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theyellowhobbitReclaiming Mikveh: Pouring Ancient Waters into a Contemporary Vessel
Landmark Conference to be held in Boston, June 4-6, 2006
An exceptional convergence of scholars, clergy and laity from across the streams of Judaism will gather in Boston, June 4-6, 2006 to address the transforming power of Jewish rituals. Nationally prominent speakers Dr. Norman Cohen (HUC-JIR), Dr. Rachel Adler (HUC-JIR), Dr. Lori Hope Lefkovitz (RRC/Kolot), Dr. Vanessa Ochs (University of Virginia), Rabbi Elyse Goldstein (Kolel), Rabbi Lauren Berkun (Center for Jewish Healing), Barry Shrage (CJP/Federation) and author Anita Diamant will challenge the Jewish community to reinvent rituals for contemporary Jews.
Over 33 national partners are sponsoring this conference including the Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Renewal movements, leading seminaries: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, The Rabbinical School of The Jewish Theological Seminary, The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, and Zeigler School of Rabbinic Studies- University of Judaism all joining together to offer this first-of-its-kind conference supported through a grant from Boston’s Federation, CJP.
Anyone open to new possibilities for spiritual enhancement will want to attend the landmark conference “Reclaiming Mikveh: Pouring Ancient Waters into a Contemporary Vessel.” Full conference or single day registration is still open, plus tickets are available for the evening with nationally prominent clergy and scholars at Mayyim Hayyim on Sunday June 4 and the evening performance of “The Mikveh Monologues” at Temple Shalom, Newton on Monday, June 5. Visit the conference website www.mayyimhayyim.org/conference, email mbenet@urj.org or call 781-449-0404 to reserve your space today. Registration scholarships for students are available. Click on the following "Total Immersion" article to visualize new possibilities for spiritual renewal and reclaiming Judaism’s most ancient wellspring.
Read about the conference in the Forward.
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I could meet Rachel Adler!!!! OMG OMG OMG!
Landmark Conference to be held in Boston, June 4-6, 2006
An exceptional convergence of scholars, clergy and laity from across the streams of Judaism will gather in Boston, June 4-6, 2006 to address the transforming power of Jewish rituals. Nationally prominent speakers Dr. Norman Cohen (HUC-JIR), Dr. Rachel Adler (HUC-JIR), Dr. Lori Hope Lefkovitz (RRC/Kolot), Dr. Vanessa Ochs (University of Virginia), Rabbi Elyse Goldstein (Kolel), Rabbi Lauren Berkun (Center for Jewish Healing), Barry Shrage (CJP/Federation) and author Anita Diamant will challenge the Jewish community to reinvent rituals for contemporary Jews.
Over 33 national partners are sponsoring this conference including the Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Renewal movements, leading seminaries: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, The Rabbinical School of The Jewish Theological Seminary, The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, and Zeigler School of Rabbinic Studies- University of Judaism all joining together to offer this first-of-its-kind conference supported through a grant from Boston’s Federation, CJP.
Anyone open to new possibilities for spiritual enhancement will want to attend the landmark conference “Reclaiming Mikveh: Pouring Ancient Waters into a Contemporary Vessel.” Full conference or single day registration is still open, plus tickets are available for the evening with nationally prominent clergy and scholars at Mayyim Hayyim on Sunday June 4 and the evening performance of “The Mikveh Monologues” at Temple Shalom, Newton on Monday, June 5. Visit the conference website www.mayyimhayyim.org/conference, email mbenet@urj.org or call 781-449-0404 to reserve your space today. Registration scholarships for students are available. Click on the following "Total Immersion" article to visualize new possibilities for spiritual renewal and reclaiming Judaism’s most ancient wellspring.
Read about the conference in the Forward.
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I could meet Rachel Adler!!!! OMG OMG OMG!
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Date: 2006-05-31 11:00 pm (UTC)I wonder if she'll blink or get confuzzled. It could be a Classic Moment! :D
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Date: 2006-05-31 11:58 pm (UTC)I have met her. She's great.
Lori is great, too -- from my school. I'd be there if I didn't have finals. I am most perturbed by the timing of this event, because it is going to rock.
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