Jewish Renewal / Holistic Judaism in a Nutshell

JEWISH RENEWAL I HOLISTIC JUDAISM: In a Nutshell PARTICIPATION •facilitation and empowerment of the community-as-a-whole's talents to make each gatherings a spiritual healing; JUSTICE •full equality of women and men in shaping Judaism; OPENNESS •willingness to learn from some of the teachings of other spiritual paths; •recognition of intermarriage as more opportunity than disaster; POLITICS •conviction that God intends for both families of Abraham, not just one, to live freely and in peace in what we call the Land of Israel; JUDAISM •conviction that Judaism is internally pluralist; RESOURCES •a conviction that Judaism must draw on its own deepest wisdom to reach beyond itself. especially the teachings of Kabbalah and Hassidic Thought, HEALING •agreement that our mission includes contributing to the healing of the earth, and of the societies in which we live. COSMOLOGY • an understanding that everything in Torah must be better understood using the four world grid.