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A Very Narrow Bridge: Kabbalah and the Bipolar Experience

Ben Newman

On May 11, 2021, CDT member Ben Newman led a Zoom workshop exploring both bipolar disorder and Jewish mystical teachings. Ben writes: "During my struggle with bipolar disorder, mystical practice played a large role in my ascent into madness, my recovery, and my process of coming to terms with myself as a healthy bipolar person. I'd like to share my experience of how kabbalistic concepts of balance relate to living with...Read more...

Hello from CDT's new Executive Director

Melissa Colten

Spoken at the members' meeting on Sunday, May 12, 2019.

Hello. My name is Melissa Colten, and I am thrilled and honored to be your inaugural executive director. I have been here for 2 weeks now, and I can honestly say that I have never experienced a community like this one - a community that is so deeply thoughtful, so committed to its mission. Thank you for so graciously and enthusiastically welcoming me and for your patience as I...Read more...

Selichot Stories 5779

To enter into the spirit of the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, CDT held program focusing on the theme of teshuvah, “turning/returning.” We had a “Moth”-style storytelling program, with members sharing stories of their own moments of “turning” and forgiveness. 

 

 

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Double Chai Gala Event

Cindy Rome

5772

PDF:  Talk for Double Chai Gala

It was June of 1991 and a handful of us were sitting around the Herzig-Marx living room.  We had officially announced that we were starting a new Reconstructionist congregation, so…now what!??  Since we all know that God goes on vacation for July and August, we decided that it made the most sense to launch ourselves with High Holiday services that...Read more...

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