About Rabbi Solomon Hoffman
Rabbi Solomon Hoffman was recently ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and is grateful to be Kehillah’s first Associate Rabbi. He was previously the Rabbinic Leader of Mishkan Ha’am, and an educator and musical director at his childhood synagogue, the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore. He completed a year long chaplaincy residency in the Mount Sinai Health System with focuses in palliative care, behavioral health and gender-affirming surgery. While in rabbinical school, Solomon enjoyed researching early rabbinic attitudes toward music, supporting his classmates as a liturgy tutor, and convening the RRC Music Collective.
Solomon brings a diverse musical background to his prayer leadership and liturgical compositions. An interdisciplinary video for his setting of Psalm 147, “Harofei,” has been played in services around the world and was profiled by the radio program Interfaith Voices. He has shared his music as a guest prayer leader in several communities, and has produced concerts and recordings for Reconstructing Judaism and the Music Together Sing Shalom program. His first album of Jewish music, Psalms for the 2020s, is in the works!
Solomon lives with his partner Lauren in Carrboro.
About Evolve
Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations is an initiative of Reconstructing Judaism. We seek to promote the ongoing evolution of the Jewish community by launching collective, communal conversations about the urgent issues of our day. To that end, Evolve brings multiple voices together to listen to one another’s point of view and to interact respectfully. In an era when it has become ever more difficult to remain open to viewpoints that differ from our own, Evolve cultivates covenantal conversations even when we disagree. In this way, we hope to enhance the ongoing evolution of Jewish civilization.
Learn more on our Evolve website.
Evolve does not endorse every viewpoint presented on its platform. Its goal is to cultivate groundbreaking, constructive, respectful conversations about urgent issues of concern. Evolve makes space for a wide range of viewpoints and seeks to support constructive debate while abiding by the values of tzelem Elohim (regarding and treating all people as created in the divine image), kavod (respect), redifat shalom (pursuing peace) and makhloket leshem shamayim (disagreements for the sake of heaven).
