Virtual Programs
About this Program
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal’s virtual offerings bring our community together across the globe. The Tikshoret virtual learning program launched in March 2020 as a response to COVID—and over the past years its grown into a space for connection, learning, and spiritual nourishment.
Our teachers and leaders have guided sessions on meditation, embodied movement, spiritual direction, and more—inviting us to slow down, tune in, and connect with our deepest selves.
We’re always adding new programs and classes, so check back often and see what’s next. If you’d like to lead a session or have an idea you’d like to share, please email tikshoret@aleph.org.
Upcoming Programs
- Buried Treasure: Torah as a Sacred Mythology
- Tikkun Ha’Aretz: Meeting with Standing Together
- Running and Returning: Rites of Passage in Jewish Tradition
- Tribute to Reb Leila Gal Berner
- From the Age of Pisces to Aquarius: Evolving in Love
Recurring Programs
- Nechamah Minyan (daily)
- Friday Healing Circle (weekly)
- Silence is Praise (weekly)
Upcoming Programs
From the Age of Pisces to Aquarias: Evolving In Love
Course Day and Time: Sunday 4pm PT/5pm MT/7pm ET
Course Dates: Nov 9th & Nov 16th
Format: Remote – Zoom link will be sent in confirmation email
Course Description
We are living through a turning of the ages. The Piscean era brought us mysticism, structured devotion, and the search for truth through sacred words. It also left behind patterns of division, martyrdom, and spiritual projection. Now, the Aquarian age calls us into something new: Clear communication. Collective wisdom. Courageous love. A higher moral ground.
In this 2-part series, Rabbi Charna and Rabbi Jonathan will guide us through a study of what the dawning of the Age of Aquarius means. We will focus on
Honoring what we’ve inherited
Releasing what no longer serves
Stepping into leadership rooted in heart and wholeness
This is not a lecture. It’s a guided journey of reflection, dialogue, and spiritual evolution.
What to Expect:
- Big-picture teaching on sacred time and astrological ages
- Small-group reflection and embodied practice
- Suggestions for evolving consciousness
- A vision of love that integrates difference, responsibility, and renewal
Rabbi Charna Rosenholtz is a teacher of Torah, Kabbalah, and Jewish mysticism with over two decades of experience guiding seekers into the depths of Hebrew wisdom. She serves as President of the Haver Boulder Rabbinic Council, leads the online beit midrash Shulchan™, and is known for weaving ancient texts with contemporary insight. Her work integrates scholarship, spirituality, and community leadership, helping others access resilience, meaning, and sacred presence in today’s world.
Rabbi Jonathan Seidel PhD is currently the Rabbi in Residence at the Aquarian Minyan in Berkeley and the Head of its online Yeshivah and has taught Judaic studies and Religion for over 4o years in a number of West Coast universities, most recently at the University of Portland . He received his Doctorate in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at UC Berkeley and is ordained by ALEPH . Rabbi Seidel has served as a spiritual leader and Cantor for a number of Jewish communities in California and Arizona. He has an extensive background in and commitment to Interfatith and Intercultural activism, Jewish music (as Chazzan for many years), Social Justice work, Jewish education and environmental activism. He teaches a variety of classes in mysticism, magic, Bible, Rabbinics, Jewish history and theology, among other topics. R’Seidel is immediate past Chair of the Oregon Board of Rabbis and the President of the Board of the Oregon Interfaith Hub. He is honored to share the legacy of Reb Zalman and is doing his part as Rabbi/Professor/Educator in “shifting the Paradigm”
To register, please go to: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/iv5z4k8xbwHeFOynJHwmUA
Recurring Programs
Nechamah Minyan
The Nechamah Minyan was started in January 2021 by Reb Geela Rayzel Raphael as a place to say kaddish (Jewish prayer for the dead) for her mom, Natalie Robinson, (Nechama Leah bat Elke v’Chayim).
For Jews in mourning, it is traditional to say daily Kaddish in a minyan, which is a group of 10 or more persons. All who mourn, who are honoring yahrzeits, or who wish to participate in the mitzvah of making a minyan, are invited to join this important program.
If you would like to register, please reach out to Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael at rrayzel@shechinah.com.
If you are looking to attend a minyan taking place that evening, please contact Rabbi Geela Rayzel by 6 pm EDT.
If you’d like to be on the last-minute text list (to be contacted to participate in the mitzvah of making a minyan, in the case not enough are gathered) please reach out to Rabbi Geela Rayzel at the email above.
If you’d like to lead one of the evenings (creative, traditional, and all types of services are welcome!) please reach out to Rabbi Geela Rayzel at the email above.
If you would like to express your gratitude for this type of program, please feel free to make a donation HERE.
To register, please email Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael at rrayzel@shechinah.com.
Friday Healing Circle
Friday Healing Circle
Fridays | 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT | Zoom
The Friday Healing Circle, led by Rabbi Diane Elliot and friends, offers a weekly space to connect, to feel, to praise, to learn, to grieve and to love. Join us each Friday for an hour of song and movement, Torah, poetry and healing prayers to expand your spirit and lead you into Shabbat. Gatherings are recorded and a link sent to all on the Healing Circle mailing list (you must email R’ Diane to be added to the list), so you can partake at your convenience. The Circle is freely offered; contributions are appreciated.
To register, please email R’ Diane at rabbi.diane18@gmail.com
Silence is Praise
Date: Weekly on Wednesdays
Time: 11:30 am-12:30 pm ET (8:30-9:30 am PT)
Cost: Pay-what-you-can
Presenter: Rabbi Anne Brener
Description: Overwhelmed with stress from social distancing, quarantine, and COVID-19? Join Rabbi Anne Brener for a chanting and meditation service, using the structure of the morning service, to calm our bodies and connect our souls. There will be time for some check-in afterward.
If you have questions or any trouble registering, please email us at tikshoret@aleph.org.
The views, information, or opinions expressed during these classes and events are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of ALEPH and its members.
