Bet Haverim Rabbi Named Among America's Most Inspiring

If you're interested in listening to one of the United States' most inspiring rabbis, you won't have to go far.

One of them is at Congregation Bet Haverim on Clairmont Road, according to one newspaper.

Rabbi Joshua Lesser, 44, was named to a list of America's Most Inspiring Rabbis in The Jewish Daily Forward in New York this month.

Here's what one of the readers said about Rabbi Lesser:

“My rabbi is a gay man who was raised in a traditional Jewish community in a fairly conservative part of the country. He has been a model for how to have difficult conversations about deeply personal, painful things, and for how to speak my truth calmly and clearly. He has freed me from fear of difference, change and pain. He has taught me to make decisions based upon my values — not upon habits or fears — and to move forward with faith that I am doing the right thing, even in difficult circumstances.”

Also, check out the full list of rabbis from across the nation.