Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast
Jun 3, 2026 · 52 min · 9 segments
What if the most powerful work culture lessons didn't come from a Fortune 500 boardroom but from a rabbi who's built a thriving community of 900 families over 30 years? In this episode of the Build a…
Rabbi Mike MoskowitzGuest
Nicole GreerHost
In fact, he's been a client of mine and also just a great, great person to hang out with.

You're going to be laughing and having a good time, and I have none other than Rabbi Moskowitz with me today.

Most often you can find him out in the community engaged with his congregants, whether naming a child, studying together over coffee, delivering dinner at a homeless shelter in Detroit, performing a wedding for a young couple he's known since bar mitzvah, making a hospital visit, or getting together for a bite to eat.

For Rabbi Mike, Judaism is the building of relationships, connecting with one another through the time we share together at Temple Shir Shalom.

He's gone from 500 families when he came there in 1995 to over 900 families today.

He's a student of progressive values and innovation, and Rabbi Mike is game for trying new ideas and programs to celebrate Judaism and create h- holiness in people's lives.

From the dozens of Israel trips with teens and families to Shir Shalom's retreat with the youth, wherever he finds himself with his congregants, there are always opportunities to live one of his favorite teachings, don't miss this, to make the old new and the new holy.

He's blessed that Temple Shir Shalom has been a gift in helping him live this vision since day one, and from his roots in St. Louis to the Gothic playground of Duke University...

Yes, that's right, all my North Carolina friends, he's got roots here in North Carolina when he was at Duke University.

To even Hebrew Union College, each step of his journey has crystallized his passion while he lives this every day.

If he's not with his congregants, there's a pretty good chance you can find him with his wife, Leslie, or their children, Ellie, Asher, and Nathan.
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