Judaism Unbound Episode 361: Spiritual Abundance - Ariana Katz
Ariana Katz, the founding rabbi of Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl ("Shtiebl" refers to an intimate, cozy space where prayer and study meet), joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for the 4th episode in an ongoing series on Jewish spirituality. Together they explore what it means to build an intentional, spiritual, community, and also consider the importance of holding a mindset of spiritual abundance.
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[1] Learn more about Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl by heading to www.HinenuBaltimore.org, and learn more about Ariana Katz by clicking here.
[2] For a few other past Judaism Unbound episodes, exploring what it looks like to build progressive, intentional, and spiritual communities, see Episode 181: The New Synagogue Project - Joseph Berman, Lauren Spokane and Episode 279: Voice for Justice - Ari Lev Fornari.
[3] For the previous episodes in this unit on spirituality, see Episode 358: What Does “Spirituality” Mean? - Josh Feigelson, Episode 359: Spiritual Direction - Wendie Bernstein Lash, and Episode 360: Your Body is a Sukkah - Yoshi Silverstein.
[4] Katz mentions her teacher, Mary Martha Thiel, director of Clinical Pastoral Education at Hebrew Senior Life. Learn more about Thiel’s work to serve “SBNRs” (the “spiritual but not religious”) via this webinar she offered, accessible for free on youtube.
[5] Katz refers to the notion of “hovering over the face of the waters,” from the beginning of the book of Genesis. Another recent guest on Judaism Unbound, Adina Allen, also referred to this excerpt from the Torah — hear from her in Episode 353: The Torah of Creativity - Adina Allen.
