Upcoming Events
*All times in MDT

Creating Peace of Mind
A Two-Part Workshop on End-of-Life Planning Tuesdays, August 12 & 19
-with Vatikah Rosemary Lohndorf
This updated and revised two-part workshop offers practical tools and compassionate guidance for organizing your end-of-life planning. Whether you're just beginning the process or need support completing it, this course will help you think through, clarify, and document your wishes with clarity and confidence.
Drawing on years of experience and the wisdom gained from caring for five family elders, instructor Rosemary Lohndorf will guide you through the essential steps using the Creating Peace of Mind workbook, which is included free for all participants. The class is designed to be both informative and empowering—many leave feeling energized, relieved, and ready to take the next steps they've been postponing.

Embodying Wholeness in Difficult Times
“Finding beauty in a broken world becomes more than the art of assemblage. It is the work of daring contemplation that inspires action." --Terry Tempest Williams
What if we could heed Terry Tempest Williams words, “finding beauty in a broken world” and a “work of daring contemplation that inspires action”?
This 3 hr. workshop is an invitation to gather together, and, through Intentional Creativity painting and embodied movement, give voice to the pain and brokenness we are witnessing and its impact on our hearts, to consciously create, through our art, a weaving and compassionate and embodied re-membering of wholeness, and open to some small ways that each of us, in our own way, can enter the daring contemplation that inspires action.

T'shuvah: Recalibrating the Soul
Taught by our very own Rabbis Nadya and Victor Gross!
Three sessions: Mondays, August 25, Sept 8 & 15, 2025
5 - 6:30 pm, MDT / 7 - 8:30 pm, EDT
Join us for an intimate and transformative exploration of T'shuvah, the profound Jewish practice of return, repentance, and spiritual recalibration. This three-week workshop invites you into the sacred work of tending your soul through the wisdom of our tradition and the teachings of luminaries like Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.

Tea-Time: Japanese Wisdom - Jewish Chochma
Tea-Time with Vatikah ChanaTina Duskis
We will learn some of the Japanese secrets to a long and happy life.
And just you wait until you see how connected these concepts are to Jewish values.
Come journey with me as we find ways to enjoy life more as we age.
May the Rest of your Life, Be the Best of your Life!
Join us this summer for a gentle yet stirring series of conversations and explorations designed especially for mid-life and older adults. Each Tea-Time gathering will offer a unique topic—engaging the questions, challenges, and joys that come with this season of life. Together, we’ll open creative channels, learn more about ourselves, and acquire fresh insights and skills to nourish our evolving paths.
Whether you're deep into your eldering years or just beginning to sense their call, this is sacred space for growth, reflection, and transformation. After all, you’re never too young to start your Spiritual Eldering journey.
Come sip, share, and awaken what’s waiting within.

Wisdom School: Unveiling
Register by August 15th
Wisdom School now has 3 locations!
Metro Boston, MA
Washington DC area
Santa Fe, NM
This is not just learning—it's becoming.
The cohorts will be meeting simultaneously for a daytime retreat September 4th-7th, 2025.

Where the Earth Cries, We Answer: Healing Through Faith and Action
Join us for a prayerful exploration of Healing the Earth and the Land We Share
- with Rabbi Debra Kolodny [they them]
Rabbi Debra Kolodny recently imagined and led a data gathering effort to discern what kinds of justice work Jewish spiritual leaders yearned to collaborate on. This revealed a deep desire and readiness amongst clergy, clergy students and communities to work together on two of the most pressing issues of our day: the climate crisis and the quest for peaceful co-existence in Israel/Palestine.
Rabbi Debra is launching a new initiative, in the Jewish Renewal world, entitled Tikkun Ha’Aretz (Healing the Earth and Healing the Land we Share). They will be sharing their research, insights and guidelines for informed action that can be applied in all our faith communities.
Rabbi Debra’s presentation will include:
Using data collection as an organizing tool.
Creating and running multifaceted domestic campaigns.
Engaging adults and children in educational initiatives.
Implementing community projects like urban forests for food security.
Advocating for environmental policies at the state level.
Creating and running multifaceted international campaigns when there are areas of great disagreement.
Addressing contentious issues like Israel/Palestine through dialogue.
Hosting international webinars to build shared understanding.
Holding dialogues across difference in your communities, identifying what you agree upon and taking political action.
Collaborating with global movements for common goals in conflict zones.
This program will be held in prayerful intention. There will be plenty of time for conversation and sharing. You won’t want to miss this!

Encountering the Tree of Life— Part 1: Unveiling the Tree
This course, co-sponsored by Yerusha's signature Wisdom School and the Lilith Institute, is offered in two parts. Both parts are prerequisites for Wisdom School.
Part 1: Unveiling the Tree
Join us as we unlock the secrets of the Tree of Life and the mystical Kabbalistic Four Worlds in just two enlightening sessions*. Discover how this ancient wisdom can enrich your life, offering practical tools for achieving balance and aligning with your deepest values.
Dates are available in September and October!
Learn more about the program, the teachers, and the Tree of Life here.

Encountering the Tree of Life— Part 1: Unveiling the Tree
This course, co-sponsored by Yerusha's signature Wisdom School and the Lilith Institute, is offered in two parts. Both parts are prerequisites for Wisdom School.
Part 1: Unveiling the Tree
Join us as we unlock the secrets of the Tree of Life and the mystical Kabbalistic Four Worlds in just two enlightening sessions*. Discover how this ancient wisdom can enrich your life, offering practical tools for achieving balance and aligning with your deepest values.
Dates are available in September and October!
Learn more about the program, the teachers, and the Tree of Life here.

Encountering the Tree of Life—Part 2: Embodying the Tree
This course, co-sponsored by Yerusha's signature Wisdom School and the Lilith Institute, is offered in two parts. Both parts are prerequisites for Wisdom School.
Part 2: Embodying the Tree
Step into a transformative journey with the Kabbalistic Tree of Life—a profound map of Creation and the Divine essence within us all. This four-week course offers a unique perspective through the lens of a female kabbalistic tradition.
Each week delves into a different facet of the Tree, guiding you through its wisdom with minimal reading assignments. Join us and uncover the profound wisdom of the Tree of Life, empowering your personal growth and connection to the divine within.
Learn more about the program, the teachers, and the Tree of Life here.

Around the Campfire
Join us around the [virtual] campfire on Tuesday, July 22nd 5:30 pm, MT/ 7:30 pm, ET for an enchanting evening of tales and tunes. This month, on the heels of Shavuot and Pentescost, our three gifted storytellers will transport you with their personal stories inspired by our theme:
Divine Encounters: Stories of Revelation and Transformation
Between each captivating story, our guest musician will serenade your hearts with soul-stirring melodies. Come gather 'round, and let the light of the campfire uplift us all. This is an event you won't want to miss!
*HINT: come early to meet the presenters and other community members and help "light the fire"
This month, featuring storytellers:
Maryrita Wieners - Mom and Me – Dancing, Wise Women Circling, Climbing Trees, on the Way to …
Pastor Janet Kettering - You'll Never Walk Alone
Elizabeth Cohen - Intimations of The Mystery and Other Gods
Musician: Amitai YRK Gross
Master of Ceremonies: Rabbi Nadya Gross

Tea-Time: Sage-ing® Poetry Workshop
Welcome to Our Summer Tea-Time Series
-with Vatikah Rosemary Lohndorf
Join us this summer for a gentle yet stirring series of conversations and explorations designed especially for mid-life and older adults. Each Tea-Time gathering will offer a unique topic—engaging the questions, challenges, and joys that come with this season of life. Together, we’ll open creative channels, learn more about ourselves, and acquire fresh insights and skills to nourish our evolving paths.
In this teatime, we will start off with a simple poetry-writing pattern and expand from that into using sage-ing poetry as springboards for our creativity.
The techniques we use help everyone feel successful at writing poetry. Using our five senses, we'll add details to the writing. We’ll share our writings together and then complete the workshop with a shared writing experience.

Our Sacred Texts: Protective Magic
In this course, we will explore both traditional sacred texts and those we create or envision ourselves, even those we haven’t yet put to paper or canvas.

In Limbo and in Danger: Afghan Allies and the Politics of Abandonment
Our guest will speak about the journey of Afghan allies who supported U.S. and international missions, the fallout after the fall of Kabul, and the current plight of Afghan refugees stuck in limbo—particularly those in Pakistan awaiting resettlement. He will share personal experiences and challenges navigating displacement, bureaucracy, and the mental toll of prolonged uncertainty.

Tea-Time: Your Soul in Images: A Gentle Start to SoulCollage®
Welcome to Our Summer Tea-Time Series!
-with Vatikah Rosemary Lohndorf
Join us this summer for a gentle yet stirring series of conversations and explorations designed especially for mid-life and older adults. Each Tea-Time gathering will offer a unique topic—engaging the questions, challenges, and joys that come with this season of life. Together, we’ll open creative channels, learn more about ourselves, and acquire fresh insights and skills to nourish our evolving paths.
Learn about the amazing Soul Collage® process and create your first of many Soul Collage cards.
SoulCollage® is a creative and transformative process in which you create a personal deck of collaged cards. Cards are created by cutting and pasting magazine or other copyright-free images together to represent one energy or concept per card. The deck has four suits made with cards symbolizing the multiple facets that make up all the parts of ourselves. The suits include:
your archetypes,
your spirit animals that align with your chakras,
your community and
your inner committee.
In this introduction you will leave class with your first card finished and an overview of what SoulCollage is, what the four suits are, and what power it can bring to your creative and spiritual side!

Dismantling the Narrative: The White House, DEI, and the Future of Civil and Human Rights
Across the country, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are under attack. From government rollbacks to funding cuts for nonprofits, a growing movement seeks to erase decades of progress in racial and social justice. But is DEI really dead? What’s driving this backlash—and how do we push forward in the face of opposition?
Join Dr. Stuart Lord, renowned leadership expert, and Dr. Joe-Joe McManus, author of A Brother’s Insight: Guidance on Defeating Racism and Advancing Freedom, for a powerful and candid conversation about the assault on DEI, how it impacts us all, and what we can do to sustain and innovate in the ongoing movement to ensure equity, inclusion, and justice.
NOTE: all events are offered to you on a donation basis. Pay what you can.

From Tension to Transformation: Evolution of Jewish-Christian Relations
Historically, Jewish-Christian relations have been marked by complexity and tension, yet recent decades have seen significant shifts towards mutual understanding and collaboration.

Never Forget You Were Strangers Yourself: Faith Responses to Immigrants and Refugees in Our Time
Join Rabbi Shawn Zevit and his guests, Cathryn Miller-Wilson, and Peter Pedemonti, as we discuss how we can respond in our own lives and communities to the current challenge to the Biblical imperative of welcoming the stranger in our midst. We will combine text study, shared wisdom from the field, small group discussion, and Q&A in this important program.

Wisdom of The Mothers: Celebrating Matriarchal and Matrilineal Spiritual Traditions
Join us in celebrating Matrilineal and Matriarchal Wisdom Traditions in this 2-day virtual Symposium! Co-presented with The Lilith Institute.

Wisdom of The Mothers: Celebrating Matriarchal and Matrilineal Spiritual Traditions
Join us in celebrating Matrilineal and Matriarchal Wisdom Traditions in this 2-day virtual Symposium! Co-presented with The Lilith Institute.

The Retirement Challenge: Cultivating Meaning and Balance
A Spiritual Companionship Group for those anticipating and making their way into a new phase of life.

From Breakdown to Breakthrough: Reimagining Jewish Education
Join Rabbi Victor Gross, PhD in a bold exploration of Jewish education’s failures and pathways to renewal, fostering creative solutions

Strengthening Our Bonds: Cultivating Friendships, Nurturing Community
Rediscover community values and enrich relationships in an interactive 2-PART workshop with Sage-ing Mentor Audrey Seidman.

The Jewish Wisdom of Jesus & The Roots of Modern Spiritual Practice
A 3-part interfaith course exploring Jesus as an innovative Jewish teacher, taught by Hazzan-Maggid Steve Klaper

Medicine Painting: “Turning Tragedies into Remedies”
Join renowned artist and teacher, Havi Mandell, in this 2-day Intentional Creativity Painting practice and be your own healer

Medicine Painting: “Turning Tragedies into Remedies”
Join renowned artist and teacher, Havi Mandell, in this 2-day Intentional Creativity Painting practice and be your own healer

Age - Sage - Thrive: Being an Elder in the 21st Century, Part 1
Part 1 of 3 in a series of programs introducing the groundbreaking work that empowers you to take hold of your eldering years with wisdom

Inspired: A Yerusha Book Club
Join the Yerusha Book Club and read The World That We Knew: A Novel by Alice Hoffman

Age - Sage - Thrive: Being an Elder in the 21st Century, Part 1
Part 1 of 3 in a series of programs introducing the groundbreaking work that empowers you to take hold of your eldering years with wisdom

Lights of Yerusha: A Celebration
You are invited to join us as we celebrate our community and the work of this past year!

Exploring Jewish Magic & Folklore
Join us for an engaging two-session course* on Jewish magic and folklore, created and taught by Yoreshet Ruach D’vorah Grenn, PhD.
*Tuesdays, Dec 10 and Dec 17 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT

Cultivating a Grateful Heart
Embrace the Power of Gratitude for Today and Tomorrow in this 2-hour workshop with Rosemary Lohndorf

Around The Campfire
Join us around the [virtual] campfire...
On Monday, August 19th, for an enchanting evening of tales and tunes woven around the theme:
“Behind every mask there is a face, and behind that a story" --Marty Rubin
At the cusp of Halloween , our three gifted storytellers will transport you with their personal stories of the masks we wear. Between each captivating story, our guest musician will serenade your hearts with soul-stirring melodies. Come gather 'round, and let the light of the campfire unmask us all. This is an event you won't want to miss!
HINT: come early to meet the presenters and other community members and help "light the fire"
This month, featuring:
Storytellers: Elizabeth Cohen, Jon Gottsegen, Elizheva Hurvich
Musician: Hazzan Shayndel Adler
Master of Ceremonies: Maggid Amitai YRK Gross

Mindfulness in The Sukkah Day 7
Join us for seven transformative days where each session builds upon the last, guiding you to cultivate a meaningful and sustainable meditation practice. Through these daily gatherings, you’ll learn to integrate mindfulness into your life, discovering conscious techniques to carry throughout your day.
As we explore the rich kabbalistic themes of Sukkot, each session will offer unique insights and practices designed to deepen your connection to self and community. Registrants will receive a comprehensive guide to establish a simple and successful meditation routine, empowering you to develop a lasting habit of mindfulness. Whether you are new to meditation or looking to deepen your practice, “Mindfulness in The Sukkah” invites you to celebrate this joyous festival with intention, reflection, and growth. Come and find your calm in the Sukkah!

Mindfulness in The Sukkah Day 6
Join us for seven transformative days where each session builds upon the last, guiding you to cultivate a meaningful and sustainable meditation practice. Through these daily gatherings, you’ll learn to integrate mindfulness into your life, discovering conscious techniques to carry throughout your day.
As we explore the rich kabbalistic themes of Sukkot, each session will offer unique insights and practices designed to deepen your connection to self and community. Registrants will receive a comprehensive guide to establish a simple and successful meditation routine, empowering you to develop a lasting habit of mindfulness. Whether you are new to meditation or looking to deepen your practice, “Mindfulness in The Sukkah” invites you to celebrate this joyous festival with intention, reflection, and growth. Come and find your calm in the Sukkah!

Encountering The Tree of Life Part 2: Embodying the Kabbalistic Tree
4 Part Course - Oct 21, 28, Nov 11, 18 [no class session on Nov 4]
This course, co-sponsored by Yerusha's signature wisdom school: Secrets My Grandmother Told Me and the Lilith Institute, is offered in two parts.
This course builds on the introduction in PART 1 which is a prerequisite
Both Part 1 and Part 2 are prerequisites for the Wisdom School.
Step into a transformative journey with the Kabbalistic Tree of Life—a profound map of Creation and the Divine essence within us all. This brand-new four-week course offers a unique perspective through the lens of a female kabbalistic tradition.
Throughout the course, you'll:
Discover the Tree’s Attributes: Explore how the Tree’s attributes manifest within yourself.
Achieve Balance and Wholeness: Learn practical techniques to cultivate balance and harmony in your life and relationships.
Embark on a Personal Journey: Engage in teachings, guided visualizations, embodied expressions, and reflective practices such as journaling and sketching.
Connect and Learn Together: Share insights and experiences with learning partners in lively discussions.
Each week delves into a different facet of the Tree, guiding you through its wisdom with minimal reading assignments. Join us and uncover the profound wisdom of the Tree of Life, empowering your personal growth and connection to the divine within.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment.

Mindfulness in The Sukkah Day 5
Join us for seven transformative days where each session builds upon the last, guiding you to cultivate a meaningful and sustainable meditation practice. Through these daily gatherings, you’ll learn to integrate mindfulness into your life, discovering conscious techniques to carry throughout your day.
As we explore the rich kabbalistic themes of Sukkot, each session will offer unique insights and practices designed to deepen your connection to self and community. Registrants will receive a comprehensive guide to establish a simple and successful meditation routine, empowering you to develop a lasting habit of mindfulness. Whether you are new to meditation or looking to deepen your practice, “Mindfulness in The Sukkah” invites you to celebrate this joyous festival with intention, reflection, and growth. Come and find your calm in the Sukkah!

Mindfulness in The Sukkah Day 4
Join us for seven transformative days where each session builds upon the last, guiding you to cultivate a meaningful and sustainable meditation practice. Through these daily gatherings, you’ll learn to integrate mindfulness into your life, discovering conscious techniques to carry throughout your day.
As we explore the rich kabbalistic themes of Sukkot, each session will offer unique insights and practices designed to deepen your connection to self and community. Registrants will receive a comprehensive guide to establish a simple and successful meditation routine, empowering you to develop a lasting habit of mindfulness. Whether you are new to meditation or looking to deepen your practice, “Mindfulness in The Sukkah” invites you to celebrate this joyous festival with intention, reflection, and growth. Come and find your calm in the Sukkah!

Mindfulness in The Sukkah Day 3
Join us for seven transformative days where each session builds upon the last, guiding you to cultivate a meaningful and sustainable meditation practice. Through these daily gatherings, you’ll learn to integrate mindfulness into your life, discovering conscious techniques to carry throughout your day.
As we explore the rich kabbalistic themes of Sukkot, each session will offer unique insights and practices designed to deepen your connection to self and community. Registrants will receive a comprehensive guide to establish a simple and successful meditation routine, empowering you to develop a lasting habit of mindfulness. Whether you are new to meditation or looking to deepen your practice, “Mindfulness in The Sukkah” invites you to celebrate this joyous festival with intention, reflection, and growth. Come and find your calm in the Sukkah!

Mindfulness in The Sukkah Day 2
Join us for seven transformative days where each session builds upon the last, guiding you to cultivate a meaningful and sustainable meditation practice. Through these daily gatherings, you’ll learn to integrate mindfulness into your life, discovering conscious techniques to carry throughout your day.
As we explore the rich kabbalistic themes of Sukkot, each session will offer unique insights and practices designed to deepen your connection to self and community. Registrants will receive a comprehensive guide to establish a simple and successful meditation routine, empowering you to develop a lasting habit of mindfulness. Whether you are new to meditation or looking to deepen your practice, “Mindfulness in The Sukkah” invites you to celebrate this joyous festival with intention, reflection, and growth. Come and find your calm in the Sukkah!