BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ritualwell - ECPv6.15.19//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ritualwell X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ritualwell.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ritualwell REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T150000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260205T195934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T203110Z UID:34030-1771941600-1771945200@ritualwell.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/TziviaGover_Sarah_FebMar2024-raw.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T213000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260122T163050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T163050Z UID:33794-1773777600-1773783000@ritualwell.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/Poems-of-Freedom-A-Reading-Writing-Experience-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T120919Z UID:34594-1776067200-1780333200@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-04-13/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T120919Z UID:34596-1776672000-1780938000@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-04-20/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T120919Z UID:34597-1777276800-1781542800@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-04-27/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T140000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260305T160206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T195047Z UID:34279-1777294800-1777298400@ritualwell.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Springsummer-Immersion-graphics-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260622T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T120919Z UID:34598-1777881600-1782147600@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-05-04/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260629T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T120919Z UID:34599-1778486400-1782752400@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-05-11/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260706T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T120919Z UID:34600-1779091200-1783357200@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-05-18/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260525T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260713T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T120919Z UID:34601-1779696000-1783962000@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-05-25/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142047 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T120919Z UID:34602-1780300800-1784566800@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-06-01/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR