For Goodman, Judaism is just as open-minded as he is, and there is something in it for everyone, no matter what their personal beliefs about the religion.
Shechter Finds the Holiness Within the Mundane
Jack Shechter has had two careers in his lifetime and performed very well in both of them. He was a pulpit rabbi in Pittsburgh, where he made his congregation one of the most vital in the country; he then went on to become the Dean of the Whizin Center of Continuing Education at the American Jewish University, where he made that school one of the most successful centers of adult education in the country.
Now, in his retirement years, Shechter has taken on two more projects. One is working with his hands, making exquisite ritual objects out of scraps and trinkets. And the other is working with his mind and seeing the spiritual potential in rituals that no one else would pay attention to.