YOUTH, SPIRITUALITY & TOLERANCE

Dr. Jason Stein (www.iRyze.com) flies solo this week and speaks with Rabbi Dan Moskovitz and Almeda Wright. Rabbi Dan Moskovitz grew up in the SF Bay area. His mother is a Jewish educator and part of her work was tutoring converts to Judaism and Dan grew up surrounded by people discovering a love for Judaism. Dan became a Rabbi in large part due to his experiences as a teenager in his Jewish Youth group and summer camp and as International President of AZA, the boy's division of their B'nai Brith Youth Org.(BBYO). He graduated with honors from the University of Judaism in L.A. with a degree in Political Science. Dan also has two master's degrees, one in Education and the other in Hebrew Letters from the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Dan's rabbinate is typified by his strong advocacy for social justice, and his concern for issues regarding children and teens. Dan is married with two sons. Almeda M. Wright is the Assistant Professor of Religion & Youth at Pfeiffer University. She is also doctoral candidate at Emory University in the Persons, Community, and Religious Life course of study of the Graduate Division of Religion. Her research focuses on adolescent spiritual development, African American religion, and the intersections of religion, education and public life. At Emory, Wright served as the Assistant Director of the Youth Theological Initiative, as Adjunct Faculty in the Religious Education Department of Candler School of Theology, and as the Issue Editor of the Practical Matters Journal, www.practicalmattersjournal.org . She is the co-editor, with Mary Elizabeth Moore, of Children, Youth & Spirituality in a Troubling World (Chalice Press, 2008). Jenny Brown (www.TwentybyJenny.com) will also be on hand at the top of the show to recommend a new book for teens to read.