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Merissa Nathan Gerson
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UPCOMING EVENTS:

NOVEMBER 4, 2018, “INHERITED TRAUMA 101,” TEMPLE BETH EVERGREEN, DENVER, COLORADO

DECEMBER 21-29, 2018, LIMMUD LONDON, ENGLAND

FEBRUARY 9-15, 2019 “ON WRITING,” RANCHO LA PUERTA, TECATE, MEXICO

MARCH 2019, “INTERCULTURAL INHERITED TRAUMA,” AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS AND POETS CONFERENCE, PORTLAND, OREGON

PAST EVENTS:

SEPTEMBER 19, “CONSENT IS A JEWISH VALUE,” GEORGETOWN CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE, WASHINGTON, DC

SEPTEMBER 15, “INHERITED TRAUMA 101,” ADAS ISRAEL CONGREGATION, WASHINGTON, DC

AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 3, LIMMUD SOUTHEAST, RAMAH DORON, GEORGIA

AUGUST 18 - 19, TEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI AND HOLOCAUST CENTER FOR HUMANITY, SEATTLE, WA, INTERPRETING INHERITED TRAUMA

JUNE 14, 2018 - WEST TISBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY, INHERITANCE OF TRAUMA AND MEMORY 101

JUNE 18, 2018 - ELI TALKS, DETROIT, MI, IS THAT REALLY A SIN?

FEBRUARY 1, 2018 - THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO QUEER RITUAL OBJECTS: A DISCUSSION

FEBRUARY 2, 2018 - THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO TRAUMA AND THE BODY

DECEMBER 16, 2017 - TIMBREL FOR AT THE WELL, PEARLSTONE RETREAT CENTER, MD THE INHERITANCE OF TRAUMA AND MEMORY 101

DECEMBER 16, 2017 - TIMBREL FOR AT THE WELL, PEARLSTONE RETREAT CENTER, MD IS THERE SUCH A THING AS HEALTHY JEWISH SEX?

AUGUST 28, 2017 - BONAI SHALOM, WALNUT CREEK, CA YESTERDAY IS HERE: TRANSPARENT AND TRAUMA

AUGUST 27, 2017 - CHOCHMAT HA LEV, BERKELEY, CA IS THAT REALLY A SIN?

AUGUST 14, 2016 - YOGA BARN, WEST TISBURY, MA - INHERITED TRAUMA: A WORKSHOP EXPLORING HOW TRAUMA IS PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.

JULY 24, 2016 - YOGA HAVEN - MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS - WRITE THE BODY - EXPLORING SPIRITUALITY, SEXUALITY, POP CULTURE, AND YOUR BODY

MAY 1, 2016 - JQ INTERNATIONAL - MALIBU, CALIFORNIA    SEX AND TORAH FOR LGBTQ TEENS

APRIL 20, 2016, 7PM - 6TH & I SYNAGOGUE, WASHINGTON, DC - TORAH TEXT, TORAH SEX: FOR WOMEN IN THEIR 20'S AND 30'S

APRIL 3, 2016 - JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF VERMONT SUMMIT TORAH TEXT, TORAH SEX WORKSHOP & INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA WORKSHOP

SEX AND TORAH: A WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS, DECEMBER 19, 2015, EXODUS AT THE ACE HOTEL: PALM SPRINGS, FOR EAST SIDE JEWS AND THE SILVERLAKE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER.

PART 2: SEXUAL PSYCHOLOGY WORKSHOP - GOING DEEPER, OCTOBER 27, 7-9PM, HATCHERY PRESS, LARCHMONT VILLAGE

SEXUAL PSYCHOLOGY WORKSHOP: DEVELOPING YOUR CHARACTER'S RELATIONSHIP TO SEX, BODY, SEXUALITY, OCTOBER 22, 7-9PM,THE HATCHERY PRESS, LARCHMONT VILLAGE

SEX & TORAH, OCTOBER 21, 7-9PM, NEFESH IN ECHO PARK, LA, CA

SELF-CARE FOR CLERGY: PREVENTING SPIRITUAL BURNOUT, AUGUST 22, 2015, HEBREW UNION COLLEGE RABBINICAL SCHOOL TRAINING WEEKEND

SEX AND JUDAISM PANELIST AT TABOO TALKS: SEX, AUGUST 30, 2015, LOS ANGELES, CA

 

 

BUILDING THE INNER SUKKAH, AUGUST 1-3, 2015               MOISHE HOUSE TRAINING RETREAT, ENCINITAS, CA

INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA WORKSHOP, PARAMOUNT PICTURES, APRIL 30, 2015, WRITER'S ROOM AT AMAZON'S TRANSPARENT

 

JEWISH WISDOM & WELLNESS FESTIVAL, 2015, LOS ANGELES, CA

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - Moishe House, Sherman Oaks

 

Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood - Thursday, April 20th, 2015 

 Congregation Beth Chayim Chadishim, Pico - Friday, May 1, 2015 

Moishe House with The Collaborative, April 25, 2011 - Philadelphia, PA

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Boston 3G and Facing History, Facing Ourselves, November, 2012, Boston, MA

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