Essays
The Liberation of Laughter
Reuven Goldfarb shares his insights about the laughter and the commanding, demanding, pleading and prayerful voice of Sarah.
Essays
Return to the Garden
Reuven Goldfarb shares his insights about the guidelines that give us hope that someday we will return to the garden or, at least, we will make a paradise of our own scarred earth and heal our wounded human family.
Poems
Shomer Yisrael & Ancient Ruins
Reuven Goldfarb sings songs and reads his poetry at the Author Series of the Aquarian Minyan at The Julia Morgan Theater, located in the former St. John’s Presbyterian Church, an historic building in Berkeley, California Read more…
Discourses
The Creative Process
Reuven Goldfarb discussing life, Harbhajan Singh Khalsa (also known as Yogi Bhajan and Siri Singh Sahib) telling stories of Shlomo Carlebach, reading poems and discussing the creative process.
Film
Shomair Yisrael and Intersections
Reuven Goldfarb at The Aquarian Minyan Author Series singing Shomair Yisrael and reading selections from his poetry and chapters from a narrative work-in-progress entitled, "Intersections"
Poems
Champions: Hebrews 1, Philistines 0
Reuven Goldfarb compares the "games" that Goliath, David, Cyclops and Odysseus played with that of a baseball team from the fictional town of "Mudville" who are losing by two runs in its last inning. Both the team and its fans, a crowd of 5,000, believe they can win if Casey, Mudville's star player, gets to bat.
About Reuven
Poetry Immersion
Reuven Goldfarb facilitated a weekly session called “Poetry Immersion,” a class or discussion group centered on great poetry written in English through the centuries. Laurie Rappeport, who had accepted an assignment to write about interesting people and events occurring in Tzfat, interviewed Reuven and wrote an article about these gatherings.
Poems
Sanctify Yourself
Reuven Goldfarb believes that true love requires not only preparation, but also each person in a relationship must goes through a process of sanctification where one imagines that an angel is coaxing you.
Essays
The Talking Donkey and the Braying Minyan
Reuven Goldfarb shares his ideas at the Aquarian Minyan’s 36th anniversary celebration Shabbaton at Chochmat HaLev in Berkeley.
Poems
Jewish Intuitives
Reuven Goldfarb reflects on how the legacy of the ancestors of his faith community are with us in our day and age.