The author has participated in the following events. If you want to invite Joe Rosenstein to speak at your congregation, please email him directly
January 15-17, 2010
Leading three sessions at Limmud NY -- (1) Siddur Eit Ratzon: Finding Spirituality in Prayers
… and Overcoming Obstacles to Meaningful Prayer; (2) Hallel: The Message of Psalms 113–118 ...
Preparation for Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Services at Limmud; and (3) Reflections on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur ... Lessons I Learned About Them from Making a Machzor.
January 16, 2010
Leading Havurah-style Shabbat morning services at Limmud NY.
December 18, 2009
Led session on Hallel at Cape Cod Retreat of the National Havurah Committee.
September 11-13, 2009
Participated as Scholar-in-Residence at Temp B'rith Shalom in Houston,
TX.
September 12-13, 2008
Participated as Scholar-in-Residence at Temp B'rith Shalom in Houston,
TX (postponed due to Hurricane Ike).
August 16, 2008
Led Shabbat services using Siddur at National Havurah Committee summer
institute.
August 12-15, 2008
Gave four-session course on machzor, "What is Rosh Hashanah All About?"
at National Havurah Committee summer institute.
February 19, 2008
Made a presentation and led a discussion on "Positioning Ourselves for
Meaningful Prayer" at the Highland Park Conservative Temple - Anshe
Emeth in Highland Park, NJ.
December 6, 2007
Led session on Siddur Eit Ratzon at Fabrangen, Washington DC.
November 26-27, 2007
Led Friday night discussion and Shabbat morning services at Shabbaton
of East Bank Havurah, Baltimore, MD.
January 14, 2007
Led a session on "The Spiritual Journey of the Morning Prayers" at the
Limmud NY Conference in Catskill, NY
January 13, 2007
Led Shabbat morning service ("Praying Shacharit with Understanding: A
Participatory Shabbat Morning Service") at the Limmud NY Conference in
Catskill, NY
January 12, 2007
Led a session on "Siddur Eit Ratzon: Introducing a New Prayerbook" at
the Limmud NY Conference in Catskill, NY
December 17, 2006
Made a presentation and led a discussion ("Why a New Siddur?") and a
guided meditation at B'nai Shalom Synagogue, Putnam/Danielson, CT
December 15-16, 2006
Led a session on Hallel and a guided meditation on Psalm 23, both on
the first day of Chanukkah, at the National Havurah Committee's Annual
Retreat at Cape Cod, MA
December 5, 2006
Participated as guest speaker in Neil Gillman's class on "New
Liturgies", Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple
Emanuel, New York, NY
December 5, 2006
Participated as guest speaker in Neil Gillman's class on "Theology,
Liturgy, and Ritual in Jewish Religion", Jewish Theological Seminary,
New York, NY
November 30, 2006
Made a presentation and led a discussion on "What I Learned about
Prayer while Writing a Prayerbook" sponsored by the Jewish Study
Center, Washington, DC
August 5, 2006
Led a "Meta-Learners" Shabbat morning service (for those interested in
initiating a learner's service) at the Coalition for the Advancement of
Jewish Education (CAJE) Conference at Duke University, Raleigh, NC
August 4-8, 2006
Led three separate sessions on Hallel, Y'did Nefesh, and Overcoming
Obstacles to Prayer and a guided meditation on Psalm 23 at the
Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) Conference at
Duke University, Raleigh, NC
May 26-27, 2006
As Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Emanuel, Newton Center,
Massachusetts, made presentations on "Paying Attention to the Words" on
Friday night and "Positioning Ourselves for Prayer" on Shabbat morning
(followed, after Kiddush, by a Question-and-Answer session)
Tuesday March 28, 2006
Made presentation and led discussion on "The Spiritual Journey of the
Siddur" at the Hill Havurah, Washington, DC
Friday March 4, 2006
Made presentation and led discussion on "The Challenges of Writing a
Prayerbook: My Personal Journey" at Temple Beth Shalom, Sun City West,
AZ
January 28, 2006
Led Shabbat services at the West Side Minyan and made presentation on
"What's Different about Siddur Eit Ratzon?" at Congregation Ansche
Chesed, New York, NY
September 10, 2005
Led Shabbat services and discussed Siddur at Library Havurah Minyan,
Princeton, NJ
August 6, 2005
Led Shabbat services using Siddur at National Havurah Committee summer
institute
May 28, 2005
Led Shabbat services and discussed Siddur at Chapel Hill Kehillah,
Chapel Hill NC
February 14, 2005
Made presentation "The Making of a Prayerbook" to a Faculty Seminar at
The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at
Rutgers University
February 6 and 13, 2005
Made adult education presentations on Siddur at Temple Neve Shalom,
Metuchen NJ
August 7, 2004
Led Shabbat services using Siddur at National Havurah Committee summer
institute
August 3-6, 2004
Gave four-session course on Siddur, "The Right Time to Pray", at
National Havurah Committee summer institute
If you want to invite Joe Rosenstein to speak at your congregation, please email him directly