Rabbi Sydney Mintz launched the non-profit 13th Tribe in 2021.

She has served as the Rabbi of the historic Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco for the past 27 years.

As a Performer/Writer, Rabbi Mintz’s one woman show “You May Think I’m Funny, But It’s Not” premiered and sold out at the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco. She is currently working on her podcast “Mintzing Words”, the Jewish Futures Project and 13th Tribe creative experiences including Shabbaot Shalom, the Mayyim Chayyim Living Waters Retreat in Alaska and New Theatrical Endeavors.

As a spiritual leader and activist Rabbi Mintz has served on the national Board of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, Rabbinic scholar for American Jewish World Service, Advisory Board of The Reimagine End of Life Festival and is the founder of the award winning Late Shabbat Young Adult Program at Congregation Emanu-El. Musical and uplifting, this creative and innovative program at Temple Emanu-El has engaged thousands of young adults as they rediscover and redefine Judaism on their own terms.

Rabbi Mintz is the co-creator of the Book of Life Project with Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz and Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, which connects people internationally with ancient and cutting edge Jewish wisdom to enable us to write our own Books of Life.  These topics and many more have been explored in conversation with Dr. Larry Brilliant, Authors Anne Lamott and Noa Tishby, Producers and Journalists Juju Chang and Neal Shapiro.  Rabbi Mintz has also interviewed  Dr. Richard Miller, author of Psychedelic Medicine, author and journalist Reza Aslan and author Bari Weiss.