Rivkah M. Walton, MFA, the founding Director of the Institute for Contemporary Midrash, has midwifed ICM's training program into being and has comprehensive responsibility for the project. During her six-year tenure with the National Havurah Committee, Rivkah transformed the NHC Summer Institute into a premier model for intensive adult education. She is a visual artist, a Bibliodrama practitioner, and an acknowledged adult education teacher specializing in participatory and inter-disciplinary approaches to learning. Rivkah is pleased to serve as an Advisor to Women's Bible Legends, a website that supports midrashic writing about biblical women and a community of Jewish and Christian writers.

Rivkah Walton is offering an intensive Bibliodrama Directing Training at the ALEPH/Ruach Ha'aretz Winter Retreat, February 2-8, 2009, at the Madonna Center, Albuquerque, N.M.

Please view a list of Rivkah's Living Midrash Programs presented in 17 states from 1995-2002.

Also, please see the Philadelphia Inquirer article showcasing our 2001 Summer Training!

If you would like to invite Rivkah Walton to come to your community, please contact ICM.