Each of the four terms has ten two-hour classes over twenty weeks; there are two terms per year. Classes are held via Zoom so that everyone can interact with everyone else in a video environment.
In addition to the classes, one-on-one sessions are held each month with each student to further their development and spiritual growth in their personal faith.
The first term, “Introductory,” is held each semester for all new students. Following that term, students move into one of the three remaining themes which are repeated in sequence. In each of those three terms there is a primary focus, but all three themes – Jewish, Multi-Faith, and Spiritual Storytelling – are touched upon in each term.
Please note: Final dates can be adjusted to meet the requirements of the current cohort!
You may register for the upcoming term here.
Current Term – Spring 2019:
Introductory
Beginning the week of Jan 21, 2019
- Fundamentals
- Multi-faith Perspectives
- Guest (TBD): Mar 5
- Studying Midrash
- Hasidic Stories
- Telling Stories
- Guest (TBD): Apr 30
- Stories in Talmud
- Wrestling with Spiritual Stories
- Practical Storytelling
Multi-Faith Foundations
- Teshuvah / Repentance: Feb 12
- Short Stories of Jesus: Feb 19
- Guest (TBD): Mar 5
- Finding and Preparing Stories: Mar 19
- Jewish / Muslim Stories: Apr 2
- Sufism and Kabbalah: Apr 16
- Guest (TBD): Apr 30
- Storytelling without Notes: May 14
- Modern Spirituality: May 28
- Practice: Jun 11
Retreat
Spiritual Storytelling
Fall 2019, all dates TBD
- Finding the Story that Pursues You
- Hasidism
- Guest (TBD)
- Telling Transformational Stories
- Guest (TBD)
- The Spirit in Stories
- Creating a Story Program
- Creating Opportunities
- Open Session
- Practice
Retreat
Jewish Foundations
Spring 2020, all dates TBD
- Ba’al Shem Tov
- Mysticism
- Guest (TBD)
- Telling Challenging Stories
- Guest (TBD)
- Persuasive Storytelling
- Jewish Folklore
- Mussar / Ethics
- Practical Storytelling
- Practice
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