Rabbi Daniel Brenner

Gleanings, the online journal of the Davidson Graduate School of Education, profiled Rabbi Daniel Brenner for their latest issue. Where Judaism and Relationship Skills Meet: Daniel Brenner “Being teen-focused doesn’t mean giving up on Jewish literacy, it just means you have to start with the teens,” said Rabbi Daniel Brenner, vice president for education at Moving Traditions.  For the past 11 years, Brenner has worked at Moving Traditions, whose mission is “to embolden Jewish youth to thrive through the pursuit of…

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Zhane Caldwell, channel 12 news reporter, interviews me about “Bowl Hashannah” and the meaning of the Jewish new year. Side-note: Zhane was a total professional – she took the time to ask me about the holiday, the rituals, the way that people celebrate, and the spiritual significance – it was a delight to meet her and speak with her. Thank you Channel 12 Brooklyn!  

For the last seven years I’ve had the honor of working with Moving Traditions in building a national program for mentoring teen boys in the Jewish community, Shevet. This morning, that work received some national attention on NPR’s Morning Edition. 

Last year, Daniel Brenner had a dream. As he slept, he heard the Klezmorim’s album Streets of Gold, the 1978 classic that helped launch an American klezmer revival. The next day Brenner went to his local YMCA and put on the album to pump him up while he exercised. “People were streaming by me, coming out of Zumba class,” he said, “and the thought that came to me was: it is time for Klezmer Aerobics.” So Brenner, a rabbi and…

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NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK (12/20/2001) Rabbi Daniel Brenner sanctifies the simple gifts of Judaism & America. Jonathan Mark – Associate Editor Did Reb Nachman, back in 18th century Europe, ever notice the sky was Tarheel Blue? Maybe not, but God always knew of North Carolina and that rebbes can come from the Piedmont as surely as from Poland. Rabbi Daniel Brenner, native son of Charlotte, N.C., is a storyteller, as surely from the Southern tradition as from the Jewish one….

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