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Rabbi Lex Rofeberg is a Jewish educator and activist who works for Judaism Unbound, a digital, Jewish organization. He serves as co-host of the Judaism Unbound podcast and as Senior Jewish Educator for Judaism Unbound’s UnYeshiva, a digital center for Jewish learning and unlearning. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Judaic Studies from Brown University, serving as Brown RISD Hillel’s student president, and as a student representative on the board of Hillel International. He came to Judaism Unbound after a two-year Education Fellowship at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, based in Jackson, Mississippi. Lex received his certificate in Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement from Hebrew College and was ordained as a rabbi by ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal.

In his work with Judaism Unbound, Lex explores how American-Jewish life has been shifting in recent decades, along with how it continues to shift in our contemporary moment. In a practical sense, what that means is that he gets to spend his days thinking through big-picture Jewish topics – from the rapidly-growing ecosystem of digital Judaism, to the shifting dynamics of Jewish-and-interfaith families, to the intersection of Jewish experience with sports fandom. He has presented about these topics to Limmud gatherings, BBYO conventions, classrooms of rabbinical students, and others. He has written about them for publications that include JTA, MyJewishLearning, Jewish Currents, Sh’ma Journal, and New Voices.

Lex has been active in a variety of Jewish movements for justice, including IfNotNow and Never Again Action. He serves on the board of directors for Tikkun Olam Productions and Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations, and on the honorary board of Mitzvah Matzos.