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HASHPA'AH PATH: FACULTY
About Our…
ROSH HASHPA’AH AND FOUNDING DIRECTOR
Rabbi Shohama Wiener, DMin, EdM,
is Rosh Hashpa’ah for the Aleph Ordination Programs and President Emerita of AJR, The Academy for Jewish Religion. There she served as Mashgiach Ruchani, instituting training in spiritual development based on her smicha from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, and her doctoral thesis at NY Theological Seminary, Teacher of meditation and healing, songwriter and editor, (The Fifty-Eighth Century: A Jewish Renewal Sourcebook), “Reb Shohama” serves as Rabbi on City Island, NY, www.YourShulByTheSea.org, and writes for www.ReclaimingJudaism.org.
YOETZET AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Rabbi Nadya Gross, MA, serves as co-rabbi of Pardes Levavot, a Jewish renewal congregation in Boulder, CO. “Reb Nadya” was trained from childhood in the Jewish mystical tradition by her Israeli grandmother. A teacher of Kaballah for more than 20 years, she received semicha as Mashpia Ruchani from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Her private practice as Mashpi’ah focuses on individuals, couples, and clergy. In addition, she has developed a program in Boulder to train End-Of-Life Doulas and a Wisdom School called Secrets My Grandmother Told Me, www.ruachhaaretz.com.
ADDITIONAL MASHPI’IM AND FACULTY
Sandra B. Cohen, DSW, LCSW, has a private psycho-spiritual clinical and relationship coaching practice. Sandi is a Spiritual Director at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and for the ALEPH Rabbinic Pastor program. She privately provides individual and interfaith group spiritual direction and mentors individuals and clergy called to this ministry. She is trained in Group Spiritual Direction at The Shalem Institute and received semicha from Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi as Mashpia Ruchani and Maggid.
Rabbi Shaya Isenberg, PhD, is a professor of religion at the University of Florida, where he teaches Jewish mysticism, comparative spirituality and science. He is co-founder and co-director of UF’s Center for Spirituality and Health. An author and national lecturer, he teaches workshops on self-development and relationships, and Jewish mysticism and meditation. “Reb Shaya” serves as Rabbi for P’nai Or of Gainesville, FL.
Rabbi Burt Jacobson, MHL, is Founding Rabbi of Kehilla Community Synagogue in Berkeley, begun in 1984. He was instrumental in the design of the new God-centered curriculum for the ALEPH Rabbinic Program. Involved in the discipline of spiritual direction for over twenty years. Rabbi Burt completed his training as a spiritual director at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA in 1995. Since then he has been pioneering the introduction of spiritual direction into Jewish life.
Rabbi Raachel Jurovics, PhD, earned a semicha as Mashpia Ruchani from Rabbi Zalman-Schachter Shalomi, and conducts a private practice focusing on the spiritual needs of clergy. “Reb Raachel” also serves as Rabbi Sheni for Temple Beth Or, a Reform congregation in Raleigh, NC.
Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan teaches classes and workshops on prayer, on creating intimate relationships with the Divine, and on connecting to G*d through joy. In addition to being a mother of four, “Reb Ruth” is a leader of song and prayer. A native Israeli, she has an international practice as a Mashpi’ah.
Rabbi Goldie Milgram, DMin, MSW, directs ReclaimingJudaism.org., an educational website for Jewish spirituality. Former Dean of Professional Development at AJR, she teaches for the ALEPH Rabbinic Program. “Reb Goldie” is author of several books including Meaning and Mitzvah: Reclaiming Judaism through G*d, Prayer, Torah, Mitzvot, Hebrew and Peoplehood, and Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah: A Personal Guide to a Meaningful Rite of Passage.
Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit, MHL, is a Spiritual Director at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and in private practice, as well as serving as spiritual coach and trainer for numerous organizations. Currently he is Director of Outreach for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, and Co-Director of the Davennen’ Leadership Training Institute. A published author and singer/songwriter, he has two CD's, "Heart and Soul" and "Sanctuary", and appears on Shabbat Unplugged's Pesach CD, "A Night of Questions.”
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