Event Listings for Wednesday July 31, 2024
Day Head: Darius Sivin
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LATE MORNING DAVENING 9:05-10:05am
Embodied Shacharit with Josh Schreiber Location: Beit Midrash
We will follow the traditional matbea, or structure, of the service, using song and gentle explorations inspired by Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement to experience the liturgy in our bodies and prepare ourselves for the day. Prayerbooks optional (there will be time for a private Amidah).
WEDNESDAY MORNING WORKSHOPS 9:05-10:05am
Alef/Bet Walking Mediation with Shoshana Guggenheim Kedem Location: Meet in Main Lobby
Join our Hollander-Weisbard Social Justice Artist-in-Residence to walk alone in silence, prompted along the way by different focusing exercises to help bring your thoughts and attention toward the environs around and within you.
Midrash & Imagination: Writing for A Climate Resilient World with Laura Bellows Location: Vineyard
Jewish Calendar 101 with mayim zmirot Location: Citron
Mystified by the movements of our beautiful Jewish calendar? Together, we will reverse-engineer it by unpacking how we already experience the solar seasons, lunar months, and everything in between!
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS 3:15-4:15pm
Cultivating Sh’khinah, Divine Presence: Amidah with T’mimah Ickovits Location: Tent-Far Side
Our Liturgist-in-Residence will share how the Holy Zohar connects patriarchs (Avraham, Yitzhak, and Yaakov) and matriarchs (Leyah and Rahel) with specific Divine attributes and how contemporary mystic Rabbi David Wolfe-Blank z”l recognizes and elevates the ancestors Sarah and Rivkah’s attributes.
Why is the word “nechemata” (“Comfort”) in the kaddish? with Aliza Arzt Location: Vineyard
It’s not because of the mourners and it doesn’t really mean comfort. Find out some of the secrets that the Kaddish is hiding.
I Want to Thank the Academy: Studying to Be a Jewish Leader at AJR with Ora Horn-Prouser Location: Orchard
Interested in becoming a rabbi or cantor (or both)? Are you interested in serious learning in a pluralistic setting? Let’s talk about continuing your education and fulfilling your dream of becoming a spiritual leader.
“Land Stories” and Linke Fligl (film) with Ollie Schwartz Location: Jubilee
The “Land Stories” practice is a workshop full of song, reflection, ritual, and lineage exploration. If you are interested in indigenous sovereignty, reparations, ancestral healing and connection this space is for you. Includes minidocumentary about Linke Fligl, a queer Jewish farm & cultural organizing project on Schaghticoke land (NY).
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAMS 4:30-5:45pm
Seven Sacred Circles Practice with T’mimah Ickovits Location:
We will explore the meaning behind the circle, the secrets of the seven cycles, and the Divine attributes of the spiritual poem Ana B’khoah. Then, through the ancient ritual of circle dancing, we will embody this practice to gain an understanding of the wisdom within the Secret of Seven and the beauty and spiritual harmony of the portal that is the circle.
Yoga with Diane Klein Location: Field behind the tent
Games on Deck self-organized Location: Deck
New music by David Seidenberg 7:15-7:45pm
Location: Citron
WEDNESDAY EVENING PROGRAMS 7:30-9:00pm
Artist Talk: Women of the Book with Shoshana Guggenheim Kedem Location: Tent
Hollander-Weisbard Social Justice Artist-in-Residence presents a slideshow lecture and artist talk to accompany ongoing pop up exhibition of a traveling piece: www.womenofthebook.org
Family Hike self-organized Location: meet in Main Lobby
WEDNESDAY LATE NIGHT PROGRAMS 9:30-11:00pm
Campfire self-organized Location: field behind tent
Bring music and stories to share around the campfire
Gaming Lounge self-organized Location: Air Lounge
Olympic Watch Party self-organized Location: Moon Lounge
BYO device so you can stream from NBC’s Primetime Olympics coverage.