Alumni Cantor Julie Newman ’17 & Tiferet in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle

Cantor Julie Newman ’17’s work in the Jewish mindfulness space with her organization, Tiferet, were recently featured in the Pittsburgh Jewish chronicle:

Every online session of the Tiferet Project is the same. And every session is different.

Julie Newman starts the hour-long virtual sessions — held Sunday and Tuesday each week — with an “arrival sit.”

Much of the session revolves around Jewish meditation, a practice of settling the mind and exploring introversion and emotional insight…

“We just check in to see what we’re coming in with,” said Newman, a cantor, Jewish educator and McCandless resident who formed the nonprofit group Tiferet in 2017. “It’s ‘Is this the first time I’m sitting down today?’ … It’s a great practice to just pause and notice that.”

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