Tales of Wisdom with Joel ben Izzy

Week of March 1, 2025

Traveling storyteller Joel ben Izzy will welcome guests at the start of the week, as we gather around the fireplace in Oaktree for Tales of Wisdom – and some foolishness as well. Over the course of the week he’ll be leading a workshop helping guests tap into their own wisdom as they harvest stories from their lives, finding tales that help them hold both darkness and light, joy and sorrow, loss and love.

 

It was over four decades ago that Joel ben Izzy set off to travel the world, gathering and telling stories. Since then, he has performed and led workshops at hundreds of locations throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In addition to recording and producing six award-winning recordings of his stories, Joel is the author of The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness (Algonquin, 2003). Now translated into 18 languages, this memoir recounts his remarkable and unexpected journey into the world of silence, woven together with tales from his travels. Joel is also one of the nation’s leading story coaches, with a client list that includes The Federal Reserve Bank, Stanford University, and Pixar Animation Studios. He travels to Rancho La Puerta from his home in Berkeley, California. For more on Joel – and videos – see www.storypage.com.