Capers Funnye - What Judaism Looks Like

Описание: Rabbi Capers Funnye doesn’t fit the stereotpyical image of Judaism. As the leader of the oldest and largest African-American Jewish congregation in the US, Rabbi Funnye argues that Jews have always been a global people.

Capers C. Funnye, Jr. is rabbi and spiritual leader of Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago. Rabbi Funnye also serves as the National Associate Director of Be’Chol Lashon and Director of Be’Chol Lashon Midwest region. Be’Chol Lashon (In Every Tongue) is an initiative of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, located in San Francisco, CA.

Rabbi Funnye serves as the Rabbi of Nigeria Orthodox Sabbath Solidarity (NOSS), which has headquarters in Akwete, Nigeria. He also serves as the Rabbi of the Pan African Jewish Alliance/Nigeria (PAJA), a program offered to emerging Jewish communities that seek to be integrated into the world Jewish community.

Rabbi Funnye earned a Bachelor of Arts in Hebrew Literature and rabbinic ordination from the Israelite Board of Rabbis, Inc., Queens, NY. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jewish Studies and a Master of Science in Human Service Administration from Spertus Institute of Judaica, Chicago, IL.