Friday, January 24, 2025 

6:00 pm - Davening with Joey: Kabbalat Shabbat - Enter Shabbat with musically and spiritually uplifting Friday evening davening, using an adjusted room set-up that places the prayer leader in the palm of the people and featuring both old and original melodies that invite communal participation. 

7:15 pm - Enhanced Potluck Dinner and Desserts - Reservations required 

8:00 pm - Mindfulness in Music (#1): The Art of the Nigun - Focusing on beautiful old melodies nearly lost to history as well as Joey’s original compositions, we will collectively bring this music to life. Drawing on Joey’s extensive experience with nigunim (wordless melodies), nusach (prayer chant) and other musical styles, this workshop will guide the participants in an exploration of the soul of any melody. 

Saturday, January 25, 2025 

9:30 am - The Torah of Music - Drawing from his 2017 National Jewish Book Award-winning book, Joey explores the spiritual teachings of music through a wide range of Jewish musical-spiritual texts and stories. “Where there is song, there is prayer” (Talmud Bavli Brachot 6a). 

10:30 am - Minyan Service with Joey Weisenberg: A Deep-Dive into Psalm 150 & Nishmat Kol Chai 

12:00 pm - Israeli-inspired Lunch 

1:00 pm - Sound Healing - chairs provided or bring your own mat - Sponsored by Sisterhood 

2:15 pm - Mindfulness in Music (#2): Architecture of Listening - An interactive exploration of the relationship between song and silence. 

3:15 pm - Soul Snack 

3:30 pm - Mindfulness in Music (#3): Building Singing Communities - Using concepts, actions and visions from his book Building Singing Communities, Joey discusses strategies for bringing people together to make music a lasting and joy-filled force in shul and Jewish life. We will sing, discuss, and have time for Q&A. 

4:30 pm - Closing Ceremony