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Kol Echad<br />
Connecting to the Divine<br />
Within and Around Us<br />
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal presents<br />
The 15th International Kallah<br />
July 1-7, 2013 • Franklin 1 Pierce University • Rindge, NH
Welcome to the 2013 ALEPH Kallah<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
About the Kallah Page 2<br />
Morning Classes Page 5<br />
Afternoon Classes Page 9<br />
Contact Information Page 15<br />
Important Information Page 16<br />
Registration form<br />
Inside back cover<br />
About This Kallah — Kol Echad:<br />
Connecting to the Divine Within & Around Us<br />
Every ALEPH Kallah aspires to illumine and explore an aspect<br />
of our relationship to what is holy. The theme of this Kallah<br />
asks us to look both within and around to experience the<br />
Divine Presence. So, this summer, when we marvel at the sun<br />
dancing on the lake or rising at the top of the mountain, as<br />
we open to the light in each other’s eyes, or a very personal<br />
moment of transformation, peace or connection — may we<br />
hold sacred the One — within and around.<br />
What is ALEPH ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal<br />
is the headquarters of the Jewish Renewal movement:<br />
organizing and nurturing communities, developing spiritual<br />
leadership, ordaining rabbis, cantors and rabbinic pastors,<br />
creating liturgical and scholarly resources, hosting retreats<br />
and festivals and working for social and environmental<br />
justice. ALEPH programs provide skillful means for living<br />
spiritually-rich modern Jewish lives,<br />
including the re-imagining of practices<br />
such as meditation, sacred chant, embodied<br />
prayer, healing services, eco-kashrut, transformative<br />
ritual, music, and the renewed<br />
study of traditional texts.<br />
Who Comes to the Kallah Religious<br />
background and current practice run from a<br />
to z (assimilated to zealous!); singles, couples<br />
and families, with and without children;<br />
GLBTQ and straight; healers, teachers,<br />
artists, authors, information technologists,<br />
mothers, judges, students, religious leaders,<br />
consultants, accountants, business owners,<br />
designers, fundraisers, and mediators and more.<br />
Everyone comes to the Kallah for a different reason:<br />
community; rediscovering Judaism; experiencing Jewish<br />
Renewal; learning with a specific teacher; spirituality; learning<br />
in general; davenning (prayer); meeting a lifemate/soulmate…<br />
the list goes on. Whatever YOUR reason, we hope that you will<br />
join us at the Kallah.<br />
Classes Morning and afternoon classes feature master<br />
teachers offering beginning, advanced and professional level<br />
courses. Select one morning course and one afternoon course<br />
for the week, plus two alternates for each (in case the first<br />
2<br />
choice is full). Courses fill on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />
Some fill very quickly, so the earlier you register, the more<br />
likely you are to receive your first choice.<br />
Davennen (Prayer) Diverse morning and evening davennen<br />
experiences are highlights of the week. Take a risk! Check out<br />
a creative or traditional minyan. Choose a chant, meditation,<br />
yoga or other offering. If you are a rabbi or lay leader<br />
interested in leading davennen, please contact Rabbi Mark<br />
Novak (kallahdavvenen2013@yahoo.com) by April 1 (see<br />
box, page 15).<br />
Kallah Dining: Lechem HaNefesh —<br />
Bread for the Soul, Food for Life<br />
We will be treated to three daily meals from the dining<br />
services at Franklin Pierce. They offer a delicious and<br />
kosher parve fish/dairy/vegetarian/vegan menu. They are<br />
willing to accommodate most food allergies or other special<br />
dietary needs. (Please be sure to mark special dietary needs in<br />
the space indicated on the registration form.)<br />
Al Regel Achat: The Rebbe Is In Every afternoon after<br />
lunch, we offer programming to provide information, advice<br />
or ideas about various aspects of ALEPH and Jewish Renewal.<br />
Basherte (Connecting Jewish Singles) Kallah provides a<br />
unique opportunity where like-minded people can meet and<br />
connect from a soulful place. Basherte’s Rabbi Efraim Eisen<br />
will provide workshops, ritual and other<br />
opportunities for authentic connection.<br />
“To meet your soulmate, you must first meet<br />
your soul.”<br />
Choirs The musical sparks will be flying<br />
at the 2013 ALEPH Kallah! This year we<br />
have wonderful opportunities for music<br />
and song. We are fortunate again to offer<br />
the opportunity to sing with Chazzanit<br />
Linda Hirschhorn. Back by popular<br />
demand, our “Jospel” (Jewish Gospel)<br />
Choir, led by Sharon Alexander, will<br />
return as a morning class offering.<br />
Cabaret & Evening Showcase The Cabaret and Evening<br />
Showcase always amaze us with the depth and breadth<br />
of creativity and brilliant talent at the Kallah. If you have<br />
talent to share, look for the application on our website at<br />
www.aleph.org/kallah.htm. Please send us your completed<br />
application in by April 15. Contact Deb Barsel at dbarsel@<br />
gmail.com with any questions.<br />
Tikkun Olam Every year we pay attention to how to give<br />
back to the community through a creative project available<br />
to everyone at Kallah. Please note on the registration form if<br />
you are interested and our coordinator Laura Shakun will be
in touch with you. There will also be information about the<br />
Tikkun Olam project when you arrive on campus.<br />
Artist Shuk/Bookstore The Kallah Artist Shuk/Bookstore<br />
will be selling beautiful Judaic Fine Arts, Jewelry, Ceramics,<br />
Textile Art, as well as books, CDs, and DVDs all week. Artists,<br />
musicians, authors, and filmmakers should contact Gayle<br />
Gale at kfpeace@aol.com. More information and application<br />
materials can be found on our website www.aleph.org/kallah.<br />
htm. The deadline to apply is May 15.<br />
Auction ALEPH will be offering our sixth live auction,<br />
a silent auction for services, and numerous Renewalthemed<br />
raffle baskets at this Kallah! Please watch your<br />
participant’s information packet for items you can contribute<br />
— and do bring extra cash, so you can take part!<br />
Healing Center Treat yourself to a massage or other healing<br />
modality by a massage therapist, acupuncturist, spiritual<br />
director and more!<br />
Attention Healers: you can “earn and learn” by working<br />
at the Healing Center while attending<br />
Kallah. For more information contact<br />
Lynda Danzig at lbdanzig@hotmail.<br />
com before May 1 (see box, page 15).<br />
Special Group Advocacy We work<br />
hard to make sure that everybody<br />
feels included and visible at<br />
the Kallah. We have identified<br />
four groups that warrant special<br />
attention and will have special<br />
advocates for people in their 20s<br />
and early 30s (Kesher), elders, the<br />
GLBTQ community, and those with<br />
a disability. (Feel free to contact the<br />
advocates listed in the contact box on<br />
page 15).<br />
Kids’ Kallah Kids’ Kallah will<br />
again be directed by Joanie Levine<br />
and Yehudah Winter of P’nai Or of<br />
Portland. Ages 5 -10 will enjoy a rich<br />
program focused on learning about the<br />
Ugandan Abayudaya Jews through art,<br />
song, story and tzedakah — plus safely<br />
swimming in the beautiful lake on campus. The program<br />
will culminate in a child-centered Friday Mikveh, Shabbat<br />
Davvenen and a special theatrical performance.<br />
A Pre-B’nai Mitzvah group (ages 11-12) will provide<br />
age-specific programming, weaving personal challenges, peer<br />
group community building, and nature awareness, to provide<br />
an embodied exploration of Coming-of-Age. After the first<br />
4 days on campus —mostly outside — they’ll join the teen<br />
program for an overnight camping trip, returning in time for<br />
Shabbat preparation. This fabulous program will again enthusiastically<br />
led by Skye Pelicrow and Rachel Harris.<br />
Also returning to Kallah is our wonderful toddler and<br />
preschool teacher, Jessica Jobanek, an early childhood<br />
educator with years of professional experience. Children ages<br />
1-4 will again have the opportunity to experience a program<br />
specially geared for young children.<br />
Kids programming just doesn’t stop! We also offer an<br />
evening babysitting program for all children, staffed by<br />
yet another talented group of adults, from 7-10 p.m. weekdays<br />
and on Shabbat.<br />
Please be sure to contact us if you have a child with<br />
special needs. We will do our best to plan so that everyone is a<br />
part of the group.<br />
We still have a few staff positions available. If you are<br />
experienced in working with children and are interested in<br />
Kids Kallah, please contact Joanie Levine (503-679-5933;<br />
jlevinehummingbird@gmail.com). Please note: All children<br />
ages 1-12 MUST be pre-registered for Kids’ Kallah by June 1.<br />
Kallah’s Bechira Teen Program: For ages 13-16<br />
Kallah’s unique and transformational Bechira (choice) teen<br />
program is back again! Based on the philosophy of Wilderness<br />
Torah, teens will be guided through the wilderness to gain<br />
insight into their own life journeys through self-awareness<br />
and group building activities, Jewish<br />
teachings, and earth connection. The<br />
group will spend four days camping,<br />
living out of a rustic base-camp,<br />
learning skills of living in the wild<br />
and living in this world. Teens will<br />
enjoy wild plant identification and<br />
usage, basketry, hiking, and campfire<br />
cooking. Space will be created for<br />
quietude and personal connection<br />
to nature. The group will be received<br />
back from their journey by the Kallah<br />
community before Shabbat. Bechira<br />
represents the conscious choices<br />
that each of us must make. As they<br />
experience how the outer natural<br />
world reveals our inner natures,<br />
teens will return with a renewed<br />
perspective on Judaism, the earth, and<br />
themselves.<br />
Guided by outstanding staff, Sarai<br />
Shapiro (director of Wilderness<br />
Torah youth programs) and Baruch<br />
Schwadron (lead mentor for<br />
Wilderness Torah’s B’naiture), have<br />
years of experience in the wilderness and in guiding children<br />
and teens through outdoor adventures.<br />
The Bechira Teen Leadership Development Program<br />
Bechira also offers a Leadership Development Program<br />
for older teens and young adults, ages 17-25. This is an<br />
opportunity to develop leadership skills, and provide role<br />
modeling for the younger teens. We have a few slots for<br />
Leaders-in-Training (LITs) who are excited about being part of<br />
a team and are comfortable with camping and the outdoors.<br />
Please email Sarai Shapiro sarai@wildernesstorah.org by<br />
March 15 if you are interested.<br />
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The Kesher<br />
(Connection)<br />
Program<br />
Building<br />
Community,<br />
Empowering<br />
Young Leaders<br />
In your 20s or<br />
early 30s This is<br />
your experience!<br />
Come co-create<br />
and be nourished by a community of peers who are sharing<br />
their work and efforts at Tikkun Olam. What would serve your<br />
learning curve<br />
Kesher is a vibrant learning community where each<br />
person’s gifts are welcomed and celebrated. Bring your whole<br />
selves to this group in which peer-led experiences are part of<br />
the un-agenda.<br />
If you are between the ages of 20 and 32 and would<br />
like more information about Kesher, please contact Sarah<br />
Elianna Rohr at (360)379-0501 or sarah.e.rohr36@gmail.com.<br />
Kesherites in their 20s are also eligible to receive scholarship<br />
money — but apply soon. Applications for Kesher can be<br />
found on our website and are due May 1.<br />
Attention everyone! Our goal is to raise scholarship<br />
money (tuition and travel) for approximately 20 Kesherites.<br />
To make a donation to this program, you can include it<br />
directly on your registration form (see inside back page).<br />
Threshold Village Threshold Village is a daily multigenerational<br />
dialogue, ritual practice and life sharing, weaving and<br />
establishing lines of connection and mentorship between<br />
generations.<br />
The process opens doorways across generations to share<br />
our worlds, experience, backgrounds and futures. Elders pass<br />
on learning, blessing, and challenge to the next generation.<br />
Youngers share visions, aspirations and desires. Together we<br />
explore compelling questions and foster new intergenerational<br />
relationships, planting seeds for mentoring and mutual learning.<br />
MORE ABOUT ALEPH<br />
ALEPH has attracted and energized thousands of seekers<br />
either returning to Judaism or deeply engaged and<br />
looking to reinvigorate their current practice. ALEPH has<br />
45 affiliated communities around the world (see list on<br />
page 18). ALEPH’s initiatives include:<br />
• The ALEPH Kallah, the biennial flagship international<br />
retreat now in its 28th year, with 600-800 participants<br />
each gathering, including clergy, lay leaders,<br />
youth and families.<br />
• The ALEPH Ruach Ha’Aretz Signature Retreat,<br />
alternating years with Kallah, a more intimate<br />
weeklong summer event including clergy, lay leaders,<br />
youth and families.<br />
• The ALEPH Ordination Program, a major<br />
seminary that has trained hundreds of rabbis, cantors,<br />
and rabbinic pastors to become co-creators of a<br />
renewed Judaism that speaks to heart, mind, body, and<br />
soul.<br />
• The ALEPH Beit Midrash, a source of Jewish<br />
Renewal resources and a program of video-conference<br />
courses and mini-courses that engage learners in Torah<br />
text study, midrash, Jewish life-skills, Hebrew prayer<br />
and liturgy, and explorations of Jewish theology.<br />
• The ALEPH Lay Leadership Certification<br />
Program, our newest program growing educated,<br />
empowered, inspired lay leaders in local communities.<br />
• Kol Zimra, four weeks of professional-level training<br />
in the energy of congregational worship and the<br />
techniques of Jewish chant.<br />
• ALEPH Sage-ing ® Project, a multidisciplinary and<br />
multi-generational program offering a new paradigm<br />
for the aging process and powerful contemplative<br />
tools.<br />
• Jewish Renewal focused Israel trips for teens and<br />
adults, EcoJudaism, Embodying Spirit, and many<br />
more programs.<br />
For more information about other ALEPH programs<br />
and projects, see page 18 or visit our website at http://<br />
www.aleph.org/.<br />
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MORNING CLASSES<br />
A10 – Kol B’Seder – It’s all in the Seder!<br />
Learning, Remembering and Dreaming <br />
Rabbi Sami Barth<br />
(Sponsored by the ALEPH Ordination Program)<br />
Level: intermediate/advanced<br />
The Passover Seder is an experiential journey through past,<br />
present … and future. Engage with the Seder through all Four<br />
Worlds! We’ll explore the “traditional” Haggadah, unpacking<br />
biblical and rabbinic sources, and then look at renewed<br />
versions that have emerged among us: Mystical, Feminist,<br />
Liberation, and more! We’ll look at language and metaphor,<br />
visual arts, poetry, and music – the “building blocks” through<br />
which the seder experience is built. Then we visit ecological<br />
and kabbalistic seders for Tu B’Shvat and embark on an<br />
innovative adventure to create a “Seder Yom Ha’Atzma’ut.”<br />
A class both “Text” and “Beyond Text,” welcoming analytic<br />
reflection and spiritual dreams. NOTE: This class will meet<br />
for an extra hour each day (3 hours/class).<br />
ALEPH students taking this course for credit must also<br />
register with the Ordination Program. Additional post-Kallah<br />
class sessions and fees apply for those students only.<br />
Rabbi Sami Barth is a teacher of liturgy and halakhah, as<br />
well as the intersection between these academic fields and contemporary<br />
Jewish community life. He serves on the ALEPH Ordination<br />
Program Va’ad, teaching core courses in Liturgy and Codes, and is<br />
Senior Lecturer in Liturgy at the Jewish Theological Seminary.<br />
www.rebsami.net<br />
A11 – Sovev U’memalei:<br />
The Divine Within Us, Between<br />
Us, and Beyond All Our Namings<br />
Rabbi Elliot K. Ginsburg<br />
(Sponsored by the ALEPH Ordination<br />
Program)<br />
Level: intermediate/advanced<br />
As both George Harrison and the<br />
Jewish mystics knew, the Divine<br />
fills our most intimate worlds<br />
while transcending our furthest<br />
imagination. In this course we’ll explore key elements of the<br />
multi-layered encounter with the Divine. Our primary tools<br />
will be chant and meditation, conversation, and especially<br />
close readings of Jewish mystical texts (Zohar, Azikri, Luzzatto,<br />
Nahman, Rav Kook, Heschel, Buber, and the two Arthurs,<br />
Green and Waskow). Throughout we will draw on practices<br />
for integrating and “holding” different levels of awareness.<br />
Open to all who are comfortable decoding Hebrew texts (with<br />
translation generally provided), this course can be taken<br />
by ALEPH students in sequence with Rabbi Ebn Leader’s<br />
afternoon P12 A Tzaddik in Suburbia for one unit of credit.<br />
NOTE: This class will meet for an extra hour each<br />
day (3 hours/class).<br />
ALEPH students taking this course for credit must also<br />
register with the Ordination Program. Additional fees apply<br />
for those students only.<br />
Rabbi Elliot K Ginsburg wears many hats, not all<br />
of which are fedoras. He is a professor of Jewish Thought and<br />
Mysticism at the University of Michigan, founding rabbi of the<br />
Pardes Hannah minyan in Ann Arbor, member of the ALEPH<br />
Ordination Program Va’ad and the author of studies on Jewish<br />
mysticism, the kabbalistic Shabbat, and spiritual practice.<br />
A12 – Connecting to the Divine<br />
through Earth, Water, Fire, and Air<br />
Rabbi Shefa Gold<br />
(Sponsored by C-DEEP, Center for Devotional, Energy and Ecstatic<br />
Practice, an ALEPH Project)<br />
Elements can be our allies in the spiritual work of awakening,<br />
purification and opening to the Presence of God in each<br />
and every moment of our lives. In this class we will draw on<br />
the powers of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air as Divine forces or<br />
manifestations that can help us, guide us and empower our<br />
journeys. We will dig deep into the earth of Torah, be washed<br />
by her currents, be sparked by her fire, and be moved by her<br />
holy breath.<br />
Rabbi Shefa Gold received her ordination both from the<br />
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and from Rabbi Zalman<br />
Schachter-Shalomi. She is the director of C-DEEP, The Center for<br />
Devotional, Energy and Ecstatic Practice and author of Torah<br />
Journeys: The Inner Path to the Promised Land and In the<br />
Fever of Love: An Illumination of the Song of Songs. Her<br />
website is www.RabbiShefaGold.com.<br />
A13 – Shir Ecstasy Kallah Jospel<br />
Choir: Integrating Ecstatic Song<br />
into Jewish Spiritual Life through<br />
the Evocative Techniques of<br />
Gospel Choir<br />
Sharon Alexander<br />
Do you have a deep passion to<br />
viscerally feel God within, to have<br />
the ecstatic, transcendent personal<br />
experience of God, to be transformed<br />
by that experience Americans<br />
associate this phenomenon with Charismatic Christians, but<br />
I argue that the Jewish service was actually designed to evoke<br />
this experience. The powerful yet simple techniques of gospel<br />
choir can add invigorating tools to the palette of Jewish choirs<br />
and congregations. In this class we will learn these tools didactically<br />
and experientially as a jospel choir. We will perform<br />
at the Sunday morning closing of Kallah.<br />
Recently relocated back to the US from Switzerland, Sharon<br />
Alexander teaches the ecstasy-evoking techniques of gospel choir<br />
all over the world. She’s a doctoral candidate in Ethnomusicology<br />
and Consciousness Studies and is ordained by Reb Zalman as<br />
Ba’alat Shirei Hama’alot B’chesed Elyon, Conductor of Sacred<br />
Chorales. www.ShirEcstasy.com<br />
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A14 – Infinity, Nothingness, and Being:<br />
Running and Returning, an Exploration in<br />
Quantum Physics and Kabbalah<br />
Karen Barad and Rabbi Fern Feldman<br />
Level: intermediate/advanced<br />
Both Kabbalah and quantum physics narrate a<br />
story of the creation of being from nothingness.<br />
Rather than drawing parallels between these<br />
accounts, we read insights of these entangled<br />
traditions through one another. With texts<br />
from Torah, Talmud, Kabbalah, Chassidut, and<br />
quantum physics, we will explore the play of<br />
nothingness and being. In particular, we will<br />
work with quantum field theory and a variety of mystical<br />
practices, many of them based on Ezekiel’s angelic vision,<br />
that allow us to glimpse the nature of material being and our<br />
own consciousness. Led by a rabbi and a master teacher of<br />
quantum physics.<br />
Karen Barad, author of Meeting the Universe Halfway:<br />
Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and<br />
Meaning, is Professor of Feminist Studies, Philosophy, and History<br />
of Consciousness at University of California, Santa Cruz. Barad<br />
has a PhD in theoretical particle physics.<br />
feministstudies.ucsc.edu/faculty<br />
Rabbi Fern Feldman is a singer, scholar, spiritual<br />
counselor, service leader, and ritual facilitator. She received<br />
ordination from ALEPH and Spiritual Direction certification from<br />
Yedidya. She also works as a nurse practitioner in a community<br />
clinic. www.rabbifernfeldman.com<br />
A15 – Can We Talk The Palestinian/Israeli Dilemma<br />
Ruth Broyde Sharone<br />
The Middle East is such a “hot button” topic, a discussion of<br />
the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is frequently and studiously<br />
avoided. We Jews value our ability to examine our sacred texts<br />
from a variety of viewpoints, yet our community is experiencing<br />
a genuine internal struggle as we try to navigate the<br />
complexity and emotion around the current conflict. It’s time<br />
for a fresh approach to this dilemma using<br />
proven guidelines for effective dialogue and<br />
learning to practice the art of active listening.<br />
Facilitated by Rodephet Shalom Ruth Broyde<br />
Sharone, a 25-year veteran of interfaith<br />
activism and author of the highly-acclaimed<br />
book Minefields and Miracles: Why God and<br />
Allah Need to Talk.<br />
Honored internationally for her interfaith<br />
activism and peace building, Ruth Broyde<br />
Sharone is a prize-winning documentary<br />
filmmaker (“God and Allah Need to Talk”),<br />
journalist, and popular motivational speaker. Her<br />
interfaith memoir, Minefields and Miracles,<br />
received more than 30 endorsements from<br />
religious leaders including H.H. the Dalai Lama.<br />
www.MinefieldsAndMiracles.com<br />
A16 – Who is God<br />
Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan<br />
We speak of finding the Divine within. But<br />
who or what are we looking for — energy,<br />
witness, conscience, inner parent, or higher<br />
mind Jewish tradition does not require us to<br />
choose only one. Torah, Jewish philosophy,<br />
and Kabbalah all make multiple faces of God<br />
available to us. Our task is to find the faces<br />
that call to us. Together, we will explore<br />
conceptions of God through text, discussion,<br />
writing, drama, visualization, and reflection.<br />
Expect to gain clearer understanding of your<br />
expectations as a seeker, increase your awareness of inner<br />
dimensions of consciousness, and deepen your experience of<br />
the Divine.<br />
Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan is spiritual leader of<br />
Or Shalom Synagogue in Vancouver, Canada. She is an awardwinning<br />
former philosophy professor, with a special gift for bringing<br />
intellectual ideas to life through experiential modalities. Visit her<br />
blog at www.reblaura.com.<br />
A17 – Embodying Torah<br />
Rabbi Diane Elliot<br />
Improvisational dance, authentic movement, and “soul<br />
collage” will be among our tools for mining divine wisdom<br />
embedded within sacred Torah text and within ourselves.<br />
The Torah portion of the week, Mattot-Masei, will serve as<br />
the ground, and PaRDeS, the mystics’ four-layered approach<br />
to Torah interpretation, will be our map for an illuminating,<br />
embodied, communal journey into Jewish textual traditions.<br />
Open to Torah students and expressive movers of all levels of<br />
experience. (Limited to 20 partcipants)<br />
Rabbi Diane Elliot inspires her students to become clearer<br />
channels for Divine Light through awareness and movement<br />
practices, chant, and nuanced interpretations of Jewish sacred text.<br />
Based in the SF Bay Area, she directs ALEPH’s Embodying Spirit,<br />
En-spiriting Body leadership training. www.whollypresent.org<br />
A18 – Rebbe Realities: Finding G!D in<br />
Songs and Stories about Spiritual Masters<br />
Rabbi Ya’acov (Jack) Gabriel<br />
Great teachers often live their lives and express<br />
their teachings in ways that stimulate songs<br />
and stories about them. In this class, we will<br />
enjoy Early Masters from the Torah and Talmud,<br />
celebrate Hassidic Rebbes, marvel at unexpected<br />
teachers from our own and other traditions, and be<br />
inspired by terrifically gifted contemporaries.<br />
Reb Ya’acov Gabriel has shared music and<br />
Jewish Renewal, from Capetown to Kona, Toronto to<br />
Berkeley. He teaches user-friendly Kabbalah and has<br />
written over 613 songs in post-folk, post-reggae and<br />
post-Yeshiva styles. He’s taught or led events at 11 previous Kallot.<br />
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A19 – Kol Torah: Giving Voice to the<br />
Sacred through Torah<br />
Rabbi Dan Goldblatt<br />
Originally an oral tradition, the genius of Torah is that it<br />
was written down in a way that invites and challenges us to<br />
reclaim and enliven it through oral teaching and transmission.<br />
We will explore the many settings and ways one can<br />
connect with the Divine by offering our own voices to the<br />
characters and stories of the Torah. Whether in tefilah or<br />
Torah study, there are many powerful ways the Torah can<br />
speak through us and allow the Torah of our own lives to<br />
dialogue with and vivify the sacred stories of our people.<br />
Rabbi Dan Goldblatt has led Beth Chaim Congregation<br />
in Danville, CA, for two decades. He is honored to serve as<br />
President of OHALAH: The Association of Rabbis, Cantors, and<br />
Rabbinic Pastors for Jewish Renewal. His lifelong love of storytelling<br />
and Torah has also involved directing film and theater.<br />
A20 – Wilderness Torah Experience –<br />
Awaken Your Soul in Nature<br />
Maggid Zelig Golden<br />
Join Maggid Zelig Golden, Wilderness<br />
Torah co-founder, to awaken your<br />
connections to yourself, nature, and<br />
Spirit. Reb Nachman teaches that<br />
finding inner peace requires knowing<br />
our Tachlis — our purpose — most<br />
easily discovered in nature. Entirely<br />
outside on trails and in the forest,<br />
we will journey through the mind of Torah, Kabbalah, and<br />
Hassidic texts; the heart of prayer and meditation; the body<br />
of nature; and the soul of solitude and council to guide your<br />
awakenings to your purpose. The final class will guide you<br />
through a ceremony of discovery. Leave renewed with tools<br />
to continue the journey at home. (Please note enrollment<br />
limited to 20. An additional fee of $65 to cover 4<br />
days of transportation must be paid at registration.<br />
Participants must be able to hike 5 miles, generally<br />
easy to moderate but occasionally steep trails.)<br />
Maggid Zelig fosters earth-based Jewish community as<br />
founding co-director of Wilderness Torah (www.wildernesstorah.<br />
org). He guides earth-based spirituality through the Jewish Vision<br />
Quest, B’naiture, and annual land-based festivals. Reb Zalman<br />
ordained Zelig as Maggid. He teaches at Chochmat HaLev in<br />
Berkeley, CA.<br />
A21 – Our Rebbe’s Niggunim:<br />
Reb Zalman’s Legacy of Songs<br />
and Melodies<br />
Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman<br />
Reb Zalman is a living link to<br />
Hasiddic treasures from before the<br />
destruction in Europe, as well as a<br />
channel for birthing those treasures<br />
into the new paradigm. AND his great<br />
gifts to us include his own music!<br />
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He has composed an extraordinary collection of powerful<br />
niggunim — songs and chants which pour ancient melodies<br />
into our modern soul’s yearnings. Each is a unique spiritual<br />
practice that awakens deep centers of awareness in the soul.<br />
Come on a guided journey into our beloved Reb Zalman’s<br />
niggunim! Together we will learn and travel deeply into these<br />
songs full of joy, hope, love, and longing.<br />
Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman has served ALEPH<br />
affiliate Kehilla Community Synagogue in the SF Bay Area since<br />
2005. Creating sacred space to teach and engage the spiritual<br />
practice of niggunim is her great joy and passion.<br />
www.KehillaSynagogue.org<br />
A22 – Rabbinic Id: Unmasking the<br />
Hidden Beauty of Talmud<br />
Rabbi David Ingber<br />
This course will explore Talmudic stories as literary constructions,<br />
the obvious meanings of which often hide deeper<br />
subversive messages. We will learn to identify literary<br />
patterns, motifs, symbols, language,<br />
and structure, the presence of which<br />
point to an artful process of creative<br />
editing. Unmasking this hidden<br />
beauty will reveal the Divine face of<br />
the Shekhina embedded within these<br />
narratives.<br />
Rabbi David Ingber, Founder/<br />
Spiritual Director of Romemu (romemu.<br />
org), a center that offers Shabbat<br />
and holiday services infused with<br />
meditation and yoga, as well as a myriad of community groups,<br />
teachings, and events designed to integrate body, mind and soul.<br />
A23 – The Thirteen Petalled Rose:<br />
A View of Another Reality<br />
Arthur Kurzweil<br />
We will study this contemporary classic of Kabbalah, written<br />
by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, in an effort to understand the<br />
primary abstract theological notions at the core of Jewish<br />
faith. A free copy of the text will be provided to each<br />
participant. No background is necessary; it might very well<br />
be a real advantage. Rabbi Steinsaltz writes: “This little book<br />
is a book for the soul…And if a person permits his or her soul<br />
to listen, the soul will soon learn that all it needs to do is<br />
remember. Because in some dim and enigmatic way, it already<br />
knows all this.”<br />
Arthur Kurzweil is a writer,<br />
teacher, publisher, and performing<br />
magician. His books include On<br />
the Road with Rabbi Steinsaltz,<br />
Kabbalah for Dummies, The Torah<br />
for Dummies, and From Generation<br />
to Generation: How to Trace Your<br />
Jewish Genealogy.<br />
arthurkurzweil.com
A24 – Nishmati Ahuvah – “Oh My Soul, I Love You.<br />
You Are the Holy Song in My Heart”<br />
Rev. Gabbai Eli Shirim Lester<br />
Create and share the holy music of your soul. Let us return to<br />
loving our divine essence through music. What does your soul<br />
long to sing To “love your neighbor as you love yourself,” you<br />
must identify the “self,” worthy of love. We are creatures of<br />
zoology created from a Divine mold. These two aspects clash<br />
over the questions, “who am I, how am I defined” Our second<br />
soul, “Nishamah,” is part of God, actually and literally (Job<br />
13:2). Individually, as well as together, we will discover the love<br />
songs of our soul and “Sing unto HaShem a new song.”<br />
Rev. Gabbai Eli Shirim Lester returns to Kallah. He<br />
is a seasoned teacher of music and creativity; a songwriter with<br />
a catalogue of over 130 original songs; a singer, musician and<br />
producer of spiritual music. Currently the Musical Director of Congregation<br />
Shir HaShirim.<br />
A25 – It’s All Live Love Light: Rav Kook’s<br />
5 Steps to Liberation and Enlightenment<br />
Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein<br />
“All existence whispers to me its secret, I have life to offer,<br />
take, please take...”<br />
Rabbi Avraham Itzchak HaCohen Kook z”l (1865-1935)<br />
is seen by many as the most enlightened Kabbalist and<br />
Jewish thinker of our epoch. His main student, the Nazir of<br />
Jerusalem, emerged with 5 foundational principles at the root<br />
of Rav Kook’s illumination. The<br />
mastery of these 5 principles,<br />
deeply rooted in the Torah and<br />
Kabbalah, offers the spiritual<br />
seeker a path to liberation and<br />
enlightenment. We will cover<br />
these principles and related<br />
teachings sequentially using<br />
study, discussion, meditation,<br />
poetry, and song to help us<br />
integrate these principles into our<br />
own spiritual path<br />
Rabbi Itzchak<br />
Marmorstein, MSW, has been<br />
doing pioneering work in bringing<br />
the universal and holistic teachings of Rav Kook to the English<br />
speaking world. He is currently learning and teaching Torat HaRav<br />
in Jerusalem while presenting Rav Kook jazz poetry worldwide with<br />
Greg Wall’s Later Prophets. www.myspace.com/orotharav<br />
A26 – Reclaiming Judaism as a Spiritual Practice<br />
Rabbi Goldie Milgram<br />
For those seeking spirituality and meaning through a Jewish<br />
lens, Jewish Renewal can be a stunning breath of fresh air.<br />
This course will introduce you to the leading works and<br />
methods of our senior teachers using the Four Worlds —<br />
restoration of physicality to Jewish practice through dance,<br />
movement and yoga; the emotional work of Jewish healing;<br />
the intellectual paradigm-shifting present in our approaches<br />
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to sacred text, ethics and ritual; and the spiritual connection<br />
possible through Jewish meditation, prayer and spiritual<br />
direction.<br />
Rabbi Goldie Milgram is an internationally acclaimed<br />
teacher of Torah and Jewish spiritual practices and also a former<br />
co-director of ALEPH and faculty member of the ALEPH Ordination<br />
Program. Editor-in-Chief of Reclaiming Judaism Press and<br />
www.reclaimingjudaism.org, Reb Goldie’s newest release is<br />
Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning.<br />
A27 – Davvenen’ through the Worlds:<br />
A Master Class in Making Prayer Come Alive<br />
Rabbi Marcia Prager and Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit<br />
Join an adventure in Jewish prayer leadership: a taste of<br />
DLTI, the acclaimed two-year training program in the high<br />
art of Jewish prayer. Our class becomes a living laboratory for<br />
you to discover the deep structure of prayer and a range of<br />
leadership styles that tap the potential of your own personal<br />
presence. Learn to use voice, body and gesture with comfort,<br />
to let melody create mood, and to shape phrasing so that your<br />
teaching also becomes prayer. Come explore how the practice<br />
of Jewish communal prayer can activate the body, touch the<br />
heart, engage the mind, and nourish spiritual growth.<br />
Rabbi Marcia Prager is Director and Dean of the ALEPH<br />
Ordination Program, rabbi of P’nai Or, the Jewish Renewal Congregation<br />
of Philadelphia, author of The Path of Blessing, creator of<br />
the unique P’nai Or Siddurim for Shabbat, and co-director of the<br />
Davvenen’ Leadership Training Institute. www.marciaprager.com<br />
Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit is a congregational and organizational<br />
consultant, rabbi of Congregation<br />
T’chiyah of Detroit, MI, author,<br />
spiritual director, liturgist, recording<br />
artist, member of the ALEPH Ordination<br />
Program Va’ad, Associate Director of the<br />
ALEPH Hashpa’ah Spiritual Direction<br />
Program, and co-director of the Davvenen’<br />
Leadership Training Institute.<br />
www.rabbizevit.com<br />
A28 – Jewish Meditation Practices<br />
for an Awakened Heart<br />
Rabbi Jeff Roth<br />
One of the biggest obstacles to a compassionate heart is naiveté<br />
about the workings of our minds. This can result in a small sense<br />
of self whose functioning is protective, greedy and aggressive.<br />
Through Jewish meditation practices, it is possible to see more<br />
clearly the truth of each moment, thereby recognizing the<br />
Divine Presence. With mindful attention to body, feelings,<br />
moods, and their interactions (the four worlds), it is possible to<br />
cultivate wisdom and awaken the heart to compassion, which<br />
leads to kind actions. Participants will have ample time to<br />
experience the various core practices of this approach.<br />
Rabbi Jeff Roth, past Director of P’nai Or and co-founder of<br />
Elat Chayyim, is director of The Awakened Heart Project for Contemplative<br />
Judaism, co-leader of the Jewish Mindfulness Teacher<br />
Training Program and author of Jewish Meditation Practices for<br />
Everyday Life. www.awakenedheartproject.org
A29 – Yoga Bliss in All Four Worlds<br />
Ida Unger<br />
In Hebrew, the word for worlds, Olamot, also means concealments,<br />
hidden aspects. The holy source is hidden, not<br />
obvious. The Kabbalah gives us four worlds, or aspects of<br />
consciousness, as tools for understanding. From the world of<br />
doing, Assiyah, we command our daily life. From Y’tzirah, the<br />
realm of feeling, we know love, connection, compassion, and<br />
our limits. The world of creativity, B’ri’ah, unites heart and<br />
mind for manifestations. Atzilut, the world of spirit, is where<br />
the individual soul has a merging with the Divine Source.<br />
Each day we will practice a yoga sequence and look at a<br />
prayer text for one of the worlds. From wholeness we move to<br />
holiness, ultimately unifying self with All That Is<br />
Ida Unger has a love of Torah and spiritual pursuits. She is<br />
a full-time yoga teacher who connects her Jewish roots to her yogic<br />
wings, resulting in a deepening of both. She has taught her course,<br />
“Yoga and Judaism,” to hundreds of students nationwide since 1992.<br />
A30 – Prayer As If the Earth Really Matters<br />
Rabbi Arthur Waskow<br />
This class will experiment in reorientation of prayer<br />
experience to explicitly treat the Earth and the interweaving<br />
of all life processes as sacred. We will explore the impact<br />
of reframing a whole service with “YHWH” (experienced as<br />
Yahh/The Interbreathing of All Life) as well as specific prayers<br />
(eg. Barchu, Nishmat, the Sh’ma, and Avodah for Yom Kippur).<br />
Finally, we will delve into “praying with our legs” (á la<br />
Heschel) — infusing “political” action with prayerful kavvanah<br />
and practice.<br />
Rabbi Arthur Waskow is founder and director, The<br />
Shalom Center, co-founder of ALEPH, and author of Seasons of<br />
Our Joy; Godwrestling – Round 2; Down-to-Earth Judaism;<br />
and with Rabbi Phyllis Ocean Berman, Freedom Journeys and A<br />
Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven. theshalomcenter.org<br />
A31 – Roots and Branches:<br />
The Jewish Roots of Christianity<br />
Rabbi David Zaslow<br />
Judaism and Christianity share many of the same Biblical<br />
texts, yet the members of each faith know little of each<br />
other’s beliefs and spiritual practices. This course focuses on<br />
the essential theological ideas that both differentiate and<br />
join these two sister faiths together. Participants will gain<br />
insight into the first-century world of Judaism and the Jewish<br />
roots of Rabbi Jesus’ teachings. We will thoroughly explore<br />
theological ideas such as salvation, messiah, and the afterlife<br />
from a Jewish perspective. The roots of anti-Semitism will<br />
be explored in depth, as well as ways that these two great<br />
religions can find common ground today.<br />
Rabbi David Zaslow is the spiritual leader of Havurah<br />
Shir Hadash in Ashland, OR, and the interim rabbi of Nevei<br />
Kodesh in Boulder, CO. Along with his wife, Devorah, he is the<br />
co-director of the Maggidic Training Program and author of the<br />
Jewish Renewal siddur, Ivdu et Hashem B’simcha.<br />
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AFTERNOON CLASSES<br />
P10 – Eco-Judaism: The Torah Mandala and<br />
the Mystical System of Sustainability<br />
Rabbi Elisheva Brenner<br />
(Sponsored by the ALEPH Ordination Program)<br />
Level: intermediate/advanced<br />
Grab your seat<br />
belts! Embark<br />
on an entirely<br />
new way of<br />
encountering<br />
Torah through<br />
the lens of Eco-<br />
Judaism. Based<br />
on religious,<br />
historical,<br />
agricultural, and climatic data from the ancient Near East,<br />
the works of Mary Douglas and Moshe Klein, and ancient<br />
manuscripts from India, we will discover how the Torah<br />
becomes a three-dimensional mandala made of narratives from<br />
Shemot to BaMidbar, the “eye” of which is the Holiness Code<br />
of Leviticus. Explore the encoded literary devices that offer<br />
us a radical new way of interpreting Torah as a sustainability<br />
message for the whole Earth. Eco-Judaism is not just for Jews<br />
anymore! NOTE: This class will meet for an extra hour<br />
each day (3 hours/class).<br />
ALEPH students taking this course for credit must also<br />
register with the Ordination Program. Additional post-Kallah<br />
class sessions and fees apply for those students only.<br />
Rabbi Elisheva Brenner, JD, LPC, NCC, is Executive<br />
Director of the Center for Eco-Judaism in Pueblo, CO, a 415-acre<br />
farm, ranch, nature conservancy, and worship, research and<br />
teaching facility, and co-founder of Eco-Glatt, Inc.<br />
www.centerforecojudaism.com<br />
P11 – The Art of the Hazzan: Jewish Spiritual Singing<br />
Hazzan Jack Kessler<br />
(Sponsored by the ALEPH Ordination Program)<br />
Level: intermediate<br />
A hazzan (cantor) is much more than a performer of music.<br />
We are artists, healers, and teachers. Our tools are the liturgy,<br />
the musical tradition, our voices, our imaginations, and our<br />
souls. Come explore the high art of the hazzan. Employing<br />
traditional nusach, the musical language of prayer, we’ll allow<br />
our voices to open to the Divine in new ways. This “masterclass”<br />
style course blends group singing with individualized<br />
coaching. Whether you are an advanced singer or someone<br />
hoping to lead song and prayer with greater vocal clarity, this<br />
course offers the coaching and skill-building you seek.<br />
Hazzan Jack Kessler was ordained as a Cantor at the<br />
Jewish Theological Seminary and had a 20-year congregational<br />
career. He earned a Master’s degree in voice from Boston Conservatory<br />
and studied composition at Brandeis University. He directs<br />
the ALEPH Cantorial Program, as well as two touring ensembles,<br />
Atzilut – Concerts for Peace and Klingon Klezmer.
P12 – A Tzaddik in Suburbia<br />
Rabbi Ebn Leader<br />
(Sponsored by the ALEPH Ordination Program)<br />
Level: intermediate/advanced<br />
Of all the early Hassidic rebbes, No’am Elimelech (Rabbi<br />
Elimelech of Lizhensk/Lezansk) is most strongly associated<br />
with developing a mode of leadership and with training new<br />
Tzaddikim (Hassidic leaders). Of the various spiritual models<br />
that Jewish Renewal might take from classic Hassidism, the<br />
Tzaddik or Rebbe as a spiritual leader raises many challenges<br />
and questions: Is the Tzaddik a<br />
miracle worker, an intermediate<br />
between the Hassid and God<br />
Do we need to resurrect such a<br />
model of leadership Does it have<br />
anything useful to contribute to<br />
an egalitarian society of seekers<br />
In this course we will study the<br />
No’am Elimelech’s instructions on<br />
the practice of spiritual leadership<br />
and see what we might be able<br />
to take into our own lives and<br />
communities. This course can<br />
be taken by ALEPH students in sequence with Rabbi Elliot<br />
Ginsburg’s A11 Sovev U’memalei for one unit of credit. NOTE:<br />
This class will meet for an extra hour each day (3<br />
hours/class).<br />
ALEPH students taking this course for credit must also<br />
register with the Ordination Program. Additional fees apply<br />
for those students only.<br />
Rabbi Ebn Leader grew up in Israel and was privileged to<br />
be a disciple of Rabbi David Hartman and Amos Hetz. For close to<br />
15 years he has also been the disciple of Rabbi Arthur Green, with<br />
whom he teaches at Hebrew College Rabbinical School and who<br />
has given him the gift of smicha. He has also had the<br />
privilege of learning regularly from Reb Zalman.<br />
P13 – Becoming Sages as We Connect<br />
with the Divine Within and Around Us<br />
Rabbi Richard Simon and Annie Klein<br />
(Sponsored by the ALEPH Sage-ing ® Mentorship<br />
Program)<br />
This inspiring program for spiritual growth as<br />
Sages helps us discover the special kedusha/<br />
holiness of becoming elders and transform our<br />
daily lives into joyful, sacred journeys. This class<br />
offers powerful contemplative tools for gathering<br />
and giving expression to the wisdom of our<br />
ripening lives, such as harvesting the wisdom<br />
of our life experience to enrich the present<br />
moment, facing our mortality and learning to evolve from<br />
it, maturing in our relationships and in our communities,<br />
developing a regenerative spirit, and taking active leadership<br />
roles in society.<br />
An intergenerational workshop, this program offers<br />
presentations intertwined with journal writing exercises,<br />
text study, interactive and individual meditations, and group<br />
10<br />
sharing. (This course may serve as Part One of the ALEPH<br />
Sage-ing ® Mentorship Training Program.)<br />
Rabbi Richard Simon, ordained by Reb Zalman in 1985,<br />
has been serving a Conservative/Jewish Renewal congregation in<br />
New Jersey ever since. He chairs the OHALAH Ethics Committee,<br />
works as a spiritual director and hospital chaplain, and is a<br />
certified Sage-ing ® Mentor.<br />
Annie Klein, recognized as an Eyshet Hazon, is a Spiritual<br />
Director, Reiki Master and Soul Memory Discovery Practitioner. She<br />
currently has a private practice and facilitates Sage-ing ® classes and<br />
circles in a variety of settings. Annie is a certified Sage-ing ® Mentor.<br />
P14 – Re-Storying Our<br />
Heritage (like it’s always<br />
been done)<br />
Maggid David Arfa<br />
It is time to reclaim the<br />
mythic grandeur and spiritual<br />
audacity of Judaism’s creative<br />
storytelling imagination. In<br />
this class we will explore our<br />
heritage of stories and make<br />
visible the ways storytellers<br />
have always bundled old images and bold new themes<br />
together. In addition, this class will put the oral back into the<br />
oral tradition. Using playful prompts and creating safe story<br />
circles, our work will be structured as a story-arts workshop.<br />
Our goal will be imagining the role that stories and storytellers<br />
have played in the past, present and future.<br />
Maggid David Arfa’s performances, workshops, and<br />
teacher trainings allow participants to explore story images, the<br />
natural world, traditional texts, and contemporary life. He’s<br />
produced two CDs and performs a full-length memorial for the<br />
Warsaw Ghetto Rebbe. www.maggiddavid.net<br />
P15 – Writing the Psalms of Our Hearts<br />
Rabbi Rachel Barenblat<br />
The psalms are a deep repository of praise,<br />
thanksgiving, grief, and exaltation, one of<br />
our communal tools for connecting with<br />
God. In this class, each of us will become<br />
a psalmist. We’ll awaken our spirits and<br />
hearts by praying select psalms together,<br />
warm up our intellectual muscles with<br />
writing exercises, and enter into a safe<br />
space for creativity as we each write our<br />
own psalms. After sharing our psalms aloud<br />
and sharing our responses to each other’s<br />
work, we’ll close by davenning together once<br />
more. At week’s end, we’ll each take home a<br />
compilation of our collected psalms.<br />
Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, “the Velveteen Rabbi,” received<br />
smicha from ALEPH in 2011 and holds an MFA from Bennington<br />
College. She is author of 70 faces, a collection of Torah poems. She<br />
serves Congregation Beth Israel in North Adams, MA.<br />
velveteenrabbi.com
P16 – Not Your Bubbe and Zeyde’s Pirke Avot<br />
Rabbi Dennis Beck-Berman<br />
Connect to the Divine like the ancient sages. Using hevruta<br />
study, discussion, and creative exercises, explore a very<br />
different version of Pirke Avot based on my forthcoming<br />
critical edition, with translations and interpretations that<br />
often strikingly depart from all others. Avot’s teachings are<br />
not simply a disconnected collection of pious platitudes,<br />
but a coherent, organized series of witty, often paradoxical<br />
epigrams, forming an ethical-philosophical treatise on the<br />
spiritually transformative power of observance combined with<br />
Torah study in which a scholar becomes the embodiment of<br />
divine Torah. Topics: Sex & Death, Desire & Ambition, Truth<br />
& Paradox, God & Torah.<br />
Rabbi of Congregation Brith Achim in Petersburg, VA, Rabbi<br />
Dennis Beck-Berman has taught eco-Kosher workshops at<br />
ALEPH Kallah and classes at Virginia Commonwealth University,<br />
U.S. Military Academy, and University of Pennsylvania. He has<br />
lectured at colleges and led religious retreats and tours in Israel and<br />
Europe.<br />
P17 – The Still Small Voice of Shofar<br />
Michael Chusid<br />
Shofar echoes throughout time — from<br />
the breath of Creation to trumpeting<br />
the final redemption. Holy texts<br />
describe our ancestors using shofarot<br />
to communicate with God, warriors<br />
and laborers, to hold oil for anointing<br />
and wine for drinking, and to mark<br />
fasts and seasons of joy. Calling in<br />
both masculine and feminine voices,<br />
shofar unifies the Four Worlds. We<br />
will reclaim shofar as a technology<br />
for prayer, meditation, tikkun olam,<br />
music, and ritual. In time for Elul and<br />
High Holy Days, you will craft shofarot<br />
and learn to sound them, deepen<br />
your hearing, and prepare to serve the community as master<br />
blasters.<br />
Michael Chusid has taught shofar at American Jewish<br />
University, Hebrew Union College, Limmud, Cactus Kallah, and<br />
many synagogues and havurot. Reb Zalman calls Michael Chusid<br />
“the mouthpiece of the shofar.” He is author of Hearing Shofar:<br />
The Still Small Voice of the Ram’s Horn. www.HearingShofar.com<br />
P18 – Sippur Nafshi: The Story of My Soul<br />
Judith Dack<br />
This art-making class will use Hebrew chant, meditation and<br />
journaling to connect with The Divine within each of us as<br />
we unfold our own unique Soul Story Books, an art piece that<br />
tells our inner story. Join us in creating an enlivened intimate<br />
community of artists creating expressions of our souls’<br />
wisdom and longings. (This class will entail an additional<br />
$20 fee, paid at registration, for books, artist materials and<br />
embellishments.) You may also bring color copies of your own<br />
personal photos, favorite texts and any other materials you<br />
may want to incorporate into your Soul Story Book. All levels<br />
welcome, artists and unidentified artists alike.<br />
Judith Dack is a graduate student at Naropa University in<br />
Boulder, CO, studying Art Therapy and Transpersonal Counseling<br />
Psychology. She is on the faculty of Kol Zimra, Rabbi Shefa Gold’s<br />
Chant Leadership Training. Judith also serves on the ALEPH<br />
Board.<br />
P19 – Voluntary Simplicity with a Jewish Twist<br />
Chava Gal-Or<br />
Life often feels like a pressure cooker that needs navigation.<br />
Our fast-paced realities inspire us to seek ways to both<br />
simplify and live more meaningful lives. Both Judaism and<br />
the Voluntary Simplicity movement encourage us to seek<br />
conscious living tools as a path to spiritually and physically<br />
healthy lives. Together we will explore principles of Voluntary<br />
Simplicity and how they can be intertwined with core Jewish<br />
teachings/values. Simultaneously, we will develop tools that<br />
will enable us to walk more gently as we actively engage in a<br />
life of tikkun olam,repairing the world.<br />
Chava Gal-Or is a mother, a writer, a Youth Education<br />
Director, an ALEPH volunteer for our news releases, graduate of<br />
Kol Zimra and the Davvenen’<br />
Leadership Training Institute.<br />
Recently she moved to the beautiful<br />
desert of Tucson, AZ.<br />
lightwavejourney.wordpress.com<br />
P20 – Jewish Brainpower<br />
Institute: The Neuroscience of<br />
Spiritual Practice<br />
Rabbi Ilan Glazer<br />
How can we use our minds to come<br />
closer to God Are we hardwired<br />
for belief in God What effect<br />
does spiritual practice have on<br />
our brains What are the implications of neuroscience in the<br />
areas of learning, health, aging, and wisdom What do Jewish<br />
teachings have to offer The Jewish Brainpower Institute<br />
will blend insights from Torah, neuroscience and the human<br />
potential movement to discuss these and other fascinating<br />
questions, and how their answers may fundamentally change<br />
our understanding of God, ourselves and our roles in the<br />
world (in the Jewish world and beyond).<br />
Rabbi Ilan Glazer was ordained by ALEPH in January<br />
2012. Ilan is a freelance Jewish educator blending Torah and<br />
Jewish life with insights from the personal growth and public<br />
speaking disciplines. Ilan lives with his soon-to-be-ordained wife<br />
Leslie Hilgeman in Philadelphia, PA.<br />
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P21 – Hebrew Kirtan as I-Thou Encounter: Connecting<br />
With God Through Music, Meditation And Study<br />
Rabbi Andrew Hahn<br />
Hebrew Kirtan — inspired by a form of devotional prayer<br />
developed in India — is<br />
call-and-response, participatory<br />
chant where short,<br />
sacred phrases from the<br />
Jewish tradition are treated as<br />
powerful, universal meditations.<br />
Join the “Kirtan Rabbi,”<br />
Rabbi Andrew Hahn, for a<br />
deep, I-Thou immersion in this<br />
cutting-edge practice. Through<br />
chant, chi gung meditation,<br />
vocal toning (nada yoga)<br />
and study, we will learn easy<br />
techniques to connect: inwardly<br />
(to the heart and body), horizontally (to community), and<br />
vertically (to God). You do not need to know any Hebrew or<br />
be a singer to enjoy this workshop, which culminates in a<br />
community-wide evening concert.<br />
Rabbi Andrew Hahn, the Kirtan Rabbi, is an artist-rabbi<br />
whose music unites celebration of Torah and song to inspire a<br />
renewed spiritual energy. A martial arts instructor with a Ph.D. in<br />
Jewish Thought, he weaves meditation and learning into his chant<br />
playshops. KirtanRabbi.com<br />
P22 – The Barefoot Sofer: The Sacred Craft<br />
of Emergency Torah Repair<br />
Rabbi Kevin Hale<br />
Level: intermediate/advanced<br />
While Torah resonates in all worlds of creation, this class<br />
on the physical Torah scroll is primarily concerned with the<br />
world of Assiyah, the<br />
world of making and<br />
doing. Torah “from<br />
the mouth of HaShem<br />
through the hand of<br />
Moshe” is the product<br />
of a human/divine<br />
partnership. Today,<br />
outside of Israel and<br />
a few large cities, the<br />
Jewish world is largely<br />
bereft of traditionally<br />
trained soferim. Our<br />
communities need members who are trained in the essentials<br />
of our sacred scribal tradition and can be entrusted to care for<br />
our most precious possession. This hands-on class will provide<br />
this training.<br />
Rabbi Kevin Hale trained as a Sofer STaM under master<br />
scribe Rabbi Eric Ray z”l. He evaluates, repairs and writes Torah<br />
in Northampton, MA, and works with congregations across the<br />
spectrum in order to teach about our sacred tribal tradition.<br />
www.assiyah.com<br />
P23 – How the Hindu and Buddhist Traditions Can<br />
Clarify Our Understanding of Jewish Practice:<br />
Revisiting Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed<br />
Jared Kass<br />
Jewish resilience includes the assimilation<br />
of scientific insights and<br />
spiritual understanding from “cultural<br />
collisions” with other philosophical<br />
and religious traditions. We will<br />
explore a classic text on spiritual<br />
maturation, Maimonides’ Guide of<br />
the Perplexed, utilizing Hindu and<br />
Buddhist perspectives to explicate this<br />
dense material and focusing on four<br />
themes: Spiritual Maturation (Transformation<br />
of Awareness and Behavior);<br />
Knowing God: (The Architecture of the<br />
Human Mind); Building Healthy, Just<br />
Community (On the Nature of Evil); and Transformational<br />
Leadership (Moral and Contemplative Dimensions). Sessions<br />
will include Jewish meditative chanting informed by Hindu<br />
and Buddhist practices.<br />
Jared Kass, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Division of<br />
Counseling and Psychology at Lesley University in Cambridge,<br />
MA, specializing in the Psychology of Religion. He has conducted<br />
research for over 30 years on spiritual maturation, well-being and<br />
social justice.<br />
P24 – Uri, Ori, Nur ala nur:<br />
Awaken My Light! Light Upon Light!<br />
Rabbi Debra Kolodny and Ibrahim Farajajé<br />
Join us in a journey that pierces the heart and drinks from the<br />
radiant well of mystical Islam and Judaism. Read Qur’an and<br />
Torah texts on Avraham avinu/Ibrahim khalilullah (intimate<br />
Friend of HaShem) and explore Sufi, Zoharic<br />
and Hassidic commentaries. Soar on the<br />
wings of dhikr and Hebrew chant to embody<br />
our shared story/reality. Lift your soul,<br />
ascending to dvekut/merging/sufiyyat with the<br />
Divine Beloved through merkava and mi’raj<br />
meditations. Sample medieval teachings<br />
reflecting profound spiritual exploration<br />
across our traditions. Leave inspired to<br />
activate the Or Chadash/Nur ala nur we’ve<br />
tasted for inner and global peace, reconciliation<br />
and celebration.<br />
Rabbi Debra Kolodny is the spiritual<br />
leader of P’nai Or of Portland. A passionate social justice activist<br />
and leader in ALEPH for ten years, she dwells in the well of deep<br />
ecumenism. Daily prayer, meditation and taiji make life glorious.<br />
Ibrahim Farajajé is a professor at the Graduate Theological<br />
Union in Berkeley, CA. He is also a Pir (shaykh) in the Chishti<br />
Sufi Order (Ajmer, India). Dreams: yoga, wilderness Torah/Qur’an,<br />
dancing with Reb Yisrael Odesser, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, kirtan!<br />
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P25 – “V’ah-Soo Lee Meek-Dash V’sha-Chantee<br />
B’to-Chom: Let Them Make for Me a Sanctuary and I<br />
Will Dwell Within Them.”<br />
Experiencing The Sacred Within and Among Us<br />
Through Authentic Movement<br />
Julie Leavitt<br />
Each day we will create safe space — sanctuary — within our<br />
selves and among the group. Authentic Movement will be our<br />
core practice of movement meditation. We will experience<br />
dance and movement that comes naturally through the encouragement<br />
of inner listening and responding. We will move<br />
with eyes closed in the presence of a compassionate witness to<br />
the whole self. Our goal will be to create a sense of increased<br />
safety and sacredness within our body, allowing playfulness in<br />
community, the experience of dance and movement as prayer,<br />
and devekut, an intimate connection with the Beloved that<br />
you can access at any time.<br />
Julie Leavitt has been exploring dance as prayer for 30<br />
years since studying Dance Therapy and finding Jewish Renewal.<br />
Julie is a Spiritual Director through Lev Shomea, where she teaches<br />
Authentic Movement and offers body-centered practices.<br />
www.bodyheartandsoul.net<br />
P26 – Living a Life<br />
of Bliss: 20 Jewish<br />
Practices Which<br />
Create Joy<br />
Hana Matt<br />
We will directly<br />
experience the joy<br />
which comes from doing<br />
certain Jewish spiritual<br />
practices. Judaism and<br />
modern scientific studies<br />
have both come up<br />
with the same set of 20 fundamental practices, which lead<br />
naturally to experiencing bliss. This will be all new material<br />
from the course I taught at the last Kallah. You’ll receive an<br />
extensive packet with these texts of practices from Judaism<br />
and their corresponding proof from modern scientific studies.<br />
We will do each practice after we have learned the text. These<br />
practices are from the Jewish mystical tradition, Kabbalah,<br />
Zohar, Nachman of Bratslav, Baal Shem Tov, Rabbinic sources,<br />
Maimonides.<br />
Hana Matt is a teacher of Jewish Spirituality, World<br />
Religions and Spiritual<br />
Direction at the Graduate<br />
Theological Union and<br />
the Interfaith Chaplaincy<br />
Institute. She is a Jewish<br />
Spiritual Director and the<br />
Co-Director of the Spiritual<br />
Direction Training Program.<br />
She teaches Kabbalah and<br />
Zohar courses with her<br />
husband, Daniel Matt.<br />
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P27 – Ancestors and Ghosts, Spirit Guides and<br />
Reincarnating Souls: The Ancient Mystery and<br />
Contemporary Meaning of Afterlife in Jewish Tradition<br />
Rabbinic Pastor Simcha Raphael<br />
This class is an exploration of Jewish afterlife texts spanning<br />
three millennia of history. As travelers through time, we<br />
shall enter the worlds of Torah, Talmud, Midrash, Zohar and<br />
Hasidic tales investigating diverse ways Jews have understood<br />
the enigmatic mystery of death and the world beyond.<br />
Searching for spiritual renewal of traditional teachings,<br />
we shall use these texts for reflection and discussion<br />
discovering practical guidelines for responding to the human<br />
encounter with death — personally, and in our families and<br />
communities. Our exploration of a plethora of Jewish death<br />
and afterlife traditions shall deepen our appreciation of God’s<br />
unfolding presence in our lives.<br />
Reb Simcha Raphael, Ph.D., is a Rabbinic Pastor,<br />
psychotherapist and Spiritual Director. Founder of DA’AT Institute<br />
– Death Awareness, Advocacy and Training, he teaches in the<br />
Religion Department of Temple University. He is author of Jewish<br />
Views of the Afterlife. www.simcharaphael.com<br />
P28 – Harvesting From the Pardes of Dreams<br />
Yael Linda Schiller<br />
This class offers a way to listen to the voice of your<br />
dreams from a uniquely Jewish perspective, as a<br />
way to connect the Divine within and without. We<br />
will explore the history of Jewish dream study and<br />
interpretation from Torah to Talmud to Kabbalah,<br />
uncover the layers of meaning in a dream through<br />
the Pardes (Orchard) system of reading Torah,<br />
and participate in several interactive methods of<br />
dreamwork together. Learning to incubate (channel)<br />
dreams as part of a healing spiritual practice will<br />
also be covered. Please bring a dream journal or<br />
paper to class.<br />
Yael Linda Schiller is a integrative body/mind/spiritual<br />
psychotherapist, consultant, teacher, and author in Watertown,<br />
MA. She teaches dreamwork locally and nationally, including<br />
through The International Association for the Study of Dreams.<br />
She is known for her spirited, engaging and informative style, as<br />
well as for blending experiential work seamlessly into her classes.<br />
lindayaelschiller.com<br />
P29 – To the Mountain and Back: Reb Zalman’s Davening<br />
Joel Segel<br />
Jewish prayer is so much more than just words<br />
on a page. It invites bodies to move, hearts<br />
to feel, minds to expand, spirits to delight. It<br />
brings our whole selves into the presence of<br />
God. The more we seek in prayer, the more we<br />
find! Join the co-author of Reb Zalman’s new<br />
book, Davening — available at www.aleph.org<br />
— for four experiential sessions on deepening<br />
the prayer connection. We’ll journey through<br />
prayer’s diverse landscapes. We’ll imbue the
words with meaning, music and movement. And we’ll<br />
embrace the challenge and invitation of praying together,<br />
heading for the place where our souls are home.<br />
Joel Segel is co-author, with Reb Zalman, of Jewish with<br />
Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice and the new<br />
Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer. He prays and<br />
leads his own compositions at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, MA.<br />
P30 – We are all Tzaddikim:<br />
Dancing with Rebbe Elimelech<br />
Rhonda Shapiro-Rieser<br />
This course will look at the teachings of<br />
Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk/Lezansk, the<br />
beloved third generation Hassidic master.<br />
Rebbe Elimelech saw the path of the Tzaddik<br />
(Rebbe) as open to anyone. His book No’am<br />
Elimelech is a Tzaddik “how-to” manual.<br />
He was also a practitioner of practical<br />
Hassidism, seeing the Rebbe as one involved<br />
with the physical as well as spiritual<br />
well-being of his Hassidim. We will learn his stories and<br />
examine passages on the Tzaddik from his writings. We will<br />
practice two of his meditations, learn melodies connected to<br />
him and even dance the Elimelech Dance.<br />
Rhonda Shapiro-Rieser, M.A., D.Min., was a teacher<br />
at the first Kallah and has taught at three National Havurah<br />
Institutes. She teaches adults, specializing in topics<br />
related to Hasiddism and Jewish mysticism, when<br />
she is not playing ukulele.<br />
P31 – SpeakChorus Torah: Building a<br />
Community of Holy Midrash Tellers<br />
Rabbi Melissa Starr Wenig, Hazzan Michal Rubin<br />
and Hazzan Abbe Lyons<br />
What do you get when you mix poetry,<br />
flash mob, bible and midrash with a little<br />
singing thrown in for good measure Using<br />
Torah circles, Contemplative Torah, writing,<br />
niggunim, discussion and movement, we<br />
unpack, explore and connect to the text in all<br />
four worlds, crafting a holy sound-sculpture of<br />
story, poetry, melody, of voices weaving in and<br />
out separately and together. Our SpeakChorus<br />
midrash will surprise and move both speakers and listeners<br />
during the Shabbat morning Torah service. You don’t have to<br />
be a writer, scholar, singer, or public speaker to be part of this<br />
community of holy Midrash Tellers.<br />
The SpeakChorus Torah Project team of Rabbi Melissa<br />
Starr Wenig (www.joyfulservice.com), Hazzan Michal<br />
Rubin and Hazaan Abbe Lyons (www.abbelyons.com)<br />
are writers, teachers,<br />
musicians, somatic<br />
educators, and lovers<br />
of Torah. We have<br />
crafted and performed<br />
SpeakChorus midrashim<br />
with groups at OHALAH<br />
and Ruach Ha’Aretz<br />
retreats and in congregational<br />
settings.<br />
P32 – Holy Drumming<br />
Akiva The Believer<br />
Drumming in Holy Space: How do you play your drum How<br />
do you play your drum during services Learn from Akiva<br />
The Believer, a popular, joyful Master Drummer. He will first<br />
show you the basics of getting sounds from whatever drum<br />
you bring. (Or you can borrow one of Akiva’s.) What rhythms<br />
work with which prayers Deepening your own kavannah.<br />
When NOT to play. Listening. Chanting<br />
and drumming together. Soloing. Middle<br />
Eastern rhythms. Reggae. Drumming as<br />
a spiritual practice. Other instruments:<br />
shakers, tambourine, electronic drums for<br />
ecstatic dancing, hip hop, etc. Drumming<br />
with other drummers. Finding your own<br />
authentic beat.<br />
Akiva The Believer Wharton is a<br />
Master Drummer helping to bring drumming<br />
back into Jewish prayer. Akiva accompanies<br />
a who’s-who of Jewish singers and prayer<br />
leaders. Akiva received smicha as Drummer<br />
from Reb Zalman. His first CD and book are<br />
in production. www.AkivaTheBeliever.com<br />
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FOR MORE INFORMATION<br />
As we get closer to the Kallah, the volume of inquiries received by the planners is often very high. For the quickest response,<br />
use e-mail. If you do not have/use e-mail, then feel free to use the phone numbers listed below. When leaving messages,<br />
please leave enough information, so we we know to whom to direct your inquiry. Thank you in advance for your patience.<br />
Kallah Office<br />
47 Charles St.<br />
Newton MA 02466<br />
Sally Plone, Kallah Coordinator<br />
Kallahajr@rcn.com<br />
Sheri Levson, Office Manager<br />
kallahadmin@rcn.com<br />
781-708-6040 phone<br />
866-826-3011 fax<br />
Davvenen Coordinator<br />
Mark Novak<br />
kallahdavvenen2013@yahoo.com<br />
202-362-3270<br />
Dining Room Coordinator<br />
Howie (Chaim) Schneider<br />
chaim@mac.com<br />
Elders & Disability Advocate<br />
Sheryl Adler-Eldridge<br />
sheryladler@hotmail.com<br />
530-210-3208<br />
Giftshop/Manager<br />
Eliezer Froehlich<br />
defro@proaxis.com<br />
541-757-2316<br />
Giftshop/Artist Liaison<br />
Gayle Gale<br />
kfpeace@aol.com<br />
323-874-3887<br />
GLBT Advocate<br />
Jonathan Baron<br />
jonathan@jonathanbaron.com<br />
917-842-8852<br />
Healing Center Coordinator<br />
Lynda Danzig<br />
lbdanzig@hotmail.com<br />
781-771-4068<br />
Kesher Coordinator<br />
Sarah Rohr<br />
sarah.e.rohr36@gmail.com<br />
360-379-0501<br />
Kids Kallah Director<br />
Joanie Levine<br />
jlevinehummingbird@gmail.com<br />
503-679-5933<br />
Productions (Cabaret, etc)<br />
Coordinator<br />
Deb Barsel<br />
dbarsel@gmail.com<br />
978-263-7834<br />
Teacher Liaison<br />
Renee Brachfeld<br />
ReneeKallah@gmail.com<br />
202-362-3270<br />
Teen Program Coordinator<br />
Sarai Shapiro<br />
sarai510@gmail.com<br />
267-847-4399<br />
Toddler Program Coordinator<br />
Jessica Jobanek<br />
jessicajobanek@gmail.com<br />
Workstudy Coordinator<br />
Annie Klein<br />
annie.klein7@gmail.com<br />
250-384-7817<br />
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION<br />
Start and End Times Registration will be open<br />
Sunday, June 30, from 2 pm to 7 pm, and again on<br />
Monday, July 1, from 10 am to 1:30 pm. The Kallah<br />
officially begins shortly after 2 pm on Monday. Please<br />
do your best to arrive on campus no later than 1 pm on<br />
Monday, July 1. If you are traveling from Manchester,<br />
it is approximately a one hour trip to Rindge. The Kallah<br />
program will end by 11 am on Sunday, July 8.<br />
Pre-Registration Once you are PAID IN FULL, you will<br />
receive a pre-registration packet at the end of June. The packet<br />
will include your classes, recommended readings, driving<br />
instructions, and other important information.<br />
Fees and Deposits Starting at $998, all-inclusive, we<br />
make every effort to keep our prices affordable. A deposit of<br />
$100 per person (including children) must accompany each<br />
registration if postmarked before May 15 — All balances<br />
must be paid by May 15. A $50 per person late fee will be<br />
charged if registration or final payment is postmarked/paid<br />
electronically after May 15.<br />
Discounts We have four discounts designed to make your<br />
Kallah week more affordable — please read carefully:<br />
Early Bird— $35 discount applied<br />
per person for each registration paid<br />
in full and postmarked by April 15;<br />
First-timer— 5% off room & board<br />
fees (only) for each person who has<br />
never been to Kallah; OR Minyan—<br />
5% off for each person when 10+<br />
people register together in the same<br />
envelope (must be mailed in). (You<br />
may use only one of these two<br />
discounts.)<br />
National Havurah Committee—<br />
$200 per person for those also<br />
attending the 2013 National Havurah<br />
Institue in August. (See http://www.<br />
havurah.org/institute2013.) This can<br />
not be combined with other discounts.<br />
Cancellations If you must cancel your reservation, please<br />
call the Kallah office immediately. Cancellations are subject to<br />
the following fees: $100 if received before May 15; one-half of<br />
the total fee if received from May 15 to June 15; no refund if<br />
cancellation is after June 15. All refunds will be processed at<br />
the end of August and will be paid by check.<br />
Work-Study Work-study is a serious commitment. Positions<br />
are available, ranging from a few hours to half days. Applications<br />
for assistance must be postmarked by May 1 (see page<br />
4) and will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />
Applicants will be informed of their grants not later than June<br />
15. All requests are confidential. We have never filled all of<br />
our work-study positions, so if you are interested in further<br />
reducing your Kallah costs, ask about working more than one.<br />
Early Arrival Lodging is available on campus Sunday night<br />
and will cost an additional $80 per person (including room,<br />
dinner, breakfast and lunch).<br />
The Site We are excited to be at Franklin Pierce University<br />
(FPU) — a gorgeous campus in a breathtaking setting. The<br />
University has a beautiful lake for swimming and boating,<br />
miles of hiking trails, and is located at the foot of New<br />
Hampshire’s Mount Monadnock. FPU offers a range of lodging<br />
options from camping to economical dormitory rooms to<br />
spacious, modern air-conditioned lakefront apartments<br />
complete with kitchens.<br />
Getting to and from Campus FPU is located in Rindge,<br />
NH, just north of the Massachusetts border. Approximate<br />
driving time is 4.5 hours from New York City and 1½ hours<br />
from Boston. The closest airports are in Manchester, NH<br />
(1 hour), and Boston (1½ - 2 hours). There is no charge for<br />
parking on campus. Participants will be driving from all over<br />
New England and the East Coast. You can check our website<br />
for ridesharing information!<br />
We have hired a bus service that will make two trips<br />
between Franklin Pierce and<br />
Manchester Airport each day of<br />
registration and departure (each<br />
trip takes approx. 1 hour):<br />
Sunday 6/30: Leave Manchester<br />
Airport at 2 pm & 5 pm;<br />
Monday 7/1: Leave Manchester<br />
Airport at 11:30 am & 2 pm;<br />
Sunday 7/7: Leave Franklin Pierce<br />
on at 11:15 am & 2 pm.<br />
Tickets will be $30/per person<br />
each way and you may purchase<br />
them when you register. Please<br />
plan your travel accordingly. Bus<br />
tickets are non-refundable<br />
after June 15. There will be only<br />
110 seats available per day (55/bus), so, first-come, first-served.<br />
IMPORTANT: you must designate which bus on the registration<br />
form — do not buy tickets until you know. (If you don’t know<br />
your travel plans at the time you register, you may call the<br />
office to buy tickets, or add them to your online registration<br />
later.)<br />
If you are with a party of 3 or 4, you may want to hire a<br />
private town car for $95. Call Royal Airport Service at 1-800-<br />
494-0508.<br />
If renting a car, you can get special rates with Avis using<br />
our AWD#U303447. Tell them you are with the ALEPH Kallah.<br />
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION<br />
Housing<br />
At Franklin Pierce, you will have a wide variety of<br />
options. Air-conditioning is available, but at a higher<br />
cost. We are told that due to the location of FPU, which<br />
is at a high altitude near the mountains, a nice breeze<br />
significantly lessens the need for air-conditioning (particularly<br />
at night).<br />
<strong>Here</strong> are the options:<br />
Economical single & double dorm rooms (with hall<br />
bath; not air-conditioned)<br />
Suites (choice of single or double rooms) with common<br />
living area and semi-private bathrooms. (A/C and no A/C<br />
options)<br />
Air-Conditioned Lakeview Apartments (choice<br />
of single or double rooms) are the newest addition to<br />
campus housing. with a scenic view of beautiful Pearly<br />
Pond. Each apartment has 2 levels and includes 3<br />
bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, and a kitchen (bring your<br />
own utensils, etc.). These are slightly further away from<br />
the main campus than the other options. We also offer a<br />
2-person private efficiency apartment option.<br />
PLUS…..for the first time we have Tent Camping on the<br />
premises for the same price offered to Commuters! (Please<br />
note, this is just a field near the dorms, not private<br />
wooded sites. No fires allowed. Showers will be available<br />
in dorms.) Space is very limited….reserve early!<br />
Learn more about housing on our website:<br />
www.aleph.org/kallah.html<br />
Commuters Meals are included in the commuter fees.<br />
Commuters can arrange to stay on campus for Shabbat,<br />
provided there is room.<br />
If you prefer a cozy country inn atmosphere, the<br />
Woodbound Inn (www.woodbound.com) is a 10-minute drive<br />
from campus and will offer special rates beginning at $79 per<br />
room for Kallah participants. Call 603-532-8341, or email<br />
erin@woodbound.com.<br />
Meals The FPU Dining Service use ingredients that are<br />
locally-grown and organic whenever possible. Every day<br />
you can expect healthy, creative vegetarian/fish/dairy/parve<br />
meals. A non-dairy, non-wheat and vegan choice will always<br />
be available. If you have special needs, please indicate on the<br />
registration form or contact our Dining Room Liaison Chaim<br />
Schneider (chaim@mac.com).<br />
Special Needs The campus is compact, but somewhat hilly.<br />
We will have golf carts and vans to help with transportation<br />
on campus. Please notify us early if you have special needs of<br />
any kind. Most facilities on campus are wheelchair accessible.<br />
Shabbat Guests If the Kallah does not fill to capacity, there<br />
will be the possibility of attending for Shabbat only. Include<br />
payment and mark “Shabbat Only” on the registration form.<br />
Payments will be held (not processed) until availability is<br />
determined. The office will maintain a waiting list and let you<br />
know whether there is space by June 8.<br />
Post-Kallah Intensive Study Week The ALEPH<br />
Ordination Program (Rabbinic, Cantorial, Rabbinic Pastor,<br />
and Hashpa’ah: Spiritual Direction) will sponsor a week<br />
of advanced studies following the Kallah. The Study Week<br />
program, hosted at Franklin Pierce by ALEPH’s Ruach Ha’Aretz<br />
mobile retreat center, is open to students enrolled in the<br />
Ordination Program. Ordination Program applicants may also<br />
attend with permission from the Dean, Rabbi Marcia Prager.<br />
For information and registration, contact Rabbis Nadya and<br />
Victor Gross, Project Directors, at info@ruachhaaretz.com.<br />
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ALEPH Affiliated Communities<br />
ALEPH Dues and Membership Information<br />
UNITED STATES<br />
ARIZONA<br />
Ruach Hamidbar-Spirit of the<br />
Desert (Scottsdale/Paradise<br />
Valley/Phoenix)<br />
CALIFORNIA<br />
B’nai Horin/Children of Freedom<br />
(Los Angeles)<br />
Chadesh Yameinu (Santa Cruz)<br />
Chochmat HaLev (Berekeley)<br />
Kehilla Community Synagogue<br />
(Piedmont)<br />
Makom Ohr Shalom (West Hills)<br />
Shir Hashirim Minyan (Berkeley)<br />
Shir HaYam (San Diego)<br />
The Elijah Minyan (San Diego)<br />
COLORADO<br />
Nevei Kodesh (Boulder)<br />
Pardes Levavot (Boulder)<br />
CONNECTICUT<br />
Congregation P’nai Or of Central<br />
Connecticut (West Hartford)<br />
FLORIDA<br />
Or Ahavah (Lutz)<br />
Temple Adath Or (Davie)<br />
ILLINOIS<br />
Makom Shalom (Chicago)<br />
MARYLAND<br />
Am Kolel (Beallsville)<br />
East Bank Havurah (Baltimore/<br />
Central Maryland)<br />
MASSACHUSETTS<br />
B’nai Or Boston (Boston)<br />
MICHIGAN<br />
Congr. Shir Tikvah (Metro<br />
Detroit)<br />
Pardes Hannah (Ann Arbor)<br />
MISSOURI<br />
Congregation Neve Shalom<br />
(St. Louis)<br />
MONTANA<br />
Congregation Beth Shalom<br />
(Bozeman)<br />
NEW JERSEY<br />
Havurah Or Ha Lev<br />
(Long Valley)<br />
NEW MEXICO<br />
Congr. Nahalat Shalom<br />
(Albuquerque)<br />
NEW YORK<br />
Romemu (New York City)<br />
NORTH CAROLINA<br />
Temple Or Olam (Concord)<br />
Yavneh: A Jewish Renewal<br />
Community (Raleigh)<br />
OREGON<br />
Havurah Shir Hadash (Ashland)<br />
P’nai Or of Portland (Portland)<br />
PENNSYLVANIA<br />
P’nai Or Philadelphia<br />
(Philadelphia)<br />
VIRGINIA<br />
P’nai Yisrael (Charlottesville)<br />
WASHINGTON<br />
Congregation Eitz Or (Seattle)<br />
WISCONSIN<br />
Shaarei Shamayim (Madison)<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
AUSTRALIA<br />
Emmanuel Synagogue (Sydney)<br />
BRAZIL<br />
Jewish Congr. of Brazil—<br />
Chavurah Al Sfat ha-Yam<br />
(Rio de Janeiro)<br />
CANADA<br />
Beth Jacob Synagogue (Regina)<br />
Or Shalom (Vancouver)<br />
GERMANY<br />
Beth Avraham (Munich)<br />
Ohel Hachidusch (Berlin)<br />
ISRAEL<br />
Nava Tehila (Jerusalem)<br />
UNITED KINGDOM<br />
Ruach Havurah (London)<br />
PERU<br />
Jewish Community of Huanuco<br />
Beith Etz Chaim<br />
All adult Kallah attendees must be current members<br />
of ALEPH. Please select the category below that applies to<br />
your household.<br />
q Member of ALEPH through listed ALEPH Affiliated<br />
Community. (Note community on form.)<br />
q Individual (household) member of ALEPH, through contribution<br />
made since since July 8, 2012. (If our records show<br />
that you are not current, we’ll invoice you.)<br />
q Not a current ALEPH member. (Add $54 per individual or<br />
$72 per household to the registration form.)<br />
If you are not sure your ALEPH membership is current, please<br />
contact ALEPH Member Services at 215-247-9700, ext. 21.<br />
2013 Kallah Planning Committee (at time of press)<br />
Sally Plone, Coordinator; Sheri Levson, Assistant Coordinator,<br />
Susan Raskin Abrams, Jonathan Baron, Deb Barsel, R. Dennis<br />
Beck-Berman, Renee Brachfeld, Marcia Brooks, Lynda Danzig,<br />
Sheryl Adler-Eldridge, Sheila Katz Feiwell, Eliezer Froehlich,<br />
Gayle Gale, Rachel Harris, Jessica Jobanek, Annie Klein, Latifa<br />
& Peter Kropf, Joanie Levine, Rudie & Shira Lion, Harry<br />
Morrow, R. Mark Novak, Skye Pelicrow, Sara Rohr, Howie<br />
(Chaim) Schneider, Baruch Schwadron, R. David Seidenberg,<br />
Jody Seltzer, Laura Shakun, Sarai Shapiro, Yehuda Winter, Judi<br />
Wisch, Linda Zweig<br />
Brochure design: Hal Aqua, www.aquastudio.net<br />
Cover photo: Judith Hagen, judith-hagen.fineartamerica.com<br />
Thanks to Ann Silver and all the photographers from past Kallot<br />
who contributed their work to this brochure.<br />
Register early!<br />
Space is limited. Full payment is due May 15, and<br />
will be accepted in postmark order. Your registration<br />
implies you have read and agree to the<br />
financial terms stated on page 16. All payments<br />
should be made in US dollars. You can register<br />
online (www.aleph.org/kallah.htm); mail the<br />
forms on the next two pages with your payment<br />
to ALEPH Kallah, 47 Charles St., Newton, MA<br />
02466; or fax to: 866-826-3011 (US only).<br />
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BASIC FEES<br />
RESIDENTIAL x # of people AMOUNT<br />
Adult, per person, double hall bath $998 x________= $____________<br />
Adult, per person, single hall bath $1098 x________= $____________<br />
Adult, per person, double in suite $1098 x________= $____________<br />
Adult, per person, single in suite $1198 x________= $____________<br />
Adult, per person, double in suite (Air Conditioned) $1258 x________= $____________<br />
Adult, per person, single in suite (A/C) $1358 x________= $____________<br />
Adult, per person, double in (A/C) apartment $1398 x________= $____________<br />
Adult, per person, single in (A/C) apartment $1458 x________= $____________<br />
Adult, per person, two sharing private (A/C) apartment $1598 x________= $____________<br />
Teens (ages 13-18) Teen Program $998 x________= $____________<br />
Teens (ages 13-18) Room & Board only $750 x________= $____________<br />
Child (ages 4-12) $698 x________= $____________<br />
2nd (or more) child $650 x________= $____________<br />
Toddler (ages 1-3) $650 x________= $____________<br />
SUBTOTAL RESIDENTIAL<br />
$___________<br />
COMMUTERS & CAMPING<br />
Adult Commuter (includes meals) $850 x________= $____________<br />
Adult Camper (includes meals & facilities) $850 x________= $____________<br />
Teens (ages 13-18) $850 x________= $____________<br />
Children (ages 1-12) $545 x________= $____________<br />
SUBTOTAL COMMUTER<br />
$___________<br />
SHABBAT/WEEKEND (Friday afternoon through Sunday)<br />
Weekend only (limited availability, see page 17) $425 x________= $____________<br />
Weekend only COMMUTER (limited availability, see p. 17) $325 x________= $____________<br />
Weekend only CAMPING (limited availability, see p. 17) $325 x________= $____________<br />
SUBTOTAL SHABBAT<br />
$___________<br />
SPECIAL DISCOUNTS<br />
CHOOSE ONLY ONE: 5% First Timer (deduct 5% for each first-time Kallah participant)<br />
OR 5% Register w/ a Minyan (deduct 5% only if 10 registrations are mailed together in the same envelope)<br />
x________= $____________<br />
Early Bird Discount (paid in full, postmarked by April 15) subtract $35/person<br />
x________= $____________<br />
National Havurah 2013 Institute Attendee<br />
Deduct $200 per adult (cannot be combined w/ other discounts) x________= $____________<br />
Total DISCOUNTS<br />
-$___________<br />
ADDITIONAL FEES<br />
NH tax & processing fee: per person residential $40 x________= $____________<br />
NH tax & processing fee: per person commuter/camper $20 x________= $____________<br />
Supplementary fees for classes (arts, hiking, etc) as noted x________= $____________<br />
Sunday arrival $80 x________= $____________<br />
Airport shuttle: $30/person each way. Choose your times below:<br />
6/30: 2pm 5pm 7/1: 11:30am 2pm 7/7: 11:15am 2pm x________= $____________<br />
ALEPH tax deductible membership: $54 Single, $72 household x________= $____________<br />
If you are member of an ALEPH community, please note which: _________________________<br />
Late fee (if not paid in full by May 15): add $50/person x________= $____________<br />
Please consider an additional tax deductible donation (circle one):<br />
Kesher program (scholarships) Kids’ Kallah ALEPH General Fund $____________<br />
Total ADDITIONAL FEES/DONATIONS<br />
GRAND TOTAL (your subtotal plus fees minus discounts)<br />
Amount enclosed (minimum $100 deposit per person before 5/15)<br />
Balance due by May 15, 2013 (After May 15 must be paid in full)<br />
Visa or MC #_________________________________________________Expiration ___________ Security Code_________<br />
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY<br />
$___________<br />
$___________<br />
$___________<br />
$___________<br />
Please charge my balance on q April 15 (early discount) q May 15 (regular registration)<br />
If paying by credit card, please make sure the address matches your billing address.<br />
Registration form continues on reverse.<br />
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ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal<br />
7000 Lincoln Dr. B-2<br />
Philadelphia, PA 19119-3046<br />
NON PROFIT ORG.<br />
U.S. POSTAGE<br />
PAID<br />
WEST PALM BCH, FL<br />
PERMIT # 593<br />
Receiving duplicates Please pass on to a friend.<br />
ADULT #1<br />
Full Name__________________________________________________ Name tag (if different)_______________________________________<br />
Birthdate (mm/dd/yyyy)________________________________________ Gender: F M<br />
Address_____________________________________________________ City, State, Zip _____________________________________________<br />
Day phone___________________________ Eve phone____________________________ Cell______________________OK to text_______<br />
Occupation________________________________________ Email_______________________________________ OK to email____________<br />
COURSE PREFERENCES – list using course numbers. Courses are filled in order of postmark. If more space is needed,<br />
please copy sheet. Also, please indicate whether you selected this course primarily for the topic or the teacher.<br />
AM 1st choice ______ topic / teacher AM 2nd choice ______ topic / teacher AM 3rd choice ______ topic / teacher<br />
PM 1st choice ______ topic / teacher PM 2nd choice ______ topic / teacher PM 3rd choice ______ topic / teacher<br />
Are you interested in: (check all that apply) q Linda Hirschhorn’s Choir q Tikkun Olam Project<br />
ADULT #2<br />
Full Name__________________________________________________ Name tag (if different)_______________________________________<br />
Birthdate (mm/dd/yyyy)________________________________________ Gender: F M<br />
Address_____________________________________________________ City, State, Zip _____________________________________________<br />
Day phone___________________________ Eve phone____________________________ Cell______________________OK to text_______<br />
Occupation________________________________________ Email_______________________________________ OK to email____________<br />
COURSE PREFERENCES – list using course numbers. Courses are filled in order of postmark. If more space is needed,<br />
please copy sheet. Also, please indicate whether you selected this course primarily for the topic or the teacher.<br />
AM 1st choice ______ topic / teacher AM 2nd choice ______ topic / teacher AM 3rd choice ______ topic / teacher<br />
PM 1st choice ______ topic / teacher PM 2nd choice ______ topic / teacher PM 3rd choice ______ topic / teacher<br />
Are you interested in: (check all that apply) q Linda Hirschhorn’s Choir q Tikkun Olam Project<br />
CHILD/TEEN #1 Name_______________________________Birthdate_____________ Sex: F M Email________________________<br />
CHILD/TEEN #2 Name_______________________________Birthdate_____________ Sex: F M Email________________________<br />
Room share request: ______________________________________ (Every effort will be made to honor your request.)<br />
OTHER INFORMATION<br />
Noise levels: Please indicate your noise tolerance: silence…………….……….not an issue…………………lively!<br />
Electricity on Shabbat: q No q Yes q Yes, but willing to accommodate roommate(s)<br />
Dietary Needs (check all that apply): q Lactose intolerant q Nut allergy q Wheat/gluten allergy q Vegan q Other __________<br />
Do any health issues require special consideration for housing (Please explain in detail)<br />
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />
How many previous Kallot have you attended___________ What year was the last one you attended______________<br />
How did you hear about the Kallah q website q brochure q ad q social media q specific person:______________________<br />
Please rank your top 3 reasons for attending Kallah (place a 1, 2 & 3 in front of reason):<br />
___Community ___Re-entry into Judaism ___Davening ___Experience Jewish Renewal ____My family<br />
___Hoping to meet my Basherte (soul mate) ___Learning (specify if particular teacher) ________________________<br />
Are you affiliated q Renewal q Recon q Conservative q Reform 20 q Havurah q Orthodox q other____________________