Become a Peaceful Parent Partner
Bring the Peaceful Parent Project® to Your Community
Becoming an organizational partner with Orot will help you offer an invaluable resource to parents in your community, supporting them in their continuous journey of growth, connection, and spiritual enrichment. It has been proven to build relationships among community members and serves as a building block for long-term engagement between you and your members.
How to Partner
Reach out to Orot to schedule a conversation about becoming a partner organization
Determine the best dates to offer The Peaceful Parent Project® to your community and discuss fee structure
Schedule a free “taste-of” class to give folks the chance to experience the class and ask any questions they may have
Enroll parents in the program through your own community registration systems
Hand the parent cohort over to Orot for a 6-week experience of learning and transformation!
Are you interested in bringing The Peaceful Parent Project® to your community?
Contact Amanda Murov at amanda@orotcenter.org or fill out the interest form below and we will be in touch:
Program Goals
To provide parents with teachings, tangible tools, and concrete practices to support them in their everyday lives and help them bring more peace and connection to their family’s life
To provide parents with a personal and meaningful connection to the deep well of spiritual wisdom found in the Jewish tradition and to cultivate ways of integrating Jewish practice into their parenting lives
To provide parents with a nurturing community of parenting peers to share challenges, find support, and access guidance to navigate the stresses of parenting
To provide parents with the space and time to nourish themselves as individuals
Class Content
The Peaceful Parent Project® curriculum interweaves Jewish teachings with parenting texts and mindfulness approaches and tools and culminates in concrete practice suggestions to integrate into parents’ daily lives. The customized curriculum explores the challenges and blessings of Jewish parenting through the following themes;
Six lessons are chosen to address the specific needs of the parents in each cohort:
1. Shema - Listening with Attunement, without Judgment
2. Re-iyah - Seeing our Children As They Are and Accepting Imperfection
3. Ahava - Embracing the Complexities of Parental Love
4. Shavat va’yinafash - Finding Moments of Rest and Renewal
5. Anava - Cultivating Humility, Accepting Vulnerability
6. Ve’Heyeh Beracha - Finding Holiness and Blessing in the Everyday Mess
7. Lev Shomea - Integrating Compassion and Forgiveness into Parenting
8. Chesed Ve’Gevurah - Setting Limits and Holding Boundaries that Nurture Resilience
9. Elu V’Elu - Holding Space for Joy and Struggle, Abundance and Scarcity
10. Panim El Panim - Communicating Towards Connection
FAQ
How many people do I need to recruit to fill a cohort?
There is no set minimum or maximum number per cohort. We have found through experience and heard through feedback that 10-15 is a good size to allow for an interactive conversation. We don’t recommend going above 24 screens for a Zoom class, but we can accommodate as needed.
What is the cost to the partner organization?
Please reach out to Amanda for pricing. The partner organization pays one lump sum to Orot and is able to subsidize the class for their community through their own registration systems.
Do both parents need to participate?
No - this class is valuable for both individuals and couples. We have heard from couples that they find the experience to be particularly valuable in helping them get on the same page, so some partners have offered a discounted rate when couples join (as opposed to charging two individual registration fees) to encourage participation.
How far in advance do I need to schedule a cohort?
We will always do our best to accommodate based on educator availability but the sooner we get dates locked in, the more likely you are to get the dates that you want for your cohort. We recommend 2-3 months to allow ample time for recruitment.
Are sessions in person or online?
We offer many sessions on Zoom and are able to offer in-person and hybrid sessions in cities where we have local educators.
Where are you based?
We are based in Chicago, IL. We currently have educators in Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Boston, Minnesota, DC, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, New York, San Diego, LA, Boulder, and the Bay Area.
“Right from my initial conversation with Rebecca, I knew that Peaceful Parent was a unique program for our JCC community. Rebecca’s warm repour and passion for her program quickly solidified our decision to move forward in partnership. The entire process was seamless and nothing but positive. Our class facilitator, Sue Bojdak, was full of personality, yet sensitive and intuitive to each family’s needs. Through her teaching, she developed meaningful relationships, trust among the participants, and was the perfect fit for our group. The Peaceful Parent nourishes the souls for those seeking a spiritual approach to being a family. Parents learn together, make connections, and build a community. Our initial cohort created such a positive buzz around the JCC that we plan to offer the Peaceful Parent again so others can experience the magic that is created in the sessions.”
Liz Kaufman Family Engagement Manager, JCC East Bay
“We offered Peaceful Parent to our school community and about 12 parents participated in the workshop. The response from our parent participants was overwhelmingly positive. They expressed appreciation that the school offered this workshop and said that Rebecca was a wonderful teacher and facilitator. They also said that the workshop gave them a unique opportunity to share very personal experiences in a supportive and reflective environment that was focused on parenting and mindfulness in a Jewish context and they learned so much from Rebecca and from one another. As a Head of School, I would add that Rebecca was extremely professional and a pleasure to work with in terms of planning and promoting the workshop. We hope to host another Peaceful Parent series soon.”
Nicole Nash, Head of School, Hannah Senesh Community Day School, Brooklyn, NY
“It was a gift to be able to bring the Peaceful Parent project to the Brandeis community. We have done a lot of work with mindfulness and Jewish meditation with our students and staff, and the Peaceful Parent project allowed us to extend a related and very mission-aligned learning practice to our parent body. Participants appreciated being supported in their parenting journey, and learning language and approaches that resonated with their kids' education here at school. We don't often get parent education opportunities that are so clearly an extension of what we do in the classroom, while also being such a hit with our parents. This was a slam dunk.”
Dan Glass, Head of School, The Brandeis School, San Francisco, CA