"The Jew in the Lotus" Special Film Showing

This film is the story of one man’s spiritual awakening in India. Writer Rodger Kamenetz begins an intense personal journey that leads him back to his Jewish roots.

In 1990, eight Jewish delegates traveled to Dharamsala, India, to meet with the XIV Dalai Lama of Tibet and share ‘the secret of Jewish spiritual survival in exile.’ When writer Rodger Kamenetz was invited to go along to chronicle the event, unexpectedly, his whole life changed.

Following the film, Rabbi Diane Elliot — a member… Show more of the “Roger Kamenetz generation,” long-time Vipassana practitioner, and friend and colleague of a number of “JewBu” priests and teachers — will speak about her own distancing from Jewish practice and community, and the yearning that called her to the co-creation of a Judaism that invites active participation with our spirits, voices, hearts and minds — our full being. In addition she will field questions and comments from the audience.

Popcorn provided! Reception with yummy treats for sale following.

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