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Counting the Omer: A Neshamah Recharge

Facilitator: Ritualwell

Program Type: Event

Topic: Counting the Omer, creativity, Jewish spirituality, Shavuot

Zoom

The Counting of the Omer is a time for spiritual introspection and growth. During a time when many of us are feeling deflated and anxious about the state of the world, this ritual can help us to recharge our Neshamah, our soul.

Ritualwell is here for you! Through the 7-week period of the Omer, we’ll provide you with support, accountability, community and creative inspiration to do this spiritual work. 

$54

Writing Postcards From the Heart

Facilitator: Lisa Grunberger

Program Type: Event, Free

Topic:

Zoom

Write your own postcards to a loved one, to your younger self, to an artist you love, or to even to G-d in this interactive writing workshop with Poet and Professor Lisa Grunberger. Discover how a postcard can spark the first lines of a novel, a song, or even heal a relationship. Writing from the emotional “place” of pain, love, curiosity, anger, or grief can create a bridge to heal.

Free

The Creative Fire of Folklore

Facilitator: Susan Comninos

Program Type: Event, Free

Topic: creative writing, creativity, folklore, Poetry

Zoom

Use your family or community's sayings in poems that explore how the past informs the present. Come prepared to have fun, while trying your hand at techniques for folding both folklore and imagery into poetry that's at once individual and universal.

Free

Advot End-of-Year Celebration and Poetry Reading

Facilitator: Adva Chattler and Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: ADVOT, Event, Free

Topic: creative writing, Jewish spirituality, Poetry, Writing

Zoom

Celebrate our ADVOT community of Jewish writers as we share new work from our fourth anthology!

Free

Expanding the Field: A DIY Rosh Hashanah Journey

Facilitator: Sarah Chandler and Rabbi Aya Baron

Program Type: Event, Free

Topic: DIY, earth-based, Jewish spirituality, new year, Rosh Hashanah

Zoom

Join Rabbi Aya Baron and Sarah Chandler for a creative exploration of Expanding the Field: A DIY Rosh Hashanah Companion, a zine-style guide to reimagining the New Year. Through ritual, reflection, and interactive practices, you’ll discover fresh ways to connect with tradition and shape your own Rosh Hashanah experience.

Free

Women of the Bible: A Retelling

Facilitator: McKenzie Wren

Program Type: Event

Topic: Art, creativity, Jewish spirituality, Jewish women, matriarchs, Rosh Hashanah

Zoom

Join us for a vibrant session where we reclaim and reimagine the women of the Hebrew Bible — not as distant figures, but as powerful voices that still speak to us today. Through guided writing or art-making, you’ll reflect on identity, faith, and resilience — and create something new of your own.

$18

On Being Jewish Now: A Reading & Writing Experience

Facilitator: Zibby Owens

Program Type: Event, Free

Topic: creative writing, Jewish joy, On Being Jewish Now, reading, Zibby Owens

Zoom

Join writer, podcaster, and publisher Zibby Owens in conversation with Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer as they explore what it means to be Jewish right now—how our questions, traditions, worries, and hopes shape our lives and connect us to one another. You’ll be invited into a guided generative writing session to reflect on your own relationship to Jewishness in this moment

Free

More than Wishing: Creating a Happy New Year

Facilitator: Rabbi Jacob Staub and Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: Event

Topic: creative writing, creativity, Days of Awe, mindfulness, Poetry, prayer, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippuer

Zoom

Start the new year with intention. Our new Ritualwell booklet offers poems, prayers, and creative prompts to guide you through the Days of Awe. Grounded in Judaism’s calls to Teshuvah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah, you’ll find meaningful, doable ways to renew yourself and help repair the world. Purchase includes access to a special meditation and reflection event with Rabbi Jacob Staub.

$18

A Day of Memory: A Holding Each Other Memorial for October 7

Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer and Rabbi Yehudit Werchow

Program Type: Event, Free

Topic: grief, Israel, Kaddish, memorial, Oct 7, October 7

Zoom

Join us October 6 for a memorial remembering the victims of October 7, led with guest facilitator will be Rabbi Yehudit Werchow.

Free

The Torah in the Tarot

Facilitator: Stav Appel

Program Type: Event

Topic: Jewish history, Jewish spirituality, mysticism, Tarot, Torah

Zoom

Discover how centuries-old Tarot cards may conceal the stories, symbols, and holy days of Judaism. Author Stav Appel reveals his groundbreaking research into the hidden connections between the Tarot de Marseille and Jewish tradition, drawn from his forthcoming book 'The Torah in the Tarot.'

$18
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Holding Each Other

Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type:

Topic:

Zoom

Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.

Free

Discovering Jewish Joy: A Ritualwell Community Gathering

Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: Event

Topic: creative writing, creativity, essay writing, Jewish joy, Manna, Memoir

Zoom

Celebrate the release of Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture & Heritage with the Ritualwell community through an evening of storytelling, reflection, and creative writing centered on Jewish joy. This uplifting event features readings from the anthology, a rich conversation on joy as a spiritual practice, and a guided writing prompt to deepen personal connection.

Free

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