A virtual event presentation by Melanie Gruenwald ABOUT THE EVENT: Be fully present to what is present, and integrate past and future into this moment. Kabbalah Experience Awareness Practice Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don’t struggle against it we are in harmony with reality. Pema Chodron These constantly changing times can be […]
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller EVENT CO-HOSTED BY: ABOUT THE EVENT: The current conflict that has seen a revival of the discussion regarding the Jewish right to establish a state in the Land of Israel has occasioned a renewed focus on the dynamics of sovereignty. Beyond a doubt, the implementation of Jewish […]
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. David Harbater EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY: ABOUT THE EVENT: Throughout history, billions of people worldwide have studied the biblical account of creation without realizing that there is not one account but rather two separate and competing accounts. Through a careful reading of the text, we will explore these two accounts and the perspectives […]
A virtual event presentation by Dr. Elaine Leeder EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY: ABOUT THE EVENT: For the last twenty-eight years Elaine Leeder has been working in prisons, first at Elmira Correctional Facility, then San Quentin, and now in prisons all over the state of California. Her teaching, then running self-help groups and now doing Victim/Offender Dialogues, […]
A hybrid event (in-person and virtual) by Rabbi Yonatan Neril ABOUT THE EVENT: Rabbi Yonatan Neril will explore Jewish teachings that relate to ecology and why it’s so critical that Jewish communities mobilize to address the climate crisis. We are facing the greatest challenge we have ever faced and Jewish wisdom has a critical role in informing values and environmental behavior. Religion is a fundamental part […]
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Jacob Siegel ABOUT THE EVENT: “Business as usual” is leading us down a path of rising economic suffering, societal division, and climate crisis. A new approach promises socially responsible investing by looking at “environmental, social, and governance (ESG)” concerns. Amid the new buzzwords and their ensuing controversy, the question […]
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Avidan Freedman ABOUT THE EVENT: Maimonides writes that one who looks at past tragedies as mere happenstance is acting "cruelly". Rather, the events of the past must goad us to introspection. Using the writing of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik as a model, we will explore how to suggest directions of […]
