Ritualwell Community Event: Holding Each Other with Rabbi Annie Lewis

Facilitator: Ritualwell

Program Type: Event, Free, Standalone session

Topic:

Zoom

Take time to pause and pen with the Ritualwell community on Thursday, October 26 at 12-12:30 p.m. We're all holding many emotions and concerns that change day by day, hour by hour. Poetry, prayer and creative expression can bring comfort and provide us with support. Together we will say the Mi Sheberach for healing and […]

Brit Beyond Milah: Exploring Baby-Welcoming Rituals

Facilitator: Ritualwell

Program Type: Free, Standalone session

Topic: Liturgy

Zoom

How might we sanctify and honor the traditional brit (covenant) in ways that offer alternatives to traditional milah (circumcision)? Together we will explore issues involved in deciding to circumcise or not to circumcise, including personal experiences around this decision and alternative rituals to circumcision.

Free

Writing Our Aging Selves

Facilitator: Trisha Arlin

Program Type: Event, Free, Standalone session

Topic: Liturgy, Memoir, Poetry

Zoom

Write, reflect and share your creative self with the Ritualwell community in this free, open for all session.

Free

Light the World: Dancing in Community for Hanukkah

Facilitator: Janice Steinberg

Program Type: Free, Standalone session

Topic: Art, Poetry, Spiritual practice

Zoom

We'll kindle our unique candles to music by Jewish singers and composers, followed by prompts for reflection and writing.

Free

Writing Poetry in the Shadow of War

Facilitator: Lynn Levin

Program Type: Free, Standalone session

Topic: Holocaust, Israel-Hamas war, Poetry

Zoom

At all times but especially in a time of war and grief, we need literature to remind us of what it means to be human, what justice demands, where our struggles and conflicts, our strengths and hopes reside. In this free Ritualwell event, we will see how other poets have responded to disasters and conflicts Jews have faced and are facing.

Free
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Holding Each Other

Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: Event, Free

Topic: Art, Liturgy, Poetry, Spiritual practice

Zoom

We’re all holding many emotions and concerns that change day by day, hour by hour. Poetry, prayer and creative expression can bring comfort and provide us with support.

Free

The Golden Shovel: Digging in Text for New Meaning

Facilitator: Tzivia Gover

Program Type: Free

Topic: creative writing, dreams, Poetry, Torah

Zoom

Join us to use poetic forms and techniques to bypass the logical brain and discover new levels of meaning and insight in verses from the Torah.

Free

Disability Wisdom and Knowing Ourselves Whole

Facilitator: Rabbi Julia Watts Belser

Program Type: Free

Topic: accessibility, disability, inclusion, JDAIM

Zoom

In recognition of Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month and our ongoing commitment to disability inclusion and advocacy, Rabbi Julia will lead us in interactive text study with a spiritual focus.

Free

This is My Jewish Heart

Facilitator: Corie Feiner

Program Type: Free

Topic: Poetry, spirituality, Torah

Zoom

Join us for this free event featuring a guided poetry writing exercise about the stories of our hearts and making our way from a narrow place of anxiety and pain towards inner and outer liberation.

Free

Moses, A Stranger Among Us: A Conversation with Rabbi Maurice Harris

Facilitator: Maurice Harris

Program Type: Free

Topic: Moses, Passover, Testament: the Story of Moses

Zoom

Join Rabbi Maurice Harris, seen most recently on Netflix's new docudrama series, 'Testament: The Story of Moses' for a conversation about this complex prophet.

Free

Climate Emotions and the Wisdom Our Bodies Carry

Facilitator: Ora Nitkin-Kaner

Program Type: Free

Topic: climate change, climate crisis, climate emotion

Zoom

Join us for a trauma-informed workshop to deepen our awareness of climate emotion and how they show up in our hearts and bodies. We will learn how our reactions to climate change may be shaped by our ancestors’ experiences, and expand our capacity for ease, connection, and action in this moment.

Free

Advot End-of-Year Celebration and Poetry Reading

Facilitator: Ritualwell

Program Type: ADVOT, Event, Free

Topic: creative writing, Poetry, spirituality

Zoom

Celebrate our ADVOT community of Jewish ritual innovators, poets and liturgists as we share new work from our third anthology!

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