Wise Aging with Debbie Bram and Rabbi Andrea Goldstein

Fridays, from 10-11:30 a.m. October 17 & 31, November 14 & 21, December 5 & 19

Cost: $45 members, $60 non-members

Wise Aging is a 6-session program which enables participants to discover the possibilities for living the years ahead with joy, resilience, and spirit. Wise Aging combines Jewish texts and practices with poetry, secular writings, and heartfelt dialogue, to challenge participants to develop their own sense of what it means to “number their days” and “grow a heart of wisdom.” Cost includes all materials including a book. Registration required by Monday, 10/6. click here to register.

Or Zarua – A Shabbat of Light and Song

Saturday, Dec. 20 – 9:30-11am with a light breakfast beginning at 9am

The Shabbat during Hanukkah has a special quality of hope and joy. Join Rabbi Goldstein and Lucy Greenbaum for this combined worship and study experience that will be filled with music, learning, and light. Click here to sign up.

Ongoing Programs at the Jewish Mindfulness Center of St. Louis

Weekly Mindfulness Mediation Sits

9 a.m. on Tuesday Mornings on Zoom

Join Rabbi Andrea Goldstein for these weekly Mindfulness Meditation sits incorporating teachings and stories from the weekly Torah portions, Jewish prayer, and tradition. No meditation experience is necessary, all are welcome, and no registration is needed. For information about how to join, make sure you are getting our weekly Mindfulness e-mails. If you don’t get our Monday e-mails, click here to sign up.

Spiritual Direction: A Chance to Explore the Holiness of Your Life

Monday afternoons with Rabbi Goldstein, by appointment only

Spiritual Direction is a practice involving meeting with a spiritual director on a monthly basis to cultivate the ability to discern the holiness, spiritual or sacred in all aspects of life. Rabbi Goldstein completed the Spiritual Direction practicum to become a spiritual director at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in 2018.

There is no cost for members of Congregation Shaare Emeth, though it is customary to make a donation to the Jewish Mindfulness Center of St. Louis after each session. The cost for non-members is $50 per session.

To set up a first appointment contact Stacy Jespersen.