From 'homophobe' to rabbi at gay weddings

Dan82 · Jul 8, 2010

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...05_1_gay-weddings-young-rabbi-american-rabbis

Evanston Rabbi Peter Knobel likes to say he grew up in a binary world, where everything fit in neat categories: black and white, male-female, gay-straight.

Over time, he said, he learned that life doesn't work that way, and changed his position on issues such as gay marriage — which he now supports — while influencing the nation's Reform Jewish population as a leader who helped develop a new prayer book used by hundreds of congregations.

Knobel, 67, described as a bridge-builder between other faiths, retired last month after 30 years leading Beth Emet, The Free Synagogue in Evanston. While he expects to stay busy teaching and working with the Jewish community, he said that it's time to let a younger generation find ways to keep worship relevant.

"We need to deal with new realities," Knobel said.

Beth Emet, also celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, "is a place that recognizes there are certain core values and how you apply those core values may change over time"...
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Lady Gaga · Jul 8, 2010

o:

You mean..

Someone who was an ignorant..became enlightened? OH MY GOD! THIS DEFIES ALL SCIENCE!

Anyways..good for him. :3

Davy · Jul 9, 2010

One of the better articles on religion. It's going to take people like him to drag religion kicking and screaming into modern day relevance.

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