Summer Institute 2026

The National Havurah Committee is seeking applicants who wish to be considered for the position of Liturgist-in-Residence at the 2026 Summer Institute.
We especially welcome applications that share your process of creating new prayers, reinterpreting prayers, or designing new rituals through example.  Please offer at least one session on “how you do what you do” so that others may learn from you. We are not looking for programs that teach traditional liturgical skills, nusach or service leading methods. While teaching, learning, singing, or matching original, or alternative melodies for prayers is appropriate, that should not be the sole focus of the Liturgist-in-Residence workshops and activities.

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The Liturgist in Residence will offer a series of workshops and community programs open to the community related to creating liturgy, liturgical poetry or new rituals. The NHC Liturgist in Residence will present at least three independent workshops and may lead or participate in innovative prayer experiences, an evening or Shabbat program, an activity specifically for kids or teens, or community programs. These programs will be open to the entire community and will be equivalent to teacher-level service (approximately 8 hours of programming throughout the week).

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The theme for Summer Institute 2026 is Chaveirim Kol Yisraeil – And All Israel are Friends, and we welcome (but do not require) applications that somehow incorporate that theme. This theme is especially meaningful to the sponsors of this position, many of whom created Siddur Chaveirim Kol Yisraeil, an inclusive, creative, accessible Friday evening siddur, introduced at the NHC in 1999, and which has been adopted by havurah communities.

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Institute participants can choose to attend any or all of your workshops, and do not need to sign up. They often share their liturgical creations, rituals, or new melodies as part of another institute event later in the week.