Skills & Offerings
Lifecycle
The greatest honor of being a rabbi is the opportunity to be with people through transformational moments in their lives. I look forward to supporting you and your loved ones through life’s moments of joy and transition.
Worship
One of my goals in prayer is to shape worship and ritual experiences that enable all people to connect with God, their community, and their own inner pilot light.
Teaching
I love learning from, and with, anyone with the energy and curiosity to explore life’s big questions. Educational interests: poetry, Psalms, middot (Jewish virtues), and the places where religion, spirituality and wider world intersect.
Interfaith Work
Growing up with a Jewish dad and a Catholic mom, I have always been interested in the places where religion, spirituality, and the wider world meet. I think we are all made better by being in relationship with people whose beliefs and rituals vary from our own.
Justice & Community Organizing
From a young age, I have watched race and class play out unfairly in society over and over again and am committed to combatting dehumanization in all its forms. Community organizing provides the tools and skillsets for building the people power to transform our world for the better.
See Me in Action:
Rabbi Dusty officiating a wedding for Nathan & Clarissa
March 12, 2022 | North Carolina
How I Met Your Middot: Jewish Virtues in American Pop Culture
A Curriculum for 10th-12th Grade Learners by Rabbi Dusty Klass
Cecil (voiced by Rabbi Dusty) & Rabbi Beth Nichols Talk Creation
September 1, 2021 | Temple Beth El, Charlotte, North Carolina
Cecil (voiced by Rabbi Dusty) & Rabbi Beth Nichols Talk Teshuva
September 3, 2021 | Temple Beth El, Charlotte, North Carolina