Spirituality in the Streets, a Humancraft x
Common Era collaboration
We
collaborate with all kinds of partners
We
collaborate with all kinds of partners
From tech innovators and cultural institutions to award-winning creators, community builders, Gen Z influencers, and experience designers.
Featured Collaborations
Exploring Jewish Identity Through Comedy
A project with Funny or Die testing comedy's unique power to bring out new and revealing expressions of Jewish identity.
Dialoguing Across Difference with Gen Z
A bicoastal project with The Conversationalist empowering impactful dialogue among Gen Z influencers, activists, politicians, and actors.
Experimenting with Spiritual Interventions in Public Spaces
Transforming parks, streets and squares into sites of connection and meaning using architecture and spiritual installations.
Reimagining Rabbinic Training
Developing a rabbinic training prototype for the future and rethinking the concept of "rabbi" in an increasingly complex world.
Telling Stories That Surface New Jewish Archetypes
A partnership with award-winning podcast studio GZM Shows to create fun, educational content illuminating new Jewish archetypes and stories.
Aligning Technology with Humanity
Researching how digital civic infrastructures, AI and technology can best serve and elevate the needs of humanity with Project Liberty.
Incubating Creatives in the Metaverse
An incubator that offers young, emerging Roblox developers training and mentorship from leading Metaverse builders and thought leaders.
Envisioning Third-Space Jewish Community
A multi-city human-centered design project prioritizing the experiences, needs, and passions of young Jews and adjacent groups.
Experimenting with Psychedelics & Spirituality
Exploring psychedelics and spiritual health with leading researchers at Emory University.
Scaling New Models of Cultural Learning Hubs
Expanding Jewish cultural hubs that foster community through food and learning with a second Lehrhaus location in DC and more in the works.
Designing for Belonging
A collaboration with Parsons School of Design that invited students to invent new ways to create belonging in a lonely and polarized world.
Prototyping Ideas for a New Kind of Marketplace
Developing MVPs for an online marketplace that makes it easy for Jewish and Jewish-adjacent people to connect with lifecycle facilitators.
Socializing Narratives of the Black & Jewish Experience
Applying lessons from the history of intersectional coalition-building to allyship today with Gen Z civil rights leader Chelsea Miller.
Supporting Grassroots Ritual Adaptations
A bottom-up, decentralized approach to synching ancient ritual with modern life to offer today's audiences connection, meaning, and purpose.
Celebrating Intersectionality Through Food
A cooking show hosted by Jewish Japanese rapper Lyrics Born featuring fusion recipes that reflect his multi-heritage background.
What unites us is a shared desire to do good in the world and a recognition that timeless Jewish wisdom needs to be translated and updated to make a meaningful impact.
