Institute for Jewish Spirituality

06/23/2026

Meditation Sit

06/18/2026

In Korach, we learn of how to deal with conflict, both between people, and within ourselves. We are challenged to hold the multitudes which exist within and around us.🌀

Thanks to marni loffman for sharing this week's

06/18/2026

Meditation Sit

06/17/2026

Meditation Sit

06/16/2026

Next up in our Humans of IJS series: Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife! Keshira is always zooming around our planet, making their home on the road and with loved ones around the world! 🌏

06/16/2026

Weekly Shabbat Reflection from IJS President & CEO Rabbi Josh Feigelson:

Kissing Contest (Korach 5786)
"One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was from a high school girlfriend. Like many hormone-filled teenagers (which is to say, teenagers), I was trying to figure out in my mind how she and I might eventually kiss. And, like many teenagers, I was having an awkward go of it."

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4uGxgh4

One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was from a high school girlfriend. Like many hormone-filled teenagers (which is to say, teenagers), I was trying to figure out in my mind how she and I might eventually kiss. And, like many teenagers, I was having an awkward go of it.

06/15/2026

🌟We are so excited to welcome Yaakov Ginsberg-Schreck as our yoga teacher for our upcoming 3rd annual silent Young Adult retreat!

🌿Founder and Executive Director of RUACH, a Boston-based collective dedicated to embodied Jewish practice, Yaakov brings a unique blend of yoga, breathwork, Jewish meditation, and spiritual wisdom to his teaching. Through these practices, he invites participants to reconnect with the living mystery, imagination, and transformative possibilities within Jewish tradition.

✨A Shevet participant and guest teacher, Yaakov is returning to this retreat community with deep gratitude, and we're equally thrilled to have him back. Whether on the mat or in meditation, his presence will help create space for reflection, connection, and renewal.

🔗Join us this August as we return anew. Register here: https://bit.ly/3OWMsbe

06/15/2026

Join Marita Anderson for today's IJS Daily Sit on the spiritual significance of salt (see source sheet in comments below), and our capacity to expand our container.

Chodesh tov!

06/12/2026

Ease into Shabbat with Rabbi Marc Margolius of the IJS Core Faculty on today's IJS Daily Sit as he offers a simple guided meditation for "setting our inner Shabbat table."



Source sheet: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/z6dexdufz9pptr4mo3mfg/06.12.26-Marc-Margolius.pdf?rlkey=r9ha8vkbp06sjt4t76efi6j01&st=0lxlyzsy&dl=0

06/11/2026

Recently, CEO Josh Feigelson joined Mark Altman of MindsetGo for an episode of iCommunicate where they discussed how self-awareness can be leveraged as a strategic advantage.

Mark and Josh explore why self-awareness is the one input you can't delegate, and how the patterns you don't examine in yourself quietly become the operating system for everyone you lead.

You'll walk away with a working definition of reflection as preparation, a reframe of mindfulness as a discipline with real structure behind it, and the return most executives report once they start: clarity on the problems worth solving and the decisions in front of them.

Head to the most recent episode of the iCommunicate podcast and learn the starting habit Josh and Mark recommend, so building the practice doesn't require more time that you don't have.

ROI of Reflection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53qH8Lj1DTQ