Back to the Future

It also aims to address the sense of isolation felt by a generation of young Jews studying on often-hostile campuses.

In short, there’s now space for an aggressive push to break boundaries in the outreach world – and the approach to Rabbi May is part of that big thinking. So he’s on board fora series of ambitious new global projects, at a time when most people are settling in for some quiet nachas from the grandchildren.

After a lifetime of achievement on the big stage of L.A. and the world, for Rabbi Meyer May, it’s full speed ahead on the next project — the future of the Jewish people.

“I enjoyed what I did — but there’s more to life than meeting popes and princes and kings,” says Rabbi May. “And if there’s one thing I’ve learned along the way, it’s that if you’re given the skills to do impactful things, you have to rise to the challenge.”