A Taste of Jewish Renewal with Rabbi Marcia Prager

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Temple Emanu-El is sponsoring a day-long series of workshops to learn about and experience one of the newest movements in Judaism - Jewish Renewal. Jewish Renewal incorporates mystical and Kabbalistic teachings, music, and meditative practices into its worship services. The workshops will be led by Rabbi Marcia Prager, a renowned Renewal teacher, and will include prayer, teaching, music, and exploration of the history and challenges of creating a Jewish renaissance.

The workshops are open to all interested members of the Jewish community. They will take place on Sunday, November 2, 2008 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at Temple Emanu-El. The cost is $12 per person, and includes lunch and free child care.

Some background on Jewish Renewal (from the website: www.aleph.org)

Jewish Renewal is a worldwide, trans-denominational movement grounded in Judaism’s prophetic and mystical traditions. It carries forward Judaism’s perpetual process of renewal.

Jewish Renewal seeks to bring creativity, relevance, joy, and an all embracing awareness to spiritual practice, as a path to healing our hearts and finding balance and wholeness.  It acts to fully include all Jews and to respect all peoples.

Jewish Renewal helps to heal the world by promoting justice, freedom, responsibility, caring for all life and the earth that sustains all life.

Rabbi Marcia Prager

Rabbi Marcia Prager serves as rabbi of the Philadelphia P'nai Or Jewish Renewal Community. She is also the Director and Dean of the ALEPH Ordination Programs, designing programs of study leading to rabbinic, cantorial and rabbinic pastor ordination for the Jewish Renewal movement. Her book, The Path of Blessing (Bell Tower, '98; Jewish Lights, '03) is an exploration of the spiritual wisdom that lies in the Jewish practice of blessing, and a primer of Jewish mystical literacy. Her newest projects involve creating innovative tools for exploring Jewish prayer and spiritual practice.

For more information, please call our Temple office (585-266-1978) or email Leslie (schwartzljs@hotmail.com).