A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing: Judaism and Phish
Jessy Dressin
3 weeks
Tuesdays: 4-5:30 pm PT / 7-8:30 pm ET
April 30 · May 7 · May 14
Over the course of three sessions we will explore questions like "Why do so many Jews like the band Phish?" "What connections are there to be made between Jewish wisdom and Phish lyrics" and "Why is the Phish experience such a rich setting to imagine the ancient pilgrimage experience and ritual performed when the Temple stood on Jerusalem?".
We will look at text sources, engage in conversation on topics around communal code, insider and outsider experience, identity and spiritual quest. These sessions will also include guest facilitators, Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield, co-editors of the recently published book: This is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity.
Sliding Scale
This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $126 (the true cost), $99 or $72.
If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.
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Jessy Dressin (she/her) is a rabbi currently working to launch Third Space at Shaarei Tfiloh, a hundred year old synagogue located in the Mondawmin neighborhood in West Baltimore. She most recently worked as the Senior Director of Jewish Education for Repair the World after serving as the founder and rabbi of Charm City Tribe - a Baltimore based initiative to engage young adults in Jewish culture and tradition in joyful and meaningful ways. Jessy has ordination and a Masters in Jewish Education from the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles and is a proud Maryland Terp alum! She's been recognized as one of the Forward's Most Inspiring Rabbis, is a recipient of the Pomegranate Prize for excellence in Jewish education from The Covenant Foundation and has published an Eli Talk titled: The New Wanderers: God, Millennials and Jewish Engagement. When it comes to Phish, Rabbi Jessy attended her first Phish show in Philadelphia in 1999 with her camp friends and has seen over 100 shows since, each of which doubles as an occasion for reunion with friends that span the decades of experiences and travel. In the recent years she presented at the inaugural Phish Conference on Academic Studies in Corvalis Oregon and has been interviewed on Tom Marshall's Podcast on Phish, Undermind.
