• Mussar / Ethics

    Zoom

    With guest ethicist Maggidah Rabbi Devorah Smith, we will highlight the ethical standards required of maggidut - Transformational Storytelling.

  • Wrestling with Spiritual Stories

    Zoom

    When told properly, spiritual stories challenge our accepted secular experiences. We will look at the ways that spiritual storytelling operates, and its effect on the listener, the teller, and the story.

  • Practical Storytelling

    Zoom

    A session on the practicalities of storytelling. Students tell and critique their stories...

  • Practical Storytelling

    Zoom

    A session on the practicalities of storytelling. Students tell and critique their stories...

  • Practice

    Zoom

    For advanced students who will be storytelling at the retreat. Intro students are invited to attend.

  • Storytelling Jamboree

    Temple Concord 450 Kimber Rd, Syracuse, NY, United States

    Come hear storytellers from a variety of backgrounds tell spiritual, transformational, engaging tales! Snacks and beverages will be available, of course! Please register (Free!) via FaceBook or here: https://goo.gl/forms/rt87W29Z24N8WyrD3 Thanks!

    Free
  • Storytelling and Music at the Funkhouse

    Join Martha Trachtenberg and me at the Funkhouse in Westbury, Long Island, NY for an evening of stories, music, and open hearts. Actual time and other details to be provided soon.  

  • The Maggidut of Social Transformation

    Temple Beth Emeth 52 Mt Sinai Ave S, Mt Sinai, NY, United States

    Maggidut is the art of telling stories in a way that spiritually (or otherwise) transforms the audience. Drawing on stories from Africa, Nepal, and Eastern Europe, we will look at the way that a story gains the power to transform, not merely entertain.