A little history:
In 1988, Hannah was born.
In the fall of that year, I joined dozens of women for two nights at the JCC Ranch Camp.
That was the beginning of a love affair I had for the following two decades with being in community with smart...
competent ...
SEEKERS FOR OUR place in Judaism.
I joined Sari and Robyn and 10-12 others to make up the Jewish Women’s Resource Center Board and every year we planned and hosted some local events, and held an annual retreat that grew to over 100 women.
We ate, prayed and danced together. We learned about women in the Torah and contemporary thinkers — as well as about ourselves.
Of course, Hannah chose her path — she’s had her heart on The Derech since she was very young.
Maybe she saw what was possible by watching our community of women... she and Alyssa often talked about wanting that kind of sisterhood in their lives when they became adults..
Hannah conceived Rahmana and has carried it through gestation. Not to put too fine a point on it...but...
She delivered inspiration with her generosity of knowledge, light and spirit.
Rahmana is a wonder to me...there are the opportunities to see the women participants as strong and powerful, and also as vulnerable and questioning.
Like JWRC, it offers the opportunity to explore and take from the traditions what works, and at a much deeper level, it allows people to explore their hearts and minds.
Rahmana (via Hannah) introduced us to Yemima. Oh, Yemima.
She changed my life, and will continue to remind us to separate our fields and to make many errors.
We learned about Elul and Chanukah and Tu’B’shvat and Pesach and the Omer. We learned about being a child and about being an adult.
We learned how to pray and we learned about some of the Liturgy.
We made art and we shared snacks.
We made life-changing decisions.
We cried together and separately.
Rahmana’s work is to continue to help grow us individually and communally by using the tools of the heart — to help us to focus our attention inward and toward each other. I look forward to the richness of multi-generational learning and growing.
And, it is my pleasure to announce that we will be hosting a Rahmana Retreat in the coming year, and the guest presenter will be... R’ Hannah.
Rahmana will bring her to Colorado for a weekend together. Details to follow.
In 1988, Hannah was born.
In the fall of that year, I joined dozens of women for two nights at the JCC Ranch Camp.
That was the beginning of a love affair I had for the following two decades with being in community with smart...
competent ...
SEEKERS FOR OUR place in Judaism.
I joined Sari and Robyn and 10-12 others to make up the Jewish Women’s Resource Center Board and every year we planned and hosted some local events, and held an annual retreat that grew to over 100 women.
We ate, prayed and danced together. We learned about women in the Torah and contemporary thinkers — as well as about ourselves.
Of course, Hannah chose her path — she’s had her heart on The Derech since she was very young.
Maybe she saw what was possible by watching our community of women... she and Alyssa often talked about wanting that kind of sisterhood in their lives when they became adults..
Hannah conceived Rahmana and has carried it through gestation. Not to put too fine a point on it...but...
She delivered inspiration with her generosity of knowledge, light and spirit.
Rahmana is a wonder to me...there are the opportunities to see the women participants as strong and powerful, and also as vulnerable and questioning.
Like JWRC, it offers the opportunity to explore and take from the traditions what works, and at a much deeper level, it allows people to explore their hearts and minds.
Rahmana (via Hannah) introduced us to Yemima. Oh, Yemima.
She changed my life, and will continue to remind us to separate our fields and to make many errors.
We learned about Elul and Chanukah and Tu’B’shvat and Pesach and the Omer. We learned about being a child and about being an adult.
We learned how to pray and we learned about some of the Liturgy.
We made art and we shared snacks.
We made life-changing decisions.
We cried together and separately.
Rahmana’s work is to continue to help grow us individually and communally by using the tools of the heart — to help us to focus our attention inward and toward each other. I look forward to the richness of multi-generational learning and growing.
And, it is my pleasure to announce that we will be hosting a Rahmana Retreat in the coming year, and the guest presenter will be... R’ Hannah.
Rahmana will bring her to Colorado for a weekend together. Details to follow.