RABBI BRIAN MAYER: HIGHLY UNORTHODOX GOSPEL
Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer left the traditional pulpit behind to teach math in inner-city schools and now leads ROTB.org, a vibrant online congregation of over 3,000 members worldwide. Living in Portland, Oregon, Mayer combines a love of stained glass lamp-making, French horn mastery, and pronoun exploration with their groundbreaking spiritual work.
Weaving humor, scholarship, and a deeply creative spirit, Rabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel invites readers into a spiritualigious life centered on kindness, compassion, and love. This inventive, narrative-driven, liberationalist theology book was a 2025 Jewish Book Council Network Author selection and answers the question: What would a gospel written by a modern-day rabbi look like?