The new rabbi of Congregation B’nai Jacob in Jersey City is unorthodox.

Yes, she’s in the Conservative denomination of Judaism. But she represents the new wave of young rabbis who bring to the table a more diverse background and an artistic sensibility.

Bronwen Mullin, 35, is a composer and playwright. She has been an artist in residence. She is a teacher.

“I believe that teaching and relationship-building is fundamental to my work as a rabbi,” Mullin, the second woman to lead Jacob on the West Side, said.

She’s also the second gay rabbi in a committed relationship at B’nai Jacob.

Mullin brings a stellar background, and the congregation’s president and board had one major concern for her to tackle: how to bring in new members.

They were looking, she said, for someone “to explore new avenues for the community using a more unique outreach.”

Mullin felt up to the task to provide what she calls “a consistent rabbinic presence that builds upon the past and provides a meaningful, soulful and prayerful service.”

There will be many challenges to bring in new Jewish life that has settled mostly on the Jersey City waterfront, far from her congregation on the West Side. But all of the city is experiencing new housing, especially in the neighborhoods around the synagogue. There is fertile ground for evangelization.

Mullin liked the website and logo of Jacob, a rainbow of colors, not unlike what has become the logo for the LGBT community, seeing it as a sign of pluralism and inclusion. She has longed to lead a community that feels diverse, she said.

She currently lives in Brooklyn with her fiancé, writer Nicole Fix, until she can scout out the area for a residence.

She and Fix got engaged in 2018 on the Shabbat of the Super Bowl, in which Mullin’s Eagles won. They plan to marry on Sept. 1.

This month, which is also the Hebrew month of Nissan and the holiday of Pesach (Passover), Mullin is relaunching the congregation’s monthly Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat services and hosting a model seder for the community in partnership with Temple Emanu-El of Bayonne.

The Philadelphia native received her B.A. in theater and religious studies from Sarah Lawrence College and her master’s in Midrash -- Biblical interpretation -- and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. She is affiliated with a variety of organizations including the Conservative Yeshiva of Jerusalem, the Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education, Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, and the Art Kibbutz NY.

While in rabbinical school, she served as a hospice chaplain with the Metropolitan Jewish Hospice Service and has been a regular instructor at her seminary on the intersections of artistic practice and spiritual healing.

As an artist, Mullin looks forward to revitalizing what she calls “a fabulous building with its wooden sanctuary.”

She knows the tradition of families at B’nai Jacob and is happy to minister to children of the founders, who were World War II veterans.

Today, there are more young families and she knows this is a working-class community.

That they have a spacious parking lot is a plus to attract new waterfront families.

Mullin sees the power of drawing on the power of art and theater in Judaism, which she said is very sensory.

“By decorating a space, we influence the way we pray,” she said.

Co-founder of Meta-Phys Ed, a multidisciplinary performance group wrestling with religious texts, Mullins’ credits include: “Sensation/Cessation: 7 Movements for Sabbath” and “The Seder of Serach Bat Asher,” among others.

At her previous congregation, Beth Mordecai in Perth Amboy, she performed special music for high holy days.

At B’nai Jacob this year, her partner, Fix, will be right at her side displaying her shofar expertise, emitting a strong sound with the ram’s horn and hopefully bringing in new worshipers.

The Rev. Alexander Santora is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph, 400 Willow Ave., Hoboken, 07030, FAX: 201-659-5833; Email: padrealex@yahoo.com; Twitter: @padrehoboken.

If you go ...

A model seder open to the community, held in association with Temple Emanu-el of Bayonne, is set for 10 a.m. Sunday, April 14, at B’nai Jacob, 176 West Side Ave., Jersey City. For information, contact Varda Wendroff at 201-436-4499.

A Holocaust Memorial Commemoration will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at Temple Beth-El, 2419 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City. For information, call 201-333-4229.