Burnt Feet, Snake Charm, and Satanic Lessons
Three Rabbinic Stories about Tzedakah
Steve Greenberg
Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Gold Streak
The rabbis taught in the context of a living community. Their deliberations were made palpable by their ongoing interaction with people. The stories rabbis tell in the Talmud demonstrate, expand and sometimes resist their penchant for rules. With these three Talmudic legends, we discover not only the roots of their moral thinking but also their awareness that sometimes life can explode the very categories of our moral judgment.
I'm Not Religious, But I am Spiritual
Spiritual Paths for the Non Religious
Eliot Baskin
Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Gold Camp
Ritual & Prayer
After first brainstorming definitions of personal spirituality, we will examine six spiritual paths (based upon the text, “Six Jewish Spiritual Paths: a Rationalist Looks at Spirituality” by Rabbi Rifat Sonsino) to a life of wholeness and holiness. This workshop is designed to help spiritual seekers and their loved ones who are institutionally suspicious, but spiritually hungry, who distrust “organized” religion and/or who don’t settle for easy answers to complex questions.
Insider's Israel
New Views for Visitors
Bruce Shaffer
Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Starslide
Israel
Learn and share ways to experience Israel for a fresh look at an ancient land & modern nation at its 60th anniversary. We’ll focus on accessing honest perspective on this richly diverse and paradoxical land, through home hospitality, Arab & Bedouin village, volunteer, study, hike, bike, climb, lively and egalitarian Shabbat, markets, music venues, and other up-close and personal people2people opportunities. First-time or repeat visitors welcome.
Living Out Leviticus Today
Toward a Sacred Sexuality
Aaron Weininger
Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Sun Drift
We will explore challenging texts from our tradition to begin reclaiming and drawing from that tradition, to create a faith-based, inclusive vision for gender and sexual diversity in the Jewish community.
Menucha - Shabbat Rest
Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Additional schedules
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Saturday 9:00 AM–10:15 AM
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Saturday 10:30 AM–11:45 AM
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Saturday 3:00 PM–4:15 PM
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Saturday 4:30 PM–5:45 PM
Remember it is Shabbat. Feel free to skip a session, go for a hike, breathe in the mountain air, or take a Shabbos shluf (sleep).
Paper Plates: When Part of the Family Keeps Kosher
How Families Cope
Linda Loewenstein
Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Sun Burst
Loewenstein's book, "Paper Plates: When Part of Your Family Keeps Kosher," is a nonjudgmental collection of essays/interviews with people confronting the problems that occur when some family members become observant. What compromises do people make? How do Jewish parents react when told (directly or indirectly) that their form of Judaism isn't good enough? Keeping kosher is not only about food but also about identity, power struggles and values. What can families do to assure that a return to tradition on the part of some does not, ironically, destroy the family ties that create tradition?
Story Journeys
Torah, Life, and Self
Cherie Karo Schwartz
Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Windwood
Arts & Performance,
Text & Thought
"Turn it and turn it again, for everything is contained within it..." said R. ben Bag Bag. On Shabbat afternoon, come explore connections of Torah, life, and ourselves through a journey of story, symbol, and spirit. We will embark on a personal and interactive journey, guided by memory, heart, and creativity, culminating with creating a transformative, metaphorical Mishkan (Holy space).
The Shema: Mind, Body, and Voice
II: Chi Gung - Fear and the Amygdala
Andrew Hahn
Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Ballroom Ten Mile
Ritual & Prayer
This is the second session facilitated by Rabbi Andrew Hahn of a series concentrating on the Shema. In this session, we will embody the Shema as Jewish Mantra and learn how to use it to move from Fear to Love. Movements will be based in easy, no-impact standing meditations. You do not need to attend session I - Textual Study of the Shema - though it will be helpful. You will never say the Shema again in the same way after this session!
Using the G-word
Talking with kids about God
Vicky Kelman
Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Foxfire
Have you even frozen in your tracks or broken out in a cold sweat upon being asked a question about God or the meaning of life by a small child or by a provocative teenager? If yes, then this session is for you. We will talk about our own experiences with those tough questions and take a look at what the field of faith development has to say as well as how the tools of Jewish tradition can help us and our kids open up this important quest.
