Andy Bachman

Andy Bachman

Spiritual leader at Congregation Beth Elohim, a Reform synagogue in Brooklyn

Rabbi Andy Bachman is the spiritual leader at Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn's largest Reform synagogue. He is also the co-founder, along with his wife Rachel Altstein, of Brooklyn Jews, a unique cultural and learning programs for Jews in their 20s and 30s. He was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1996 and has a BA in history from UW-Madison. From 1998-2004, he was Executive Director of the Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU. In 2007, Rabbi Bachman was named as one of the Forward's Fifty most influential Jews in North America. He writes a blog, documenting his life as a congregational rabbi at andybachman.com Close.

Andy Bachman

Spiritual leader at Congregation Beth Elohim, a Reform synagogue in Brooklyn

Rabbi Andy Bachman is the spiritual leader at Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn's largest Reform synagogue. He is also the co-founder, along with his wife Rachel Altstein, of Brooklyn Jews, a unique cultural and learning programs for Jews in their 20s and 30s. more »

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February 27, 2008 6:59 AM

Individuals More Interconnected Than Ever

Well I suppose we can say the cup is half-empty or half-full.

The new Pew study sheds light on religious affiliation in America. We learn that nearly 25% of Americans now switch their religious affiliation over the course of their lifetime. And that just as one of the most rapidly growing political constituencies in this nation is the "Independents," so too do we find that the "Unaffiliateds" are growing as rapidly in religious circles.

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