Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge

Jewish Spirituality: Cost $100

Many Jews perceive a lack of concern and little emphasis on matters of spiritual growth within the organized Jewish community.  In order to serve the growing number of Jews who are comfortable with, indeed searching for, a life of meaning, purpose, connection and depth, we must respond to the palpable spiritual hunger of our age.   We are all well aware that many Jews seeking to cultivate the inner life have left the Jewish fold, and have looked to traditions and communities more ready to embrace and support their quests.  If this continues, we will lose many of our deepest souls and our most profound teachers.  By helping those interested to pursue their spiritual quests within the Jewish community, they will both challenge and invigorate Judaism for the benefit of all.  This course, then, is designed to help those interested in Jewish learning to rediscover the spiritual depth of our tradition and to learn to take its wisdom into their lives.

Classes will be held at Congregation B'nai Israel on Thursdays from 7:00pm-8:30pm in the Youth Room

November 10: The Spiritual Journey/Coming Home

November 17: God-Talk, God Belief, and God Experience

December 1: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation/Spiritual Practice

December 8: Contemplative Prayer

December 15: Praying with Words, Liturgical and Personal

January 5: Psalms and Niggunim

January 12: Mussar – Using the Omer period to work on middot

January 19: How to study a Jewish Text

January 26: Study as Encounter with God

February 2: Finding ourselves in the text

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