WORKSHOP SESSION 1
Monday, January 12, 1:15pm - 2:45pm
Monday, January 12, 1:15pm - 2:45pm
1-A Embodied Birkhat Hashahar Practice
Presented By Rabbi Rivkah Coburn
Together we will explore an embodied practice of the morning blessings as a way to ground, open, renew, and connect to our holy channels, “blessels,” of body, heart, mind, and soul in divine service and healing. What is the sensation of gratitude and how can it enliven our daily practice and bring us resilience? Movement experience is not necessary, only a desire to play and to listen to your own body’s wisdom and expression in a safe space. Please wear clothing in which you can comfortably move.
1-B Hashpa'ah/Spiritual Guidance:
Cultivating Resilience through Divine Connection
Presented by Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Hashpa'ah/Spiritual Direction is a process for exploring our connection with what we experience as God, Spirit, Truth, Ultimate Purpose, however we express and understand the sacred in our lives. Using an integrated four-worlds approach, we will explore the foundational elements to spiritual guidance and work to open, discern, and cultivate an ongoing connection to the Divine direction in our lives, whether for self-realization, activist service in the world, spiritual leadership or wherever we are called to be! This workshop is designed to enable us to experience these ideas firsthand and plant the seeds for spiritual resilience every day.
1-C Mother מֵעַי: Torah of the Kishkes (a Somatic Experience)
Presented By Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg and Hazzan Eliana Kissner
In this session, we will explore texts and practices inscribed on the body and expressed through singing, knowing that—הקדוש שרוי בתוך מעיו—“the Holy One resides in our kishkes.” Using our kishkes, both literally and more broadly for language of the body, our intuition, we will entwine our somatic exploration with Biblical, midrashic, and mystical texts that speak of swallowing, breathing in, and incorporating Torah. We explore singing as both a deeply personal and relational and communal process. Through visualization, vocalization, movement, and listening, we tune in to our innermost worlds, the unspoken languages and signals of our bodies, and ask: What does it mean to both enter with one’s whole self and to sing that self utterly away? What does it mean to create a resonant space that is at once private and deeply relational, even communal? Our aim is to embody the words of the Psalmist, “כל עצמותי תאמרנה יהוה מי כמוך,” all my bones, all my resonant organs, proclaim, O Yah, who is like You."
1-D Resilience Through Tradition:
Jewish Wisdom for Modern Challenges
Presented by Rabbinic Chaplain Chaya Lerner
We will explore the role of Emumah, B’tzelam Elohim,Tikkun, Power of Community, and Story Telling to show how our ancestors were able to weather the same traumas we need to navigate in the 21st century.
Presented By Rabbi Rivkah Coburn
Together we will explore an embodied practice of the morning blessings as a way to ground, open, renew, and connect to our holy channels, “blessels,” of body, heart, mind, and soul in divine service and healing. What is the sensation of gratitude and how can it enliven our daily practice and bring us resilience? Movement experience is not necessary, only a desire to play and to listen to your own body’s wisdom and expression in a safe space. Please wear clothing in which you can comfortably move.
1-B Hashpa'ah/Spiritual Guidance:
Cultivating Resilience through Divine Connection
Presented by Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Hashpa'ah/Spiritual Direction is a process for exploring our connection with what we experience as God, Spirit, Truth, Ultimate Purpose, however we express and understand the sacred in our lives. Using an integrated four-worlds approach, we will explore the foundational elements to spiritual guidance and work to open, discern, and cultivate an ongoing connection to the Divine direction in our lives, whether for self-realization, activist service in the world, spiritual leadership or wherever we are called to be! This workshop is designed to enable us to experience these ideas firsthand and plant the seeds for spiritual resilience every day.
1-C Mother מֵעַי: Torah of the Kishkes (a Somatic Experience)
Presented By Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg and Hazzan Eliana Kissner
In this session, we will explore texts and practices inscribed on the body and expressed through singing, knowing that—הקדוש שרוי בתוך מעיו—“the Holy One resides in our kishkes.” Using our kishkes, both literally and more broadly for language of the body, our intuition, we will entwine our somatic exploration with Biblical, midrashic, and mystical texts that speak of swallowing, breathing in, and incorporating Torah. We explore singing as both a deeply personal and relational and communal process. Through visualization, vocalization, movement, and listening, we tune in to our innermost worlds, the unspoken languages and signals of our bodies, and ask: What does it mean to both enter with one’s whole self and to sing that self utterly away? What does it mean to create a resonant space that is at once private and deeply relational, even communal? Our aim is to embody the words of the Psalmist, “כל עצמותי תאמרנה יהוה מי כמוך,” all my bones, all my resonant organs, proclaim, O Yah, who is like You."
1-D Resilience Through Tradition:
Jewish Wisdom for Modern Challenges
Presented by Rabbinic Chaplain Chaya Lerner
We will explore the role of Emumah, B’tzelam Elohim,Tikkun, Power of Community, and Story Telling to show how our ancestors were able to weather the same traumas we need to navigate in the 21st century.
WORKSHOP SESSION 2
Monday, January 12, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Monday, January 12, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
2-A When to Refer Out:
A Layperson's Guide to Personality Disorders
Presented By Rabbi Andrea Cohen Keiner
This session will help clergy gain a felt-sense for personality disorders, their presentations, and their antecedents. By understanding and being able to identify potential concerns, we are better able to refer our congregants and community members to skilled therapists thereby opening up avenues for assistance and reducing harm.
2-B Yes Its A Business, But Its A Spiritual Business
Presented By Rabbi Evan Krame
How do we balance the corporate and legal aspects of administering a not-for-profit with Torah based values? Particular topics include: fair wages and negotiations with employees, protecting intellectual property, the right uses of power, the board of directors fulfilling its mission within boundaries, and corporate responsibilites.
2-C Zionism Palestinianism and The Path To Peace
Presented By Rabbi David Seidenberg and Rabbi Ruben Modek
The war between Israelis and Palestinians launched on October 7th has accentuated the Zionist Palestinian conflict like never before. Our peace activist community has been challenged even as we seek a constructive framework for our internal conversations about the horrors of this war. Rabbi Reuben Modek and Rabbi David Seidenberg will present diverse points of view about the conflict, while also affirming a vision for peace. Q&A and open discussion will follow.
A Layperson's Guide to Personality Disorders
Presented By Rabbi Andrea Cohen Keiner
This session will help clergy gain a felt-sense for personality disorders, their presentations, and their antecedents. By understanding and being able to identify potential concerns, we are better able to refer our congregants and community members to skilled therapists thereby opening up avenues for assistance and reducing harm.
2-B Yes Its A Business, But Its A Spiritual Business
Presented By Rabbi Evan Krame
How do we balance the corporate and legal aspects of administering a not-for-profit with Torah based values? Particular topics include: fair wages and negotiations with employees, protecting intellectual property, the right uses of power, the board of directors fulfilling its mission within boundaries, and corporate responsibilites.
2-C Zionism Palestinianism and The Path To Peace
Presented By Rabbi David Seidenberg and Rabbi Ruben Modek
The war between Israelis and Palestinians launched on October 7th has accentuated the Zionist Palestinian conflict like never before. Our peace activist community has been challenged even as we seek a constructive framework for our internal conversations about the horrors of this war. Rabbi Reuben Modek and Rabbi David Seidenberg will present diverse points of view about the conflict, while also affirming a vision for peace. Q&A and open discussion will follow.
WORKSHOP SESSION 3
Tuesday, January 13, 9:45am - 11:15am
Tuesday, January 13, 9:45am - 11:15am
3-A Are We the Prophets Now:
An Embodied Ritual for Our Times
Presented By Erev Rav Ilana Sumka
Our prophets were mighty truth-tellers, rising in times of upheaval and injustice to speak the sacred aloud. Today, as we navigate our own era of deep discord and moral fracture, we turn to our prophetic ancestors for inspiration and guidance. This embodied ritual invites us to attune to Ruach HaKodesh, to become vessels for truths, healing, and connection. As we breathe and listen deeply, we give voice to what comes through: living prophecy that counters the lies, fragmentation, and isolation sown by the pharaohs in our midst. We will gather to listen, to witness, and to remember that we, too, are called. Perhaps these times ask something ancient and urgent: Are we the prophets now?
3-B Ancient Wisdom to Reimagine Our Relation to Creation
Presented By Rabbi Natan Margalit
Finding our way through our current time of multiple crises will take more than technology and policies. We need to find the resilience not only to survive, but to build the foundations of a new level of consciousness. We must re-imagine our relationship with the created world. Judaism's store of wisdom, stories, and perspectives on creation go way beyond Genesis. Many little known Kabbalistic, Midrashic, and Hasidic perspectives on Creation can inspire us ecologically, socially and spiritually. In this session we'll explore a new/old relation to Creation that helps us partner with the rest of Creation so that all can thrive.
3-C From COVID to Zoomagogue, From Curse to Blessing
Presented By Rabbi Mark Novak
A fully functioning, member supported, thriving online spiritual community? Who'da thunk?? This session will present the history of MOSh: MInyan Oneg Shabbat and why R' Zalman z"l is shepping nachas from our use of technology. Through demonstration of the technology we use to create a sacred container, this session will show how technology allows people's neshamot to be seen and heard using ECammLive (Mac only), Keynote, and Zoom in ways that may support your present work or inspire you to build your own Zoomagogue.
3-D Machlochet, Pshora, and Shalom:
The Art, Science, and Spirituality of Dispute Resolution
Presented By Rabbinic Chaplain Carl Viniar
How do we engage people who think so differently that we sometimes believe they don’t think at all. From the boardroom to the bedroom, the classroom to the control room, conflict abounds. We can avoid, confront, or accommodate; negotiate, mediate, or fight. But how to communicate? Our sages talked of arguments for the sake of heaven, compromise, and peace. Can their words teach us how to change the quality of the conflict from negative to positive so people can engage in constructive activities and communication, and explore possibilities for resolution? Through this experiential class we will learn conflict resolution methodologies to enable us to better support our communities.
An Embodied Ritual for Our Times
Presented By Erev Rav Ilana Sumka
Our prophets were mighty truth-tellers, rising in times of upheaval and injustice to speak the sacred aloud. Today, as we navigate our own era of deep discord and moral fracture, we turn to our prophetic ancestors for inspiration and guidance. This embodied ritual invites us to attune to Ruach HaKodesh, to become vessels for truths, healing, and connection. As we breathe and listen deeply, we give voice to what comes through: living prophecy that counters the lies, fragmentation, and isolation sown by the pharaohs in our midst. We will gather to listen, to witness, and to remember that we, too, are called. Perhaps these times ask something ancient and urgent: Are we the prophets now?
3-B Ancient Wisdom to Reimagine Our Relation to Creation
Presented By Rabbi Natan Margalit
Finding our way through our current time of multiple crises will take more than technology and policies. We need to find the resilience not only to survive, but to build the foundations of a new level of consciousness. We must re-imagine our relationship with the created world. Judaism's store of wisdom, stories, and perspectives on creation go way beyond Genesis. Many little known Kabbalistic, Midrashic, and Hasidic perspectives on Creation can inspire us ecologically, socially and spiritually. In this session we'll explore a new/old relation to Creation that helps us partner with the rest of Creation so that all can thrive.
3-C From COVID to Zoomagogue, From Curse to Blessing
Presented By Rabbi Mark Novak
A fully functioning, member supported, thriving online spiritual community? Who'da thunk?? This session will present the history of MOSh: MInyan Oneg Shabbat and why R' Zalman z"l is shepping nachas from our use of technology. Through demonstration of the technology we use to create a sacred container, this session will show how technology allows people's neshamot to be seen and heard using ECammLive (Mac only), Keynote, and Zoom in ways that may support your present work or inspire you to build your own Zoomagogue.
3-D Machlochet, Pshora, and Shalom:
The Art, Science, and Spirituality of Dispute Resolution
Presented By Rabbinic Chaplain Carl Viniar
How do we engage people who think so differently that we sometimes believe they don’t think at all. From the boardroom to the bedroom, the classroom to the control room, conflict abounds. We can avoid, confront, or accommodate; negotiate, mediate, or fight. But how to communicate? Our sages talked of arguments for the sake of heaven, compromise, and peace. Can their words teach us how to change the quality of the conflict from negative to positive so people can engage in constructive activities and communication, and explore possibilities for resolution? Through this experiential class we will learn conflict resolution methodologies to enable us to better support our communities.
WORKSHOP SESSION 4
Tuesday, January 13, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday, January 13, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
OHALAH's 1st UNCONFERENCE
More information coming soon
More information coming soon
WORKSHOP SESSION 5
Wednesday, January 14, 1:15pm - 2:45pm
Wednesday, January 14, 1:15pm - 2:45pm
5-A How to Get, Give and Be a Blessing
Presented By Rabbinic Chaplain Shulamit Fagan
Giving blessings is a delightful way to bring more kindness, love, and caring into the world. Perhaps you would like to do this more often and more comfortably. Every time we bless someone, a tiny prayer goes up and brings love to the blessed as well as the blesser. This interactive, gentle workshop will help you with this practice and may be just the blessing you need at this conference
5-B Leading Through Division: A Path Forward for Jewish Clergy
Presented By Rabbi Igal Harmelin
In an era of deepening polarization within our communities, we face profound questions: How do we want to show up? What actions can we take that honor both our values and our relationships? How do we cultivate inner equilibrium when confronted with divisive triggers, and how do we guide our congregations toward common ground while upholding the sacred principle of כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה—that all Israel is responsible for one another? This session provides a sample of weaving together personal renewal and practical skill-building—combining contemplative practices, meditation, and trauma-informed healing with advanced training in mediation, group facilitation, and "Global Social Witnessing" in order to examine the wisdom of holding space for complexity and the tools to guide communities through it.
5-C Sacred Sparks:
Intimacy As A Source of Spiritual Resilience
Presented By Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Zoë Goldblatt, MFA
Jewish wisdom teaches that our closest relationships serve as portals for inviting compassion and forgiveness into our lives. Building resilient community starts with individual family units experiencing mutual trust and support. Reinvigorating our committed relationships forms a vital foundation for maintaining our sense of purpose and meaning. Jewish tradition offers deep insights and powerful tools to enhance emotional and physical intimacy. In this workshop, we will explore Jewish stories of intimacy between God and human beings, and model practical exercises that can be shared with our communities to uplift, infuse our lives with joy and foster resilience through sacred intimacy.
Presented By Rabbinic Chaplain Shulamit Fagan
Giving blessings is a delightful way to bring more kindness, love, and caring into the world. Perhaps you would like to do this more often and more comfortably. Every time we bless someone, a tiny prayer goes up and brings love to the blessed as well as the blesser. This interactive, gentle workshop will help you with this practice and may be just the blessing you need at this conference
5-B Leading Through Division: A Path Forward for Jewish Clergy
Presented By Rabbi Igal Harmelin
In an era of deepening polarization within our communities, we face profound questions: How do we want to show up? What actions can we take that honor both our values and our relationships? How do we cultivate inner equilibrium when confronted with divisive triggers, and how do we guide our congregations toward common ground while upholding the sacred principle of כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה—that all Israel is responsible for one another? This session provides a sample of weaving together personal renewal and practical skill-building—combining contemplative practices, meditation, and trauma-informed healing with advanced training in mediation, group facilitation, and "Global Social Witnessing" in order to examine the wisdom of holding space for complexity and the tools to guide communities through it.
5-C Sacred Sparks:
Intimacy As A Source of Spiritual Resilience
Presented By Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Zoë Goldblatt, MFA
Jewish wisdom teaches that our closest relationships serve as portals for inviting compassion and forgiveness into our lives. Building resilient community starts with individual family units experiencing mutual trust and support. Reinvigorating our committed relationships forms a vital foundation for maintaining our sense of purpose and meaning. Jewish tradition offers deep insights and powerful tools to enhance emotional and physical intimacy. In this workshop, we will explore Jewish stories of intimacy between God and human beings, and model practical exercises that can be shared with our communities to uplift, infuse our lives with joy and foster resilience through sacred intimacy.
WORKSHOP SESSION 6
Wednesday, January 14, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday, January 14, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
6-A Exploring Jewish India
Presented By Hazzan Evlyn Gould
Come and learn new tunes, consider vibrant images, and discover the histories and enduring prayer practices of Jewish India as we sing our way to nirvana.
6-B Introducing Adulthood Initiation Rites to Jewish Life
Presented By Rabbi Zelig Golden and Rabbi Dan Goldblatt
In a culture of prolonged adolescence, Jewish communities will benefit from new rites of passage to intentionally guide people into mature adulthood. This session shares the pilot year of a Jewish Men’s Initiation—a year-long journey grounded in Jewish tradition, wilderness rites, and Bill Plotkin’s eco-centric development model. We’ll explore how initiation supports resilience by helping adults move beyond self-centeredness and into soulful service. Join Rabbis Zelig Golden and Dan Goldblatt to gain insight into the need for adult initiation in Jewish life and how it can empower clergy to foster individual and communal thriving through spiritual maturation, ancestral wisdom, and renewed connection to purpose.
6-C The Nigun/Soul Melody: A Cry Out for Resilience
Presented By Rabbi Abe Rabinovich
Please join us for a sing along workshop where we will explore how the Nigun is utilized as a tool for resilience. We will discuss teachings of the BeShT (Ba’al Shem Tov) and Reb Zalman z"l about the power of the Nigun as a spiritual antidote and how it can serve as an instrument to help us rise and thrive above all challenges. Most importantly, let us discover our inner Nigun/our inner song/voice of resilience. No musical background necessary.
6-D Tikkun Ha'Aretz:
Rising to the Challenge of Climate Care and Peace in Israel/Palestine
Presented By Rabbi Debra Kolodny
How do we rise in times of political and climate collapse? By grieving our losses, visioning our future and powering up our collective impact through a Four Worlds model of Spirit-Led activism. Come! Recharge your batteries, and together we will heal the earth and repair the land. We will start with Yizkor, dance out our despair, serve one another with our awesome pastoral care chops, do a little text study to juice our dreams, create an altar to the future, and claim the superpowers we will contribute to manifesting the world we seek.
Presented By Hazzan Evlyn Gould
Come and learn new tunes, consider vibrant images, and discover the histories and enduring prayer practices of Jewish India as we sing our way to nirvana.
6-B Introducing Adulthood Initiation Rites to Jewish Life
Presented By Rabbi Zelig Golden and Rabbi Dan Goldblatt
In a culture of prolonged adolescence, Jewish communities will benefit from new rites of passage to intentionally guide people into mature adulthood. This session shares the pilot year of a Jewish Men’s Initiation—a year-long journey grounded in Jewish tradition, wilderness rites, and Bill Plotkin’s eco-centric development model. We’ll explore how initiation supports resilience by helping adults move beyond self-centeredness and into soulful service. Join Rabbis Zelig Golden and Dan Goldblatt to gain insight into the need for adult initiation in Jewish life and how it can empower clergy to foster individual and communal thriving through spiritual maturation, ancestral wisdom, and renewed connection to purpose.
6-C The Nigun/Soul Melody: A Cry Out for Resilience
Presented By Rabbi Abe Rabinovich
Please join us for a sing along workshop where we will explore how the Nigun is utilized as a tool for resilience. We will discuss teachings of the BeShT (Ba’al Shem Tov) and Reb Zalman z"l about the power of the Nigun as a spiritual antidote and how it can serve as an instrument to help us rise and thrive above all challenges. Most importantly, let us discover our inner Nigun/our inner song/voice of resilience. No musical background necessary.
6-D Tikkun Ha'Aretz:
Rising to the Challenge of Climate Care and Peace in Israel/Palestine
Presented By Rabbi Debra Kolodny
How do we rise in times of political and climate collapse? By grieving our losses, visioning our future and powering up our collective impact through a Four Worlds model of Spirit-Led activism. Come! Recharge your batteries, and together we will heal the earth and repair the land. We will start with Yizkor, dance out our despair, serve one another with our awesome pastoral care chops, do a little text study to juice our dreams, create an altar to the future, and claim the superpowers we will contribute to manifesting the world we seek.
LUNCH SESSIONS
L-1 New Book Talk - ElderSong
Monday, January 12, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Rabbi Rain Zohav
Why would a Rabbi make her protagonist a Unitarian? Come find out at the ElderSong booktalk. About ElderSong: Brooke Kumara has lived a life of activism, communal living, parenting, and romance. Wiith perseverance and resiliance, Brooke, now an elder, continues to sing her way through a joyful yet challenging life. Featuring many examples of tikkun olam, this is a hopeful story with an uplifting message.
L-2 New Book Talk - Judaism Unbound:
Envisioning, Enabling, and Enacting a New Era of Jewish Life
Monday, January 12, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Rabbi Lex Rofeberg
In the summer of 2025, Judaism Unbound: Bound, a book co-edited by Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg, was published. Judaism Unbound: Bound is for those of us who hunger for deep conversations about what Judaism is, what it is for, what it has been and what it might become. How can we draw on the thinkers, activists, and artists in this book as Jewish Renewalists as we seek to write and co-create the next chapters in our collective Jewish story? Grab your lunch and come to an interactive discussion to consider this question and contribute your thoughts!
L-3 New Book Talk - Spiritual Care & Clinical Practice Transformed:
At the Intersection of Vulnerability & Awe
Lori and Jeremy will read brief excerpts and discuss highlights of this multi-disciplinary anthology, set for publication in 2026, that puts forward a more capacious view of spiritual care, moving it away from Christian-centered models to a more human-centered form which acknowledges all of us, including practitioners, as spiritual beings who can provide care.
L-4 OHALAH Cantors' Lunch
Monday, January 12, 11:30am - 1:00pm
OHALAH Cantors' Lunch - Calling all OHALAH Cantors and Student Cantors! Grab your food and come eat while spending time with you fellow musical leaders.
L-5 Ethics Chat - How Might Our Ethics Code Help You Set and Maintain Appropriate Boundaries with Those You Serve
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By OHALAH Ethics Committee
A facilitated discussion with Ethics Code Revision Task Force members seeking your thoughts on how you maintain appropriate personal and professional boundaries in your work, where you feel challenged, and how an ethics code might provide standards and guidance.
L-6 New Book Talk - On the Starship Shabbat:
Torah Transmissions from the Inter-Galactic Shul
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Hazzan-Magid Steven Klaper
Join me for an introduciton and discussion of my recent book, On the Starship Shabbat: Torah Transmissions from the Inter-Galactic Shul (April 2025). We will engage in questions, discussion, excerpts from the book, and, knowing me, maybe a song or two.
L-7 New Book Talk - Tales of the Spirit Rising...And Sometimes Falling
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Rabbi Phyllis Berman
This book, to be published in early January 2026 by Monkfish, is an amazing series of stories of Reb Arthur Waskow's z"l life from childhood to age 91. Follow his journey from learning to be true to himself as an activist through the tumultuous 1960s till now and celebrate his life as a spiritual leader in touch with History and in collaboration with Reb Zalman z"l in their encounters over these formative years for both of them.
L-8 OHALAH Mission & Vision Brainstorming
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led by OHALAH Executive Board
OHALAH is reviewing its Mission and Vision statements. Come with your thoughts, ideas, concerns, and interests to help shape the future of the organization. Help renew and position OHALAH for the years to come.
L-9 Tikkun Ha'Aretz: Program Update
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Rabbi Debra Kolodny
ALEPH’s recent social justice in Renewal research resulted in a wonderful new program, Tikkun Ha'Aretz. Learn about, discuss and get fired up about how you can be part of our work on Climate Care and peaceful co-existence in Israel/Palestine! We will share next steps, garner your input, and be inspired! Grab your lunch and come for song, poetry, deep poignancy, laughter, heart opening, comradeship and hope.
Monday, January 12, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Rabbi Rain Zohav
Why would a Rabbi make her protagonist a Unitarian? Come find out at the ElderSong booktalk. About ElderSong: Brooke Kumara has lived a life of activism, communal living, parenting, and romance. Wiith perseverance and resiliance, Brooke, now an elder, continues to sing her way through a joyful yet challenging life. Featuring many examples of tikkun olam, this is a hopeful story with an uplifting message.
L-2 New Book Talk - Judaism Unbound:
Envisioning, Enabling, and Enacting a New Era of Jewish Life
Monday, January 12, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Rabbi Lex Rofeberg
In the summer of 2025, Judaism Unbound: Bound, a book co-edited by Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg, was published. Judaism Unbound: Bound is for those of us who hunger for deep conversations about what Judaism is, what it is for, what it has been and what it might become. How can we draw on the thinkers, activists, and artists in this book as Jewish Renewalists as we seek to write and co-create the next chapters in our collective Jewish story? Grab your lunch and come to an interactive discussion to consider this question and contribute your thoughts!
L-3 New Book Talk - Spiritual Care & Clinical Practice Transformed:
At the Intersection of Vulnerability & Awe
Lori and Jeremy will read brief excerpts and discuss highlights of this multi-disciplinary anthology, set for publication in 2026, that puts forward a more capacious view of spiritual care, moving it away from Christian-centered models to a more human-centered form which acknowledges all of us, including practitioners, as spiritual beings who can provide care.
L-4 OHALAH Cantors' Lunch
Monday, January 12, 11:30am - 1:00pm
OHALAH Cantors' Lunch - Calling all OHALAH Cantors and Student Cantors! Grab your food and come eat while spending time with you fellow musical leaders.
L-5 Ethics Chat - How Might Our Ethics Code Help You Set and Maintain Appropriate Boundaries with Those You Serve
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By OHALAH Ethics Committee
A facilitated discussion with Ethics Code Revision Task Force members seeking your thoughts on how you maintain appropriate personal and professional boundaries in your work, where you feel challenged, and how an ethics code might provide standards and guidance.
L-6 New Book Talk - On the Starship Shabbat:
Torah Transmissions from the Inter-Galactic Shul
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Hazzan-Magid Steven Klaper
Join me for an introduciton and discussion of my recent book, On the Starship Shabbat: Torah Transmissions from the Inter-Galactic Shul (April 2025). We will engage in questions, discussion, excerpts from the book, and, knowing me, maybe a song or two.
L-7 New Book Talk - Tales of the Spirit Rising...And Sometimes Falling
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Rabbi Phyllis Berman
This book, to be published in early January 2026 by Monkfish, is an amazing series of stories of Reb Arthur Waskow's z"l life from childhood to age 91. Follow his journey from learning to be true to himself as an activist through the tumultuous 1960s till now and celebrate his life as a spiritual leader in touch with History and in collaboration with Reb Zalman z"l in their encounters over these formative years for both of them.
L-8 OHALAH Mission & Vision Brainstorming
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led by OHALAH Executive Board
OHALAH is reviewing its Mission and Vision statements. Come with your thoughts, ideas, concerns, and interests to help shape the future of the organization. Help renew and position OHALAH for the years to come.
L-9 Tikkun Ha'Aretz: Program Update
Tuesday, January 13, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Led By Rabbi Debra Kolodny
ALEPH’s recent social justice in Renewal research resulted in a wonderful new program, Tikkun Ha'Aretz. Learn about, discuss and get fired up about how you can be part of our work on Climate Care and peaceful co-existence in Israel/Palestine! We will share next steps, garner your input, and be inspired! Grab your lunch and come for song, poetry, deep poignancy, laughter, heart opening, comradeship and hope.
