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Join Rabbi Patrick + PunkTorah Community @ LimmudFest 2014

July 18, 2014 by Patrick Beaulier

limmudfest

I hope you will join me at Limmudfest, this Labor Day weekend (August 29th-September 1st) at Ramah Darom in Clayton, GA.

LimmudFest is like a Shabbaton meets summer camp for all ages. A multi-day retreat organized by a community of volunteers: Jews from all walks of life, all Jewish backgrounds, all lifestyles and all ages, Limmud is one of the most dynamic organizations (and events) I have ever seen.

So what’s Limmud like? It’s about hanging out with incredible Jewish scholars from around the world teaching sessions on everything from Kol Nidre to whether or not Jews are white. It’s about hanging out on the porch of the cafeteria, listening to hippies play acoustic guitar while drinking a cold beverage of your choice. It’s about making new friends…and making friends who become more than “friends”.

You can stay indoors for Jewish learning, trek around the hiking trails, swim, stroll through the Jewish library, hang out in the shuk (a store featuring books/cds/Judaica and other stuff from the Limmud community). Of course, if you come to this year’s Limmud, you’ll get to hang out with Rabbi Patrick and a few other awesome members of the PunkTorah community.

For more information and to register, just visit the Limmud Atlanta website. And when you register, make sure to tell them your friend Patrick sent ya.

Warmly,

Rabbi Patrick

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Shawn Landres: Wow, Is This What’s Supposed to be Happening?

February 27, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v8vzJ7sk10

Shawn Landres, co-founder of Jumpstart, talks about realizing he had just met his wife…and feeling God in that moment.

Filmed at Limmudfest 2011, Atlanta. Visit us at www.theg-dproject.org

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Shawn Landres: Spirituality and Community

January 16, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SfVms7CoMA

Shawn Landres, co-founder of Jumpstart, talks about God, spirituality, and about expanding access points to Jewish Community.

Filmed at Limmudfest 2011, Atlanta. Visit us at www.theg-dproject.org

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Shawn Landres: Will God Give Me a Phone Call?

November 27, 2011 by Patrick Beaulier

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhkEKgQr0lo

Shawn Landres, co-founder of Jumpstart, talks about his belief in God and his obligation to God and to the greater community; he talks about his belief in “redemptive promise” and the messianic idea.

Filmed at Limmudfest 2011, Atlanta. Visit us at www.theg-dproject.org

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Limmud Is A Mitzvah (Parshat Ki Teitzei)

September 6, 2011 by Patrick Beaulier

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of filming The G-d Project and hosting two learning sessions as Limmudfest Atlanta + Southeast, a weekend-long retreat that brings together Jewish folks from around the country (primarily the South) at Camp Ramah Darom for learning, celebration, friendship and outdoor fun. Diverse types of people including LGBT activists, comics, young families, seniors, filmmakers and musicians, Jewish non-profit executives and business people, hippies and non-Jewish family are included in this camp havurah. It was this sense of diversity that really impacted me the most. From the Chabad rabbi kashering the camp kitchen to the tai chi teacher, everyone had their place at Limmud. Including me.

This week’s Torah portion has more commandments than any other portion, including rules on how to fight, what to wear and how to farm. Different mitzvot cover different, practical parts of Jewish life. Some of them, like the laws of battle, don’t apply to some of us. And that’s OK. Because someone, somewhere, needs to know the right way to fight in a Jewish way. The Torah understands that. The great thing about Torah is that it is diverse. It covers a lot of ground. At different places in our life, we will need different things.

Limmud gets that as well. While some of us studied text, others were hiking. If Kabbalistic self-help isn’t your thing, then take the challah baking class. Perhaps you’d rather drink and dance to Israeli hip hop, or watch a Jewish-themed movie or lead a session on interfaith and conversion issues. Either way, at Limmud, there is something for everyone.

Torah gives us the opportunity, no matter where we are in life, to come home to the heart of the Jewish experience. And the staff and volunteers or Limmud are doing that exact same thing. Limmudfest therefore, is a living Torah value. Yasher koach to those who have brought this experience to the world and may it be God’s will that there be a Limmudfest in every town, on every weekend, forever and all time. Y’hi ratzon.

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