Rabbi Elie Kaunfer is cofounder and executive director of Mechon Hadar (www.mechonhadar.org). He is the author of Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us aboutBuilding Vibrant Jewish Communities (Woodstock, Vt.: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2009). In 2009, Newsweek named him one of fifty top rabbis in America.
Rabbi Sydney Mintz is a rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, California.
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