"... ‘It’s teshuvah,’ says Steinlauf, ‘returning to the essence of Judaism to engage us in human life.’ It’s a paradigm shift — not Judaism as an object that we bend ourselves to, that is uncomfortable and inaccessible to those who are not familiar. But rather, ‘Judaism as technology, to be used by you to get you back to yourself as your truest self. ‘It’s about evolution — transforming the role the synagogue plays in life. For the many Jews for whom the traditional synagogue model doesn’t connect, we are evolving to meet new expectations."

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Rabbi Gil Steinlauf is a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow. By Meredith Jacobs from Washington Jewish Week 9/19/12