The December Project

This is the story of a wise rabbi, a woman with a skeptical soul, and the conversations they both had that gave rise to the so-called December Project . It all started in 2009, when the author was surprised by a phone call from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, a great storyteller, philosopher, and founder of the Jewish Renewal movement . At eighty-five years old, Reb Zalman asked Sara Davidson to give a series of talks on: “Being in the December of your days and knowing that you are coming to the end of your years of service. What is the spiritual work for that time, and how to prepare for the mystery?».