H A Addison
363 Pelham Rd, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania19119
Phone(215) 843-2901
HowardAvruhmAddison
Education______
2000 GraduateTheologicalFoundation Donaldson,Indiana
Ph.D.inTheologicalStudies
Dissertation:TheEnneagramAndKabbalah.AComparativeStudyofTwoMysticalSystemsofPersonalityType,withanAnalysisofPrescribed MedievalSpiritualPractices.
1982 ChicagoTheologicalSeminary Chicago,Illinois
D.Min in Sociology of Religion
Professional Project and Essay(WithDistinction):"TowardstheRevitalizationofanUrbanSynagogue"
2003,1976,1974 JewishTheologicalSeminary NewYork,NewYork
2003 DoctorofDivinity(H.C.)
1976RabbinicOrdination
1974 M.A. inHebrewLetters
SpecializationinJewishPhilosophyandMysticism
1973to1975 FordhamUniversity Bronx,NewYork
PostgraduatestudyinPhilosophy
MajorResearch:"SaintAnselmofCanterburyand Saadia Gaon:AComparativeStudyoftheDoctrineoftheDivineAttributesasdefinedbytwoMedievalRationalists"
1974 HunterCollege NewYork,NewYork
M.A. Philosophy
Thesis:"MartinBuber:ThePhilosophyofRenewal"
1971 UniversityofIllinois Urbana, Illinois
B.A. (MagnaCumLaude)
Major:PoliticalScience
Minor: History & Philosophy of Asian Religion
Experience______
Graduate Theological Foundation South Bend, IN
November, 2002 to present G GScholem Professor of Jewish Spirituality TempleUniversity Philadelphia,PAJuly 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018 Assoc.Professor of Instruction, Mosaic Humanities Seminar
July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 Assoc.Professor of Instruction, Mosaic Humanities SeminarJuly 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 Asst Professorof Instruction, Mosaic Humanities SeminarJuly 1, 2014to June 30, 2015 Asst Professorof Instruction, Mosaic Humanities Seminar
July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 Asst Professor, Mosaic Humanities Seminar
July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 Asst Professor, Mosaic Humanities Seminar
July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 Asst Professor, Mosaic Humanities Seminar
July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011 Asst Professor, Mosaic Humanities Seminar
July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 Asst Professor, Mosaic Humanities Seminar
July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 Asst Professor, Mosaic Humanities Seminar
July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008 Lecturer, Intellectual Heritage Program
July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007 Lecturer, Intellectual Heritage Program
July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2006 Visiting Asst Professor, Intellectual Heritage Program
July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004 Visiting Asst Professor, Intellectual Heritage Program
Jan 1 to June 30, 2003 Visiting Asst Professor, Intellectual Heritage Program
Jan 1to Dec 31, 2002 Adjunct Faculty, Intellectual Heritage & Religion
H A Addison1996 to 2001 Gratz College Melrose Park, PA
Instructor, Jewish Mysticism, J.C. H S College Credit Program
1990 to 1991 Broward Community College Broward County, FL
Adjunct professor, Jewish History and Holocaust Studies
1984 to 1985 Spertus Institute of Judaica Chicago, Illinois
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Religion and Jewish Mysticism
1978 Midrasha College of Jewish Studies Southfield, MI
Instructor, Philosophy and Jewish Mysticism
1975 to 1976 Kent State University Kent, Ohio
Instructor, Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism
1974 to 1975 Fordham University Bronx, N.Y.
Graduate Instructor, Philosophy
Awards______
Graduate Theological Foundation Fellow
2016 granted by the Graduate Theological Foundation
Violet Ketels Award
2007 granted by the Intellectual Heritage Program, Temple University, as the Outstanding Lecturer for that academic yearOxford Foundation Fellowship
2000 granted by the Graduate Theological Foundation for the study of ancient and medieval mystical texts at Oxford University, Oxford, England
Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
1998 Fellow in Contemplative Group Leadership
Chicago Theological Seminary
1982 Professional Essay with distinction
Jewish Theological Seminary
1976 Outstanding Graduating Student
1974 and 1975 Joseph Minkin Prize in Jewish Philosophy
University of Illinois
1971 Graduation with High Honors
1971 Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honorary
1968 to 1971 Edmund James Scholar
Conferences and Workshop Presentations______
Nightly Revelations: The Intersection of Scripture and Dream Interpretation (Lecture)
Dreaming through the Five Dimensions of Soul (Workshop)
Haden Institute Summer Dream Conference Hendersonville, NC May, 2017
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Embodying God’s Dream for the WorldKallah: Aleph Alliance for Jewish RenewalColorado State UniversityJuly, 2016
2016 Graduation AddressGraduate Theological FoundationSouth Bend, INMay, 2016
Dreaming Beyond Boundaries
A Four Day Seminar
RuachHa’aretz Spiritual Retreat
Westchester University (PA)
July, 2015
Projective Dreamwork and Group Spiritual Direction
In Service Training
Ohalah-Jewish Renewal Spiritual Directors
Fairfield, CO
January, 2015
Night Visions: The Enneagram and Dreams
International Enneagram Convention
San Francisco, CA
July, 2014
The Kabbalah of Dreams
Haden Institute Summer Dream Conference
Hendersonville, NC
May, 2014
Jewish Views of the Afterlife
Hadassah Philadelphia Regional Education Day
Blue Bell, PA
November, 2009
Fulfilling Your Destiny: Kabbalistic Mussar and the Enneagram
With Hannah Nathans
Aleph Kallah- Jewish Renewal Spirituality Conference
Ohio Wesleyan University
July, 2009
Kabbalah and Personality Type
With Hannah Nathans
Aleph Kallah- Jewish Renewal Spirituality Conference
University of New Mexico
July, 2007
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Spiritual Guidance Training
With Barbara Eve Breitman
Hebrew College
Boston, MA
June and November, 2005
Kabbalah, Personality Type and Spiritual Transformation
Australian Enneagram Association
Brisbane, Australia
July, 2004
Do We Believe in the Same God?
With Prof David Ephroimson
Center for Catholic/Jewish Relations
St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 20, 2002
Kabbalah as a Contemporary Spiritual Path
with Rabbi Mordechai Gafni
General Assembly of the UJC
Jerusalem, Israel
November, 2003
Applying the Enneagram and Kabbalah to the Art of Spiritual Direction
International Convention, Spiritual Directors International
April 5, 2002
Wilsonville, Oregon
Kabbalah, Hasidism and Contemplative Christianitywith Barbara Breitman and Sister Constance Fitzgerald
Ecumenical Council on Spirituality
Highland Park, New Jersey, October 16-19, 2001
Comparative Theologies of Suffering
with Father Joseph Prior
Fifth annual Rabbi/Priest Dialogue
VAAD: Board Of Rabbis and the Archdiocese of Greater Philadelphia
May 2, 2002
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Comparative Theologies of Suffering
with Father Joseph Prior
Fifth annual Rabbi/Priest Dialogue
VAAD: Board Of Rabbis and the Archdiocese of Greater Philadelphia
May 2, 2002
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Personality and Spiritual Growth: A Discussion Across Faith Traditions
with Helen Palmer, Father William Meninger, Professor Stephen Goodman and Dr. LalehBakhtiar
August, 1999
Toronto, Canada
A Theological Blueprint: Opening Address
with Dr. Neil Gillman
Rabbinical Assembly International Convention
April, 1993
Los Angeles, California
The Rabbinate and Interfaith Study: Opening Address
Rabbinical Assembly International Convention
April, 1992
Lake Kiamsha, New York
PublishedBooksandTexts______
Jewish Spiritual Direction: An Innovative Guide from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
ed. with Barbara Eve BreitmanWoodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights, April, 2006
The Enneagram and Kabbalah: Reading Your Soul, Revised Edition
Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights, January, 2006
Finding the Help You Seek:Psychotherapy,PastoralCounselingandthePromiseofJewishSpiritualDirection
Woodstock,Vermont:LifeLightSeries,JewishLights,2004
CastinGod'sImage
Woodstock,Vermont:JewishLights,2001
ShowMeYourWay:TheCompleteGuidetoexploringInterfaithSpiritualDirection
Woodstock, Vermont: SkyLightPaths,2000
TheEnneagramandKabbalah:ReadingYourSoul
Woodstock, Vermont:JewishLights,1998
Shutafo:PartnersWithGod
NewYork,NewYork:UnitedSynagoguePress,1991
Contributor To______
Birkat Kohanim: The Priestly Benediction. edited by Martin Cohen & David Birnbaum
Mesorah Matrix Press, November, 2016
The Modern Men’s Torah Commentary. edited by Jeffrey Salkin. Woodstock, VT: JewishLights, 2009
Seeking and Soaring: Jewish Approaches to Spiritual Direction. edited by Goldie Migram.
New Rochelle, NY: Reclaiming Judaism Press, 2009
EtzHayimPentateuch.Philadelphia,Pennsylvania:JewishPublicationSociety,2001
JesusthroughJewishEyes.editedbyBeatriceBruteau.Mary Knoll, NewYork:OrbisBooks,2001
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EmetVeEmunah:StatementofPrinciplesofConservativeJudaism.NewYork,NewYork:TheRabbinicalAssembly,1988
TheSeminaryat100.edited byNinaCardinandDavidSilverman.NewYork,NewYork:TheJewishTheologicalSeminary,1987
Articles______
In the Presence of Three: Group Spiritual Direction and Projective DreamworkPresence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction, Spring, 2016
I Have Dreamed a DreamGraduate Theological Seminary Monograph in Foundation Theology 2014
Night Visions: The Enneagram and Projective DreamworkThe Enneagram Monthly, October 2014
Formation, Contemplation and Spiritual Guidance in the Teachings of R Shalom NoachBrazovsky, Graduate Theological Seminary Monograph in Foundation Theology 2010
The Spiral of Transformation. with Barbara Eve Breitman, Graduate Theological Seminary Monograph, February 2003
Transparencies of the Divine: A Conversation across Faiths.
The Enneagram Monthly, February, 2000
Seeking God in the Bible: A Response.
Conservative Judaism: Special Issue on Theology, volume LI, No. 2
Winter, 1999
JewishSpirituality: From the Bible through the Middle Ages, A Review
Judaism, volume XXXVIII, No. 1
Fall, 1985
Ritual and Myth
Conservative Judaism, volumeXXXIV, No. 2
Winter, 1981
Hands
Journal of Reform Judaism
Winter, 1980