• Rabbi Yehoshua Rubin - The Listening Rabbi: Contact: Yehoshua@YourSpark.com

This Rabbi quit his job and travels thousands of miles to spend evenings listening to Jews of all backgrounds. He is an Educational Consultant for school systems and education departments of organizations. He is also a hands on teacher with his guitar and interactive style. He is based in Israel and flies to the US to run programs at Hillels, Synagogues and other organizations. He is available to run shabbatons, lead services or develop curriculum for all ages: children, adults and seniors. He has a Mind, Body, Soul approach.

Sample programs include:
 
1. An interactive evening concert incorporating singing, dancing and Chassidc stories.
2. An evening of text based learning, chevruta and meditation.
3. Nature walk guide with Torah wisdom stops.
4. Spiritual counseling and guided imagery sessions.
5. Shabbaton leader of services, meals, Oneg Shabbat, musical Havdalah and Saturday night concert.Please contact Yehoshua personally (y_arubin@inter.net.il), to book a performance or to add your name to his weekly message exploring Jewish spirituality.

BACKGROUND

Yehoshua Rubin is an Israeli author and spiritual guide who performs for Hillel houses through out the US. During the performance Yehoshua creates an atmosphere which allows people to explore their spiritual connection to Judaism and themselves. His performance includes singing, dancing, meditation and textual learning.

Summing up Yehoshua's visit, to the Hillel in San Francisco ,Steve remarked, "Yehoshua guided us on a wonderful voyage through time with a twist of mysticism and backed up with a melodious guitar."

Bio:
Yehoshua grew up in Pennsylvania and made Aliyah in 1977. He and his wife, Annette, are raising their four children in the city of Efrat.

Yehoshua was ordained as a Rabbi at Yeshivat Hamivtar, Israel. He studied Chassidic thought with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and received his Master's degree in Educational Psychology, from North Eastern University, Boston Massachusetts. Today, Yehoshua works as a tour guide, high school teacher and senior educator at Livnot a work-study program for young adults 20-35.
 
His academic, rabbinic and spiritual studies led him on an internal journey to find his spiritual connection to himself, his wife, children and Judaism. The result of his, on going, journey is his book Spiritual Awakenings (view excerpt), published by Urim publications.

Since 1998 Yehoshua spends a month a year visiting Hillel campuses throughout the US.
: * March 28-29 (Shabbat): San Francisco State University
Contact person: Sara programs@sfhillel.org
* March 31 (Monday): Santa Monica College (L.A.)
Contact person: Tafat tostfield@lahillel.org
* April 2 (Wednesday): Rice University (Houston)
Contact person: Gary gbuchler@houstonhillel.org
* April 3 (Thursday): UJC in MetroWest (N.Jersey),
Contact person: Greg grusso@sankyopharma.com
* April 4-5 (Shabbat): Cornell University
Contact person: Judith jfs7@cornell.edu
* April 6 (Sunday): Kent State Universit (Ohio)
Contact person: Jennifer jchestnu@kent.edu
* April 8 (Tuesday): JCRC in Boston
Contact person: Sheryl sadler@jcrcboston.org
* April 9 Wednesday: Wayne State University (Detroit)
Contact person: Leslie hillelprogdir@wayne.edu
* April 10 (Thrusday): Hillel Multi-Campus Center in Chicago
Contact person: Kerry KerryBayowitz@juf.org
* April 11-12 (Shabbat): Manhatten (Upper West-Side)
Contact person: Heather exlivnot@livnot.org.il
Here are a few quotes from past particpants:
"It was the first time I saw that Judaism could be fun and spiritual."
(Judy, Hillel Houston)
"Yehoshua weaves together teaching, singing, story telling and even dancing,
into a festival of joy and some tears."
(Shmuel Bowman, Hillel Director Tel Aviv University )
 

Contact in US: 917-822-0117

Contact In Israel: 011-972-2-99-33153

Yehoshua@YourSpark.com