Welcome Friend,

You have journeyed to the home of David Arfa, Maggid.  Maggid is pronounced Mah-geed and is Hebrew for storyteller.  I’ve been reclaiming the role of Maggid for the past ten years, experimenting with many different ways we can bring living, breathing storytelling back into Jewish life.  My many performances and workshops can be found in the Storytelling section, and my journey of discovering the path of the Maggid can be found in the About and Biography sections.

In addition to my passion for Judaism’s storytelling heritage, I am also a long time environmental educator who is committed to sharing Judaism’s abundant environmental wisdom.  The times call for us all to dig deep and find ways to live with less quantity and more quality.  Amazingly, our tradition of ancient conversations not only agrees, but is full of supportive, meaningful, and deep wisdom.  Check out the Environmental Education section for a wealth of ideas.  The goals for all of my programming, whether performances, workshops, hikes, teacher trainings, or Shabbat retreats, include bringing together story images, traditional texts, and contemporary experience to help enrich our spiritual imagination, enhance our connection with the natural world, and most importantly, to help find meaningful paths within Judaism’s vast and wondrous landscape.

Enjoy your visit! Whether coming for booking information, to purchase my CD, The Birth of Love: Tales for the Days of Awe, to enroll in the year long course, The Heart of Jewish Spirituality, found in the Re-Imagining Spirituality section, or just to browse, I hope you find something of meaning.   I look forward to working with you.

B’Shalom- In Peace,

David