ADVOT@Ritualwell Open House
Join us for an open house to learn about ADVOT@Ritualwell, a creative home for poets, liturgists, ritual creators, songwriters, and other Jewish artists.
The Poetry of Your Ancestors
Prepare for the High Holy Days with poet Anna Goodman Herrick to investigate, conjure, and generate new poetry from our ancestral wisdom and Jewish sacred texts.
Writing Letters: Dispatches to the Divine
Join memoirist Ellen Blum Barish to prepare for a meaningful transition into the High Holy Days through the practice of letter writing.
Prescription to Feel: A Guided Conversation on Love, Loss, and the Power of Community to Sustain Us
Join Myra Sack and the Ritualwell community for a poignant conversation about both the personal journey of grief.
Behind the Mask: A Creative Exploration of the Characters in the Purim Story
Gain inspiration from texts by Patricia Smith, Margaret Atwood, and others to inspire us to move beyond writing from the personal “I” and see what we can discover about the PurimLit. "Lots." A carnival holiday celebrated on the 14th of the Jewish month of Adar, commemorating the Jewish victory over the Persians as told in the Book of Esther. Purim is celebrated by reading the megilla (Book of Esther), exchanging gifts, giving money to the poor, and holding a festive meal. At the megilla reading, merrymakers are dressed in costumes, people drink, and noisemakers (graggers) are sounded whenever the villain Haman's name is mentioned. stories and their meaning for our own lives when we put on the mask and write.
Behind the Mask: A Creative Exploration of the Characters in the Purim Story
Gain inspiration from texts by Patricia Smith, Margaret Atwood, and others to inspire us to move beyond writing from the personal “I” and see what we can discover about the Purim stories and their meaning for our own lives when we put on the mask and write.
