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Article: Lessons Of The Woodstock Nation: A touchy-feely Judaism or a deep
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- The Jewish Week
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- August 18, 1994
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Daniel Schifrin
The Jewish Week
08-18-1994
Lessons Of The Woodstock Nation: A touchy-feely Judaism or a deep sense. of spiritual renewal: What has the Jewish community drawn from the counterculture movement?
DANIEL SCHIFRIN
STAFF WRITER
At sunrise, 25 miles and 25 years from Woodstock, N.Y., 100 middle-aged Jews rise from their beds and begin their day. Some trudge downhill for davening, with a healthy dose of calisthenics and kabbalistic insights, while others practice yoga or sit quietly on damp benches observing God's splendor.
This is an average morning at Elat Chayyim, a Jewish spiritual retreat center that draws several hundred people each summer for a week of study, music and spiritual ...
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