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 term 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!
Current term: Fall 2018
Introductory
- Fundamentals: 9/24/18
- Multi-faith Perspectives: 9/30/18
- Guest (Muslim): 10/11/18
- Studying Midrash: 10/14/18
- Guest (Buddhist): 10/25/18
- Hasidic Stories: 10/28/18
- Telling Stories: 11/4/18
- Stories in Talmud: 11/11/18
- Wrestling with Spiritual Stories: 11/25/18
- Practical Storytelling: 12/2/18
Jewish Foundations
- Ba’al Shem Tov: 9/27/18
- Mysticism: 10/4/18
- Guest (Muslim): 10/11/18
- Telling Challenging Stories: 10/18/18
- Guest (Buddhist): 10/25/18
- Persuasive Storytelling: 11/1/18
- Jewish Folklore: 11/8/18
- Mussar / Ethics: 11/15/18
- Practical Storytelling: 11/29/18
- Practice: 12/6/18
Retreat: 12/14 – 12/16, 2018
Upcoming:
Multi-Faith Foundations
Spring 2019, all dates TBD
- Teshuvah / Repentance
- Short Stories of Jesus
- Guest: TBD
- Finding and Preparing Stories
- Jewish / Muslim Stories
- Sufism and Kabbalah
- Guest: TBD
- Storytelling without Notes
- Modern Spirituality
- Practice
Retreat
Spiritual Storytelling
Fall 2019, all dates TBD
- Finding the Story that Pursues You
- Hasidism
- Guest (Sikh)
- Telling Transformational Stories
- Guest (TBD)
- The Spirit in Stories
- Creating a Story Program
- Creating Opportunities
- Open Session
- Practice
Retreat