Visiting Rabbi
I help your community navigate transitions, offer clergy well-deserved time away, or move through the “in between” with strength and hope.
ABOUT SUSAN
I partner with individuals and communities navigating change and growth, drawing on decades of experience in congregational leadership. I help you slow down and listen, to discover that the wisdom you seek often resides within you. I offer tools for connection and clarity, helping you honor your unique story. Let’s explore together what’s next for you, your organization, or your community.
“The retreat exceeded my every expectation”
Your ability to pivot in the moment resulted in beautiful success with our clergy team retreat. You created a space where a talented group devoted to each other could find healing amidst difficult realities and a path forward. You allowed difficult issues to emerge in a way that no one felt threatened or hurt. You opened doors for us to see ways we could modify our behavior and move forward with love and joy. The retreat exceeded my every expectation.
“Uniquely skilled at creating deep listening and learning spaces”
We are blessed by Susan’s deep skills. As part of our Executive Council, she created reflection spaces after challenging conversations, as board members process their roles and how issues affect them personally and professionally. She helps quieter members find their voices and helps more outspoken members realize the importance of deep listening in moments of disagreement. At our convention, she held a rabbis’ group in supportive dialogue as they shared personal and professional highlights and disappointments. She is uniquely skilled at creating deep listening and learning spaces for both groups and individuals.
“It was such a relief and profound gift when she returned”
She came to us as a High Holiday Rabbi and consultant when I had been the sole full-time clergy for two years. It was a profound relief and a great gift when she returned for short periods beyond the High Holidays to expand what we could do. Beyond giving inspiring Divrei Torah, she worked with preschoolers, adults, chanted Torah and Megillah, visited hospital patients, and helped congregants to process difficult national and local issues. Her skills and reach of resources are hard to find in one person.
“She makes complex concepts readily accessible“
Rabbi Leider is a gifted, versatile, and wise teacher of Jewish spirituality, for novices or advanced practitioners alike. She crafts beautiful teachings, meditations, and prayer services which open hearts and help others access their innate wisdom — and apply that wisdom to daily living. She makes complex concepts readily accessible and meaningful, and embodies presence, compassion, humility, and humor in a way that inspires her students and peers. I recommend her highly as a teacher, facilitator, guide, and leader.
