Rabbi Darby Jared Leigh
Rabbi Darby Jared Leigh
Open Circle Jewish Learning
Rabbi Darby Jared Leigh is the Rabbi of Congregation Kerem Shalom in Concord MA and is committed to creating an inclusive, caring community with intellectual honesty and spiritual depth. Honored as one of The Forward’s “most inspiring rabbis of 2016,” Rabbi Leigh is a Truth seeker, a passionate snowboarder and a former leading actor with the Tony award-winning National Theater of the Deaf. He was featured in the televised, Emmy-nominated documentary A Place For All: Faith And Community For People With Disabilities. Tablet Magazine listed him as one of “15 American Rabbis You Haven’t Heard Of But Should,” and he has performed on stage with rock and roll bands, Jane’s Addiction and Twisted Sister!
Rabbi Leigh was published in Deaf Identities- Exploring New Frontiers (2019), in which he is
the second author of a chapter on Religion and Deaf Identity. Rabbi Leigh also served as a
consultant for the Oscar-nominated documentary Sound and Fury and for “Hands On,” an
organization that provides sign-language interpreting services for Broadway and off-Broadway
productions. He worked with RitualWell.org to create on-line videos of ASL translations of
Jewish songs and prayers. Rabbi Leigh serves on the Mayors Commission on Disability in
Newton MA, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis.
Rabbi Leigh was selected to be one of the first fellows of “Rabbis Without Borders,” an initiative
of CLAL (National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.) Rabbi Leigh has taught at the
Academy for Jewish Religion in NY, Hebrew College in MA and internationally. Rabbi Leigh has
served as the associate/sabbatical rabbi at Bnai Keshet in He holds an MA in religion from Columbia University and received Rabbinic Ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Rabbi Leigh also studied for one year at Gallaudet University in Washington DC and received the President’s Scholar Award. He is married to Dr. Randi Leigh and they have three daughters.