We are devoted to creating warm, inclusive, meaningful, and accessible experiences that open hearts and build community. We mine Jewish tradition for jewels of wisdom that light up our souls and bring meaning to our everyday lives. Everyone is welcome just as you are. You don’t need to be Jewishly knowledgeable or know Hebrew.
The Healing Season Begins: A Free Elul Workshop
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | 4:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm CT / 7:00 pm ET
In this free one-hour workshop, Rabbi Jill Zimmerman invites you to pause, take stock of what you’re carrying, and discover that the full arc of the Jewish season — from Tisha B’Av through Elul, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and all the way to Sukkot — was designed to hold exactly this.
This event serves as an introduction to the Pathways to Healing High Holy Days Spiritual Preparation course.
Pathways to Healing: Preparing Your Soul for the High Holy Day Season
Tuesdays, August 18, 25 & September 1, 2026
4:00–5:30 pm PT / 6:00–7:30 pm CT / 7:00–8:30 pm ET
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Thursdays, August 20, 27 & September 3, 2026 |
9:30–11:00 am PT / 11:30 am–1:00 pm CT / 12:30–2:00 pm ET
The High Holy Day season is not a deadline. It is a doorway — and it opens long before Rosh Hashanah. Pathways to Healing is a three-session soul-preparation course that guides you through the full arc of the Jewish healing season.
Drawing on Torah, poetry, prayer, and the wisdom of Jewish contemplative tradition, each session offers teaching, reflection, and spiritual practice — and the companionship of others making the same journey. In Judaism, this work is never done alone: the confession is always plural, and the sukkah is always open. By the time we reach Sukkot, we won’t be fixed — but we may find ourselves healed enough to sit in something fragile and feel, at last, held. This course is offered on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
Course Fee: $180 (Hineni Members are FREE)
High Holy Days 2026/5787
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Reimagined
Poetry & Meditation
Opening To Your New Year: Poetry and Meditation for Rosh Hashanah
Saturday September 12
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
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Nurturing Forgiveness: Poetry and Meditation for Yom Kippur
Monday September 21
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
Join Rabbi Jill and Rabbi Francine Roston online for two non-traditional High Holy Day gatherings. This year, we turn to poetry as our guide — wonderful poems that help us center ourselves, held together by meaningful texts and quiet meditation between each one.
After all we have carried this year, this season is offered as a place to rest and heal — restorative, soulful, and warm. Each gathering leaves room to breathe, to feel, and to be held — from wherever you are in the world.
Special Shabbat Meditations
While our Hineni group hosts regular Mindful Shabbats, these Open Shabbats are held several times during the year on Fridays at 4:30 pm Pacific / 7:30 Eastern.
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Recent Events and Ongoing Programs
Hineni Online Jewish Spiritual Community
ongoing
Hineni is our trailblazing alternative virtual Jewish community, which meets several times a month for in-depth Jewish text study and discussion, and twice a month for Shabbat. With Torah study groups, creativity, Ask the Rabbis sessions, and much more.
Jewish Mindful Community Platform
NOW AVAILABLE!
Tired of toxic social media? Please join us on Circle for the first-of-its-kind online community dedicated to Jewish mindfulness and spirituality. Enjoy a familiar social feed with no annoying ads or intrusive algorithms. Learn, share, and connect in Path With Heart Community.
Mindfulness Meditation For Our Souls
JAN-MAY, 2026
Rabbi Francine Roston guides you in developing sustainable mindfulness practices that support calm, compassion, resilience, and emotional balance. Course recordings now available.
Shavuot Shabbat
Friday, May 22, 2026
Join us as we close out our Omer Journey
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Refugee Shabbat
March 13, 2026
Join us for this special Shabbat as we focus on refugees. In connection with HIAS, an incredible organization that has aided refugees and asylum seekers around the world, we recognize the importance of assisting the stranger, as we were once strangers.
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Repro Shabbat
A New Way to Gather
February 13, 2026
This annual event takes place on Parshat Mishpatim, which contains the verses commonly referred to as the foundation of Judaism’s reproductive health rights. Watch for your opportunity to register to join us.
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High Holy Days 2025 5786
A New Way to Gather
September 22, 23, & 26 & October 1 & 2, 2025
Rabbi Elana Zelony and friends joined Rabbi Jill for our non-traditional High Holy Day experiences. Virtual gatherings were tailored to address the moments we find ourselves in and be joyful. Each gathering included soulful music, learning, poetry, and reflection.
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