LGBTQi+ T’Shuvah group
A free drop-in virtual recovery meeting
for LGBTQI+ folks and allies on the path of addiction recovery
MONDAYS (starting 10.19) @ 5:30PM EST (60 MIN)
JOIN THE GROUP
We’ll provide you with the access link to attend, as well as resources to support you in this weekly group! We’ll also email you updates and info to keep you in-the-know. 👏🏼
MEET RABBI IGGY AND Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer
We welcome and celebrate you just as you are.
Your whole self has a place here. This is a drop-in, supportive virtual community for LGBTQI+ folks and allies on the path of addiction recovery (substance as well as process addiction). This group is led by two powerhouse, queer spiritual counselors. We meet weekly to pause, reflect on our actions and impact in the world, and share in a container marked by the intersection of Jewish wisdom, spiritual guidance and addiction recovery tools. This practical, hands-on group creates a space for the queer experience to emerge and be held in support, love and guidance. Bring your whole, fabulous self.
THE DEETS
WHEN: Mondays | 5:30 PM EST/ 2:30 PM PST
ABOUT: T’Shuvah Group is geared for people fighting substance abuse and process addiction, as well as people who are seeking more meaning and clarity in life. All LGBTQI+ folks and allies are welcome.
The LGBTQI+ T’Shuvah Group creates a safe and challenging space to look at our week, pause, reflect, and consider what we need to do to get closer to creating a life of meaning for ourselves. Finding meaning is at the center of recovery from addictions of all kinds. Everyone has a right for redemption and to form new habits and choices. Unlike many other drop-in recovery groups, this group is led by two powerhouse queer spiritual counselors who offer support, insight and portals for inquiry within this group container.
Fill out the form above to register for the meeting! We will email you with the access link.
What is T’Shuvah?
To do this, we need to dedicate a healthy amount of time and resources toward building a lifetime of recovery. As addiction is a symptom of a divided self, our group can help people resolve and integrate those divided parts.
Living T’Shuvah means integrating the spiritual principles of Judaism, authenticity, and transparency. The group is designed to help us study, seek answers and commit to change so that we are better prepared and can face the challenges of life and recovery.
This group provides us with the space to live T’Shuvah and do so in full recognition of our unique, nuanced experiences at Queer, Trans and Non-binary folx in today’s world.
DOWNLOAD THE T’SHUVAH GROUP WORKSHEET
This worksheet is designed to support you in reflecting on how you’ve ‘hit the mark’ and how you’ve ‘missed the mark’ across all areas of your life. This serves to bring to the surface your behavior, actions and the impact of your actions on the people around you (as well as yourself). Download the worksheet and bring it with you to the LGBTQI+ T’Shuvah Group! We take time each week to fill out this worksheet.
Closing Prayer + Group Norms
In this resource, you’ll find an adaptation of “A Blessing for Pride”, originally written by Rabbi Joshua Zlochower, Rabbi Erica Steelman and Dr. Gloria Becker.
You will also find the group norms, which are designed to empower us all to participate in a safer, braver recovery group space.
Your spiritual counselors
rabbi iggy
Rabbi Igael "Iggy" Gurin-Malous is a renowned Talmud teacher, spiritual counselor, artist, and educator. He grew up between Belgium and Israel (so expect him to be well dressed and blunt) as well as the United States in a traditional Jewish Orthodox home. He is an author, speaker, teacher and contributor on subjects ranging from Talmud, Jewish text, spirituality, addiction, recovery, fatherhood and LGBTQI+ issues.
Today he is the founding Rabbi and CEO of T’shuvah Center, a new long term Jewish recovery community in Bed-stuy, Brooklyn. He was formerly the Director of Spiritual counseling at Beit T’Shuvah in Los Angeles.
Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer
Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer is a queer, feminist social justice activist and educator whose teachings are deeply grounded in Jewish spirituality and wisdom. A graduate of Columbia University, Rabbi Meyer was ordained by HUC-JIR in New York. Prior to rabbinical school, she worked as a Program Associate in the KESHER: College Department at the URJ. While in rabbinical school, she interned with Rabbis for Human Rights and Brit Tzedek v’Shalom (now J Street), was a chaplaincy intern at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and served as student rabbi at Congregation Beth Shalom in East Liverpool, Ohio and as the Rabbinic Organizing Intern at Temple Sinai in Roslyn Heights, NY. After ordination, she served as Assistant Rabbi at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York City. Currently, Rabbi Meyer serves as Rabbi-in-Residence at HIAS, where she develops educational materials, resources, and programs that educate American Jews about refugee issues, connecting the plight of contemporary refugees to Jewish values and history. Her writing and commentary has been featured in the The New York Times, Mashable, The Forward, and The New York Daily News, and she is the author of an essay that appears in the book Seven Days, Many Voices: Insights Into the Biblical Story of Creation. She lives in Brooklyn with her wife, Sarah, and their goldendoodle, Charley.