WJC's Yoga With A Full Heart

Blending a gentle yoga class with Jewish wisdom to create a unique experience deepening our connection to body, mind and spirit. This four class series will be infused with aspects of Jewish practice: Morning Blessing, Our Hidden Light, Hineni(Here I Am), Finding Our Essential Self, and Sh'ma - Listening to Our Deepest Voice.

All are welcome to this gentle class. Chair alternatives will be offered. This will be a unique yoga experience touched by Jewish blessing.

Susan Blacker is a certified Kripalu instructor since 2002 specializing in therapeutic yoga for seniors. Susan currently teaches 2 weekly classes for the Woodstock Senior Recreation Program and offers gentle yoga classes through Lifetime Learning Institute at Bard College. Susan is excited to weave together the beauty of Judaism with the practice of yoga to see where it might lead us.

If you have questions, you can reach Susan at ssblacker@gmail.com.

Join us by clicking here

Adult Learning:  Our new book is "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks. It is a novel that blends the long history of the Sarajevo Haggadah with modern day politics and the emotions of people  involved with preserving it. 

For our first meeting we will talk about the real Sarajevo Haggadah and discuss only the first section of the book. We will not meet on June 23 and will continue meeting weekly on June 30.

For more information click here.

In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding—an insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair—she begins to unlock the book’s mysteries. The reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book’s journey from its salvation back to its creation. 

Adult Learning: “Spiritual Sage-ing in a time of Brokenness”
With Rabbi Pauline Tamari and Rabbi Ellen Triebwasser

With age come perspective and wisdom. Let us recognize our status as elders and tap into the inner wisdom we may not realize we possess to find ways to understand both ourselves and this unforeseen world we are living in. We will use the spiritual tools of our tradition to offer our wisdom to those we love in an ethical will and discover ways to uncover and spread truth and light.  

Join us by clicking here.  

Spiritual Practice at the WJC

We have moved our synagogue programs online and are pleased to be able to offer a meeting place to deepen and to strengthen our spiritual lives and community. Our offerings tap different streams of Jewish spiritual practice. All are welcome to join in, and there is no charge.

On the days when we learn and practice from 1-2pm, at 2pm we will offer a communal healing prayer and also take advantage of our online minyan to provide an opportunity for anyone who needs to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish. Feel free to join us at 2pm, even if you have not been participating during the previous hour!

Adult Learning: Insights from the Weekly Torah Portion
with Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
When we study Torah we use it as a mirror, reflecting on our own lives and circumstances. Each week we will highlight passages and interpretations from the weekly parashah that give us insight and strength to navigate the current crisis.
Join us by clicking here.  

Spiritual Practice at the WJC

We have moved our synagogue programs online and are pleased to be able to offer a meeting place to deepen and to strengthen our spiritual lives and community. Our offerings tap different streams of Jewish spiritual practice. All are welcome to join in, and there is no charge.

On the days when we learn and practice from 1-2pm, at 2pm we will offer a communal healing prayer and also take advantage of our online minyan to provide an opportunity for anyone who needs to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish. Feel free to join us at 2pm, even if you have not been participating during the previous hour!

Join Rabbi Jonathan and our far-flung community for our joyous and uplifting Shabbat services. Invite your friends and relatives to join in as well. We are in the process of discovering and developing how to celebrate Shabbat together when we are physically apart. The results so far are fabulous.
Join us at this link

Join Rabbi Jonathan and our far-flung community for our joyous and uplifting Shabbat services. Invite your friends and relatives to join in as well. We are in the process of discovering and developing how to celebrate Shabbat together when we are physically apart. The results so far are fabulous.
Join us at this link

WJC's Yoga With A Full Heart

Blending a gentle yoga class with Jewish wisdom to create a unique experience deepening our connection to body, mind and spirit. This four class series will be infused with aspects of Jewish practice: Morning Blessing, Our Hidden Light, Hineni(Here I Am), Finding Our Essential Self, and Sh'ma - Listening to Our Deepest Voice.

All are welcome to this gentle class. Chair alternatives will be offered. This will be a unique yoga experience touched by Jewish blessing.

Susan Blacker is a certified Kripalu instructor since 2002 specializing in therapeutic yoga for seniors. Susan currently teaches 2 weekly classes for the Woodstock Senior Recreation Program and offers gentle yoga classes through Lifetime Learning Institute at Bard College. Susan is excited to weave together the beauty of Judaism with the practice of yoga to see where it might lead us.

If you have questions, you can reach Susan at ssblacker@gmail.com.

Adult Learning:  Our new book is "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks. It is a novel that blends the long history of the Sarajevo Haggadah with modern day politics and the emotions of people  involved with preserving it. 

For our first meeting we will talk about the real Sarajevo Haggadah and discuss only the first section of the book. We will not meet on June 23 and will continue meeting weekly on June 30.

For more information click here.

In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding—an insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair—she begins to unlock the book’s mysteries. The reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book’s journey from its salvation back to its creation. 

Adult Learning: “Spiritual Sage-ing in a time of Brokenness”
With Rabbi Pauline Tamari and Rabbi Ellen Triebwasser

With age come perspective and wisdom. Let us recognize our status as elders and tap into the inner wisdom we may not realize we possess to find ways to understand both ourselves and this unforeseen world we are living in. We will use the spiritual tools of our tradition to offer our wisdom to those we love in an ethical will and discover ways to uncover and spread truth and light.  

Join us by clicking here.  

Spiritual Practice at the WJC

We have moved our synagogue programs online and are pleased to be able to offer a meeting place to deepen and to strengthen our spiritual lives and community. Our offerings tap different streams of Jewish spiritual practice. All are welcome to join in, and there is no charge.

On the days when we learn and practice from 1-2pm, at 2pm we will offer a communal healing prayer and also take advantage of our online minyan to provide an opportunity for anyone who needs to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish. Feel free to join us at 2pm, even if you have not been participating during the previous hour!

Adult Learning: Insights from the Weekly Torah Portion
with Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
When we study Torah we use it as a mirror, reflecting on our own lives and circumstances. Each week we will highlight passages and interpretations from the weekly parashah that give us insight and strength to navigate the current crisis.
Join us by clicking here.  

Spiritual Practice at the WJC

We have moved our synagogue programs online and are pleased to be able to offer a meeting place to deepen and to strengthen our spiritual lives and community. Our offerings tap different streams of Jewish spiritual practice. All are welcome to join in, and there is no charge.

On the days when we learn and practice from 1-2pm, at 2pm we will offer a communal healing prayer and also take advantage of our online minyan to provide an opportunity for anyone who needs to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish. Feel free to join us at 2pm, even if you have not been participating during the previous hour!

Join Rabbi Jonathan and our far-flung community for our joyous and uplifting Shabbat services. Invite your friends and relatives to join in as well. We are in the process of discovering and developing how to celebrate Shabbat together when we are physically apart. The results so far are fabulous.
Join us at this link

Join Rabbi Jonathan and our far-flung community for our joyous and uplifting Shabbat services. Invite your friends and relatives to join in as well. We are in the process of discovering and developing how to celebrate Shabbat together when we are physically apart. The results so far are fabulous.
Join us at this link