Event Dates & Times:
- Start Date:February 22, 9:00 am
- End Date:February 22, 4:30 pm
- eventWizardUrl:https://www.starofthenorth.ca/register/browse/programs-2/event/exodus-349/
Event Location Information:
- Location:3 A St Vital Ave, St. Albert, AB T8N 1K1, Canada
About The Event:
Ecology, Leadership, and Reconciliation
Event Details
The Book of Exodus offers a vision of freedom: choosing to take on spiritual commitments. If we read its stories creatively—as classical Jewish teachers did—we find a broad vision of an ethical life. For example, the plague of locusts teaches about creation care. Drought in the wilderness calls Miriam to leadership. And animal metaphors point us to a vision of treaty. Together, we will explore those calls to action through study, discussion, reflective meditation, music, and a little dancing (if you’re up for it).
FACILITATOR
Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan is a professor, author, prayer leader, mystic, animal lover, and interfaith activist. Currently, she is Director of Inter-Religious Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology and Rabbi Emerita of Or Shalom Synagogue.
She is an award-winning teacher of philosophy, theology, and spirituality, who does not shy away from difficult topics. Her work was recognized with the Carnegie Foundation’s U.S. Professor of the Year award; the American Academy of Religion’s Award for Excellence in Teaching; and the Visioneers Lifetime Achievement Award for Peace and Community Well-Being.
Rabbi Laura’s recent books explore spiritual practice, Reconciliation, and eco-themes in the bible. These include Shechinah Bring Me Home: Kabbalah and the Omer in Real Life (2023), Mouth of the Donkey: Re-imagining Biblical Animals (2021), and The Infinity Inside: Jewish Spiritual Practice Through a Multi-Faith Lens (2019). She is currently writing Earth’s Spiritual Song: Reading a Jewish Mystical Text.
She also enjoys bringing people together for study, dialogue, and collaborative writing. With colleagues, she recently co-edited the scholarly anthologies Multireligious Reflection on Friendship, Visions of the End-Times, Spirit of Reconciliation: A Multi-Faith Resource, and Encountering the Other.
Rabbi Laura, a dual Canadian-American citizen, is married to psychologist and musician Charles Kaplan. Together they are musical partners, parents of two young adults, and caretakers of a changing array of companion animals.
REGISTRATION
Early (by February 1st)
In-person ….. $205 Register
Online ….. $150 Register
After February 1st
In-person ….. $245
Online ….. $190