Try a meditation at home

The NY Center for Jewish Meditation
and Spiritual Practice

Here, in the context of respectful pluralism
Jewish seekers and teachers from and beyond all denominations
come together to learn, grow and connect to God
Fall 2000 Courses Open to the Public
Spring 2001 Classes will be announced in February.

9 Wednesdays 7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Meditation Minyan in Central Park - WILL RETURN THIS SPRING!
Rabbi Goldie Milgram
$5/session

Purim at UJA: Text Studies about Beauty, Sunday afternoon, March 5.
Rosh Hodesh Pesach, March 28, 7:30-8:30 a.m.
for Ma'yan Jewish Women's Organization
location to be announced. http://www.mayan.org

Sponsored by: National Council for Jewish Women
Reclaiming Spirituality for Jewish Women
April 18, lunchtime. Workshop #1: Through Ritual: Reb Goldie will share the exciting adventure that followed a surprising phone call. "Rabbi, my mother believes someone has put a curse on her life. Do rabbis do exorcisms?" Learn how to create meaingful Jewish rituals of empowerment to strengthen your life.
April 25, Lunch time. Workshop #2: Through Text: "No one remembers their names." While studying Torah with a friend's granddaughter, the pre-bat mitzvah girl keeps asking about unnamed Jewish mothers in the Torah. Experience Reb Goldie's one-woman show based upon that encounter and using methods borrowed from Jewish mysticism and bibliodrama, explore the power of naming in Judaism.
To register email: ERSamuels@aol.com

Spring 2000 Courses that were offered:
7 -9:30 p.m. 12 Tuesdays 7 p.m.
I Can't Speak Hebrew, I Never Went to Yeshiva,
yet I Want to Study Talmud
Arthur Kurzweil
$260

Tues., November 14
An Evening of Jewish Meditation and Healing for Relationship Issues
Rabbi Shohama Wiener

Monday, December 18
The Mystical Menorah
Rabbi Marcia Prager: $26

Sunday, October 29
Applied Jewish Spirituality
for Health Care Professionals
Barry Bub, MD & Rabbi Goldie Milgram
$86 tuition   $36 student rate

Friday-Sunday Oct 13-16
Eco-Spirituality, Community & Sukkot:
Reclaiming Judaism as a Spiritual Practice at Kripalu
in Lenox, MA For fees: go to www.Kripalu.org

Click here for information on Spiritual Mentoring or Private Counseling

Made possible through a grant from the Beitman Philanthropic Fund
Return to Academy for Jewish Religion Web Site
(To register by credit card please call 212-875-0540 during business hours or by check payable to The Academy for Jewish Religion, 15 W. 86^th. St. New York, NY 10024.)

Meditation Minyan in the Park, led by Rabbi Goldie Milgram with guest meditation faculty.

Walking and sitting Jewish meditation morning minyan. Experience the pleasure of Jewish meditation within the beauty and power of nature while expressing the prayer of your heart through the morning service. All levels of Jewish ability and meditation experience are welcome. A program of the Center for Jewish Meditation and Spiritual Practice at The Academy for Jewish Religion. Departs from the lobby 15 W. 86 promptly at 7:30 a.m. each Wednesday (rain, snow and shine). Questions: or 212-875-0540, M-Th 9-6. $5/service or $36 if series is prepaid.

Applied Jewish Spirituality for Health Care Professionals

Part II of III, each part is free-standing and of unique content and can be taken in any order.Instructors: Barry Bub, M.D. and Rabbi Goldie Milgram, A.C.S.W.Sunday, October 29, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. $86 students $36
Location: 101 W. 87^th. St., NYC
Questions: E-mail: docbarryb@aol.com or call 212-580-0432.
We will explore the question "What is Healing from a Jewish Perspective?" This course offers a Jewish approach to integrative medicine. Participants will experience the many rituals and practices inherent in our tradition that can both heal and enrich us and the people we serve. We will integrate these practices with the principles of gestalt, chaplaincy, traditional and complementary medicine.

Interactive, creative learning methods will prevail - expect no lectures or slide shows in darkened rooms. Bring your own ideas, experiences, and questions, as well!

Pre-registration required by Oct 24.

I CAN'T READ HEBREW, I NEVER WENT TO YESHIVA,
BUT I WANT TO STUDY TALMUD
Instructor: Arthur Kurzweil
7 - 9 p.m.
Tuesday nights Oct 17, 24, 31, Nov 7,14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 12, 19, Jan 9, 16
15 W. 86^th. St., NYC $260 for the series or $25/night

Our ancestors spent a lifetime studying Talmud. Now, you can jump into this sea of legend, lore and law without previous background or experience with the Talmud or Hebrew. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz teaches, "If the Bible is the cornerstone of Judaism, then the Talmud is the central pillar supporting the entire spiritual edifice. In many ways, the Talmud is the most important book in Jewish culture."

Using the renowned Steinsaltz edition (English) of the Talmud, we will discover its basic structure--the way it explores ideas. But most importantly, we will spend most of our time wrestling with select portions of the text itself in a quintessential Jewish learning experience. Participants will learn the skills necessary to continue studying on their own. Texts will be provided.

An Evening of Jewish Meditation and Healing for Relationship Issues
Instructor: Rabbi Shohama Wiener
Tuesday, November 14 7-9:30 p.m. $25

Jewish meditation is another form of prayer that can help us in all our relationships, no matter how distant or difficult. Experience the profound guidance of a major leader and innovator in the field of Jewish meditation and healing.

Monday, December 18 7-9 p.m.
Rabbi Marcia Prager: The Mystical Menorah $26

The image: Moshe ascends and enters into the swirling mist
that envelopes Mount Sinai, a mist that radiates like fire.
In a vision he sees the pattern of the Menorah.
When he returns to be among the people a Menorah is built,
a masterpiece beat out of a single great ingot of pure gold.

Jewish mystical tradition teaches that the pattern of the Menorah can be read as a "higher-reality map" a replica of the pathways through which the original light of creation continues to infuse creation with holiness.

To engage in the "Work of the Menorah," is to venture as a mystic voyager into the depths of our own most intimate reality map, and realign our inner selves with the One Self . Rabbi Marcia Prager is a master teacher of Jewish mysticism, known internationally for guiding individuals brilliantly and safely into Jewish mystical depths. She is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, heads the ALEPH Smichah Program for the Alliance for Jewish Renewal and is a regular faculty member at Elat Chayyim and THe New York Open Center.

Jewish Meditation and Spiritual Practice of Sukkot Retreat:
At Kripalu in Lenox, MA.
Weekend of October 13-15, 2000

While following other spiritual paths many Jews have been surprised to feel the tendrils of their own Jewishness beckoning. This program creates a safe, healing opportunity to investigate the intersection of these different strands of your life. Your practice of meditation, yoga, chant, movement and/or environmentalism will mean even more to you when combined with "Reb Goldie's" guidance in exploring the themes of community and environmentalism through the lens of Jewish spirituality.
*We'll construct and meditate in our sukkah on the beautiful Kripalu grounds
*Study through interactive and artistic techniques the profound contemporary and traditional Jewish sources on the environment and the mind/body/spirit connections in the depths of our tradition.
*Connect with our ancestors' ways while creating together the Judaism of the future."

Special Events: Monday Lunch time Jewish Meditation and Cantorial Concerts at The Academy for Jewish Religion

Private counseling sessions for those undergoing major transitions or desiring spiritual mentoring are also available with:
Dr. Barry Bub, Mindy Ribner, C.S.W. and Rabbi Goldie Milgram, A.C.S.W.

To register send a check made out to The Academy for Jewish Religion and the course(s) you have selected, your name, address, telephone number and email address to: Rabbi Goldie Milgram, Director, The NY Center for Jewish
Meditation and Spiritual Practice, 15 W. 86th. St., NY, NY 10024
Questions: 212-875-0540 x10 or go to our web site: http://www.ajrsem.org

Reb Goldie and Dr. Bub are co-leading a Passover retreat at Esalen in Big Sur, California on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean and at Kripalu for Sukkot.

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