Calling In and CALLING up: Bringing the Ancient Torah Alive for 21st Century Judaism 

WITH KOHENET Shamirah aka Sarah Chandler 

The Torah is meant to be ours, and yet so often we feel like it is taboo to be close to her. In this course we will acquire skills to look into the Torah and find personal and communal meaning from the weekly parsha (Torah portion). Participants will leave this course with the skill of leading group aliyot, or Torah callings, for their community.

Sarah Chandler aka Kohenet Shamirah is a Brooklyn-based Jewish educator, artist, activist, healer, and poet. She has been teaching Jewish eco-ritual weaving for over 15 years. She holds a M.A. in Jewish Education and a M.A. in Hebrew Bible from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a certificate in Non-Profit Management and Jewish Communal Leadership from Columbia University. She teaches, writes and consults on a national level on issues related to Judaism, earth-based spiritual practice, mindfulness, dreamwork, and farming. An advanced student of Kabbalistic dream work at The School of Images, Sarah is the founder and lead trainer for "Soft as a Rock: Public Speaking for Sensitive Souls." softasarock.com