The Inward Bound program is designed to give the participant a sophisticated and holistic understanding of the major concepts, principles, and practices of Judaism. By examining these
concepts principles and practices from a foundational level, the participant will gain an understanding of how all of the various aspects fit together in an integrated spiritual whole.
Because these foundational aspects of Judaism are so often overlooked in all branches of Judaism, we tend to get people on the Inward Bound program from every background across the spectrum. Our students range from the young person with no Jewish background fresh off of a Taglit/Birthright trip to people who have advanced Jewish day school or yeshiva experience.
The Inward Bound program usually goes from 9am – 5:30 pm with optional early morning meditation and yoga options. Sometimes there are night activities, sometimes there are tiyulim (trips).
Rabbi Mottle Wolfe is director of the Inward Bound Program. He spent two years living in the Far East, and now resides with his family in Hills of Judea outside Jerusalem. Reb Mottle combines his humor with his love of the mystical and his desire to create a passionate joy-filled Jewish Experience.
We also explore issues such as Judaism and Environmentalism, and Woman and Judaism.
At Inward Bound, we believe that in Israel, Torah is not just learned with the mind, but also with the feet. Therefore we take the “Beit Medrish” outside. We learn about Torah in the very places the stories took place, bringing the biblical narrative alive.
“This was the first time I was introduced to a Judaism that I could love. I still don’t understand exactly how this 3 week program addressed so many of my deepest questions that were never answered in ANY other program. I honestly feel like this program was created just for me. But every person had such a transformative experience and felt that it was created just for them as well.” – Jen Fink, Toronto Canada
I’m an intellectual type of person, that approaches most subject matter including my Jewish education through very defined academic lenses. Not only was I made to feel just as comfortable in the Inward Bound program as every other participant, irrespective of their personalities and sensibilities, but I learned a very powerful lesson through this experience. As much as I was encouraged by the rabbis to continue in my spiritual journey, in my own terms and pace, I came to understand that there is an enormously rich meaning in Jewish tradition that can’t be understood intellectually, but rather must be experienced. -Leo Khayet, Yale Business School
