The Fourth Annual Alvin H. Baum Memorial Lecture

The Fourth Annual Alvin H. Baum Jr., Memorial Lecture in honor of an LGBTQIA+ Jewish social justice activist will be delivered by Rabbi Sydney Mintz. Rabbi Mintz  has served as Rabbi of the historic Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco for the past 28 years.  As a spiritual leader and activist Rabbi Mintz has served on the national Board of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, Rabbinic scholar for American Jewish World Service, the Advisory Board of The Reimagine End of Life Festival, was a Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and is the founder of the award winning Late Shabbat Young Adult Program at Congregation Emanu-El. Musical and uplifting, this creative and innovative program at Temple Emanu-El has engaged thousands of young adults as they rediscover and redefine Judaism on their own terms.

We will announce the student recipient of the inaugural Robert Holgate Pride Fellowship Award in Queering Religion at this year's lecture.The goal of this fellowship award is to highlight student activism in queering religion on the USF campus. This award honors the ongoing generosity and commitment of Robert Holgate; his support enables the Queering Religion ministry to create more inclusive programs and build spiritual communities.