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Pardes Levavot, “Orchard of Hearts,” was formed in the spirit of creating conscious holy community. Our name expresses the spiritual blossoming of each individual heart within an inspiring and nurturing orchard.
For information on our congregation please call (303) 563-2110 and leave a message or send email to info@pardeslevavot.org. To join our congregation, please print a copy of our membership form, fill it out, and send it to our Synagogue.
Pardes Levavot gratefully acknowledges Allied
Jewish Federation of Colorado for their support of
our Circle of Family Education program. Thank you!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Debra Kolodny, Executive Director, ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal DATE: May 12, 2009 Phone: 301-565-0719 Email: DebraRuth@mac.com Web site: www.aleph.org Dear All: Below is the May 2009 ALEPH News Service. We hope you run the following articles and look forward to hearing from you if you do. This release contains: 1/ Deadline for registration extended for the Kallah. Register by June 1 to avoid late fee and partake of amazing new offerings! 2/ A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters By Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles-Yepez 3/ Rabbis Marcia Prager and Shawn Zevit are the 2008 Award Recipients for the Mintz Family Foundation for Creative Jewish Education 4/ Summer kibbutz experience for youth still has openings! Debra Kolodny Deadline extended for ALEPH Kallah! Register by June 1 to avoid the late fee! Participate in one of three new offerings! Register now at <http://www.aleph.org/kallah.htm> ALEPH Community Affiliates Pre-Kallah Leader Conference If you are on the board or otherwise in the leadership cadre of an ALEPH Affiliated Community you won't want to miss this opportunity to network, study, pray, celebrate and hone your skills and knowledge in areas like: building financial sustainability, activating and inspiring volunteers, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of your board, building a stronger youth presence in your community, building Jewish Renewal's presence in your locale as you strengthen your congregation/havurah, working with the media and confronting delicate issues. We'll meet in three sessions: Sunday afternoon from 2 until 5 pm, Sunday evening from 7-9 pm and Monday morning, June 28 from 9 until 12 noon. There will be a mix of training led by ALEPH's Executive Director on topics of YOUR choice plus peer facilitated sessions. Prayer, chant, movement, blessing and silence will be woven throughout the conference. Jewish Educator programming, Including: R. Arthur Waskow founder of The Shalom Center on Eco-Judaism: The Theology and Practice Afternoon Training Track for Jewish Renewal Educators with artist and educator Elisheva Hurvich Beginning, intermediate and advanced classes in text study, liturgy, mussar, spiritual practices, movement, music, song, writing, storytelling, Bibilodrama and more, with nationally known teacher including: Arthur Kurzweil, Mindy Ribner, R. Elliot Ginsburg, R. Burt Jacobson, The Bechira Teen Program Give your teen a fun and enriching community experience that will guide them in their journey to discover their unique gifts! As they pass through the season of their Bat/Bar Mitzvah, they will learn to see themselves as a vital part of our Jewish tribe and the world we are living in. As a teen, this is one of the rare opportunities to leave your everyday life behind and embark upon a new adventure that will bring you:
Spend the week of Kallah (June 29th—July 5th) on a camping trip immersed in nature and return to the Ohio Wesleyan Kallah campus to celebrate Shabbat. This program is for ages 13-16. If you are 17-20, see our LIT Program below. The Bechira Leadership-in-Training Program is an opportunity for older teens and young adults, ages 17-20, to get involved by helping the instructors run activities and teach camping skills to younger teens. We are looking for a few special people who are excited about being part of a team and are comfortable camping in the outdoors. Those selected will be mentored in becoming an instructor and working with teens in nature. Room and board will be provided, plus a wonderful learning experience for group building and outdoor education. Contact sarai510@gmail.com or (267) 847-4399 for questions. Registration is capped at 12, so please register asap. A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters By Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles-Yepez The latest book from the founder of the Jewish Renewal Movement, available May 2009 “… a tour-de-force that will take its place beside the efforts of Buber and Wiesel … Savor the spiritual and ethical gems..…”—Rabbi Goldie Milgram, founding director, ReclaimingJudaism.org "In A Heart Afire, Zalman now shares with us the mother lode of his teaching and example. We are all ever in his debt." – Rabbi Lawrence Kushner A Heart Afire is an intimate guided tour of early Hasidism and Hasidic storytelling. The teachings and tales of old-world Hasidism are richly enhanced by the insights, interpretations and personal reflections of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, a modern-day Hasidic master and founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, and his disciple, Netanel Miles-Yepez. Order your copy of A Heart Afire from the Jewish Publication Society today, and receive a 40% pre-publication discount (offer only valid through May: http://www.jewishpub.org/product.php?id=312&promocode=HEAR40> Rabbis Marcia Prager and Shawn Zevit are the 2008 Award Recipients for the Mintz Family Foundation for Creative Jewish Education The $5000 Mintz Family Foundation for Creative Jewish Education Award for 2008 has been presented by the energetic and innovative team of Rabbi Marcia Prager and Rabbi Shawn Zevit, co-Directors of the unique “Davennen Leadership Training Institute” (DLTI). The pan-denominational two-year retreat-based program trains individuals in the art of leadership in Jewish communal prayer. Now in its fifth two-year, over 200 rabbis, educators, cantors, and lay leaders, from across the world and touching all Jewish denominations, have graduated from the course, and the ripple effect of their emerging leadership has been remarkable. Participants have expressed their joy in gaining deep understanding of the inner structure of Jewish prayer; they feel that they have found grounding in the liturgy and have become skilled in leadership through personal presence. The creative services inspired by DLTI have spilled over into newly emerging chavurot and congregations where spiritual growth is a focus; and the traditional skills in nusach ha-t’fillah and Torah-leynen are fully integrated with creative, intimate, and inspirational services. In addition to being co-Directors of DLTI, our award co-recipients are well-known throughout the Reconstructionist and Renewal movements. Rabbi Marcia Prager, of Philadelphia, PA, has been the Director and Dean of the ALEPH (Jewish Renewal) Ordination Program, since 1997, and has performed educational, liturgical, and pastoral functions as a congregational rabbi for the P’Nai Or Religious Fellowship since 1995. A graduate of SUNY Stony Brook, with a Master of Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute, Rabbi Prager was ordained as a rabbi from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, with a Master or Hebrew Letters as well. She is also certified in Marriage and Family Therapy, from the Penn Council for Relationships, University of Pennsylvania. (See <http://www.rabbimarciaprager.com/> ) Rabbi Shawn Zevit, of Shaker Heights, OH, is on the faculty of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School and the ALEPH Hashpaah (Spiritual Direction) Training Program and serves throughout the United States as a guest lecturer, Congregational Consultant, and Leadership Training Educator for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, with the title of Director of Outreach and Tikkun Olam. A graduate of York University, in Toronto, he also received rabbinical ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Rabbi Zevit is also a prolific Jewish musician and author. (See <http://www.rabbizevit.com/> ) For further information on The Davvenen Leadership Training Institute, see <http://www.isabellafreedman.org/DLTI> ) We wish Rabbis Prager and Zevit a hearty mazal tov and commend them on the outstanding success of the Davvenen Leadership Training Institute graduates. We thank all who applied for the 2008 award and invite them and all involved in Jewish education to apply for the 2009 award. Donations towards further awards are also gratefully accepted and are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Summer kibbutz experience for youth still has openings! Kibbutz Buber for youth between the ages of 12 and 16 still has openings for participants during the week of August 3 - 9. Kibbutz Buber is located at the Am Kolel Sanctuary and Renewal Retreat Center in Maryland. <http://www.sanctuaryretreatcenter.com> Directed by R David Shneyer the week is an experience in communal living, contemplative practice, gardening, woodcrafts, learning, jamming, swimming and celebrating life. Call by May 18 to reserve a spot. Subsidies up to $100 are available. Please call Rabbi David Shneyer if you have questions: 301-349-2799. |