Featured Updates:
Listen to our newest podcasts
- Omer Week 4: Meditation and Yoga [5/13/08]
- Embodying the Sefirot of the Omer [5/7/08]
- Omer Week 3: Meditation and Yoga [5/5/08]
Watch Rabbi Rachel Cowan discuss the Jewish experience in "The Jewish Americans" from PBS:
- Being Jewish In Modern America [1st clip]
- Political Activism [2nd clip]
Preparing the Heart: Yoga for Jewish Spiritual Practice
CD with pamphlet illustrating postures
Hevraya Resource Bank:
[members only]
Leading Shabbat Morning Meditation/Text Study
March 25, 2008
Gordon Tucker & Ruth Sohn
IJS Featured in Slingshot 07.08
What we do
For Rabbis, Cantors and Educators
IJS offers 18-month leadership programs for rabbis, cantors and educators consisting of 4 five-day retreats. These programs include Hassidic text study, prayer, mindfulness meditation, yoga and spiritual direction.
For Professional Alumni
Professional alumni of IJS programs join the Hevraya program which offers national and regional retreats, weekly text study, an interactive online resource bank and spiritual direction.
For Lay People
Three times a year IJS offers 4-day Shabbat retreats consisting of contemplative prayer, mindfulness meditation, Hassidic text study, yoga, lively discussion and Shabbat community. IJS has developed a 2-year curriculum - Vetaher Libeynu - an exploration of the adult Jewish spiritual experience. Alumni of our professional programs teach the curriculum in their communities.