Whether you are an experienced psychonaut or brand new to the conversation, mark your calendar for June 9th 2024 for a day that will bring together mind, heart body and soul as we delve into this increasingly important topic. We will once again gather at the Eastside Jewish Commons.
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz of Shefa: Jewish Psychedelic Support will join us again this year, leading a conversation about the application of psychedelics and to Judaism. How can psychedelic insight actually inform and shape our experience as Jewish people?
This gathering has become the PNW’s go-to location for connecting with others, thinking through the risks and opportunities in psychedelics as they apply to our spiritual and emotional lives, exploring intergenerational Jewish trauma, and more. It is also a place to learn, and all are welcome, including those who don’t intend to use psychedelics in their Jewish lives or otherwise, but simply want to understand more.
Want to know more or to get involved? Email Rabbi Josh (rabbijosh@colabpdx.org).
Note: This event was known previously as Judaism & the Psychedelic Renaissance.
Last Year's Teachers
Hadar Cohen
Co/Lab was honored to welcome Hadar Cohen, an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She is the founder of Malchut, a spiritual skill building school teaching Jewish mysticism and direct experience of God. She is a 10th-generation Jerusalemite with lineage roots also in Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq and Iran. Hadar weaves the spiritual with the political through performance art, writing, music and ritual. Her podcast, Hadar’s Web, features community conversations on spirituality, healing, justice, and art. hadarcohen.me or malchut.one. // @hadarcohen32
Yosef Rosen
We also welcomed Yosef Rosen an educator, ritual designer, DJ, and recipient of a doctorate in Jewish Studies (UC Berkeley). His public offerings solicit a merging of what modern society often keeps separate: the contemporary and the ancient, the academic and the experiential, the religious and the secular, the spiritual and the somatic. An expert in the history of Kabbalah, Yosef works to translate the mysteries of the past into usable mythologies and practices for filling everyday life with wisdom and devotion
In addition to Hadar and Yosef, we heard from teachers such as Tahlia Harrison and Carolyn Fine, who hosted a panel on Jewish intergenerational trauma. Noah Heller discussed the legal and economic situation with psychedelics in Oregon through the lens of equity. And in our breakout sessions we shared information for those who had questions with practical, hands-on information about psychedelic assisted therapy – and even a step-by-step lesson on how to grow mushrooms.
The First Gathering (2022)...
National Speakers included Rabbi Zac Kamenetz, founder of Shefa: Jewish Psychedelic Support, and Madison Margolin, psychedelic journalist and co-founder of Double Blind Magazine.
And we had a embarrassment of riches in local psychedelically thoughtful teachers: author Seth Lorinczi, who spoke about Jewish intergenerational trauma; psychedelic guides Carolyn Fine, Julianna Bright and Justin Levy; Rabbi David Kosak of Congregation Neveh Shalom; Oregon activist and lawyer Jon Dennis, mindfulness teacher Kerry Goldring; and Donna Zerner, who shared her one-of-a-kind Jewish psychedelic stand up comedy.
In addition to the deep exploration and ideas that that were shared the day will be remembered for planting the seeds of Portland’s Jewish psychedelic community. Our final session was focused on laying the groundwork for future gatherings.
Video highlights from the 2022 Judaism and the Psychedelic Renaissance
Seth Lorinczi, Using Psychedelics to Heal Intergenerational Trauma (1 of 3)
Seth Lorinczi and Carolyn Fine, Using Psychedelics to Heal Intergenerational Trauma (2 of 3)
Seth Lorinczi and Carolyn Fine, Using Psychedelics to Heal Intergenerational Trauma (3 of 3)
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz, Keynote Address, The World That is Coming
Donna Zerner, “Psychedelic Schtick”
Jon Dennis, Oregon and the Psychedelic Renaissance
Julianna Bright, Carolyn Fine, and Justin Levy, A Panel of Psychedelic Guides
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