“Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism” with author and scholar Jay Michaelson
Monday, March 8 @ 7 PM
Boulder JCC
3800 Kalmia Avenue
Boulder, CO 80301
Presented by Menorah: Arts, Culture and Education at the Boulder JCC and co-sponsored by Soul Food and the Program in Jewish Studies at CU-Boulder
Cost: $8 at the door, free for students with valid ID
"Stripping away the barnacles of outdated concepts, Jay Michaelson aligns the best nondual thinking in Judaism with the best nondual thinking in other profound systems. "Everything Is God" is a timely and necessary contribution." - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, coauthor of "Jewish with Feeling"
Join author and scholar Jay Michaelson for a discussion of his recent book, "Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism." This exploration of the radical, yet ancient, idea that everything and everyone is God will transform how you understand your life and the nature of religion itself. While God is conventionally viewed as an entity separate from us, there are some Jews- Kabbalists, Hasidism, and their modern-day heirs- who assert that God is not separate from us at all. In this nondual view, everyone and everything manifests God. For centuries a closely guarded secret of Kabbalah, nondual Judaism is a radical reorientation of religious life that is increasingly influencing mainstream Judaism today.
Writer and scholar Jay Michaelson presents a wide-ranging and compelling explanation of nondual Judaism: what it is, its traditional and contemporary sources, its historical roots and philosophical significance, how it compares to nondual Buddhism and Hinduism, and how it is lived in practice. He explains what this mystical nondual view means in our daily ego-centered lives, for our communities, and for the future of Judaism.
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