Andrea Cohen-Kiener
www.jewishrenewalct.org
Andrea Cohen Kiener is the spiritual leader of Congregation Pnai Or of Central CT and director of the Connecticut Interfaith Power and Light. She has been an activist and innovator in Jewish feminism, social justice, and inter-group relations. Andrea is the co-author of "Karov L’chol Korav: For All Who Call: A Guide to Enhancing Jewish Worship." She is the translator of "Conscious Community," a guide to spiritual growth written by Kalanymous Kalman Shapiro, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Family Shabbat Morning Service
The family service will consist of a spirited Torah service incorporating song and prayer. Appropriate for children and their parents. (Not with musical instruments)
Can You Hear Me Now?
Fixed Liturgy and the Crisis of Prayer
Michael Strassfeld,
Reuven Hammer,
Andrea Cohen-Kiener,
Leon Morris
What’s a contemporary, sometimes skeptical, Jew to do about the prayer book? What happens if we don’t literally believe the words we are reciting? Why use the prayer book at all when our own personal prayer and meditation feels so much more spiritual? Join three scholars and masters of prayer as they share their diverse perspectives on what’s really going on during davenning (prayer) and share their own strategies to make communal prayer more meaningful.
Paradigm Shift
Special Video Lecture on Paradigm Shift by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Jewish Renewal is a continuation of the ever renewing process in Judaism. In “Paradigm Shift,” Zalman Schachter chronicles the different philosophical, psychological, liturgical, theological landscapes in which Judaism lived and thrived. After the Holocaust, the great shock to Jewish life, and the emerging new cosmology, transpersonal psychology, feminism, deep ecumenism and the ecological crisis has presented a new and necessary vision for Jewish renewal. In a presentation prepared exclusively for Limmud NY, Andrea Cohen-Kiener will facilitate a discussion of this seminal and integrative work.
Creating Juicy Worship
Prayer Education in Jewish Institutional Settings
Ritual and Prayer
Andrea will share ideas from her curriculum on prayer education and her many years of leading services across the range of Jewish denominations. She will address bringing personal practice as well as community engagement into new and renewed techniques of Jewish prayer. Emphasis will be on helping leaders and teachers of Jewish worship to feel confident and empowered in their leadership.
