Faith, Suffering, and the Courage to Build Community -- Fr. Will Crist and Rabbi Marcia Tilchin, December 10, 2025
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Faith, Suffering, and the Courage to Build Community -- Fr. Will Crist and Rabbi Marcia Tilchin, December 10, 2025
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Faith, Suffering, and the Courage to Build Community
Fresh from London, Rabbi Marcia Tilchin—founder of the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County—joins Father Will Crist for a wide-ranging, deeply human conversation about Jewish identity, interfaith friendship, suffering, spirituality, and the holy work of building community in a transient world. From Detroit to Orange County, from synagogue life to hidden seekers in Laguna Beach, this episode explores what it truly means to belong—and how faith communities can meet people where they are with humility, love, and presence.
📝 Show Notes
Guest: Rabbi Marcia Tilchin Founder, Jewish Collaborative of Orange County Former congregational rabbi | Interfaith leader | Community builder
🔹 In This Episode, We Explore:
- Marcia’s Journey to Orange County: From Detroit, New York, and Washington, D.C., to Tustin’s Congregation B’nai Israel—and what makes Jewish life in Orange County uniquely challenging.
- What “Conservative Judaism” Really Means: Conserving tradition while interpreting it for modern life in a rabbinic—not fundamental—faith.
- Growing Up the Only Jewish Child: How isolation shaped identity, resilience, and calling.
- American Jew vs. Jewish American: The difference between faith as culture and faith as identity.
- Women in the Rabbinate: Marcia’s calling shaped during a time when women were still barred from ordination.
- Jewish Life in a Transient Culture: Why Orange County lacks the deep-rooted communal loyalty found in New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles.
- The Hidden Jewish Population of Laguna Beach: Why many Jews here feel spiritually curious—but disconnected from organized religious life.
- Spiritual but Not Religious: How ancient Jewish mysticism and spiritual practice are quietly returning for a new generation of seekers.
- Interfaith Friendship After 9/11: The powerful story of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, the Mosque on Madero Street (Orange County Islamic Foundation), and Temple Beth El building homes together in Mexico.
- Faithfulness Without Dominating: Learning to stand with people in suffering without trying to fix, convert, or control.
- Antisemitism in the Modern Era: How the events of October 7 and global tensions are reshaping Jewish life and identity for a new generation.
- Religion in a DIY World: How digital culture has changed the way people seek spirituality and community.
- What Built the Megachurch Movement in Orange County: Lessons from Saddleback and the Crystal Cathedral—meeting suffering before promoting doctrine.
- The Mission of the Jewish Collaborative: Creating a big tent for Jewish service, spirituality, social justice, support groups, burial society, and meditation.
- The Quiet Suffering of the Affluent: Why loneliness is not limited to poverty—and how presence matters more than programs.
- “We are here to learn how to love amidst suffering.”
- “Judaism is not a fundamental religion—it’s a living rabbinic conversation.”
- “People don’t need to be fixed. They need to be accompanied.”
- “You can be surrounded by wealth and still be profoundly alone.”
- “Anytime you call a meeting in the name of God, the right people will show up.”
- Interfaith friendship
- Jewish identity in modern America
- Spiritual seeking beyond institutions
- Suffering as sacred ground
- Community in a transient culture
- Tradition and interpretation
- Presence over performance
About the Show
The Heart of Laguna is a weekly conversation from KXFM in Laguna Beach. Each episode explores what holds us together when the world feels like it’s coming apart—through stories, spirit, and service from the soul of the city.🎙 New episodes every Wednesday morning on KXFM at 8:00.
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