Congregation Shir Hadash and the Jewish Women's Conference Explore Spirituality

Berkeley, CA May 19, 2005 - Congregation Shir Hadash has joined with the Bay area Jewish Community in supporting the upcoming Jewish Women's Conference as a Supporting Organization. The conference, Spirituality In Our Lives, will be held on Sunday, July 10 at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco.

Anita Diamant, best selling author of The Red Tent is set to inspire attendees as the keynote speaker at the conference. Over 20 teachers of Jewish spirituality and practice will guide attendees as they delve deeper into their spiritual practice or explore Jewish Spirituality from a new perspective.

"Jewish women find meaning in the tradition in various ways and each path is different" says Nan Fink Gefen, co-director of Chochmat HaLev an Independent Center for Jewish Meditation. "The conference will celebrate the diverse way we connect to our roots".

The conference will open at 8:00am Sunday morning and will continue through the closing ceremony, ending at 6:00pm. Attendees can choose from 17 workshops including "Developing Innovative Family Rituals" with Chana Andler, "Spiritual Eldering" with Rabbi Debora Kohn-Lerner and "Questions about Gender in a Post-Modern World" with Maggid Jhos Singer

To register for the conference, call (510) 704-9687 or register online at www.chochmat.org. The days schedule, workshop descriptions and teacher biographies are also available online.