A new Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Survey was released last Wednesday, saying that "Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths." 35% of Americans attend religious services at more than one place, including 24% who attend religious services of a different faith. This is a very interesting new Survey, which we encourage you to read and discuss! Clearly, Faith House is part of larger phenomena!
ABC World News with Charlie Gibson covered the story on Thursday, December 10th, and included Rabbi David Ingber of Romemu in their coverage! We are overjoyed that Rabbi David and Romemu, who have been part of Faith House this year and are featured in Samir's book It's Really All About God, were invited to speak about the ways that Romemu was founded out of this larger movement in religion today.
Rabbi David Ingber was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, but abandoned Judaism in his 20s. He studied Taoism, martial arts and yoga as part of what he calls his "spiritual journey." After a decade away from the faith, he felt called back to Judaism.
"When I came back to Judaism, in my early 30s, I brought back my experiences that I had had in my 20s."
Ingber became a rabbi and founded a congregation in New York City called Romemu – its slogan is Judaism for mind, body and spirit. He leads his congregation in yoga and incorporates meditation into his services.
"I do think that it's a level of maturity involved in being so secure in your own root tradition that you can dabble, that you can borrow and that you don't feel that it's in some way sacrificing your own identity," Ingber said.READ FULL STORY & WATCH 2 1/2 MINUTE CLIP
From ABC World News with Charles Gibson
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