Romemu
Romemu is a Jewish progressive egalitarian community in New York City. It was founded by Rabbi David Ingber in March, 2006. The organization shares space with West End Presbyterian Church on New York's Upper West Side, but also has a facility across from the church for its yeshiva and offices. Romemu describes itself as "a welcoming, experiential, irreverently pious, intergenerational Jewish community that elevates and transforms individuals and communities into more compassionate human beings," and seeks to expand spiritual engagement in Jewish religious practices. The organization is part of the Jewish Renewal movement, and has over 1,000 members . In 2019, the organization launched an annual summer yeshiva program, Romemu Yeshiva, offering what it described as a "neo-Hasidic" yeshiva experience merging spirituality, mysticism, and meditation with traditional text study. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization faced challenges after it imposed a vaccine mandate for in-person attendance, due to what Romemu's executive director described as "a vocal and not insignificant group" of anti-vaccine congregants. Romemu is a member of the Jewish Emergent Network.