Buddhism is connected strongly to meditation - does it also have a connection to prayer?  Judaism is strongly celebrated for the use of prayer. We will take a look at how the prayer tradition in Judaism can lift us up to be useful to us in our own lives.

Tune in to Basha Hirschfeld and Judith Goleman's class On "How Judaism and Buddhism Approach Meditation and Prayer" for a discussion of this - and bring your own thoughts and experience as well.

Rabbinic Pastor Judith Goleman, MFT, is a chaplain and also has a private practice in individual and couple counseling. As teenager she fell in love with the joyous tales of the Hasidic Rabbis of the 18th century, who saw God as the deep nature of everything in Creation (including us in our true potential). As an adult she encountered this spirit in the Jewish Renewal movement, and was ordained as a Rabbinic Pastor in this spiritual approach. It also informs her psychotherapy practice.

Barbara (Basha) Hirschfeld has been a student of Buddhism for over 25 years, and of Judaism all her life. She is one of a few lucky students of Ani Pema Chodron and through her of the Shambhala lineage, as first taught by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. She teaches meditation in the North Bay at various venues and owns and runs a retreat space in west Sonoma County called “Open Sky Retreat Space.” Her favorite thing is to bring together the two wisdom traditions, and to explore how her Buddhist training can inform her Jewish faith.