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SUMMARY:Exploring Disability Torah: Text\, Reflection\, and Creative Voice
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 23\, 2026 \n12-1:30 p.m. EST\n \n\nJoin Ritualwell and the Disability Torah Project for a powerful\, inclusive gathering exploring disability\, Jewish text\, and creative expression. We’ll hear from Mat Wilson\, Founder and Director of the Disability Torah Project\, and a dynamic panel of writers including Dr. Amanda Mbuvi and rabbinical students Raphael Morris and Nora Chernov\, working at the crossroads of disability and Torah wisdom\, then move into a guided text-study session designed to invite your own reflection and writing.\n \nThrough a short writing prompt\, you’ll have the chance to respond to what you’ve read and experienced\, exploring how disability Torah can deepen our communal conversations\, spiritual imagination\, and sense of connection.\n \nThis event welcomes everyone—whether you identify as disabled or nondisabled\, whether you’re a seasoned text-studier or new to it. Come ready to listen\, reflect\, and write in a space of curiosity\, care\, and shared meaning-making.\n\n \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\n \n\n \nMat Wilson (he/him) enjoys board and video games\, road trips big and small\, and any opportunity to be in the water. They discovered a love for Torah study through the art of source sheet creation and are currently expanding their written reflections through the Disability Torah Project. Outside of their free time\, Mat is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and is pursuing a Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania.\n\n \n \nAmanda Beckenstein Mbuvi\, Ph.D.\, is a scholar and teacher with expertise in Tanakh\, ethics\, and multifaith studies\, and a special interest in the way stories shape communal identity. In addition to serving as the director of the Center for Jewish Ethics\, she also helps students with disabilities get the accommodations they need to participate in the RRC learning community. Mbuvi is passionate about dynamic\, inclusive Jewish communities that cultivate what she likes to call “blessed interdependence.” In addition to numerous scholarly articles\, she is author of the 2016 book\, Belonging in Genesis: Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation\, published by Baylor University Press.\n \n\n \nNora Chernov (she/her) is a student at the Reconstructist Rabbinical College where she serves as the Advanced Intern for Community Life and assists in the RRC Beit Midrash. Nora is a passionate student and teacher of text\, especially all things Talmud. When not at RRC she can be found going on long drives listening to podcasts and playing all manner of board games.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \nRaphael Morris (he/they) is an AuDHD rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He feels privileged to be part of an intellectual tradition where his preferred modes of cognition\, learning\, and communication are not just tolerated but actively valued. In his spare time\, he enjoys wiki walking\, TTRPGs\, Talmud\, long rambling conversations and anything else tangential.\n\n \n\n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/exploring-disability-torah-text-reflection-and-creative-voice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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SUMMARY:Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 24\, 2026\n2-3:00 p.m. \nWe invite you to join us and sample our upcoming Immersion\, Sarah and Hagar: Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom in community. Join poet Tzivia and Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer for an interactive conversation on Sarah\, Hagar\, and feminine wisdom\, followed by a creative writing prompt and time for sharing what we uncover. Consider it an opening doorway—if you’re drawn in\, the full series awaits. \nTo join us\, register here. \n\n \nTzivia Gover is the author of ‘Dreaming on the Page: Tap into Your Midnight Mind to Supercharge Your Writing‘\, and other books about dreams\, writing\, and everyday joy. She is the creator of ‘The Life of H: Sarah\, Reimagined’ an online poetry project. The founder of 350 Dreamers\, an online international community dreaming for global healing in this time of climate crisis\, Tzivia is a board member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and a past Director at the Institute for Dream Studies. Tzivia is a Certified Dreamwork Professional and a Certified Proprioceptive Writing Instructor. She has her MFA in writing from Columbia University\, and has taught in college and community settings domestically and abroad. Learn more at www.thirdhousemoon.com and https://tziviagover.substack.com. \nGabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer is Ritualwell’s Director of Virtual Content and Programs. She is an author and educator whose work focuses on spirituality\, creativity and disability. Her personal essays have been featured in Tablet\, Shondaland\, NBCThink\, Wisdom Daily\, WHYY and many other publications and she has published several nonfiction books as well as plays for children. Gabrielle is currently working on a memoir about the power of intuition and ongoing conversations with her ancestors. She writes a Substack newsletter called “Journey With The Seasons\,” a weekly practice of meditative reading with creative self-expression prompts. Gabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/uncovering-feminine-strength-and-wisdom/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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SUMMARY:Purim & the Poetry of Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 26\, 2026\n8-9:30 p.m. EST\n$18\n \n\nWhether Purim is your favorite\, somewhat problematic holiday or the source of some of your least favorite rabbinic takes\, this generative poetry workshop invites you to unpack\, reclaim\, and rewrite the sacred words we need now.\n \n\nLed by poet Anna Goodman Herrick\, author of A Speaker is a Wilderness: Poems on the Sacred Path from Broken Whole \, this Ritualwell gathering turns to the Book of Esther as a text of hiddenness\, inversion\, and holy disruption. Purim asks us to question power\, unmask false authority\, and listen for voices that have been pushed to the margins—including our own. \n\nThrough playful\, mystical writing prompts and shared reflection\, you’ll craft poems\, blessings\, and sacred language rooted in resistance\, courage\, and joy. Open to both new and seasoned writers; no prior writing experience is necessary. Come ready to play with language\, embrace the chaos\, and enter Purim as a time of celebration\, courage\, and creative rebellion.\n \n\n\n\nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n \n\nAnna Goodman Herrick is the author of A Speaker is a Wilderness: Poems on the Sacred Path from Broken Whole (Monkfish\, 2024). They work at the intersection of spirituality\, sacred words\, and human rights\, towards collective liberation. Anna has performed their poetry at the Emily Dickinson Museum\, Patagonia’s Earth Day\, and One Billion Rising’s Artist Uprising at the El Paso Border\, and shared their work at the Library of Congress\, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum\, and Bloomsday on Broadway. They have poetry in Spirituality + Health Magazine\, Rattle\, and The Los Angeles Press. Anna has created work for television and branded content for Teen Vogue\, Sony\, ABC Family\, Oprah Winfrey Network\, MTV\, and the Sundance Channel\, and created installations based on their poetry for museums and galleries worldwide.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/no-kings-no-masters-purim-the-poetry-of-resistance/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Poems of Freedom: A Reading & Writing Experience
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, March 17\, 2026\n8-9:30 p.m. EST\n \n\nPrepare for Passover—the festival of liberation—through poetry\, reflection\, and creative expression. Join Ritualwell and the Philly Yetzirah Regional Chapter for a special reading\, sharing poems inspired by themes of freedom\, liberation\, and the Passover story.\n \nAfter the reading\, you’ll be invited into a generative writing experience with a guided prompt designed to help you begin crafting your own poems of freedom. Whether you’re a seasoned writer or simply curious\, you’ll have space to write\, reflect\, and explore what liberation means in your own life and in our collective moment. Featured poets are Cathleen Cohen\, Henry Israeli\, Lynn Levin and Maya Pindyck.\n \nThis event is a beautiful way to enter the Passover mindset—through listening\, creativity\, and shared inspiration. All are welcome; no prior writing experience is necessary.\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\nCathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County\, PA. She created the We the Poets program for children from diverse cultural and faith communities (www.theartwell.org). Currently she teaches poetry and painting through local venues\, including Ritualwell\, Or Zarua\, Cerulean Arts Gallery and Kol Tzedek. Her poems appear in literary journals and four collections: Camera Obscura (2017\, Moonstone Press)\, Etching the Ghost (2021\, Atmosphere Press) and Sparks and Disperses (2021\, Cornerstone Press) and Murmurations (2024\, Moonstone Press). Three of her poems were nominated for Pushcart Prizes. Her artwork is available through Cerulean Arts Gallery (https://ceruleanarts.com/pages/cathleen-cohen).\n\n\n\n\n \nHenry Israeli is the author of four poetry collections\, most recently Our Age of Anxiety (White Pine Poetry Prize: 2019)\, and god’s breath hovering across the waters\, (Four Way Books: 2016)\, and as editor\, Lords of Misrule: 20 Years of Saturnalia Books (Saturnalia: 2022). His next collection\, Between the Trees (or the Lonely Nowhere) will be published by Four Way Books in 2028. He is also the translator of three critically acclaimed books by Albanian poet Luljeta Lleshanaku. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals including American Poetry Review\, Boston Review\, Plume\, and The Harvard Review\, as well as several anthologies including Best American Poetry 2025. He is Director of Jewish Studies\, Drexel University; Director of Drexel Writing Festival; and Teaching Professor\, Drexel University.\n \n\nLynn Levin is a poet and writer. She is the author of nine books\, most recently the short story collection House Parties (2023) and the poetry collection The Minor Virtues (2020). Her work has appeared in Boulevard\, Plume\, Smartish Pace\, Southwest Review\, Kerem\, Shofar\, Nashim\, Jewish Fiction Journal\, and several anthologies including The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry\, The Torah: A Women’s Commentary\, and Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania. She teaches at Drexel University and for many years taught creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania. Her website is lynnlevinpoet.com.\n \n \n\n \nMaya Pindyck’s third book of poems\, Impossible Belonging (2023)\, won the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Her poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in American Poetry Review\, Ploughshares\, Plume\, GRANTA (Hebrew edition)\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, and Seneca Review. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship\, Maya is an associate professor and director of Writing at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia\, and co-author of the educational textbook A Poetry Pedagogy for Teachers (2022). She grew up in Boston and Tel Aviv. Her website is mayapindyck.com.\n\n \n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/poems-of-freedom-a-reading-writing-experience/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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SUMMARY:Holding The Sweet and The Bitter: Four New Questions for Passover 2026
DESCRIPTION: \nHow do I hold a sprig of parsley — fresh as the first days of spring — and dip it into salt water\, the taste of tears? How do I sing familiar songs with joy while also carrying fear\, grief\, or anger about the world around me? And how do I leave the Passover seder not only remembering liberation\, but claiming joy and resilience for the days ahead?\n\n \nTo spark thoughtful and heartfelt conversation\, the Ritualwell team has created a new collection of curated Passover resources\, including four new questions to complement the traditional Four Questions. This printable PDF will be delivered electronically and accessible online\, ready to bring to your table when you register.\n \nYou’ll also receive a recording of our meaningful event with Rabbi Isabel de Koninck reflecting on beloved Passover traditions\, rituals\, and the questions you are bringing to the holiday.\n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-joy-and-bitterness-four-new-questions-for-passover-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:The Art of the Unexpected: A House Parties Reading
DESCRIPTION:April 27\, 2026 \n1-2:00 p.m.\n \nJoin us for an intimate book talk and reading with Lynn Levin\, acclaimed poet\, writer\, and author of the celebrated short story collection House Parties. In this special Ritualwell gathering\, Lynn will read from her vividly imagined\, witty\, and deeply humane stories that traverse everyday moments\, unexpected predicaments\, and unforgettable characters.\n \nWith her poet’s eye and storyteller’s heart\, she invites us into narratives that are both surprising and resonant\, ranging from the comic and absurd to the quietly profound. Whether you write\, read\, or simply love great storytelling\, come be inspired by Lynn’s craft\, engage with her work\, and explore what makes these stories linger in the mind long after the last page.\n \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\nLynn Levin is a poet and writer. She is the author of nine books\, most recently the short story collection House Parties (2023) and the poetry collection The Minor Virtues (2020). Her work has appeared in Boulevard\, Plume\, Smartish Pace\, Southwest Review\, Kerem\, Shofar\, Nashim\, Jewish Fiction Journal\, and several anthologies including The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry\, The Torah: A Women’s Commentary\, and Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania. She teaches at Drexel University and for many years taught creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania. Her website is lynnlevinpoet.com.\n \n\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/the-art-of-the-unexpected-a-house-parties-reading/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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SUMMARY:A Special Omer Gathering: Finding Purpose in Challenging Times
DESCRIPTION:Join Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg for a powerful live conversation on living with purpose\, integrity\, and resilience.\nWednesday\, May 20\, 2026\n1-2:00 p.m. EDT \n\nJoin Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg—an activist\, author\, and spiritual leader known for her work on justice\, accountability\, and Jewish ethics—for a powerful live conversation on living with purpose\, integrity\, and resilience. \nRabbi Danya brings a rare ability to weave Jewish wisdom with the urgent questions of our time\, offering guidance that is both deeply grounded and immediately relevant. Her teaching helps us navigate complexity with clarity and compassion—especially when the path forward feels uncertain. \nAs we move through the Omer and approach its culmination\, this gathering offers a space to pause\, reflect\, and reconnect with what matters most. Together\, we’ll explore how we continue to show up with intention in a world that asks so much of us. \nCome ready to listen\, reflect\, and leave feeling renewed in your sense of purpose. \n\n\nDeepen Your Omer Journey \nThis gathering is part of Omer Counting for Purpose—a seven-week journey of reflection and creativity rooted in the sacred qualities of the Omer. \nWhen you join\, you’ll receive weekly teachings\, short videos\, and writing prompts to help you explore your purpose through qualities like love\, strength\, resilience\, and connection. \nWhat You’ll Receive \n\nWeekly email teachings + short videos\nReflective writing prompts and practices\nA guided journey through the seven sacred qualities of the Omer\nAccess to our culminating live event with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg\n\nWhen you join Omer Counting for Purpose\, you’re not only stepping into a meaningful personal journey—you’re also supporting Ritualwell’s work of creativity\, connection\, and Jewish meaning-making. \nYour gift helps keep these resources accessible and this community thriving. \n\nCome to be nourished by community\, guided by wisdom\, and reminded that your presence—and your purpose—matter. \n \n\nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\n \nRabbi Danya Ruttenberg is an award-winning author of eight books who now makes her primary writing home with the newsletter/magazine LifeIsASacredText.com. She has received the Lives of Commitment Award from Auburn Seminary\, and the Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Award from the human rights organization T’ruah\, was named by Newsweek as a “rabbi to watch\,” and as a “faith leader to watch” by the Center for American Progress\, and has been a Sunday Washington Post crossword clue (83 Down). Her most recent book\, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World is a National Jewish Book Award winner and an American Library Association’s Sophie Brody Honor Book. It was hailed by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley as “A must read for anyone navigating the work of justice and healing.” \nShe has written for a number of publications\, including The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, and been featured on NPR\, the Today Show\, USA Today\, MTV News\, and elsewhere. Her activism has taken her from the jail cell to the White House and back again\, and has included advising lawmakers; organizing 2\,500 rabbis in the fight for reproductive freedom through the fall of Roe; and mobilizing Jewish communities around economic justice and abuse accountability. Her North Star is the belief that we have a moral and religious obligation to care for one another\, and to fight for a more just world. \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/omer-counting-for-purpose/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Tree of Life: A Mind‑Body‑Spirit Practice
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, June 9\, 2026\n12-1:30 p.m. EST\n$18\n \n\n\nAs we move through the luminous days following Shavuot and step toward the fullness of summer\, join us for a unique exploration of ritual\, awareness\, movement\, and light. \nRabbi Tsurah August\, a teacher rooted in somatic practice\, mindfulness\, and Jewish mystical tradition\, invites us into Embodying the Light — a session to awaken our bodies\, our hearts\, and our spiritual vision. \nIn this gathering we will: \n\nSet a mindful tone for the season\, grounding our awareness and centering in presence.\nUse gentle movement\, breath\, and guided reflection to awaken our capacity to sense light within and around us.\nExplore how revelation continues in the body — how we receive\, carry\, and radiate the light of insight\, wisdom\, and connection.\nOffer prompts and moments for creative embodiment — through movement\, drawing\, journaling\, or simply listening and witnessing.\n\nShavuot invites us into revelation; summer invites us into expansion. Together\, we’ll explore what it means to embody what we’ve received — to let wisdom take root in muscle and breath\, and to carry it forward into our lives. \nWhether you’re familiar with mindfulness or new to embodied ritual\, this practice is open and inclusive. Come as you are — with openness\, curiosity\, and your own unique presence. Bring a journal or sketch pad if you wish\, wear comfortable clothing\, and prepare to move\, breathe\, reflect\, and kindle the light that is already within you. \nWe look forward to gathering with you — to awaken together\, and to carry that light into our lives\, our relationships\, and our world. \n\n\n \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nBefore becoming a rabbi and chaplain\, Tsurah was a professional dancer\, choreographer and movement educator for people with a broad range of movement and cognitive abilities. Dance is still her beloved form of prayer.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/mind-body-spirit-practice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T203000
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SUMMARY:Advot End-of-Year Celebration and Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 25\, 2026\n7-8:30 p.m. EDT\n \n\n\n\nJoin 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\, providing a platform for mutual support in what can often be a solitary journey. Members bring their diverse backgrounds and expertise to share\, co-create\, and inspire one another. This event is their opportunity to showcase their work to you. Show your support by attending! Registrants will receive a 15% discount on their purchase of the anthology. \n\n\n\nThe members of our ADVOT community include: Nancy Abraham\, Elliott batTzedek\, Elizabeth Caplun\,  Alex Carter\, Cathleen Cohen\, Muriel Dance\, Batya Diamond\, Elisa Friedlander\, Ona Gritz\, Ziva Harmatz\, Claire Helman\, Chana Jacobs\, Ann Kanter\, Judith Kerman\, Lucinda Kurtz\, Rabbi Janet Madden\, Meryl Paskow\, Beverly Pincus\, Rabbi Sonja K. Pilz\, SJ Schlossman\, Gail Simmons\, Susan Spector\, Janice Steinberg\, Julie Stone\, and Cantor Keren Webber.\n\n \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants following the event. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/advot-end-of-year-celebration-and-poetry-reading-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:ADVOT,Event,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260908T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260908T130000
DTSTAMP:20260813T101559
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SUMMARY:Jewish Writers' Circle Anthology Celebration and Reading (Daytime)
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 8\, 2026\n12-1:00 p.m. ET\n \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to celebrate the contributions of our Jewish Writers’ Circles members and the launch of our first anthology showcasing their creations. Jewish Writers’ Circles are grassroots peer-led communities of writers who meet monthly for in-person gatherings (e.g. homes and cafes). Jewish Writers’ Circle (JWC) participants explore Jewish wisdom texts\, deepen relationships and grow in their writing practice. This event is their opportunity to showcase their work to you as we launch our second year of this  initiative\, \nWe’re offering this special celebration at two different times so that Jewish Writers’ Circle participants and their across time zones have an opportunity to join us. Please choose the gathering time that works best for you! \n\n\n\n \n\nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants following the event. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/jewish-writers-circle-anthology-celebration-and-reading/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T210000
DTSTAMP:20260813T101559
CREATED:20260812T185633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T185722Z
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SUMMARY:Jewish Writers' Circle Anthology Celebration and Reading (Evening)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 9\, 2026\n8-9:00 p.m. ET\n \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to celebrate the contributions of our Jewish Writers’ Circles members and the launch of our first anthology showcasing their creations. Jewish Writers’ Circles are grassroots peer-led communities of writers who meet monthly for in-person gatherings (e.g. homes and cafes). Jewish Writers’ Circle (JWC) participants explore Jewish wisdom texts\, deepen relationships and grow in their writing practice. This event is their opportunity to showcase their work to you as we launch our second year of this  initiative\, \nWe’re offering this special celebration at two different times so that Jewish Writers’ Circle participants and their friends across time zones have an opportunity to join us. Please choose the gathering time that works best for you! \n\n\n\n \n\nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants following the event. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/35613/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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SUMMARY:Out of the Depths: A Journey through the Days of Awe
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 15\, 2026\n12-1 p.m. ET\n$18\n \n\nPrepare your heart for the Days of Awe with a new Ritualwell companion booklet of reflections\, poetry\, prayers\, and creative prompts designed to guide you from Elul through Yom Kippur. Whether used for daily reflection or moments of pause throughout the season\, this collection offers pathways into deeper awareness\, renewal\, and spiritual practice. This printable PDF will be delivered electronically and accessible online\, ready to bring to your table when you register.\n \nAs part of this sacred journey\, we invite you to gather live with Rabbi Yael Levy on September 15\, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur\, for an exploration of Psalm 130. Rabbi Levy\, author of Psalms: Ancient Songs for These Times\, will help us engage this ancient prayer of longing and hope as a guide for the inner work of the Yamim Noraim. Together\, we’ll reflect on what it means to call out from the depths\, embrace the possibility of return\, and remain openhearted in these challenging times.\n\n\n\n \nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\n\nRabbi Yael Levy is the founder and rabbinic director of A Way In\, Rabbi Yael’s teachings offer “a way in” to spiritual practice and awareness that uses the language of Jewish tradition and address universal issues. Named one of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” by the Jewish Forward\, Rabbi Yael has created daily and weekly online teachings and unique contemplative Shabbat and holiday services. She leads weekly call-in meditation “sits\,” retreats and classes in Jewish Mindfulness. A Way In grew out of her part-time work as a rabbi at Mishkan Shalom Reconstructionist congregation for over 20 years. She is now Rabbi Emerita.\n\nA graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College\, Rabbi Yael has worked with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality\, co-leading retreats in Alaska for Jewish professionals and writing an online mindfulness guide to the Torah portions of the week. She also serves as a spiritual director to rabbinical students.\n\nShe is the author of Directing the Heart: Weekly Mindfulness Teachings and Practices from the Torah\, Journey through the Wilderness: A Mindfulness Approach to the Ancient Jewish Practice of Counting the Omer and Chanukah Lights: Psalms for Hallel.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/out-of-the-depths-a-journey-through-the-days-of-awe/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T200000
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SUMMARY:Seeing Into the Life of Things: An Author Conversation with Rodger Kamenetz and Amy Gottlieb
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 22\, 2026\n8:00-9:00 p.m. ET\n$18\n \n\nHow might we move through a noisy and distracted world with greater attention\, imagination\, and wonder?\n \nJoin the Ritualwell community for a special conversation between authors Rodger Kamenetz and Amy Gottlieb about Kamenetz’s new book\, Seeing Into the Life of Things: Imagination and Sacred Encounter. As we enter the new year\, we’ll explore how we might cultivate a deeper awareness of the sacred in our everyday lives.\n \nSeeing Into the Life of Things is both a spiritual memoir and a practical guide to restoring the imaginative heart. Through stories\, dreams\, poems\, and daily practices\, Kamenetz invites us to “see into\,” “listen at\,” and “feel into” the world around us. He explores how memory can become a source of healing\, how dreams can lead us toward sacred encounters\, and how ordinary moments can become occasions for wonder.\n \nIn this intimate conversation\, Amy and Rodger will explore imagination\, attention\, creativity\, and the sacred—and what it means to practice seeing more deeply in our own lives. You’ll have the opportunity to listen\, reflect\, and ask questions of these two wonderful writers. Come ready to pause\, wonder\, and perhaps see the familiar world in a new way.\n\n \n\n \nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants following the event. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\nRodger Kamenetz is an award-winning poet\, author\, and teacher whose work explores the intersections of Judaism\, literature\, spirituality\, and dreams. He is best known for The Jew in the Lotus\, the international bestseller about a group of rabbis who traveled to India to meet with the Dalai Lama\, as well as The History of Last Night’s Dream\, Burnt Books\, Stalking Elijah\, and seven books of poetry. His work has been recognized with a National Jewish Book Award\, and he has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and other foundations.\n\nKamenetz taught English and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University\, where he founded the MFA program in creative writing and the Jewish Studies minor. Now based in New Orleans\, he devotes himself to writing and to working with people through Natural Dreamwork\, a spiritual practice centered on dreams. His newest book\, Seeing Into the Life of Things: Imagination and Sacred Encounter\, brings together his lifelong explorations of creativity\, dreams\, memory\, and the sacred.\n \n\nAmy Gottlieb is a novelist and poet. Her debut novel\, The Beautiful Possible\, was a finalist for the Edward Lewis Wallant Award\, the Harold Ribalow Prize\, and a National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction. Her poetry has appeared in On Being\, Ilanot Review\, Storyscape\, SWWIM\, Quartet Journal\, Poetica\, Paper Brigade\, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry\, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a fellowship from the Civita Institute and five individual awards from the Bronx Council on the Arts.\n \n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/seeing-into-the-life-of-things-an-author-conversation-with-rodger-kamenetz-and-amy-gottlieb/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T130000
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SUMMARY:The Ritual of Small Moments
DESCRIPTION: \n\nMonday\, November 9\, 2026\n12-1:00 p.m. EDT\n \n\nJoin writer\, musician\, and Torah teacher Rabbi Alicia Jo Rabins for an inspiring exploration of how ordinary moments can become sacred through mindful attention and Jewish ritual practice. Drawing from her new memoir\, When We’re Born We Forget Everything\, Alicia will share reflections on finding holiness in everyday life\, followed by a creative writing prompt inviting participants to notice and honor the sacred moments woven throughout their own lives.\n \nThis gathering is part of Ritual Lab\, Ritualwell’s new monthly series celebrating innovation in contemporary Jewish ritual. Each session features visionary writers\, artists\, and spiritual leaders who are expanding Jewish ritual practice in creative\, meaningful\, and accessible ways.\n\n \nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants following the event. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n\n \nAlicia Jo Rabins is a writer\, musician\, performer\, and Torah teacher. The New York Times calls her voice “gorgeous\,” and BookPage calls her writing “a balm against all the hurt places of humanity.” She is the author of five books including a spiritual memoir\, When We’re Born We Forget Everything (Schocken Books\, 2026)\, and the poetry collection\, Divinity School\, winner of the American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize\, As a singer-songwriter\, Rabins tours internationally with Girls in Trouble\, her indie-folk song cycle about Biblical women. She lives in Portland\, Oregon with her family.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/the-ritual-of-small-moments/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T130000
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CREATED:20260810T144219Z
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SUMMARY:Writing What Matters Most: In Conversation With Anita Diamant
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, November 15\, 2026\n1-2:30 p.m. EDT\n$54\n \n\nFor more than three decades\, Anita Diamant’s books—including The Red Tent and Day After Night—have engaged readers with stories that illuminate Jewish tradition\, women’s lives\, and the power of narrative. In this special Ritualwell event\, Anita will reflect on her writing journey\, the evolution of her craft\, and what it means to be a Jewish writer today.\n \nTogether\, we’ll explore where stories begin\, how research and curiosity shape creative work\, and the practices that sustain a writing life.\n \nFollowing the conversation\, participants will be invited to write from a prompt in the Ritualwell spirit\, gather in community to share reflections and new work. Come to listen\, write\, and discover what story is waiting for you to tell.\n\n \nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants following the event. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\nPhoto credit: Sharona Jacobs\nAnita Diamant is the author of thirteen books\, most recently Period. End of Sentence. The New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice. Her first novel\, New York Times bestseller\, The Red Tent\, has been published in more than 25 countries. Her other novels include The Boston Girl\, Day after Night\, The Last Days of Dogtown\, and Good Harbor. \nDiamant is the author of six non-fiction guides to contemporary Jewish life\, including The Jewish Wedding Now\, Living a Jewish Life\, and Saying Kaddish\, as well as a collection of essays\, Pitching my Tent. An award-winning journalist\, her work has appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine\, Real Simple\, Parenting\, Boston Magazine and Cognoscenti\, the online ideas and opinion page of WBUR-FM.  \nAnita is the founding president of Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and Education Center: a 21st century reinvention of the ancient tradition of immersion for all Jews and those becoming Jewish. www.mayyimhayyim.org
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-what-matters-most-in-conversation-with-anita-diamant/
LOCATION:Zoom
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