Templeton Foundation Grant: Mindfulness & Tikkun Middot Project for Jewish Organizations

Templeton Foundation Grant: Mindfulness & Tikkun Middot Project for Jewish Organizations

Funder: John Templeton Foundation

Program Duration: 3 years (started Fall 2013)

Geographic Scope: National program targeting Jewish communities across the United States

Focus Areas:

Target Participants:

Key Innovations:
1. Providing training to help leaders bring specific practices to their communities in culturally appropriate ways
2. Exploring systemic connections between individual character development and communal culture
3. Pioneering a mindfulness-grounded approach to mussar

Program Support Provided:

Program Director: Rabbi Marc Margolius

Background: The Institute for Jewish Spirituality has long believed that cultivating mindful Jewish leaders could have profound and transformational impact on Jewish communal life. This grant addresses persistent obstacles to practice transmission including overwhelming busy-ness, lack of confidence in teaching practices, Jewish organizational culture, and lack of support.