The Jewish Way to a Good Life with author Rab­bi Shi­ra Stut­man

Rab­bi Shi­ra Stut­man will join us onsite to discuss her book The Jewish Way to a Good Life.

ABOUT OUR AUTHOR

Rabbi Stutman is the senior rab­bi at Aspen Jew­ish Con­gre­ga­tion and cohost of Chutz­pod!, a pod­cast that shares Jew­ish approach­es to life’s great predica­ments. In 2021, she found­ed Mixed Mul­ti­tudes, an orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to shar­ing the beau­ty, pow­er, and diver­si­ty of Jew­ish life. She was named one of “America’s Most Inspir­ing Rab­bis” byThe Jew­ish For­ward.

ABOUT THE BOOK

In The Jew­ish Way to a Good Life, Rab­bi Shi­ra Stut­man invites read­ers of every faith — and none — to do chesed (good work), fos­ter tzedek (jus­tice), prac­tice Shab­bat (rest), and ulti­mate­ly find hap­pi­ness.

From Love and Sex to Mourn­ing and Mon­ey, Rab­bi Shi­ra vis­its ten realms where we all get lost on occa­sion, to deliv­er spir­it­ed, sur­pris­ing wis­dom. On love: Sex is meant to be fun and lib­er­at­ing. On rest: Time is even more sacred than things. Again and again, she reveals how cus­toms have sur­vived not out of oblig­a­tion but because they meet our deep­est needs — from shi­va, which allows mourn­ing fam­i­lies not to be OK, to the unbri­dled joy of danc­ing the hora at wed­dings.

For any­one seek­ing com­mu­ni­ty or sim­ply ​“some­thing more,” The Jew­ish Way to a Good Life offers prac­ti­cal, time-test­ed ways to enrich our dai­ly rou­tines and engage those around us. By look­ing in and reach­ing out, we can all help tikkun olam—heal the world.