Devon Spier is a Canadian rabbinical student, poet, theologian, and artist. She is renowned for her avant-garde spiritual creations and her deep commitment to marginalized communities, working to break the boundaries of traditional religious expression.
Her seminal work, Heart Map and the Song of Our Ancestors (2018), is a groundbreaking collection that re-imagines Jewish liturgy for those at the margins. She also authored Whatever it is, gently (2020) and serves as faculty at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
Spier’s activism is inseparable from her “radical compassion.” As a T’ruah Rabbinic Fellow and member of the progressive Jewish community, she advocates for an end to the occupation. She has written: “Violent militarism, prohibiting 80% of aid (as is currently the case in Gaza) and taking neighbours’ lives solves nothing and destroys everything and every one.”