Exodus

This one-day retreat is offered both in-person or online via Zoom. Your registration will also include admission to the Friday evening public lecture by Rabbi Laura entitled "Interfaith Outreach for Polarized Times" (February 21 at 7:00 pm). Early registration ends on February 1st.

Saturday, February 22 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
(includes lunch)

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Early In-Person (by Feb. 1)

^$205.00

Early Online (by Feb. 1)

^$150.00

Ecology, Leadership, and Reconciliation

Event Details

The Book of Exodus offers a vision of freedom: choosing to take on spiritual commitments. If we read its stories creatively—as classical Jewish teachers did—we find a broad vision of an ethical life. For example, the plague of locusts teaches about creation care. Drought in the wilderness calls Miriam to leadership. And animal metaphors point us to a vision of treaty. Together, we will explore those calls to action through study, discussion, reflective meditation, music, and a little dancing (if you’re up for it).

FACILITATOR

Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan is a professor, author, prayer leader, mystic, animal lover, and interfaith activist. Currently, she is Director of Inter-Religious Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology and Rabbi Emerita of Or Shalom Synagogue.

She is an award-winning teacher of philosophy, theology, and spirituality, who does not shy away from difficult topics. Her work was recognized with the Carnegie Foundation’s U.S. Professor of the Year award; the American Academy of Religion’s Award for Excellence in Teaching; and the Visioneers Lifetime Achievement Award for Peace and Community Well-Being.

Rabbi Laura’s recent books explore spiritual practice, Reconciliation, and eco-themes in the bible. These include Shechinah Bring Me Home: Kabbalah and the Omer in Real Life (2023), Mouth of the Donkey: Re-imagining Biblical Animals (2021), and The Infinity Inside: Jewish Spiritual Practice Through a Multi-Faith Lens (2019). She is currently writing Earth’s Spiritual Song: Reading a Jewish Mystical Text.

She also enjoys bringing people together for study, dialogue, and collaborative writing. With colleagues, she recently co-edited the scholarly anthologies Multireligious Reflection on Friendship, Visions of the End-Times, Spirit of Reconciliation: A Multi-Faith Resource, and Encountering the Other.

Rabbi Laura, a dual Canadian-American citizen, is married to psychologist and musician Charles Kaplan. Together they are musical partners, parents of two young adults, and caretakers of a changing array of companion animals.

REGISTRATION

Early (by February 1st)

In-person ..... $205
Online ..... $150

After February 1st

In-person ..... $245
Online ..... $190