PAST ENGAGEMENTS

 

A partial list of past teaching, lectures and workshops. To bring me to your community, please contact me.

 

2020 

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Online: Weekly Class on Seeking Spiritual Wisdom for Congregation Etz Chayim.

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Online: Weekly Ma'ariv service with 40 minute class on seeking spiritual wisdom at this time for Congregation Kol Emeth

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Online: Webinar for Conservative Rabbis of the Rabbinical Assembly on Spiritual Practice, together with Rabbi Jonathan Slater

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Online:  Webinar for "Chaverim" of The Mussar Institute on "Mussar in a Time of Crisis: The Pandemic as Teacher"

 

Workshop at Elevate: Jewish Education Conference, San Francisco: Inviting Sacred Dialogue

in the Classroom

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Dialogue Workshop for Board of JCRC, Silicon Valley

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2019

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Talk at Racists Anonymous, San Jose: Dismantling White Privilege and Cultivating White Resilience

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Beth Am, Palo Alto, CA, Feast of Jewish Learning, Confronting Racism as Jews

 

Reconstructing Judaism Conference, Philadelphia, Jewish Values and the Ethical Now,

Panelist: Ethical Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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Join for Justice Alumni Retreat, Pearlstone Conference Center, Pursuing Justice and Peace in our

Communities 

Congregation Beth Israel, Charlottesville, VA, scholar in residence, Argument for the Sake of Heaven

 

Spiritual Directors International Annual Conference, Seattle, Spiritual Practice and Social Justice

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Beth Am, Palo Alto, Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot, Dismantling Racism: What Do Jewish Texts Teach Us?

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St. James Episcopal Church, San Francisco, Sacred Conversations about Anti-Racism

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South Bay Bend the Arc, Confronting Racism as Jews

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Podcast, The Mussar Institute, On Forgiveness

 

2018

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Beth Am, Palo Alto, CA, Feast of Jewish Learning, Jewish and Islamic Wisdom on Character-Building  

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UJA/Federation, NYC, mini-conference, Riding the Third Rail: Leaning into Controversy

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Ansche Chesed, NYC, scholar-in-residence, The Sacred Art of Disagreement 

 

Congregation Etz Hayim Women's Retreat, Seeking Peace in our Lives and in our World 

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Kol Halev, Cleveland, scholar-in-residence, Argument for the Sake of Heaven

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Or Shalom Jewish Community, San Francisco, dialogue, Can We Talk About Israel?

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2017

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Temple Beth Jacob, Redwood City, CA,  The Work of Teshuvah: Making Peace in Difficult Relationships

and in Ourselves

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Peninsula Sinai Congregation, Foster City, CA,  Seeing You is Like Seeing the Face of God

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Sisterhood of Salaam/Shalom Annual Conference, Madison, NJ,  Keynote Talk

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GCAR Rabbinic Kallah at Woodacres, Little Switzerland, NC,  Pursuing Peace and Justice

in Troubled Times

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2016

Israeli-Palestinian Interreligious Pilgrimage, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities

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Institute for Jewish Spirituality, webinar, The Spiritual Practice of Redifat Shalom (Pursuing Peace) 

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The Mussar Institute, webinar, The Soul Work of Pursuing Peace 

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Beth Jacob Congregation, Mendota Heights, MN, Interfaith Dialogue Program on 9th of Adar

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Feast of Jewish Learning, Palo Alto, CA, Workshops on 9th of Adar and  on Mindful Speech

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Rabbinical Assembly Convention, New York, NY, Seminar: Rabbi as Rodef Shalom

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The Mussar Institute, Los Angeles, CA, training workshop, Path of the Mensch 

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Limmud Bay Area, Sonoma, CA, Workshops on Middot for the Rodef Shalom and on Tomer Devorah

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Pearlstone Center, Baltimore, MD, Rabbi as Rodef Shalom Retreat

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Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, summer session course: Rodef Shalom: The Sacred Work of Conflict Engagement  

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Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Transforming Enemies into Friends: When? How? Why?, Public talk with Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth

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2015

 

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, The Rabbi as Rodef Shalom (Pursuer of Peace) Mini-Course

 

Hebrew College Rabbinical School, Newton Centre, MA, dialogue facilitation training 

George Washington University Religion Dept., Washington, D.C., panel on Religion in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 

 

Congregation Beth Shalom, Kansas City, MO, scholar-in-residence weekend 

 

Temple Beth Torah, Tamarac, FL, book talk 

 

Temple Torah of West Boynton Beach,  Boynton Beach, FL, book talk

 

Bnai Torah Congregation, Bocca Raton, FL, book talk

 

Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, Samuel M. Thompson Lecture 

 

Spiritual Directors International,  Louisville, KY,  workshop

 

Sacred Ground Center for Spirituality, St. Paul, MN,  book talk

 

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College,  Wyncote, PA,  dialogue facilitation training 

 

Kehilat Hanahar, New Hope, PA,  congregational dialogue program

 

Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos, CA,  workshop

 

Limmud Bay Area, Sonoma, CA,  workshop

 

Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CA,  Elul workshop

 

Congregation Kol Shofar, Tiburon, CA,  rabbi-in-residence program 

 

Congregation Etz Chayim, Palo Alto, CA,  book talk and Elul workshop 

 

Spark Church, Palo Alto, CA,  sermon

 

Parliament of World Religions, Salt Lake City, UT, workshop

 

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Schaumburg, IL, workshop

 

Beth Shalom Congregation, Columbia, MD, scholar-in-residence weekend

 

Sisterhood of Salaam/Shalom Conference, Princeton, NJ, facilitated dialogue

2014

 

Beth Jacob Congregation, St. Paul, MN, sermon and workshop

 

Saint Paul Interfaith Network (SPIN) Mid-day Dialogue, St. Paul, MN, Book Discussion

 

University of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, Public Lecture

 

United Theological Seminary, New Brighton, MN, Book Launch

 

Rabbinical Assembly Convention, Dallas, TX, Jewish Text on Transforming the Most Difficult Relationships

 

Kol Emeth Congregation, Palo Alto, CA, Shavuot Community Study Event

 

J Street 2014 National Summit, San Francisco, CA, Bringing Peace to the Israel Conversation

 

Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, CA, Book Talk

 

Limmud Bay Area, San Francisco, CA

 

Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue, Berlin, Germany

 

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, MN, Pilgrimage for Change Retreat

 

Wexner Graduate Institute, Stowe, VT

 

Congregation Shir Hadash, Los Gatos, CA,  Working with Difficult Relationships

 

Congregation Etz Chayim, Palo Alto, CA, Talking About Israel

 

Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto, CA, Loving and Pursuing Peace in our Lives

 

Beth El Synagogue, Minneapolis, MN, Jewish Wisdom for Navigating our Difficult Relationships

 

New York, NY, Jewish Wisdom and the Pursuit of PeaceJCC of Manhattan,

 

Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis, Who is My Neighbor?, Keynote Address

 

Jewish Theological Seminary, Weekend Scholar-in-Residence

 

From Enemy to Friend, Jewish Book MonthArthur M. Glick JCC, Indianapolis,

 

Interfaith Weekend of EventsMount Zion Temple, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, and Islamic Center of Minnesota,

 

Congregation Beth Israel, Northampton, MA,  Scholar in-Residence Weekend

 

Mount Holyoke College, Eliot House, Peace and Conflict Seminar