Tikkun Adam(ah): A Jewish Response to a World in Upheaval
January 11, 2025
When we live outside of right relationship with the natural world, we curse ourselves.
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Rabbi Nate DeGroot (he/him) became Director of The Shalom Center in October of 2024, succeeding the legendary Rabbi Arthur Waskow. As Director, Nate is helping to steward the organization into its next chapter, seeding a Jewish post-activism rooted in Judaism’s sacred calendar. Before becoming Director, he served as The Shalom Center’s National Organizer and Associate Director.Ordained at Hebrew College in 2016, Nate previously worked at Hazon (now Adamah) in Detroit, IKAR in Los Angeles, and he founded a grassroots cooperative Jewish community in Portland, OR. He has served as a facilitator with Encounter, a Rabbinical Student Year in Israel Fellow with T’ruah, and he has worked with AJWS, the Amir Project, and more. He has been published in various articles and book chapters, and was an invited speaker at The Chautauqua Institution.Living in Detroit, Michigan with his wife and two kiddos, Nate also serves locally as a part-time congregational rabbi, educator, and service-leader.
When we live outside of right relationship with the natural world, we curse ourselves.
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