This year is the centenary of the birth of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, the Polish Chassid who’s spiritually rooted social action have had a deep effect on Jewish and Christian thought and action.
Rabbi Heschel, who was a friend and coworker of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., taught that the prophets spoke of human suffering as God's own suffering, prayer as the "song the universe sings to itself" and that political activism is prayer.
In this course, we will study how Rabbi Heschel grounded his political action in the Spirit and in the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov, insisting that prayer address the God who suffers when human beings suffer.
Professor Susannah Heschel, Rabbi Heschel's daughter and editor of a collection of his finest essays, will join the course as a visiting teacher.
Rabbi Arthur Waskow is the director of The Shalom Center and author of Godwrestling – Round 2, A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven: The Jewish Life-Spiral as a Spiritual Journey and many other books of Jewish and Abrahamic thought.
Professor Susannah Heschel of Dartmouth University, author of books on Feminist Judaism and on German Christian theology between the World Wars, Rabbi Heschel's daughter and the editor of a collection of his finest essays, will join the course as visiting teacher.
Single Room | |
w/ private bath & queen-sized bed |
1,090 |
w/ private bath |
965 |
w/ shared bath |
725 |
w/ hall bath |
545 |
Double Room | |
w/ private bath & queen-sized bed |
610 |
w/ private bath |
535 |
w/ shared bath |
495 |
w/ hall bath |
425 |
Triple Room | |
w/ private bath |
430 |
w/ hall bath |
410 |
Tent/Commuter | |
300 | |
Children (Ages 3-14) | |
per night |
35 |
The program fee for this class is $300; take a second class this week for 50% off! Fees are per person, and do not include the cost of Room and Board (see table on the right).
Room and board includes housing, meals, Shabbat services, evening activities, hot tub, yoga, meditation, and full use of our facility. All rooms are air-conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter. Adults fees apply to ages 15 and higher.
Limited financial aid is available.
Please arrive between 2pm and 5pm on the day your retreat begins. Retreats end with brunch at 11:30am on the last day of the retreat.
The Elat Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality reserves the right to cancel any program at any time. In this event, you will be given a complete refund.
For transportation: A full refund of transportation fees is available if you cancel at least three days (72 hours) in advance. No refund is available if less than three days notice is given. For more information on getting here, please visit our Travel & Transportation page.