bA memoir of becoming, iTo Build a Brave Space itakes the reader on one rabbi's journey of self-discovery and intellectual evolution--from a free-spirited liberal teenager to the leader of a large suburban congregation, through several national and global crises and countless personal experiences.b pWhen I was a boy, I told my mother I wanted to become a rabbi on a motorcycle. This was a joke in our family for many years. As a young man, despite my love of Israel and a strong spiritual and cultural connection to Judaism, I would not have believed that my own childhood prediction would become a reality. And yet, for over twenty-five years, I have served large synagogue congregations and shepherded hundreds of families through unspeakable tragedy, unfettered joy, and complicated times in our country's history. pThis book is a reflection on where I came from and how I got to my current place as the Senior Rabbi of a Temple, B'nai Jeshurun of Short Hills, NJ. Not only have I grown and chan