Sample Speaking Topics for Guest Lectures and Scholar in Residence Programs

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Personal Experiences

• Crossing Cairo: A Jewish Woman Encounters Egypt
• A Jewish Daughter Returns to Germany: Reflections on a Year Living and Teaching in Berlin 

Jewish Spirituality

• Opening the Heart: An Introduction to Jewish Meditation Practice
  
• Bringing Compassion and Mindfulness into Daily Life: Introduction to the Jewish Practice of Mussar
  
• Reaching Out and Reaching In: Hasidic Teachings on the Spiritual Quest

Jewish Learning

• The Art of Personal Confrontation and Reconciliation: Jewish Law and Teachings from Rabbinic and Hasidic Tradition
  
• The Power of Speech to Create and Destroy: Jewish Law and Teachings on Rebuke, Gossip, and Forgiveness
  
• The Obligation to Respond: Jewish Law and Teachings on Poverty and Tzedakah
  
• Out of the Garden: What it Means to be Human According to the Torah and the Rabbis