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Upcoming Programs

January 16 – 30, 2025

Join Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, one of this generation’s most respected spiritual leaders and Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City for a course that will provide both comfort and wisdom. During this three-session program, we’ll learn to discern the difference between fear and danger, address internal and external antisemitism, and understand our agency to respond.

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January 21 – April 8, 2025

Registration is now open for Flourish, a unique offering for Jewish clergy, educators, and other Jewish professionals: Join author and master mindfulness teacher, Yael Shy, and Rabbi Miriam Margles of the IJS Senior Core Faculty for a transformative 12-week program in Jewish mindfulness.

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January 22 – March 4, 2025

IJS is pleased to offer a six-session course presented with our partners at Orot, to help parents bring mindfulness, compassion, and Jewish wisdom into their parenting lives. The class supports and nourishes participants to become the parents they want to be, and to reshape and deepen their interactions and relationships with their children.

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Evening of Gratitude: The Value of Jewish Mindfulness

Year-Long Program

Bring the transformative light of Torah and Hasidic wisdom into your daily life. Explore two brand-new text study streams led by extraordinary Torah teachers, Rabba Dr. Mira Neshama Niculescu and Rabbi Sam Feinsmith. These programs will support you in expanding your spiritual awareness and deepening your mindfulness practice.

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Evening of Gratitude: The Value of Jewish Mindfulness

Join Our Online Program

Discover the Jewish practice that wakes you up to the magic and meaning of your life. Led by Rabbis Sam Feinsmith and Jordan Bendat-Appell. This self-paced course is open year-round!

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For over 20 years, the Institute for Jewish Spirituality has helped thousands of people every year to slow down, reconnect with themselves and the world, and rediscover their sense of sacred purpose. We invite you to explore our website where you will find teachings, inspiration, guided meditations, and retreat opportunities to become more mindful, more peaceful, more compassionate, and more resilient, all through the rich wisdom of Jewish tradition. Wherever you are on your journey, whether you are just beginning or you have practiced mindfulness for years, we welcome you.
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Reflections & Practice

A Response to David Brooks (Hannukah 5785)

A Response to David Brooks (Hannukah 5785)

Dear friends, I heard from many people this week about The New York Times columnist David Brooks's essay, "The Shock of Faith." I won't speak for him (he does that for himself in 2,000 words). Nor do I really want to have a conversation about whether Brooks, who talks...

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Bring Them Home Now (Vayeshev 5785)

Bring Them Home Now (Vayeshev 5785)

  On Tuesday morning this week, I stood amidst the ruined homes of young members of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, one of the kibbutzim overrun and decimated by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. These small apartments had provided a way for the kibbutz to help young people...

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Check Out Our Podcasts

Weekly Meditation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

Weekly Meditation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

Join IJS for a weekly podcast featuring a brief, accessible teaching and meditation based on the weekly Torah portion, an upcoming Jewish holiday, or wisdom from Jewish tradition. In just a few minutes each week, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City, will help you pause, breathe, and find balance and clarity to weather today’s storms and meet our personal and collective challenges with Jewish wisdom. Whether you are in your car, on a walk, or at home, join us to learn, nourish your spirit, and deepen your practice.
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Soulful Jewish Living

Overstressed, overworked, overstimulated? Close your eyes, take a deep breath and tune in. In each episode Rabbi Josh Feigelson will guide with ancient wisdom and modern mindfulness practices to help center your soul and ease you into your week.

A production of Unpacked, a division of OpenDor Media, and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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Jewish Meditation for Everyone

Pause in the midst of your busy day to renew your body, heart, mind and spirit with a Jewishly-framed mindfulness meditation from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. In each episode, hosted by Rabbi Marc Margolius, an expert Jewish meditation instructor guides you through a brief teaching and meditation for relaxing your body, reconnecting with your authentic self, and connecting you with deep Jewish wisdom.
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