When Finding the Right Word is Difficult & (another) Miracle on Facebook
I was preparing for my workshop this week called “Five Jewish Mindfulness Practices that Cultivate Wholeness.” The first category of discussion was going to be about what Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel called “radical amazement.” He writes, “Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to …
New Jewish Mindfulness Classes May 2015 Los Angeles
Meditation & Mindfulness Through a Jewish Lens Three Monday evenings 7 pm – 8:30 pm West Los Angeles CA (location at sign-up) May 4 • May 11 • May 18 Specific Jewish meditation practices will be taught and time to sit. We will incorporate Jewish teachings as well as poetry and music. $72 (limit: 15 …
Walking the Jewish Spiritual Path: Sacred Texts, Poetry and Mindfulness Practices
starts Sunday April 19 3 Session Jewish Spiritual Journey Class with Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Sundays April 19, 26; May 3 9:45 am – 11:15 am Valley Village, CA (Temple Beth Hillel) We will focus on “journey.” This three session course is an opportunity to explore in more depth some of the central themes of journey: deciding …
For the Women from Terezin and All Women Whose Food is Torah
This week, we commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. When we lived in Israel for a year, as part of my rabbinic training, I was asked to participate in a ceremony remembering the victims of the Holocaust. These ceremonies, many of which are centered around lighting 6 candles, one for each million people who perished, occur …
That Kind of Day
There’s one line that always has me gasp in recognition. In the excerpt from “Snake Talk” from the Traveling Jewish Theater the author details the many difficulties of one day: “The ground opens up, the wind blows, a branch hits you in the head, you trip on stones, you twist your ankle, your heart breaks, …
“We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home”
A favorite poem, by Lawrence Tirnauer* for anyone who (sometimes or all the time) is challenged to get a full night’s sleep – accompanied by an amazing quote by Ram Dass. Whether we are meeting in our mind’s eye in the middle of the night, or in real life, we need each other on this journey “home.” …
