ALIZA BULOW'S SPEAKING TOPICS
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Please note: This list is meant to give a feel for the range of possibilities. It is not exhaustive, and each class may be offered on a range of different levels; feel free to request or suggest specific topics, combinations of topics or titles according to the needs and interests of your organization or community.
Jewish Philosophy
The Purpose of Creation
How Adam and Eve Changed the World (creation, human interaction, sin, repair)
How Jews Became Jewish
The Journey of the Soul
The Anatomy of the Soul
The Soul and the Afterlife-What Happens After We Die?
Reincarnation
A Kabbalah Primer
The Ten Kabalistic Sifirot: An Introduction
The Mystery of the Mikvah (for Men and Women)
Mayim Metamorphosis (Deeper insights into the mikvah and how it works, based on Waters of Eden)
Angels, Demons and Forces (based on Derech Hashem)
The Sacred Feminine: A Jewish View
Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles of Faith
Love, Fear, Awe, Father, King, Beloved: Relating to Hashem
Beyond Astrology: Insights into the Underlying Mystical Structure of the Universe
Who is Choosing? The Interface of Free Will and Destiny
How Prayer Works-Mystical and or Practical Insights
Choosing to be Chosen
Created In God’s Image-What That Means for Us (concepts from Tomer Devorah)
Introduction to/Concepts from Cordevero’s Tomer Devorah
Introduction to/Concepts from Luzatto’s Derech Hashem
Women’s Issues
From Chava to Sarah; from Sarah to You: The Story of the Jewish Woman (and how your story unfolds within it) this works as a lecture or as a workshop, 1-3 hours long
Dressing Jewish (history and/or philosophy)
Keeping it Under Your Hat: The Philosophy of Hair Covering
Ancient Waters, Modern Misgivings: Plumbing the Depths of the Mikvah
Bringing Blessing into Our Lives Through our Special Mitzvot (challah, candles and mikvah)
Secrets in the Challah (all lecture or a guided demonstration)
The Creation and Restoration of Woman
Jewish Women and The New Moon: A Direct Connection
Women and Rosh Chodesh
Balancing the Voices (Accessing the Power of Tzniut)
Shelo Asani Isha/Sheasani Cirtzono
The Impact of Female Converts in the Torah
Woman’s Issues Q and A
Love, Dating and Marriage
Love: Recognizing the Real Thing
Cultivating a Perennial Garden of Love and Affection in Marriage
Dating to Get What You Want (for non-frum audiences)
Dating and Marriage in the Orthodox World (a description or a guide)
Jewish Weddings: What Happens, What it Means
The First Year: Building Your Relationship
Creating Shalom Bayit
Strengthening Ties in Couples with Differing Spiritual Paces (or Paths)
Getting Along With The In-Laws
Kabbalistic Insights Into Marital Intimacy (for any audience)
Love, Marriage and Physical Intimacy (for frum audiences)
The Jewish View of Sexuality (for non-frum audiences)
Parenting
Nurturing Independence in our Children
Creating a Home of Simcha and Warmth
Developing Self Esteem in Children/Young Adults
Talking About the Birds and the Bees With Your Teen or Pre-Teen
Raising Ourselves Through Raising Our Children
Blessing Our Children: The Friday Night Opportunity
Parenting Teens and Tweens: A Role in Transition
In-Law Parenting: Striking the Balance Between Space and Closeness
Personal Growth
Seeing the Light in Life's Darkest Hours
Strengthening the Simcha Source
In the Image of G-d: Accessing our Inner Strength
Lashon Torah… Shaping Relationships With The Way We Speak
Harnessing the Power of Bechira/Free-will
Growing Together: Staying Connected with Newly Observant Family and Friends
Bridging the Gap: Creating Harmony with Less-Observant Family Members
Keeping Marriage Strong When One Spouse is More Observant Than the Other
Making the Everyday Meaningful
The Anger Antidote
The Hidden Power of the Morning Blessings
Spiritual Growth from Purim to Pesach
Creating an Extraordinary Life
General Topics
From New Israel to True Israel: A Personal Story of Conversion (sometimes also called “From Puritan to Rebbitzen”)
Conversion: Joining a Community, Joining a Nation (history, law, process and dynamics)
Digging up the Roots of Anti-Semitism
An Introduction and Overview to Jewish Prayer and the Siddur
Why America is a “Judeo-Christian” Country (exploring the Jewish roots of America)
Torah for Gentiles: The Seven Noahide Laws
The Gifts of the Jews (based on Worldperfect)
Why Be Jewish?!
We're On A Mission From G-d
Seasons of Love: Divine and Human Relationships
Gaining Through Giving
Connecting Through Eating; Connecting Through Fasting
Life in the Bungalows: A Slice of the Catskills
Teaching Adults: Talks, Troubles and Techniques
Shabbat and Holidays
Rest, Return, Remain: The Power of Shabbat
Shabbat in 3 hours: A Primer on How to Prepare for Shabbat Quickly
Fresh Starts-Kabalistic Concepts in Beginnings (Rosh Hashanah or general)
Calculating a Cheshbon Hanefesh-An Accounting of the Soul (works well as a practical workshop: 1-6 hours)
Discover Your Tafkid: Everyone has a unique note to play, delve into what yours might be
The Lost Child
Three Steps to Teshuva: The Mitzvah of Repentance
Soul Surgery 101
Judging: Ourselves, Others, G-d
Take it Slow While You Fast
And The Verdict Is... Editing Your Year
The Book of Jonah: Insights in Mercy
Introducing the Seven Shepherds of Israel (Ushpizin)
Dwelling in the Sukkah-Absorbing Spiritual Light (based on the Ramchal)
The Four Species-Allusions and Insights
Chanukah: The Inside Story
Beauty in the Light of Chanukah
Tu B’Shvat: The Beginnings of Growth
Esther and Joseph: Parallels and Parables
Purim Unmasked
Majesty: Esther's and Yours
Preparing For Passover: Removing Chametz From Your Home and From Your Heart
Flipping without Flopping: How to Kasher for Pesach and Stay Excited for Yontif
Fifteen Steps to Freedom: The Passover Seder
The Hidden Agenda of the Ten Plagues
Stepping Through the Sifirot: A Physical Presentation of the Layers of the Omer
Seven Traits in Seven Weeks: Spiritual Growth Through the Counting of the Omer
The Many Mystical Sevens
Shavuot: A Jewish Wedding
Master Plan: The Meaning and Mission of Judaism
Dismay and Destruction on Tisha B’Av
Jewish Responses to Suffering and Tisha B’Av
Jewish Fast Days and Their Meanings
Spiritual Energies in the Jewish Year
Short Series:
Bridging the Gap: Understanding and Applying Mussar Today
Marriage Made in Heaven (How to Build it on Earth)
The Impact of Female Converts in the Torah
The Mussar of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Inner Growth From Purim to Pesach
Torah on File Memory System
Sifirat HaOmer and the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
The Journey of the Soul
Bringing Blessing Into Our Lives
Our Special Mitzvot: Challah, Candles, Mikvah
Learn How to Learn
The Language of Learning
Kabalah 101
Jewish History in 5 Hours (could be more or less...)
A Whirlwind Tour of 613 Mitzvot
Kiruv Training
Hashem's Kiruv Program: Become a Mikarev Right Here and Now (paradigm shift, for balebatim or singles)
Hashem's Kiruv Program: The Mission of the Jews
Why Do Kiruv?: Mystical Answers to a Practical Question (inspiration)
Building Up While Reaching Out: How You Become Strengthened As You Draw Others Closer (practical growth and a little psychology)
Stages of Development of the Baal Teshuva: A Look at Common Growth Patterns and How to Work Within Them (psychology, practical, analytical)
Stages of Development of the Baal Teshuva: A Look at Common Growth Patterns (and How to Keep Yourself Growing Along With Them)
Please feel free to suggest or ask for any topic you want. I’ll do my best to research and accommodate!
Jewish Philosophy
The Purpose of Creation
How Adam and Eve Changed the World (creation, human interaction, sin, repair)
How Jews Became Jewish
The Journey of the Soul
The Anatomy of the Soul
The Soul and the Afterlife-What Happens After We Die?
Reincarnation
A Kabbalah Primer
The Ten Kabalistic Sifirot: An Introduction
The Mystery of the Mikvah (for Men and Women)
Mayim Metamorphosis (Deeper insights into the mikvah and how it works, based on Waters of Eden)
Angels, Demons and Forces (based on Derech Hashem)
The Sacred Feminine: A Jewish View
Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles of Faith
Love, Fear, Awe, Father, King, Beloved: Relating to Hashem
Beyond Astrology: Insights into the Underlying Mystical Structure of the Universe
Who is Choosing? The Interface of Free Will and Destiny
How Prayer Works-Mystical and or Practical Insights
Choosing to be Chosen
Created In God’s Image-What That Means for Us (concepts from Tomer Devorah)
Introduction to/Concepts from Cordevero’s Tomer Devorah
Introduction to/Concepts from Luzatto’s Derech Hashem
Women’s Issues
From Chava to Sarah; from Sarah to You: The Story of the Jewish Woman (and how your story unfolds within it) this works as a lecture or as a workshop, 1-3 hours long
Dressing Jewish (history and/or philosophy)
Keeping it Under Your Hat: The Philosophy of Hair Covering
Ancient Waters, Modern Misgivings: Plumbing the Depths of the Mikvah
Bringing Blessing into Our Lives Through our Special Mitzvot (challah, candles and mikvah)
Secrets in the Challah (all lecture or a guided demonstration)
The Creation and Restoration of Woman
Jewish Women and The New Moon: A Direct Connection
Women and Rosh Chodesh
Balancing the Voices (Accessing the Power of Tzniut)
Shelo Asani Isha/Sheasani Cirtzono
The Impact of Female Converts in the Torah
Woman’s Issues Q and A
Love, Dating and Marriage
Love: Recognizing the Real Thing
Cultivating a Perennial Garden of Love and Affection in Marriage
Dating to Get What You Want (for non-frum audiences)
Dating and Marriage in the Orthodox World (a description or a guide)
Jewish Weddings: What Happens, What it Means
The First Year: Building Your Relationship
Creating Shalom Bayit
Strengthening Ties in Couples with Differing Spiritual Paces (or Paths)
Getting Along With The In-Laws
Kabbalistic Insights Into Marital Intimacy (for any audience)
Love, Marriage and Physical Intimacy (for frum audiences)
The Jewish View of Sexuality (for non-frum audiences)
Parenting
Nurturing Independence in our Children
Creating a Home of Simcha and Warmth
Developing Self Esteem in Children/Young Adults
Talking About the Birds and the Bees With Your Teen or Pre-Teen
Raising Ourselves Through Raising Our Children
Blessing Our Children: The Friday Night Opportunity
Parenting Teens and Tweens: A Role in Transition
In-Law Parenting: Striking the Balance Between Space and Closeness
Personal Growth
Seeing the Light in Life's Darkest Hours
Strengthening the Simcha Source
In the Image of G-d: Accessing our Inner Strength
Lashon Torah… Shaping Relationships With The Way We Speak
Harnessing the Power of Bechira/Free-will
Growing Together: Staying Connected with Newly Observant Family and Friends
Bridging the Gap: Creating Harmony with Less-Observant Family Members
Keeping Marriage Strong When One Spouse is More Observant Than the Other
Making the Everyday Meaningful
The Anger Antidote
The Hidden Power of the Morning Blessings
Spiritual Growth from Purim to Pesach
Creating an Extraordinary Life
General Topics
From New Israel to True Israel: A Personal Story of Conversion (sometimes also called “From Puritan to Rebbitzen”)
Conversion: Joining a Community, Joining a Nation (history, law, process and dynamics)
Digging up the Roots of Anti-Semitism
An Introduction and Overview to Jewish Prayer and the Siddur
Why America is a “Judeo-Christian” Country (exploring the Jewish roots of America)
Torah for Gentiles: The Seven Noahide Laws
The Gifts of the Jews (based on Worldperfect)
Why Be Jewish?!
We're On A Mission From G-d
Seasons of Love: Divine and Human Relationships
Gaining Through Giving
Connecting Through Eating; Connecting Through Fasting
Life in the Bungalows: A Slice of the Catskills
Teaching Adults: Talks, Troubles and Techniques
Shabbat and Holidays
Rest, Return, Remain: The Power of Shabbat
Shabbat in 3 hours: A Primer on How to Prepare for Shabbat Quickly
Fresh Starts-Kabalistic Concepts in Beginnings (Rosh Hashanah or general)
Calculating a Cheshbon Hanefesh-An Accounting of the Soul (works well as a practical workshop: 1-6 hours)
Discover Your Tafkid: Everyone has a unique note to play, delve into what yours might be
The Lost Child
Three Steps to Teshuva: The Mitzvah of Repentance
Soul Surgery 101
Judging: Ourselves, Others, G-d
Take it Slow While You Fast
And The Verdict Is... Editing Your Year
The Book of Jonah: Insights in Mercy
Introducing the Seven Shepherds of Israel (Ushpizin)
Dwelling in the Sukkah-Absorbing Spiritual Light (based on the Ramchal)
The Four Species-Allusions and Insights
Chanukah: The Inside Story
Beauty in the Light of Chanukah
Tu B’Shvat: The Beginnings of Growth
Esther and Joseph: Parallels and Parables
Purim Unmasked
Majesty: Esther's and Yours
Preparing For Passover: Removing Chametz From Your Home and From Your Heart
Flipping without Flopping: How to Kasher for Pesach and Stay Excited for Yontif
Fifteen Steps to Freedom: The Passover Seder
The Hidden Agenda of the Ten Plagues
Stepping Through the Sifirot: A Physical Presentation of the Layers of the Omer
Seven Traits in Seven Weeks: Spiritual Growth Through the Counting of the Omer
The Many Mystical Sevens
Shavuot: A Jewish Wedding
Master Plan: The Meaning and Mission of Judaism
Dismay and Destruction on Tisha B’Av
Jewish Responses to Suffering and Tisha B’Av
Jewish Fast Days and Their Meanings
Spiritual Energies in the Jewish Year
Short Series:
Bridging the Gap: Understanding and Applying Mussar Today
Marriage Made in Heaven (How to Build it on Earth)
The Impact of Female Converts in the Torah
The Mussar of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Inner Growth From Purim to Pesach
Torah on File Memory System
Sifirat HaOmer and the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
The Journey of the Soul
Bringing Blessing Into Our Lives
Our Special Mitzvot: Challah, Candles, Mikvah
Learn How to Learn
The Language of Learning
Kabalah 101
Jewish History in 5 Hours (could be more or less...)
A Whirlwind Tour of 613 Mitzvot
Kiruv Training
Hashem's Kiruv Program: Become a Mikarev Right Here and Now (paradigm shift, for balebatim or singles)
Hashem's Kiruv Program: The Mission of the Jews
Why Do Kiruv?: Mystical Answers to a Practical Question (inspiration)
Building Up While Reaching Out: How You Become Strengthened As You Draw Others Closer (practical growth and a little psychology)
Stages of Development of the Baal Teshuva: A Look at Common Growth Patterns and How to Work Within Them (psychology, practical, analytical)
Stages of Development of the Baal Teshuva: A Look at Common Growth Patterns (and How to Keep Yourself Growing Along With Them)
Please feel free to suggest or ask for any topic you want. I’ll do my best to research and accommodate!