A "Carlebach Style" Spiritual Retreat
for Singles and Families
June 1 – 3, 2012
with Micky Moshe Shur, the "Rockin' Renaissance Rabbi,"
Yaakov Dov Miller, Friends, and Family
Singles and families are invited to experience a weekend full of Jewish joy, music, song, and dance. Open your hearts and souls and fill them with a spirit of renewal, contemplation, community, and celebration.
Highlights include:
- Meditation Workshops
- Singles Program
- Melodic Friday Night prayer
- Festive Meals and Singing
- Story Telling
- Nature Walks and Hiking
- Relationship-building sessions
- Children's program and baby sitting
- Yoga
- Text Study
- Health Workshops
- Saturday Night Live Jam Session around the fireplace featuring "A Shur Thing" with Moshe Shur and Sons with Yaakov Dov, David, and friends followed by a late evening meal and midnight bonfire
Children's activities will be offered at various times throughout the weekend. Babysitting is available by special arrangement. Please specify during the registration process if you will have any babysitting needs during the course of the weekend.
Rabbi Moshe Shur, a Senior Associate at the Center for Jewish Studies at Queens College, is called the "Rockin Renaissance Rabbi." A founding member of the first Jewish religious rock group, Rabbi Shur sings in English, Yiddush, and Hebrew. He composes folk songs and melodies weaving together storytelling and music. In addition to his musical talents and rabbinic smicha from Jerusalem, Rabbi Shur graduated with honors from Columbia University with a degree in history, from the Jewish Theological Seminary with a degree in Hebrew letters, from Wayne State University cum laude with a Juris Doctor, and from the University of Michigan with an MA in Near Eastern Languages and Literature. Rabbi Shur currently teaches the course "The History of Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah" at Queens College where he had directed the very large and successful Queens College Hillel for many years.
Registration Information
All-inclusive rates start at just $183 per person. Click the purple button to the right for information, rates, and to register online. Online registration is for full credit card payments only. If you would like to pay in installments, pay by check, or apply approved financial aid, please call 800.398.2630 x4. Please review our lodging options and rates prior to calling.
You will receive a confirmation email once you have registered and made a payment online or by phone. If you do not receive the confirmation email within 24 hours of registering, please call us at 800.398.2630 x4.
We strive to make our programs affordable to everyone. Click here for information about Financial Aid.
