SHIUR midsummer Retreat: “What Dreams May Come”
June 20-22, 2025 | Elbe marshlands, germany (hamburg region)
In a region shaped by the convergence of radical forms of Kabbalah and Enlightenment—where visions and hopes often went unfulfilled—
we are left with the dreams of those who came before us.
What “unpathed waters and undreamed shores” might we yet bring to life in our time?
Join us at our 3rd Annual SHIUR Retreat - for a unique weekend gathering of artists, creators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, students, and others as we engage in three days of transformative workshops and experiences in the dreamy Elbe Marshlands, staying in a beautiful renovated three hundred years old complex.
About the retreat:
The purpose of SHIUR retreats is to retreat with the intent to return to society; impacting meaningful change both within ourselves and those around us. We do this by bringing together a diverse group of participants to engage in multidisciplinary activities – text-based discourse, ritual, music, art, body movement, and good food.
We believe that our special take on Shabbat and Havdalah practices could offer a radically different approach to retreat, transformation, and alterity–for participants of all backgrounds.
We directly engage in contemporary questions and issues that affect ourselves and our society–detachment is not enough!
Activities include:
SHIUR text-based discourses
Mindfulness and Yoga workshops
Sessions led by Professor Rodger Kamenetz (author of Jew in the Lotus), SHIUR founder Micki Weinberg, and others
Music, sound, and movement experiences
Canoes/Paddle-boarding on the river
Sauna
Nature excursions
About the location:
The beautiful and renovated three hundred years old riverside complex is located in the countryside in the Elbe Marshlands (not far from Hamburg), a region of outstanding natural and architectural beauty that also has a rich cultural history–from radical Kabbalists to the revolutionaries of the Enlightenment! We are thrilled and look forward to engage in texts and rituals that emerged from the very location that we will be in with several special guest speakers from around the world.
Participants will be able to enjoy the space, sauna, canoes, the surrounding riverside and nature areas along with delicious and healthy gourmet catering (vegetarian/vegan).
For those coming from outside of Germany, we recommend flying into Hamburg or Berlin from where you can join other participants coming to the retreat.
The complex has different rooms of varying size and luxury.
All inclusive (3 days, 2 nights accommodation, food, programming)- costs range from 270 to 650 euros depending on the room.
WE HAVE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT SIGNIFICANTLY SUBSIDIZED RATES! Reach out to us!
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Top image, painting by Felice Casorati, Dreaming of Pomegranites. 1913