The Nearness of Shekhinah: Writing Through Elul

Golden wheat field under a bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds on a sunny day.

How do you experience the sacred in your own life? In this series, you’ll explore the Jewish Shekhinah tradition, which imagines divinity as near, present, and deeply woven into our human experience. Through inspiring texts, discussion, and creative writing prompts, you’ll discover new ways to reflect on, write about, and connect with the sacred—regardless of your beliefs or prior experience.

The Nearness of Shekhinah: Writing Through Elul

Golden wheat field under a bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds on a sunny day.

How do you experience the sacred in your own life? In this series, you’ll explore the Jewish Shekhinah tradition, which imagines divinity as near, present, and deeply woven into our human experience. Through inspiring texts, discussion, and creative writing prompts, you’ll discover new ways to reflect on, write about, and connect with the sacred—regardless of your beliefs or prior experience.

The Nearness of Shekhinah: Writing Through Elul

Golden wheat field under a bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds on a sunny day.

How do you experience the sacred in your own life? In this series, you’ll explore the Jewish Shekhinah tradition, which imagines divinity as near, present, and deeply woven into our human experience. Through inspiring texts, discussion, and creative writing prompts, you’ll discover new ways to reflect on, write about, and connect with the sacred—regardless of your beliefs or prior experience.

The Nearness of Shekhinah: Writing Through Elul

Golden wheat field under a bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds on a sunny day.

How do you experience the sacred in your own life? In this series, you’ll explore the Jewish Shekhinah tradition, which imagines divinity as near, present, and deeply woven into our human experience. Through inspiring texts, discussion, and creative writing prompts, you’ll discover new ways to reflect on, write about, and connect with the sacred—regardless of your beliefs or prior experience.

Grief and Healing: A Generative Poetry Workshop

A hand holds an open book up to a blue sky with scattered clouds.

In this two-session workshop, we will use poetry to explore grief, memory, and consolation in the days leading up to and following Tisha B’Av. Through reading and guided writing, participants will engage poems that help give language to sorrow, reflection, resilience, and renewal.

Grief and Healing: A Generative Poetry Workshop

A hand holds an open book up to a blue sky with scattered clouds.

In this two-session workshop, we will use poetry to explore grief, memory, and consolation in the days leading up to and following Tisha B’Av. Through reading and guided writing, participants will engage poems that help give language to sorrow, reflection, resilience, and renewal.

Sacred Words for a Fragile Democracy: A Jewish Creative Writing Lab

Torah text

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, this special series invites you to explore questions of democracy, justice, and belonging through Jewish creative practice. Guided by the voices of Jewish American poets and your own lived experience, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, write, and shape original prayers and poems. Participants also have the option to publish and share their work, bringing their voices into a broader public conversation.

Sacred Words for a Fragile Democracy: A Jewish Creative Writing Lab

Torah text

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, this special series invites you to explore questions of democracy, justice, and belonging through Jewish creative practice. Guided by the voices of Jewish American poets and your own lived experience, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, write, and shape original prayers and poems. Participants also have the option to publish and share their work, bringing their voices into a broader public conversation.

Sacred Words for a Fragile Democracy: A Jewish Creative Writing Lab

Torah text

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, this special series invites you to explore questions of democracy, justice, and belonging through Jewish creative practice. Guided by the voices of Jewish American poets and your own lived experience, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, write, and shape original prayers and poems. Participants also have the option to publish and share their work, bringing their voices into a broader public conversation.

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