Events for March 20 - December 18

Family Caregiver Support Group Co-sponsored by Beth Chaim and the AriYael Jewish Healing Center. Led by Susan Talon-Mazer, RN, MSN and Zoë Francesca Goldblatt, MFA Five Thursday evenings from 7-8:30pm on October 20th, 27th, Nov. 3rd, 10th, 17th. A caregiver support group for adults who are caregiving for a relative of any age who is ill or disabled, either at home or remotely. (The person receiving care might be living in their own home, in your home, or at a facility). This support group will focus on time for sharing and be a place to feel seen, heard and validated. We will include segments on: [...]

Interfaith Couples Support Group Co-sponsored by Beth Chaim and the AriYael Jewish Healing Center Led by Rabbi Dan & Zoe Francesca, MFA Five Wednesday evenings from 7–8:30 pm on Oct. 26th, Nov. 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd. An opportunity to discuss and share issues of concern with other interfaith couples in a safe and confidential environment.  Couples are encouraged to dialogue together on the full range of concerns including: confusion of cultural and spiritual identity; ideas about God; dealing with parents, family and friends; and child raising, to name just a few. Beth Chaim members receive priority and fee reduction.  $100 per couple, $75 for Beth [...]

Family Caregiver Support Group Co-sponsored by Beth Chaim and the AriYael Jewish Healing Center. Led by Susan Talon-Mazer, RN, MSN and Zoë Francesca Goldblatt, MFA Five Thursday evenings from 7-8:30pm on October 20th, 27th, Nov. 3rd, 10th, 17th. A caregiver support group for adults who are caregiving for a relative of any age who is ill or disabled, either at home or remotely. (The person receiving care might be living in their own home, in your home, or at a facility). This support group will focus on time for sharing and be a place to feel seen, heard and validated. We will include segments on: [...]

Interfaith Couples Support Group Co-sponsored by Beth Chaim and the AriYael Jewish Healing Center Led by Rabbi Dan & Zoe Francesca, MFA Five Wednesday evenings from 7–8:30 pm on Oct. 26th, Nov. 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd. An opportunity to discuss and share issues of concern with other interfaith couples in a safe and confidential environment.  Couples are encouraged to dialogue together on the full range of concerns including: confusion of cultural and spiritual identity; ideas about God; dealing with parents, family and friends; and child raising, to name just a few. Beth Chaim members receive priority and fee reduction.  $100 per couple, $75 for Beth [...]

Family Caregiver Support Group Co-sponsored by Beth Chaim and the AriYael Jewish Healing Center. Led by Susan Talon-Mazer, RN, MSN and Zoë Francesca Goldblatt, MFA Five Thursday evenings from 7-8:30pm on October 20th, 27th, Nov. 3rd, 10th, 17th. A caregiver support group for adults who are caregiving for a relative of any age who is ill or disabled, either at home or remotely. (The person receiving care might be living in their own home, in your home, or at a facility). This support group will focus on time for sharing and be a place to feel seen, heard and validated. We will include segments on: [...]

Denver, CO 25th Annual OHALAH Conference for Jewish Renewal Rabbis and Cantors Workshop: “Embracing Pleasure in Times of Loss and Grief”  Rather than hardening and contracting in the midbar (the wilderness), Shechinah guides us to open, to allow one’s heart to soften, to surrender, to release. PLEASURE is one way to do this, a tool for empowering open-heartedness.  We live in a culture that diminishes the power of pleasure and often considers it inappropriate or irrelevant during sacred transitions.  We will explore a radical approach to accessing pleasure in a time when we are challenged to innovate new tools as we [...]

2023 Kallah Course Description Unity, Separation & Transcendence: Psychedelics in Contemporary Jewish Life The last few years have seen an extraordinary blossoming of a renewed appreciation of the power of psychedelics as sacred healing medicines. Studies at respected universities have explored the use of psychedelics in treating depression, grief, PTSD, and end-of-life transitions. Many contemporary scholars posit connections between mystical traditions and psychedelics in a wide range of religious traditions including Judaism. Deeply revered religious leaders including Reb Zalman, z”tl, believed that psychedelics, if carefully curated for well-screened individuals, could be used to occasion primary religious experience. In this class we will [...]