Jennifer Peace, Ph.D.

Jennifer Howe Peace, Ph.D., has been an interfaith organizer and scholar since the 1990s. Peace was the first associate professor of Interfaith Studies at Andover Newton Theological School, where she Interreligious/Interfaith Studies: Defining a New Field (Beacon: 2018), and My Neighbor’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation (Orbis: 2012). From 2019-20, she served as the Tufts University Chaplain, ad interim. She currently serves on the advisory board for the Pluralism Project at Harvard University. co-founded and co-directed the Center for Interreligious and Communal Leadership Education (CIRCLE). The founding co-chair of the Interreligious/Interfaith Studies program unit at the American Academy of Religion (AAR), she launched the AAR-affiliated Association for Interreligious/Interfaith Studies in 2017. Peace has written numerous articles, essays and chapters on interfaith cooperation.

Essays

The Reconstructionist Network

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Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

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Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

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Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

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The Reconstructionist Network

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A pure white, blank image with no distinguishable features or content.
A blank white square image.

Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis