Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit

Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit, MHL, HDDiv., Program Director of the Hashpa’ah Training Program, Member of the Academic VAAD, Representative of the Spiritual Circle to the VA’AD.

Rabbi Shawn (he/him/his) is the Director of the Hashpa’ah Training Program and has been on faculty for the program since its inception, bringing his wise heart to the training. Rabbi Shawn is a dynamic and widely known liturgist, teacher, singer, author, faith-based community organizer, and consultant to Jewish communities. He is a 1998 graduate of The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, with independent smicha from Reb Zalman in 1999, a graduate of the Nondual Kabbalistic Healing program, and worked for the Reconstructionist Movement for fourteen years as the Director of Congregational Services, Outreach and Tikkun Olam. Rabbi Shawn has been a sought-after teacher and leader of spiritual practice programs, including Co-Director of the award-winning Davennen’ Leader’s Training Institute since 2000, where he coaches rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders of all denominations. He is also a Mashpi’ah/spiritual director for the ALEPH Hashpa’ah program and a member of Spiritual Directors’ International. He has consulted with myriad congregations, organizations and social justice initiatives in the Jewish and the larger world. He has recorded seven original musical projects, is the author of “Offerings of the Heart: Money and Values in Faith Community”, and co-edited “Brother Keeper’s: New Essays in Jewish Masculinities”.