Resources for Jewish Spiritual Seeking & Exploration
(Compiled by Rabbi Richard Hirsh, December 2014)
ONLINE RESOURCES
The Awakened Heart Project : podcasts, videos, on-line instructions for Jewish spiritual practice, retreats. Rabbi Jeff Roth
Institute for Jewish Spirituality: podcasts, on-line text study, retreats
A Way In Rabbi Yael Levy
Rabbi Shefa Gold: Jewish Chant Practice
The Mussar Institute Rabbi Ira Stone (Beth Zion-Beth Israel, Philadelphia)
http://rjmag.org/browse/spiritualityandgod/
General:
- www.mindful.org
- http://onbeing.org/ (Krista Tippit; WHYY 7 AM Sundays)
BOOKS
Jonathan Slater: Mindful Jewish Living; Compassionate Practice and A Partner in Holiness (Torah portion of the week + Hasidic commentary + applied practice, 2 volumes)
Alan Lew: Be Still and Get Going: A Jewish Meditation Practice for Real Life
Jeff Roth: Jewish Meditation Practices for Everyday Life
Yoel Glick: Living the Life of Jewish Meditation
Ellen Umansky and Diane Ashton: Four Centuries of Jewish Women’s Spirituality: A Sourcebook
Janet Ruth Falon: The Jewish Journaling Book
Zena Schulman, editor: Good Noticing! (weekly Torah portion, holidays, prayers: may be hard to find, published by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality)
Marcia Falk: The Book of Blessings and The Days Between: Blessing, Poems, and Directions for the Heart of the Jewish High Holiday Season.
Avrum Davis: Meditation from the Heart of Judaism: Today’s Teachers Share Their Practice, Techniques, and Faith
Lawrence Kushner: Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians; Filling Words With Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer; God was in this Place & I, I did not know;
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