Friday Night, during Kabbalat Shabbat Service:
You Don’t Have To Be An Addict To Be In Recovery
Rabbi Iggy will discuss his approach to recovery as an ongoing process and a spiritual discipline. When combined with Jewish wisdom and traditions, spiritual recovery is a powerful antidote to addictions of all kinds: substance addictions, process addictions, and behavioral addictions. Addiction is not a failure of moral character but an attempt to adress a spiritual void. Addiction is a problem of the soul, remedied only with a life of purpose, meaning, and connection.
Rabbi Iggy will also discuss addiction in the Jewish community and its stigmas. This discussion is especially instructive not only for those who directly struggle but for those with loved ones experiencing addiction who want to find tools to support family, friends, and community members.
Saturday Morning, During Shabbat Morning Service:
Liberation From That which Oppress us: Within Us And In The World.
How do we find sovereignty, equanimity and refuge in todays world. Battling our inner demons and those who seek to destroy us from the outside?
This is a presentation of Rabbi Iggy’s integrated philosophy of the human condition in the modern world especially these days… By embracing the tools of recovery ― being open, authentic, accepting, and vulnerable ― all of us can find spiritual redemption and restore our wholeness. The process of recovery is a journey towards a better emotional, mental, and physical existence in a difficult world.
Kiddush Talk, Saturday at 12:30pm
Q/A with Rabbi Iggy Here’s a chance to ask everything you want to know about personal recovery, learn how to support struggling loved ones in your life and community, and learn about the lessons of recovery for everyone. Come to talk to an expert who has been a leader in the field for over a decade.
Bio:
Rabbi Igael “Iggy” Gurin-Malous is a renown Talmud teacher, spiritual counselor, and lecturer. He is a sought after speaker and writer on subjects ranging from Talmud, Jewish text, spirituality, addiction, recovery, fatherhood and LGBTQI+ issues. Through the use of ancient texts combined with practical spirituality, he offers modes of healing that look at an individual’s actions, beliefs and values.
His aim in providing spiritual counseling is to guide individuals in developing a life of meaning, joy and purpose, powered by spiritual practices and Talmudic wisdom.Rabbi Iggy serves on the board and faculty at the Academy of Jewish Religion Of California (AJRCA). Previously, he was the CEO and founder of T’Shuvah Center, in New York and the Director of Spiritual Counseling at Beit T’Shuvah in Los Angeles, CA.