Courses, retreats, and offerings
Grounded in mindfulness. Guided by wisdom.
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
Cultivating Innate Sacred Character Traits
Mindful Torah Study
Embodied Practices
Contemplative Prayer
Upcoming Programs
Begins March 10, 2026
A 12-week Jewish Mindfulness Immersion & Sit-Leader Certification. Transform your meditation practice into a daily source of grounding and joy — and gain the skills and confidence to bring these practices to others.
Begins March 25, 2026
We invite you to join our entire faculty for a revamped version of Awareness in Action, specially designed for the Omer. Join a live community of practice to help you more consistently align your inner values with how you show up in the world.
Begins April 9, 2026
Cultivate your ability to respond to the world in a more grounded, skillful, and compassionate way, growing more conscious of habitual reactivity and learning to respond instead with wise words and actions. Engage in tikkun middot practice in the context of our warm and welcoming young adult Shevet community.
Begins April 13, 2026
Join us as we count the Omer using the ancient tradition of studying Pirkei Avot. We will draw on the wisdom of this text—with Chasidic commentaries––to guide us in exploring how we might make our days count. This six-week text study is designed for all seekers, including clergy, educators, and seasoned learners.Â
Upcoming Events
Text Study 5786
Sitting with the Sefirot
Falling In Love With The World Again
Daily Online Meditation Sit
Online Jewish Yoga Studio
Shevet: A Jewish Mindfulness Community for Young Adults
Flourish: A Jewish Mindfulness Immersion and Certification Program
Welcome
For over 25 years, the Institute for Jewish Spirituality has helped thousands of people every year to slow down, reconnect with themselves and the world, and discover 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, peaceful, compassionate, and resilient — all grounded in 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.
Reflections & Practice
Help us reach the next generation
Help us pass Jewish spirituality to the next generation.Your gift matched for Passover! Generous donors have offered to MATCH every donation between now and Passover to help pass Jewish mindfulness on to the next generation. Between now and seder night, every dollar...
Making Space (Terumah 5786)
Conventional wisdom tells us you shouldn't make too many big life changes at once. Two weeks after I finished rabbinical school in the summer of 2005, Natalie and I welcomed our second child. And two weeks later we moved halfway across the country so I could start a...
Common Decency Comes Before Religious Law (Mishpatim 5786)
This week I remembered an event from many years ago when I was a young Hillel rabbi. I was in a session at the annual Hillel staff conference led by Rabbi Jim Diamond z"l, the sagely longtime Hillel director at Princeton. Jim was sharing some of his war stories, one...
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