Rabbi Max Zev Reynolds

Max Zev Reynolds (he/him) is a Queens, N.Y.-based rabbi with more than a decade of experience as a spiritual care and direct services provider in hospitals, congregations, health centers, community organizations and libraries. He is especially interested in the existential and spiritual care of trans and queer people; trauma and moral injury; the existential and spiritual care of secular, atheist and non-religious people; mystery and mysticisms; racial, economic and gender justice; Musar (Jewish ethics); and public ritual as art, catharsis and action. Max was ordained at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, holds a master’s degree in philosophy of religion from Union Theological Seminary, focusing on feminist philosophy and theology, and a bachelor’s degree in theology from Seattle University. He is a board-certified palliative care chaplain at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Max is currently training to be a spiritual director through the Kol Dodi spiritual director training program at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

Essays

Jews and White Privilege

April 5, 2018

This piece by Rabbis Jessica Rosenberg and Mackenzie (Max) Reynolds provides a brief overview of American Jewish history, antisemitism in the 21st century and big questions for challenging assumptions about Jews, whiteness and privilege in the United States.

Rabbi Max Zev Reynolds

Essays

Jews and White Privilege

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