We are thrilled to welcome Judaism Unbound podcaster LEX ROFEBERG to Woodstock!
Lex will co-lead Shabbat services with Rabbi Karen and Hazzan Raechel on Friday, November 6, 6pm, for our FIRST FRIDAY family service and join us for some lively table discussion at our community potluck dinner.
On Saturday morning, November 7, 10am, Lex will co-lead Shakharit with Rabbi Karen and Hazzan Raechel, then lead our Torah service, where he will offer a drash.
On Saturday evening, Lex will lead us through an out-of-bounds havdallah — at a location TBD.
And on Sunday, November 8, Lex will be one of the featured teachers at the annual Day of Jewish Learning, which the WJC co-sponsors with the Jewish Federation of Ulster County.
“The Jewish tradition has always been to mess with the tradition.”
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ABOUT LEX:
Lex Rofeberg (he/him), in his role as Senior Jewish Educator of Judaism Unbound, co-hosts and produces its weekly podcast, facilitates many of its live digital events, and oversees the UnYeshiva: a digital center for Jewish learning and unlearning.
He graduated from Brown University with a degree in Judaic Studies, and was ordained as a rabbi in 2021 by ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. You didn’t ask, but he would like you to know that his rabbinic ordination speech looked at OutKast’s song “Hey Ya” through the lens of Jewish numerology. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lex lived for two years in Jackson, Mississippi — working for the Institute of Southern Jewish Life — and he currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife Valerie. He serves on advisory boards, or boards of directors for The Shalom Center, Tikkun Olam Productions, Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations, and Mitzvah Matzos.