Facilitator: Ora Nitkin-Kaner
Program Type: Free
Topic: climate change, climate crisis, climate emotion
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.
Facilitator: Ritualwell
Program Type: ADVOT, Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, Poetry, spirituality
Celebrate our ADVOT community of Jewish ritual innovators, poets and liturgists as we share new work from our third anthology!
Facilitator: Adva Chattler
Program Type: ADVOT, Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, Jewish spirituality, Liturgy, Poetry, Writing
Join us for an open house to learn about ADVOT@Ritualwell, a creative home for poets, liturgists, ritual creators, songwriters, and other Jewish artists.
Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, Elul, healing, Kaddish, Mi Shebeirach, Mourners Kaddish, Mourning, prayer
Join us for a special Elul program where we get inside the structure of one of Judaism’s most powerful and enigmatic prayers, examining some of the context and history of this liturgy and then mapping and writing our own versions.
Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, Elul, healing, Mi Shebeirach, prayer
Join us to study the origins of Judaism’s central healing prayer and craft an original healing prayer.
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community for a special 'Holding Each Other' gathering on October 7th.
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
On October 21st, a few days before the holiday of Shemini Atzeret, our special guest leader will be Rabbi Deborah Waxman. Rabbi Waxman will lead us in grieving, praying and sharing as we mark the anniversary of the Hebrew date of the tragic Hamas attacks.
Facilitator: Melissa Rosen
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: cancer, caregiving, creative writing, healing, support
Ritualwell is proud to partner with Sharsheret during Caregivers' Awareness Month for poetry, prose, and writing surrounding the caregiving experience. Focused on healing and support from the stress of this difficult role, we will find refuge in expressing our emotions through writing.
Facilitator: Adva Chattler
Program Type: Event, Free, Monthly program
Topic: challah baking, Jewish women, mitzvot, ritual, Spiritual practice, spirituality
Join Adva Chattler for a monthly gathering to explore the ritual of “Taking Challah”: the tradition of blessing the dough of our challah before baking it. Aside from the ritual, we will learn a new braiding and decorating technique each month. Our time together will be sprinkled with song, chant, storytelling and more, as we braid our challahs together. Recipe, step-by-step guide and more resources will be shared in advance.
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: children's books, creative writing, grandchildren, Hanukkah, kidlit
Join us on December 4 for an engaging conversation about bringing your family stories to life!
Whether your goal is to publish or simply to create a family keepsake story, discover an effective process to outline and breathe life into your narratives. This event is perfectly timed for those looking to create and share a story that could make a memorable Hanukkah gift for the family.
Facilitator: Adva Chattler
Program Type: Event, Free, Monthly program
Topic: challah baking, Jewish women, mitzvot, ritual, Spiritual practice, spirituality
Join Adva Chattler for a monthly gathering to explore the ritual of “Taking Challah”: the tradition of blessing the dough of our challah before baking it. Aside from the ritual, we will learn a new braiding and decorating technique each month. Our time together will be sprinkled with song, chant, storytelling and more, as we braid our challahs together. Recipe, step-by-step guide and more resources will be shared in advance.
Facilitator: Janice Steinberg
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: 2025, creative writing, dance, free event, new year, Nia, wellbeing
Join the Ritualwell community and Nia instructor Janice Steinberg to engage your body, spirit and creativity through Nia movement followed by prompts for reflection and writing. No experience needed!
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