Photo by Patti Bose
Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev founded and leads Beit Midrash of Santa Fe, New Mexico, a multi-faith sacred learning community. He has led workshops at retreat centers, synagogues, churches and seminaries across the United States, including Union Theological Seminary, Ghost Ranch, Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey and Stony Point Center. His teaching invites learners into an adventurous exploration that engages the body, heart and soul as well as the mind. He is also an experienced spiritual director, accompanying people of many faiths. Rabbi Nahum is the Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe and a Fellow of the Rabbis Without Borders Initiative.
Rabbi Nahum’s recent book, The Liberating Path of the Hebrew Prophets: Then and Now (Orbis Books; 2019), encourages us to respond to the challenges we face with courage, wisdom and vision. We were delighted to learn more about Rabbi Nahum’s intriguing life story, his book, and the wisdom work he is currently engaged in – and also to discuss some of the modern-day prophets who have helped shape his life and philosophy, such as Martin Luther King, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Martin Buber, Paulo Freire, and Walter Brueggemann.
Visit Rabbi Nahum’s website at www.rabbinahum.com
Interview by Bill Locke
Length: 38:40
Images courtesy of Rabbi Nahum Lev-Ward
As a kid, I sometimes used to skip Mass and go for a walk in and on the prairie and sometimes become so upset that they were trying so hard to make me believe that God was a “guy”!