Sacred Rebels: Strangers, Edgewalkers, and the Future of Judaism

A radical and accessible introduction to the Ivri Way, a Jewish renaissance that is grounded in ancient wisdom, responsive to our current struggles, and alive to what comes next. 

American Judaism is at a crossroads. People are watching the institutions they once trusted crumble. They are longing for truth, for meaning, for what is truly eternal. The question running beneath this moment isn’t whether Judaism will survive, but which Judaism will shape our future. 

In Sacred Rebels, Rabbi Jericho Vincent—educator, activist, author, and founding rabbi of Temple of the Stranger—traces two paradigms running through all of Jewish history. The first, “Judaism of the King,” is a religious dynamic that promises safety in exchange for obedience. The second, far older and long suppressed, is “Judaism of the Stranger”—rooted in the ancestor Miriam, the ancient mandate to love the stranger, the erotic wisdom of the Song of Songs, and the Kabbalists’ vision of a God who lives within, between, and beyond all things. 

Through an innovative reimagining of seven core Jewish concepts, such as loving the stranger, pursuing sacred pleasure, and birthing liberatory consciousness, Vincent weaves stories, reflections, and accessible practices into a new vision for an embodied, inclusive, and threshold-crossing Judaism. At once an act of reclamation and rebellion, Sacred Rebels is an invitation for those of any background—Jewish, Jew-ish, or simply Jewishly curious—who sense that the old world is ending, and who are ready to midwife what’s next.

About the Author

Rav Jericho is the founding rabbi of Temple of the Stranger and a leading teacher of inclusive Jewish mysticism. A member of the ROI-Schusterman Community, they’ve served as an Atra Fellow and advisor to Beit Kohenet and the Shalom Center. Raised in a rabbinic ultra-Orthodox family and the first in their family to attend college, they earned a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University and rabbinic ordination through ALEPH in the lineage of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l. Their groundbreaking work has been recognized by The Forward 50, and in 2025 they received the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network’s “Young History Maker” Award. Rav Jericho lives in New York City with their family.