founder of the PANIM Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values and the founding rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland, where he continues to teach and lead services. The author of two groundbreaking books, Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation Can Transform the American Synagogue and Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World, Rabbi Schwarz now serves as a Senior Fellow at CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and as a consultant to Jewish organizations around the country. (Washington, D.C.)
Interview & Camera by Kasey Kirby / Edited by Matt Lauterbach / Produced by Rachel Pikelny & Erin Williams
