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Rabbi Irwin KulaRabbi Irwin Kula

Rabbi Irwin Kula is a 7th generation rabbi and a disruptive spiritual innovator. A rogue thinker, author of the award-winning book, Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life, and President-Emeritus of Clal - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, he works at the intersection of religion, innovation, and human flourishing.  A popular commentator in both new and traditional media, he is co-founder with Craig Hatkoff and the late Professor Clay Christensen of The Disruptor Foundation whose mission is to advance disruptive innovation theory and its application in societal critical domains. He serves as a consultant to a wide range of foundations, organizations, think tanks, and businesses and is on the leadership team of Coburn Ventures, where he offers uncommon inputs on cultural and societal change to institutional investors across sectors and companies worldwide. 

Now What?

January 14, 2021 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Donald Trump is mentally ill and needs a constitutional straitjacket. He is hungry for adulation to compensate for a mind-blowing … Continue Reading

Categories Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Hold Dualities Together, Longform, Longform, Uncategorized

We The People…

January 8, 2021 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Written by Rabbi Irwin Kula, on FaceBook, on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 The civil war has begun…and those of us … Continue Reading

Categories Hold Dualities Together, Longform, Spirituality & Faith, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized, Wisdom Daily News, Wisdom Warehouse

Dear Vice President Biden

September 3, 2020 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

A plea to Vice President Biden, as he travels to Kenosha.

Categories Compassion and Empathy, This Week In Wisdom, Wisdom Daily News Tags politics, President, Racism

Alternate Endings

August 14, 2019August 13, 2019 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Death can be illuminating and even healing when we honor, give thanks and stay true to our self and our loved ones.

Categories Compassion and Empathy Tags Death

Student Activism at Yale: Rethinking What Is Worthy of Our Outrage

November 11, 2015 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Are you following the drama of the costume scandal transpiring at Yale University? I don’t know whether to laugh or … Continue Reading

Categories Business & Education, News & Politics, Wisdom Warehouse Tags Conflict, Discrimination, Education, Free Speech, Halloween, Minority, Protest, Race, Yale

Breaking America’s Addiction to Guns

October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

One shoe bomb attempt and we all have to take off our shoes at the airport… A failed liquid-bomb attempt … Continue Reading

Categories News & Politics, Wisdom Warehouse Tags Congress, Domestic Tranquility, Gun Industry, Gun Violence, Murder, National Rifle Association, Public Safety

Seek Out ‘The Well of Being’

October 14, 2015 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Need a change of pace for your book club, or a unique gift for a friend? Go to your favorite … Continue Reading

Categories Book Club, Wisdom Warehouse Tags Adulthood, Art, Children, Personal Growth, Reading

Improving the World Is a Team Sport: Must-Read Quotes

September 22, 2015September 21, 2015 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

What do you get when 32 remarkable people – all passionate, purpose-driven innovators transforming our social-cultural systems – tell their … Continue Reading

Categories Business & Education, Wisdom Warehouse Tags BIF, Business Innovation Factory, Innovation, Must-Read Links, Storytelling

A Generation Removed from God

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Our old gods are dying, and our new ones are yet to be born, so we best be careful asking … Continue Reading

Categories Spirituality & Faith, Wisdom Warehouse Tags Future, God, Humanity, Religion, Secular Life, Skepticism, Tradition, Wisdom

Is ‘Beginner’s Mind’ Helpful in Reducing Gun Violence?

September 4, 2015September 3, 2015 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

The brazen shooting near Roanoke, Va., that killed local TV reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, during … Continue Reading

Categories News & Politics, Wisdom Warehouse Tags Adam Ward, Alison Parker, Beginner's Mind, Domestic Violence, Gun Reform, Gun Violence, Suicide, WDBJ
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