Seeding Light: Speaking From The Heart in Dark Times
with Mirabai Starr & Rabbi Tirzah Firestone
an online event
An Intimate Talk About the Ongoing Violence in the Middle East and a Chanukah Ritual
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During this season of Chanukah, when Jewish people traditionally celebrate the miracle of light that penetrates the cruelty of oppression, two dear friends, Mirabai and Tirzah, Jewish women and spiritual leaders, come together to share the unbearable heartbreak in Israel and Palestine, explore the moral dilemmas they experience, and reaffirm the power of the heart to shift the global conversation from one of polarization to one that roots us in our common humanity.
They will ask:
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In the midst of so much bloodshed, and so many innocent lives being lost, what might the divine Mother say about all of this?
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Where is Shechinah found amidst so much violence and inability to hear one another?Â
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What can we do, thousands of miles from the actual violence, to help shift the trajectory toward peace and away from helplessness?
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How can we go beyond charged polemics and keep re-finding our steady moral compass so that we can put out more light than heat in the world?
If you are staggering under the weight of global grief, plagued by outrage, fear, shame, or clouded by confusion, please take a seat beside us on the fourth night of Chanukah as we light the candles, connect with our inner knowing, pray like we’ve never prayed before, listen to Her voice within, and explore the most challenging and life-giving truths we can about justice and injustice, dismantling false narratives and reimagining a new way forward.
Meet Mirabai
Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Her latest book, WILD MERCY: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, was named one of the “Best Books of 2019”. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico.
www.mirabaistarr.com | @mirabaistarr
Meet Rabbi Tirzah
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD, is an author, Jungian psychotherapist, leader in the international Jewish Renewal Movement, and a renowned Jewish scholar and teacher. Widely known for her groundbreaking work on Kabbalah, depth psychology, intergenerational trauma healing, and the re-integration of the feminine wisdom tradition within Judaism, Rabbi Tirzah lectures and teaches internationally about spiritual and ancient wisdom practices that are honed to assist us at this critical time in world history. Her latest work, Wounds into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma (Monkfish, 2019) is the recipient of the 2020 Nautilus Book Award Gold in Psychology and the Jewish Women's Caucus of the Association for Women in Psychology 2020 book award.
 www.tirzahfirestone.com | @tirzahfire
Join us for Seeding Light: Speaking from the Heart in Dark Times
An Intimate Talk About the Ongoing Violence in the Middle East and a Chanukah Ritual
