Nov 19, 2024
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Mindful Responses to Antisemitism with Rabbi Josh Feigelson ’98
In the wake of the resurgence of antisemitism in recent months and years, many communal responses have focused on how to confront, combat, and battle its sources. While these outward-facing responses are important, there's also internal work to do too. Psychological research on intergenerational trauma has shown how our ancestors' experiences of antisemitism can affect our bodies and emotions. Jewish spiritual practices grounded in mindfulness can offer important and powerful responses that all of us can access, and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality is helping to develop them. In this conversation, Rabbi Josh Feigelson '98, President & CEO of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, will talk about Jewish mindfulness and spirituality and how they can help all of us respond to antisemitism and other life stresses with greater wisdom and resilience.
Rabbi Josh Feigelson SM '98 has served as President & CEO of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality since February 2020. He received ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School in 2005, and served for six years as the Hillel Rabbi at Northwestern University, where he also earned a doctorate in Religious Studies. He previously served as Dean of Students at the University of Chicago Divinity School and was awarded the Lippman-Kanfer Prize in Applied Jewish Wisdom for his work founding and leading Ask Big Questions, a national civil discourse initiative of Hillel International. Josh is the author of Eternal Questions: Reflections, Conversations, and Jewish Mindfulness Practices for the Weekly Torah Portion (Ben Yehuda Press, 2022) and the host of "Soulful Jewish Living: Mindful Practices for Every Day," a podcast co-produced by Unpacked and IJS. Josh lives with his wife Natalie and their three sons in Skokie, IL.
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