2008 Program Calendar Elat Chayyim programs Elat Chayyim Training Institutes Elat Chayyim Meditation Retreats Senior programs Organic Farming & Environmental Ed. Family programs Download our 2008 Program Catalog (pdf) or view it online. Register by March 25 to receive a $50 discount off your program fee for any four-day retreat! May 2008 May 25 - Sept 1 ADAMAH: The Jewish Environmental Fellowship Summer Session May 26 - 29 Register Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg: The Joseph Saga Co-sponsored by Hebrew College's Open Beit Midrash and the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg with Ebn Leader, Claudia Kreiman and Jonah Steinberg May 30 - June 1 Register Nehirim: GLBT Spiritual Retreat Jay Michaelson and others Back-to-top June 2008 June 1 - 5 Elderhostel Week One (#14782) June 2 - 5 Teva Learning Center Professional Development Seminar June 6 - 8 Register Jewish Multiracial Network (JMN) Annual Retreat June 8 - 11 Register Shavuot Retreat on Revelation and Communication - 2 and 3 night option Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and Blu Greenberg June 8 - 10 Register Shavuot Retreat on Revelation and Communication - 2 and 3 night option Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and Blu Greenberg June 16 - 19 Register Enneagram and Kabbalah: Understanding Unique Expression of the Divine Image Rabbi Avruhm Addison and Hannah Nathans June 16 - 19 Register Judaism of the 21st Century: Paradigms and Practices for the Global Age Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (By Video-Conference), Rabbi Arthur Green, Rabbi Tirzah Firestone and Rabbi Shaya Isenberg June 16 - 19 Register TorahTrek: Spiritual Wilderness Retreat Rabbi Mike Comins June 16 - 22 Register Jewish Arts Institute Week Three: Theatre Movement Danny Maseng, Aaron Davidman, and Rick Chess June 16 - 22 Register Kohenet: A New Vision of Jewish Women's Spiritual Leadership Rabbi Jill Hammer, Holly Taya Shere and Shoshana Jedwab June 19 - 22 Register Bringing God Out of Hiding Rabbi Alan Lew June 19 - 22 Register The Joys (and Oys) of Sage-ing Rabbi Shaya Isenberg, Bachira Sugarman and a teleconference appearance by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi June 22 - 29 Register Awareness: Awakening Today, Everyday - Contemplative Practices in Stillness and Motion Rabbi David Cooper, Shoshana Cooper and Eliezer Sobel June 22 - 29 Register Elat Chayyim Advanced Meditation Training Program (ECAMP) Rabbi Jeff Roth, Rabbi Joanna Katz, Rabbi Alan Lew and Norman Fischer June 26 - 29 Register Open Our Hearts To You: A Women's Silent Mindfulness Retreat Rabbi Sheila Weinberg and Rabbi Rachel Cowan June 29 - July 3 Elderhostel Week Two (#16409) Back-to-top July 2008 July 7 - 20 Senior Adult Summer Vacation (Trip A) July 20            Register Family Farm Day with ADAMAH ADAMAH Staff and Fellows July 21 - Aug 3 Senior Adult Summer Vacation (Trip B) Back-to-top August 2008 Aug 3       Register Family Farm Day with ADAMAH ADAMAH Staff and Fellows Aug 4 - 10       Register Lev Shomea: Training Spiritual Directors in the Jewish Tradition Dr. Barbara Eve Breitman, Rabbi Avruhm Addison, Rabbi Zari Weiss, Ann Kline and Julie Leavitt Aug 4 - 10       Register Yoga and Jewish Spirituality Teacher Training Institute Diane Bloomfield and Rabbi Myriam Klotz Aug 4 - 7 Register Chanting For a Vision Rabbi Shefa Gold Aug 4 - 7 Register Theater of the Talmud: Encountering Essential Dramatic Tensions in Our Lives Dr. Ruth Calderon Aug 4 - 7 Register Uncertainty, Freewill and Your Unique Role in Tikkun Olam David Friedman Aug 7 - 10 Register Beyond Laughter Through Tears: The Power of Jewish Humor Rabbi Moshe Waldoks Aug 7 - 10 Register The Visionary's Shabbat Rabbi Shefa Gold Aug 11 - 17 Register Davennen Leadership Training Institute (DLTI) Rabbi Marcia Prager and Rabbi Shawn Zevit with Cantor Jack Kessler and Daniel Sheff Aug 11 - 14 Register Discovering God Through Kabbalah Daniel and Hana Matt Aug 11 - 14 Register Kabbalah as a Spiritual Practice Rabbi DovBer Pinson Aug 11 - 14 Register Teachers and Friends, Lovers and Adversaries: The Holiness of Relationships in Jewish Mystical Teachings Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg Aug 14 - 17 Register From the Roots Above: An Introduction to Meta-Judaism Rabbi Moshe Aharon (Miles Krassen) and Hazzan Richard Kaplan Aug 14 - 17 Register Holy Drumming Akiva Wharton Aug 14 - 17 Register Torah, Meditation and Raising the Sparks Through Kabbalah Daniel and Hana Matt Aug 17   Register Farm and River Day for Young Adults (20s and 30s) Adam Berman and Shamu Sadeh Aug 18 - 21 Register Parenting: A Spiritual Practice Rabbis Victor and Nadya Gross Aug 18 - 21 Register A Taste of ADAMAH Shamu Sadeh, Adam Berman and Rabbi Jill Hammer Aug 18 - 21 Register Days are Coming: Meta-Judaism and a Deep Exploration of Messianic Age Rabbi Moshe Aharon (Miles Krassen) and Hazzan Richard Kaplan Aug 18 - 24 Register Bnai Mitzvah Family Camp Co-sponsored by Jewish Milestones and Storahtelling Rachel Brodie, Julie Batz, Amichai Lau-Lavie and Sarah Skolic Aug 21 - 24 Register Creating Wild and Inspired Jewish Music Basya Schechter Aug 21 - 24 Register Cultivating Relationships: A Weekend for Jewish Singles Rosalie Eisen and Rabbi Efraim Eisen Aug 21 - 24 Register Embodied Worlds: Yoga and Movement Prayer Jodi Falk Aug 24   Register Extending the Harvest: Artisanal Methods of Food Preservation Joshua Rosenstein Aug 25 - 28 Register Global Climate Change Leadership Seminar Adam Berman, Tom Wessels, Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield and others Aug 25 - 28 Register Hebrew Ulpan: An Essential Gate into Hebrew Language Tova Weitzman Aug 25 - 28 Register If Talmud Study is So Much Fun, How Can I Join the Party? Arthur Kurzweil Aug 25 - 28 Register Journeys Into Oblivion: Ancient Jewish Wisdom for the End of Times Rabbi Gershon Winkler and Ravi Miriam Maron Aug 25 - 28 Register Kabbalistic Mussar to Transform Relationships Alan Morinis Aug 29 - Sept 1 Hazon New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride Aug 31 - Sept 5 Elderhostel Week Three (#15082) Back-to-top September 2008 Sept 7 - Dec 7 ADAMAH: The Jewish Environmental Fellowship Fall Session Sept 8 - 12 Elderhostel Week Four (#16657) Sept 29 - Oct 2 Register Rosh Hashanah Retreat Back-to-top October 2008 Oct 8 - 9 Register Yom Kippur Retreat Oct 13 - 16 Register Third Annual Sukkahfest Oct 24 - 26 Register Seventeenth Annual Jewish Men's Retreat Shawn Zevit and others Back-to-top November 2008 Nov 28 - 30 Register Fifth Annual Carlebach Conference: The Way of the Baal Shem Tov Co-sponsored by the Carlebach Shul Rabbi Naftali Citron and others Back-to-top December 2008 Dec 15 - 21 Register Yoga and Jewish Spirituality Teacher Training Institute Week Four Diane Bloomfield and Rabbi Myriam Klotz Dec 21 - 28 Register Awakening to What Is: Winter Meditation Retreat Rabbi David Cooper, Shoshana Cooper and Eliezer Sobel Dec 25 - 28 Third Annual Hazon Food Conference in San Francisco Co-sponsored by Hazon Dec 28 - Jan 4 Register Elat Chayyim Advanced Meditation Training Program (ECAMP) Week Four Rabbi Jeff Roth, Rabbi Joanna Katz, Rabbi Alan Lew and Norman Fischer Back-to-top January 2009 Jan 12 - 18, 2009 Register Jewish Arts Institute Week Four: Integration Danny Maseng and Rick Chess Jan 12 - 18, 2009 Register Kohenet: A New Vision of Jewish Women's Spiritual Leadership Week Two Rabbi Jill Hammer, Holly Taya Shere and Shoshana Jedwab Jan 12 - 18, 2009 Register Lev Shomea: Training Spiritual Directors in the Jewish Tradition Week Two Dr. Barbara Eve Breitman, Rabbi Avruhm Addison, Rabbi Zari Weiss, Ann Kline and Julie Leavitt Back-to-top February 2009 Feb 18 - 23, 2009 Register Davennen Leadership Training Institute (DLTI) Week Two Rabbi Marcia Prager and Rabbi Shawn Zevit with Cantor Jack Kessler and Daniel Sheff

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