Featured Updates:
Listen to our newest podcasts
- Shamor V'zachor: Keep and Remember [6/25/08]
- Omer Week 7: Meditation and Yoga [5/30/08]
- Omer Week 6: Meditation and Yoga [5/23/08]
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]
Spirituality of Congregation-Based Community Organizing
June 5, 2008
Rachel Cowan and Laura Geller
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.