Rabbi Suspended for Sexual Misconduct Stays in the Pulpit

Rabbi Jeremy Gerber earned the dubious distinction last fall of becoming the first synagogue leader to have his suspension from the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly announced publicly, part of the group’s effort to hold members more accountable for misconduct. Yet Gerber has remained in his pulpit in suburban Philadelphia -- sermonizing, spearheading the synagogue’s racial justice initiative and offering a benediction last May at the Pennsylvania legislature. In an ironic twist, Gerber also appeared on a national sex-advice podcast midway through his two-year sanction for initiating inappropriate sexual conversations with a congregant.