Hosted by Moving to Our Center

Staenberg-Loup JCC Social Hall in Denver, Colorado 

I’m honored to be on a panel with Rabbi Dr. Caryn Aviv and Dr. David Sanders for a thoughtful, honest, and timely conversation. We will explore individual and collective Jewish trauma–including how it is passed across generations and how we can better understand, share, and transform these inheritances in the complexity of our current moment.

Hosted by Shaarei Shamayim

In person at First Unitarian Society in Madison, WI

Since 2007, Shaarei Shamayim has hosted a Renewal Shabbaton every two years or so to learn and celebrate the world of Jewish spirituality and Jewish Renewal. On Friday April 24th, we will nosh together at 6:30pm and then have a Kabbalat Shabbat service from 7-9pm in which we will gather together with prayers and melodies to open our hearts, and stories and meditation that illustrate the profound influence that our ancestors’ legacies have upon us. On Saturday, I will teach a Hasidic text as a springboard for a guided imaginal meditation into the Olam haAvot, the ancestral dimension, where we can experience healing and strengthening of purpose.

In person event hosted by JADE (Jewish Association for Death Education)

Temple Emanuel in Denver, Colorado

Sunday March 22 from 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM

​This community-wide Day of Learning unites Jews from diverse backgrounds to explore the often-avoided topic of death, fostering learning, conversation, and connection in various ways of engaging with Judaism. I am honored to be the keynote speaker. There will be breakout sessions on various topics including:

• What Happens After We Die? Is There Life After Death?

• Showing Up in Grief; Stories from Multiple Perspectives and Faiths

• Sacred Transitions: The Jewish Ritual of Preparing the Body

• Building Sacred Community: Chevra Kadisha in Denver

Virtual event on Zoom hosted by the Comox Valley C.G. Jung Society

March 19, 2026

7-9 pm PST / 8-10 pm MT

It takes great courage to feel the immense losses we are experiencing today—in our natural world, in our leaders and institutions, in our dreams for the future. We might easily fall into anger and outrage, but these often serve to separate us. Tears of grief have another kind of power, one that is alchemical. They dissolve the heavy metals that divide our hearts and bring us into a greater compassion for ourselves and the world. We will explore Kabbalistic and Indigenous wisdom, Dr. Jung’s alchemical perspectives, and the guidance of the Unconscious. Please bring your journal!

This Live Zoom event will be recorded (Recordings will be available to ticket holders for a one-month period). Zoom links are provided in the emailed PDF receipt for your ticket purchase. Please check your spam folder if it is not in your inbox.

Wednesday January 21, 2026

11am – 2pm Eastern

In person at Boca Raton Regional Hospital and virtually

I’ll be providing the keynote speech for this important gathering early next year.

• Learn to identify the hallmarks of trauma in yourself and in those for whom you care

• Familiarize yourself with findings of epigenetic research that explain how our ancestors’ extreme life challenges can influence the lives of their descendants

• Learn how to ask and listen for intergenerational history with care

• Understand that hand-in-glove with trauma legacies are wisdom legacies, and how both can be elicited with healing results.

• Experience the wisdom and blessings of loving ancestral support

If you’re not local to Boca Raton, Florida, you can also tune in virtually. For the in person event, lunch is included and 1.5 CEUs are available. Please email Lisa.Venegas@BaptistHealth.net to RSVP.

A fundraiser for Earth Angels Act supporting families in Gaza with essential aid rooted in dignity and humanity

Theatre O, 5311 Western Ave, Boulder, CO

Sunday, December 21, 6:00–7:30 PM

SPACE IS LIMITED! RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Friends who are in the Boulder-Denver area: Please join me for an evening of light-filled reflection and remembrance as we offer a short video presentation of hope and resilience in Gaza, followed by storytelling, a candlelight ritual, live music and a special performance by Erica Sodos, one of the rare female mentalists in the world. Erica will offer a solstice-themed exploration of magic, intuition, and the light we each carry.

As the year draws to a close and the night reaches its deepest point, we’ll pause together to honor both the darkness and the quiet sparks of hope that guide us forward. We will reconnect with what matters most and stand in compassion for families in Gaza whose nights are still filled with fear and uncertainty.

Together, we welcome the returning light — in ourselves and in the world.

Snacks and beverages available for purchase and time to mingle.

Thursday, October 16, at 5:30pm PT /6:30 MT/ 8:30pm ET
Encore: October 19 at 11am PT/12 noon MT/2pm ET

The upheavals we’re experiencing on our planet today — human-made imbalances that lead to earthquakes, floods, fires, and other natural disasters — can be seen as a reflection of our ancestors’ historical traumas coming due in our generation... but the keys to healing and renewal already lie within you.

Learn about ancient practices once guarded by alchemists and Kabbalists — wise teachings that reveal how the forces of fire, water, air, and earth live inside your own body and soul, and can be balanced and circulated to radiate outward as a living current of peace for yourself, your lineage, and the Earth. 

In this hour you will:

• Receive three potent practices to restore your inner calm, to help you hold steady in these turbulent times

• Understand the mystical secret encoded in the Hebrew and Arabic words for peace — and why balancing your inner ecosystem is essential to extend peace outward.

• Learn how your physical and spiritual ecology mirrors the legacies of your family and the wider Earth — and begin to shift inherited imbalances into harmony

This teaching isn’t just about calming your mind in a stressful world. It’s about transmuting the elemental patterns you’ve inherited so you can embody the peace your ancestors perhaps could not.  Join Rabbi Tirzah for this hour of usable wisdom! 

Sunday, August 24, 2025 (online and in person)

We return again. Amidst a world teeming with heartbreak and crises, the ancient Jewish calendar brings us to the doorstep of a new year with an enormous gift: a month for contemplation and self-engagement known as Elul. The Hebrew Sages revered Elul for its self-review, and gave us all manner of practices to bushwhack our way back to the place inside us called by the Alter Rebbe nekudah p’nimit, our innermost point of light, the core of divinity within us. The mystic Thomas Merton called this place: our hidden wholeness.

This year, the new moon of Elul arrives on Sunday August 24th, an auspicious time to begin anew on the path of renewal! We will engage in a kabbalistic review of the past year, and look with wise compassion at our place in it. With sacred poetry, Hassidic texts, guided meditation and ritual, we will create a communal vessel in which to begin the work of returning to our innermost light, the hidden wholeness in all things.

Online Only: Hosted by Metivta Contemplative Jewish Community

11:00am to 1pm Pacific Time, followed by an optional breakout discussion from 1-1:30pm PT / 12pm to 2:30pm Mountain Time / 2pm to 4:30pm Eastern Time

Please bring a journal or tablet.  Optional: a stone, shell, or crystal and a bowl of water. The recording of the retreat will be distributed to all who register.

In Person: Hosted by Congregation Nevei Kodesh in Boulder, Colorado

6:30-9pm Mountain Time

This event will take place at the synagogue 1927 Glenwood Avenue (Glenwood and 19th St). Parking in the rear.

Celebrating 20 Years of Kabbalah Experience and Honoring KE Founder and Spiritual Director, Dr. David Sanders

featuring Keynote Speaker Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD

Join Kabbalah Experience for a cocktail reception and celebratory dinner at the Inverness Denver.

May 4 at 12-1:30pm Mountain | 2-3:30pm Eastern.

Join The Shalom Center and ALEPH for Renewing Judaism, a 3-part webinar series reflecting on the past, present, and future of Judaism’s renewal.

Featuring three generations of key practitioners, these conversations-in-the-round will recount the past, contextualize the present, and d’rash the future of Jewish renewal. Scroll down to meet the speakers and learn the history, or press the button below now to secure your registration.

12 noon Mountain | 1pm Central

Hosted by the Kansas City Friends of Jung.

In these times of chaos and disillusionment, when once-unquestioned beliefs no longer guide us, the wisdom of ancient mystics offers us navigation tools for turbulent times on Earth. One such tool is the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, a psycho-spiritual system that helps restore our connection to our soul’s purpose and attunes us to the centers of spiritual power innate within us all. Dr. Carl Jung himself extolled the Jewish mystical tradition as illuminating his own psychological perspective.

Join us for an online experiential teaching with Rabbi Dr. Tirzah Firestone, who will share practical wisdom relevant to our current moment. This session aims to awaken and heal the central pillar of the Tree of Life, alive at the core of our bodies and psyches. Together, we will explore the four sephirot (energy centers) along this channel in the context of our present lives and ancestral legacies, with the goal of energizing our positive inheritances and transforming the injurious ones.

What to Expect:

• Insightful Teachings: Gain a deeper understanding of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and its application for personal and ancestral healing.

• Interactive Exploration: Engage in guided exercises to connect with the sephirot and reflect on your own experiences.

• Personal Reflection: Please bring your journal to record insights, experiences, and questions that arise during the session.

The National Bikur Cholim Conference will meet online via Zoom, on Alternate Mondays beginning January 13, 2025.

5:00pm – 6:30pm PT •   6:00pm – 7:30pm MT •   8:00pm – 9:30pm ET 

This year's conference is Healing in the Face of Crisis Trauma and Antisemitism and includes terrific speakers including Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, the author of Wounds into Wisdom, world-renown liturgist and poet Alden Solovy and front line Jewish leaders including the President of the Jewish Federations of North America, Eric Fingerhut, the President of the Network of Jewish Health Service Agencies, Reuben Rotman and Interim President of Neshama: The Association of Jewish Chaplains, Lynn Liberman. There are seven sessions addressing the increasing crises Jewish communities face and how to build strong and resilient communities to respond to those crises.

Rabbi Tirzah Firestone will guide the session on Monday, February 24. Rabbi Firestone’s Wounds into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma has transformed our understanding of the role of trauma and how to seek healing.  Trauma is at the core of much of our emotional distress and the forces that weaken and tear apart our communities.  How do we recognize the role of trauma in our lives and the lives of the people we care for and how do we find tools to understand trauma so we can be more effective caregivers?

7-8:30pm GMT+1 (Berlin)

On this evening at the French Friedrichstadt Church Georges-Casalis-Saal in Berlin, Germany, Rabbi Tirzah Firestone will present passages from her work and will be accompanied musically by Albrecht Gündel-vom Hofe (piano) and Andreas Henze (double bass) as well as the cantor Jalda Rebling. Together, words and music will open up an emotional sound space in which to think about ways to overcome trauma and return to life.

Contributors:

Albrecht Gündel-vom Hofe is a mathematician, musician and composer and has been working intensively in the field of dialogue between religions for many years.

Andreas Henze is a freelance double bassist. In addition to his work as a theater musician, he travels the world with ensembles of different styles such as jazz and Latin American music and is a singer and songwriter.

Rabbi Dr. Tirzah Firestone is known as an author, psychotherapist, and leading figure in the international Jewish Renewal movement. Her writings include Kabbalah and Jewish feminism. Firestone was ordained in 1992 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Schalomi and is the founder of the Nevei Kodesh Synagogue in Boulder, Colorado, where she lives with her husband as rabbi emeritus. Her book Wounds into Wisdom won the Nautilus Award Gold in Psychology and the Jewish Women Caucus Book Award of the American Association for Women in Psychology .

Jalda Rebling is an actress, Jewish cantor and specialist in Jewish music from the Middle Ages to the modern era.

Berlin-Kreuzberg (The location will be disclosed after successful registration)

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, Entry starts at 5:30 pm

We kindly invite you to an insightful panel discussion exploring the topic of Perspectives on Transgenerational Trauma Legacies. This important and timely
conversation conducted in person in Berlin will explore how trauma is inherited, processed, and understood across generations, offering unique perspectives and profoundly enriching insights.

Our esteemed panelists include:

Dr. Abeer Khshiboon – Research Fellow at EUME (Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe), specializing in intersections of religiosities, for example the historical trauma of Christian internally displaced Palestinians. More information: https://www.eume-berlin.de/fellows/vita/20242025/abeer-khshiboon

Rabbi Dr. Tirzah Firestone – Author, psychotherapist, and thought leader in the field of intergenerational trauma and resilience, for example the intergenerational Jewish trauma. Firestone studied and counseled hundreds of Jewish families and individuals for over 30 years.

Prof. Dr. Macartan Humphreys (Moderator) – Director of the Institutions and Political Inequality Research group at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Social Science Center. More information: https://macartan.github.io/about/

The event will be held in English. We will post recording after the event.

Monday January 27th

10am Pacific | 11am Mountain | 1pm Eastern

From Memory to Imagination: What Jewish Mysticism, Neuroscience, and Intergenerational Healing Can Teach us at This Moment

How can looking back at our shared past help us look forward to reimagine a better future in the midst of our ongoing world crises? What might our ancestors teach us about how to navigate these times? 

On January 27th in 1945, the Soviet Army entered the concentration camp of Auschwitz. What they discovered was evidence for a monstrous crime, which still shapes the lives of the offspring – both of the murderers and of the escaped victims.

At the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, join the Berlin Center for Intellectual Diaspora and Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD, to hear stories and insights based on her groundbreaking research in transgenerational trauma legacies, Jungian depth psychology, and Kabbalah, to illuminate the redemptive possibilities inherent within the human psyche. As we enter into a full octave of decades since the events of the Holocaust, let us gather in the spirit of the brave people of conscience who helped turn the tide of history then, to call forth our own courage, moral wisdom, and compassion to aid us at our pivotal moment now.

Thursday January 23rd

7pm Pacific | 8pm Mountain | 11pm Eastern

For many, this is a time of chaos and disillusionment, when once unquestioned beliefs no longer guide us. Fortunately, the ancient mystics left us maps for navigating turbulent times on Planet Earth. One such map is the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, a psycho-spiritual system that helps us restore our connection to our soul’s purpose, and attunes us to the centers of spiritual power innate in us all. Dr. Jung himself extolled the Jewish mystical tradition as illuminative of his own psychological perspective.

In this online experiential teaching, Rabbi Dr. Tirzah Firestone will share usable wisdom relevant to our current moment, to help us awaken and heal the central pillar of the Tree, which is alive at the core of our bodies and psyches. We will explore the 4 sephirot (energy centers) on this channel in the context of our current lives and our ancestral legacies, with the aim of energizing our positive inheritances and alchemizing the injurious ones. Please bring your journal to record your insights, experiences, and questions.

5pm Pacific | 6pm Mountain | 8pm Eastern

Tune into Sounds True One’s Insights at the Edge with Tami Simon and Rabbi Tirzah Firestone. The live session will be available to Sounds True One members only. You can join Sounds True One for a free month trial here.

1pm Pacific | 2pm Mountain | 4pm Eastern

For those struggling with collective grief, join a conversation with Jungian psychotherapist and scholar Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PHD and Buddhist minister and teacher Lama Rod Owens. Both leaders will offer guidance in taking steps – both large and small – towards wisdom, spiritual growth, and action when faced with the troubles we collectively experience in the present and inherit from the past.

Following a discussion, we invite you to join small peer-led breakout room sessions guided by the following prompts:

• What insights have you gained by struggling with the grief of catastrophic events both locally and globally or ancestral trauma? Can you name at least one new opportunity for change or see one new pathway that has cleared?

• What roles can spiritual or mindfulness practice, service, advocacy, or activism play in your journey towards wholeness?

“The elder aims at becoming an ancestor. It is his or her next status…. The elder is an ancestor in training.”

—Malidome Somé

We Jews have accrued great wisdom and depth throughout our long history, and a great deal of wounding, as well, due to centuries of adversity. Epigenetic research now demonstrates what we may have intuited: that traumatic life events leave physiological imprints that can be transferred to future generations. As we enter our sage years, we must discern which of our ancestral legacies we wish to nurture and pass on into the world, and which ones must be faced, felt, and dissolved in the light of awareness. 

Each of us comes into this world with specific tasks — sacred repair work that is paradoxically connected to our wounds and the challenges that have befallen us and our bloodlines. By exploring and understanding the legacies that we carry, we can better accomplish this sacred work—to honor our soul’s calling and step into our own spiritual clarity, health, and wisdom. This prepares us to enter the role of being a helpful ancestor and ally to those who come after us.