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

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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.

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.

Advot End-of-Year Celebration and Poetry Reading

Join us to celebrate the contributions of our Advot@Ritualwell members and the unveiling of our fifth anthology showcasing their creations. Advot@Ritualwell serves as an online community for Jewish writers to learn, connect, and collaborate.

Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom

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We invite you to sample our upcoming Immersion, Sarah and Hagar: Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom
in community. Join poet Tzivia for an interactive conversation on Sarah, Hagar, and feminine wisdom, followed by a creative writing prompt and time for sharing what we uncover.

Writing Memoir from Photos

In this three-week workshop, Lisa Grinberger invites participants to use personal photographs as gentle entry points into memoir writing, exploring both joyful and painful memories. Through prompts, discussion, and supportive sharing, writers will create short “micro-memoirs” that honor the stories held within images.

Poems of Freedom: A Reading & Writing Experience

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026 8-9:30 p.m. EST   Prepare for Passover—the festival of liberation—through poetry, reflection, and creative expression. Join Ritualwell and the Philly Yetzirah Regional Chapter for a special […]

Lifting the Threads: Writing Past and Present

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Join writer Megan Vered to generate a short memoir piece that demonstrates fluid interplay between present and past—using backstory as a source of resonance and honoring the threads of memory that connect us to our histories and communities.

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