{"id":28394,"date":"2016-02-05T17:07:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T23:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=28394"},"modified":"2016-02-05T17:07:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T23:07:21","slug":"limmud-adds-new-speakers-to-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/limmud-adds-new-speakers-to-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Limmud adds new speakers to lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Two new speakers added to the already impressive lineup of courses being taught at the LimmudFest New Orleans in March, were announced by program chair Gail Chalew.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28395\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/yoelcrop21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28395\" class=\"wp-image-28395 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/yoelcrop21-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"yoelcrop2[1]\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28395\" class=\"wp-image-28395 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/yoelcrop21-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"yoelcrop2[1]\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-28395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rabbi Yoel Glick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rabbi Yoel Glick, a leading teacher of Jewish mysticism and one of the pioneers of modern Jewish mediation, will be leading a an alternative Shabbat Contemplative Prayer Service that will take place at Congregation Gates of Prayer. This service will combine mediation, contemplation, chanting and singing with the traditional elements of the Jewish liturgy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition, Glick, a mentor to those seeking Jewish mysticism instruction, will be teaching a session on meditation titled &#8220;Mediation Workshop: Building a Jewish Mediation Practice.&#8221; Through various techniques found in mediation, Glick hopes to teach techniques of visualization, concentration and chanting designed &#8220;to build a powerful Jewish contemplative practice that will open our heart and expand our consciousness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Another course titled &#8220;Walking the Path of the Jewish Mystic: How to Expand your Awareness and Transform Your Life&#8221; affords those taking the course with insights of the Kaballah designed to help find a more meaningful life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Leora Mallach, who is a co-founder of \u00a0Boston Beantown Gardens, and will talk about sustainability, fair trade and celebrating Passover in a sustainable way.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Limmud%20adds%20new%20speakers%20to%20lineup\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4856,24],"tags":[8790,8795,7628,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28396,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28394\/revisions\/28396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}