Our Teachers and Inspirations

Our diverse congregation is inspired by a variety of teachers and perspectives. Check out the links below for some of our favorite spiritual companions.

Organizations

ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal is a core institution of the Jewish renewal movement and supports and grows the worldwide movement by organizing and nurturing communities, developing leadership, creating liturgical and scholarly resources, and working for social and environmental justice.
www.aleph.org

Chabad Lubavitch is a dynamic and worldwide movement of Hasidic Judaism. For great weekly Torah study, visit their Parsha portal.
www.chabad.org

Chochmat HaLev, lead by Dr. Avram Davis, inspires and trains individuals, institutions and communities worldwide, in meditation and Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism).
www.chochmat.org

For further study of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), including Torah study from several mystical teachers, visit this unique site from Safed, Israel:
www.kabbalaonline.org

The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life promotes environmental education, scholarship, advocacy, and action in the American Jewish community.
www.coejl.org

For deep study of the esoteric Jewish tradition and a wonderful path through the mystical significance of the Hebrew letters, with reknowned Rabbi Yitz Ginsburg, please visit Gal Enai.
www.inner.org

Teachers

Rabbi Rami Shapiro is an award winning poet and essayist, whose liturgical writings are used in prayer services throughout North America. He has written over a dozen works of poetry, liturgy, short story and nonfiction.
www.rabbirami.com

Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, M.A. is an author, psychotherapist, and spiritual leader of Congregation Nevei Kodesh in Boulder, Colorado. Widely known for her groundbreaking work on the re-integration of the feminine wisdom tradition within Judaism, Rabbi Firestone lectures and teaches throughout the United States on spirituality, meditation, and the integration of ancient mystical wisdom into contemporary life.
www.tirzahfirestone.com

Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum is one of today's great living teachers of holiness. Visit him at
www.jewishspirit.com

Rabbi Marcia Prager is an inspired teacher or prayer. She is the author of what will soon become Congregation Ahavat Shalom's prayer book. Visit her at www.rabbimarciaprager.homestead.com

Rabbi Daniel Siegel is a master teacher of Jewish text, prayer and spirituality. Please visit him at www.rabbidanielsiegel.com

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