Rabbi Dr. Rob Jury

I am a rabbi, cantor, chaplain, educator, counselor, and pastoral leader whose work brings Jewish life, teaching, spiritual care, and human formation into thoughtful conversation. Across congregational, academic, clinical, and communal settings, I have sought to help individuals and communities engage questions of meaning, identity, vocation, suffering, hope, and responsibility with depth, clarity, and care.

My work has been shaped by several intersecting callings. As a rabbi and cantor, I have served in pluralistic Jewish community through teaching, worship, pastoral care, and lifecycle leadership. As a chaplain and counselor, I have accompanied people through illness, grief, addiction, recovery, transition, and spiritual searching. As an educator, I have taught in university, seminary, and Jewish communal settings, with particular attention to formation, reflective practice, and the integration of learning with lived experience.

A central part of my work has been mentoring students, emerging adults, and helping professionals as they navigate identity, belonging, vocation, and moral responsibility. I care deeply about forms of leadership and teaching that are intellectually serious, spiritually alive, and genuinely relational.

My rabbinate has been rooted in pluralistic Jewish community, serving and teaching across Reform, Conservative, Traditional, and non-denominational backgrounds. I value communities in which people can pray, learn, and lead with integrity while remaining in relationship across difference.

Alongside my Jewish communal work, I serve in higher education and clinical settings, where my teaching, scholarship, and supervision focus on counseling, chaplaincy, spirituality, and professional formation. These dimensions of my work are not separate from one another. Each has deepened my conviction that wisdom, care, and serious attention to the human person belong at the center of teaching, leadership, and communal life.

Across all of these settings, I remain committed to work that is rigorous, compassionate, and rooted in presence. I care about helping people and communities grow in depth, resilience, responsibility, and connection to what is sacred.