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Would YOU like to meet some Prophets, Old & New?

Meeting the Prophets, Old & NewCourse, July 4-10, Elat Chayyim retreat center.
(For detailed information, call 1800/398-2630.)
We will read and discuss together several passages from the ancient Prophets.
We will examine their impact and meaning in ancient times and for us today.

In addition, each member of the course is invited to bring one passage from someone who lived in the last hundred years that s/he would propose as a modern Prophet.

Elat Chayyim is settled in the woods of the inner Catskills, two hours from NYC. The milieu is spiritual and Jewish; it welcomes spiritual seekers and finders from all traditions. The body and the heart are nourished as well as the mind — through swimming, hiking, eating delicious kosher vegetarian or fish meals, yoga, prayer, chanting.

During the same week, Rabbi Phyllis Berman will be leading a course on LISTENING AS AN ACTIVE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, and Cantor Steve Puzarne will be directing an unusual CANTORIAL INSTITUTE: MUSIC, MEDITATION AND MYSTICISM in which Rabbis Phyllis Berman, Shefa Gold, and I, Cantor Ari Previn, Percussionist Akiva Wharton, and Midrash Movement Specialist Julie Leavitt Kutzen will be among the teachers.

For more information about these and other courses at Elat Chayyim, call 1800/398-2630 or check the Website www.elatchayyim.org

R. WASKOW'S ALEPH KALLAH COURSE: July 25-31, 2005

The 2005 ALEPH Kallah (theme "L'Dor V'Dor" /"From Generation to Generation" ) will be held July 25-31, 2005, on the beautiful 40 acre partly-wooded campus of University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, conveniently located 1.5 hours east of Pittsburgh (US Air hub), 3 hour drive from DC/Baltimore, and 4 hours from Philadelphia. It is also convenient for Amtrak travelers.

Rabbi Waskow has lived through a myriad of powerful moments- 45 years worth- in working for tikkun olam, the healing of the world. The stories of these moments: some funny, some poignant, some joyfully filled with success, others sadly ineffectual are themselves a treasury of teachings about how to bring joy and transformation into our own lives and the world. The course will intertwine stories out of Rabbi Waskow's own experiences with stories from other tikkun olam activists; from Jeremiah to Bruriah, from Buber and Heschel to Marge Piercy and most important of all, stories from the participants themselves of how they have walked this path in their own lives. All participants will have the opportunity to tell their own tales and to respond to these stories from past and present generations of the Jewish people.

Aug 6 Gathering at Nevada Nuke Test Site, Hiroshima + 60

Information and registration materials:
www.nevadadesertexperience.org or at 702/646-4814.

From August 4-7, there will be a conference at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site to remember the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago, and to reexamine how to end the proliferation of nuclear weapons by the US, other governments, and non-state groups, and move toward nuclear-weapons abolition.

Speakers will include Rabbi Arthur Waskow of The Shalom Center; Dave Robinson, executive director of Pax Christi USA; John Dear S.J., author and activist; Dr. Dina Titus, Nevada Congresswoman, author, and professor; Jonathan Parfrey, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles; and many more.

The conference will include a witness and nonviolent direct action at the Test Site itself on Hiroshima Day, and music, prayer services, and other events throughout the weekend.

The Nevada Test Site has been the sole continental testing area for nuclear weapons since 1951. This land, which legally belongs to the Western Shoshone Nation, is now the most bombed place on earth.

Announcing the September 18, 2005
BEYOND OIL TEACH-IN & CONFERENCE

Join with local and national leaders to learn more about the damage our addiction to oil is causing, and what WE here in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania can do about it. www.phillybeyondoil.org

Despite all the talk of energy independence, very little is being done to address the political, environmental and economic consequences of our addiction to oil.

Peak Oil is the wall we hit when the amount of oil produced worldwide starts its irreversible decline. Our leaders know this moment will arrive - but their corporate friends are delaying action on alternative energy, fuel conservation, and the current climate crisis.

Faith leaders, environmentalists, political figures, peace activists and researchers will participate. We need YOU there as well.

Beyond Oil is an interfaith and community led effort initiated by The Shalom Center. Our partners are listed here. For more information, please contact Charles Lenchner, charles@phillybeyondoil.org or call 215.844.8494.

Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur services in Taos, NM
October 3-5 and 12-13

Rabbis Arthur Waskow and Phyllis Berman will lead Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services with and for the Taos Jewish Community in New Mexico for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, October 3-5 and 12-13.

The services will blend some traditional approaches with those of Jewish renewal, and will include some material drawing on "God's October Surprise" and the confluence of Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, and the Feast of St. Francis. For detailed information check with Lisa Guttmann, LMG2812@aol.com or Beth Goldman, tjc@newmex.com

OCTOBER 16 *JEWISH & MUSLIM POETRY READING * PHILADELPHIA

Featuring
Kazim Ali http://www.pbq.rutgers.edu/about/kazim.html
Corie Feiner http://www.poetz.com/2003/cfeiner.htm
Adbal Hayy/Daniel Moore http:// www.danielmoorepoetry.com
Alicia Ostriker http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~ostriker/home.htm
Jerry Stern http://www.nortonpoets.com/sterng.htm