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SUMMARY:Judaism Through The Kaleidoscope: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, May 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 and June 5\, 2024 \n1-2:30 p.m. EDT\n$250 \nRabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865 – 1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel\, a profound poet\, and a giant of both mysticism and Jewish law. He was a radical thinker\, writer and activist who provoked much opposition during his lifetime from conservative leaders of Ultra-Orthodox communities. \nRabbi Kook saw the Divine spark in everything and viewed all events as part of an evolutionary process towards a redeemed and unified world. His writings contain beautiful and insightful gems on subjects such as: freedom as the key foundation of Judaism; our relationship with our bodies; pluralism\, tolerance and polarization; the many layers of our multiple identities; particularism and universalism; the narratives of our own lives and of all of human history. Together\, we will explore his rich\, beautiful writings and use them as opportunities for spiritual practice\, including creative writing and guided embodied exercises. \n \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nDaniel Raphael Silverstein is a rabbi\, educator\, meditation teacher and MC/poet. He lives in Israel with his family\, where he directs Applied Jewish Spirituality (https://www.appliedjewishspirituality.org/)\, an online portal which makes the transformative spiritual wisdom of our tradition accessible to all who seek it. Daniel is an accredited teacher of Jewish Mindfulness Meditation and regularly teaches classes and retreats. He was born and raised in London and received a BA from the University of Cambridge and an MA from Warwick University. After receiving semikha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School\, he served as Director of Jewish Life and Learning for Hillel of Stanford University in Palo Alto\, CA. Daniel has performed and facilitated all over the world as a spoken word artist\, MC\, and creative educator\, and the Jewish Week selected him as one of their “36 Under 36” young innovators reshaping the Jewish community. Daniel is a cofounder of Lines of Faith\, a Muslim-Jewish hip hop and poetry collective that uses performances and workshops to challenge prejudice and build meaningful bonds between communities.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/judaism-through-the-kaleidoscope-rabbi-abraham-isaac-kook/2024-05-01/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:The Jewish Approach to Conflict Transformation
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, April 4\, 11\, 18 and May 2\, 9\, 16\, 2024\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$250 for six sessions \nThe lengths to which some of us will go to avoid conflict are extreme\, but what if we flipped the script on conflict? What if we understood conflict as an invitation to embrace difficult aspects of ourselves and others in order to grow? Conflict transformation theory says that conflict is actually not the problem\, rather it is how we respond to conflict that creates the most difficulty. The good news is that we always have a choice in how we respond. \nEven better news is that Jewish tradition is a storehouse of wisdom and practical application on how to navigate the world of conflict and how we respond to it\, from sources in the Torah and from how our rabbinic sages model of conflict transformation. In this Ritualwell Immersion\, we will explore what conflict transformation might look like for the Jewish community in our times. Using parts of the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies Center for Conflict Resolution “Constructive Conflict” curriculum\, we will navigate both ancient and modern approaches to conflict and rebuild our own conflict toolboxes applicable in contexts from the interpersonal\, intercommunal\, to the international realms. Together\, we will imagine a Jewish community that knows how to show up in disagreement\, even when it gets hard. \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nRabbi Ezra Weinberg is a shaliach tzibur\, officiant and Jewish educator dedicated to creating connection and community. He is a native Philadelphian and holds an MA in Conflict Transformation. Reb Ezra officiates weddings and Bnai Mitzvot and teaches a University course called\, “One G-d\, Three Paths” alongside a priest and imam. He currently works with individuals and families within the Jewish community and founded ReVoice\, a network of resources for Jewish going through divorce.  He shares: “The work that I do is inspired by my own divorce as well as my experience as a child of high conflict divorce. A big part of my mission is to offer support in Jewish contexts when divorce radically changes a family’s path. However\, I also want to change the conversation around divorce within the Jewish community today so that it is no longer taboo to get divorced or talk about divorce.”\n \n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \nThis Immersion is happening in partnership with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. \n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/the-jewish-approach-to-conflict-transformation/2024-05-02/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Presence and Absence: Images of the Divine in Kabbalah
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, May 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 and June 4\, 2024\n12-2:00 p.m. EDT\n$250\n \n\nWe live in a time of deep division and loneliness. The Zohar\, the 13th- century Kabbalistic work\, offers rich and beautiful images to speak to this separation\, and equally powerful ways to imagine divine presence\, healing\, and connection. In this series we will delve into the multifaceted\, dynamic Divine through the radical imagination of the Zohar. We’ll bring what we discover into our own creativity through the Jewish Studio Process\, a facilitated\, intuitive use of art materials and reflective writing. We’ll pay particular attention to the experience of the Shekhinah\, the feminine\, immanent\, indwelling Sacred Presence.\n \nThis practice is appropriate for absolute beginners and experienced artists who would like to explore this imagery. The focus isn’t on creating a polished piece of artwork\, but rather on deepening your own intuition\, insight and voice.\n\nDuring this series\, we will harvest the insights and images that have come onto the page in word and color to write new midrash and liturgy.\n \n\nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\nMargie Jacobs is a Reconstructionist rabbi who has served as a congregational rabbi\, regional director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality\, Hillel director\, and teacher of mindfulness meditation. In 2020\, She completed the first 2-year Jewish Studio Process facilitator training. She has brought JSP to synagogues\, Hillels\, retreats\, conferences\, special events\, and groups of clergy across the country. Margie works with individuals as a Spiritual Coach and designs websites for clergy and Jewish organizations.\n \n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n\nThis Immersion is happening in partnership with the Jewish Studio Project.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/presence-and-absence-images-of-the-divine-in-kabbalah/2024-05-07/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Judaism Through The Kaleidoscope: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, May 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 and June 5\, 2024 \n1-2:30 p.m. EDT\n$250 \nRabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865 – 1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel\, a profound poet\, and a giant of both mysticism and Jewish law. He was a radical thinker\, writer and activist who provoked much opposition during his lifetime from conservative leaders of Ultra-Orthodox communities. \nRabbi Kook saw the Divine spark in everything and viewed all events as part of an evolutionary process towards a redeemed and unified world. His writings contain beautiful and insightful gems on subjects such as: freedom as the key foundation of Judaism; our relationship with our bodies; pluralism\, tolerance and polarization; the many layers of our multiple identities; particularism and universalism; the narratives of our own lives and of all of human history. Together\, we will explore his rich\, beautiful writings and use them as opportunities for spiritual practice\, including creative writing and guided embodied exercises. \n \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nDaniel Raphael Silverstein is a rabbi\, educator\, meditation teacher and MC/poet. He lives in Israel with his family\, where he directs Applied Jewish Spirituality (https://www.appliedjewishspirituality.org/)\, an online portal which makes the transformative spiritual wisdom of our tradition accessible to all who seek it. Daniel is an accredited teacher of Jewish Mindfulness Meditation and regularly teaches classes and retreats. He was born and raised in London and received a BA from the University of Cambridge and an MA from Warwick University. After receiving semikha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School\, he served as Director of Jewish Life and Learning for Hillel of Stanford University in Palo Alto\, CA. Daniel has performed and facilitated all over the world as a spoken word artist\, MC\, and creative educator\, and the Jewish Week selected him as one of their “36 Under 36” young innovators reshaping the Jewish community. Daniel is a cofounder of Lines of Faith\, a Muslim-Jewish hip hop and poetry collective that uses performances and workshops to challenge prejudice and build meaningful bonds between communities.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/judaism-through-the-kaleidoscope-rabbi-abraham-isaac-kook/2024-05-08/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:The Jewish Approach to Conflict Transformation
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, April 4\, 11\, 18 and May 2\, 9\, 16\, 2024\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$250 for six sessions \nThe lengths to which some of us will go to avoid conflict are extreme\, but what if we flipped the script on conflict? What if we understood conflict as an invitation to embrace difficult aspects of ourselves and others in order to grow? Conflict transformation theory says that conflict is actually not the problem\, rather it is how we respond to conflict that creates the most difficulty. The good news is that we always have a choice in how we respond. \nEven better news is that Jewish tradition is a storehouse of wisdom and practical application on how to navigate the world of conflict and how we respond to it\, from sources in the Torah and from how our rabbinic sages model of conflict transformation. In this Ritualwell Immersion\, we will explore what conflict transformation might look like for the Jewish community in our times. Using parts of the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies Center for Conflict Resolution “Constructive Conflict” curriculum\, we will navigate both ancient and modern approaches to conflict and rebuild our own conflict toolboxes applicable in contexts from the interpersonal\, intercommunal\, to the international realms. Together\, we will imagine a Jewish community that knows how to show up in disagreement\, even when it gets hard. \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nRabbi Ezra Weinberg is a shaliach tzibur\, officiant and Jewish educator dedicated to creating connection and community. He is a native Philadelphian and holds an MA in Conflict Transformation. Reb Ezra officiates weddings and Bnai Mitzvot and teaches a University course called\, “One G-d\, Three Paths” alongside a priest and imam. He currently works with individuals and families within the Jewish community and founded ReVoice\, a network of resources for Jewish going through divorce.  He shares: “The work that I do is inspired by my own divorce as well as my experience as a child of high conflict divorce. A big part of my mission is to offer support in Jewish contexts when divorce radically changes a family’s path. However\, I also want to change the conversation around divorce within the Jewish community today so that it is no longer taboo to get divorced or talk about divorce.”\n \n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \nThis Immersion is happening in partnership with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. \n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/the-jewish-approach-to-conflict-transformation/2024-05-09/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Presence and Absence: Images of the Divine in Kabbalah
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, May 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 and June 4\, 2024\n12-2:00 p.m. EDT\n$250\n \n\nWe live in a time of deep division and loneliness. The Zohar\, the 13th- century Kabbalistic work\, offers rich and beautiful images to speak to this separation\, and equally powerful ways to imagine divine presence\, healing\, and connection. In this series we will delve into the multifaceted\, dynamic Divine through the radical imagination of the Zohar. We’ll bring what we discover into our own creativity through the Jewish Studio Process\, a facilitated\, intuitive use of art materials and reflective writing. We’ll pay particular attention to the experience of the Shekhinah\, the feminine\, immanent\, indwelling Sacred Presence.\n \nThis practice is appropriate for absolute beginners and experienced artists who would like to explore this imagery. The focus isn’t on creating a polished piece of artwork\, but rather on deepening your own intuition\, insight and voice.\n\nDuring this series\, we will harvest the insights and images that have come onto the page in word and color to write new midrash and liturgy.\n \n\nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\nMargie Jacobs is a Reconstructionist rabbi who has served as a congregational rabbi\, regional director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality\, Hillel director\, and teacher of mindfulness meditation. In 2020\, She completed the first 2-year Jewish Studio Process facilitator training. She has brought JSP to synagogues\, Hillels\, retreats\, conferences\, special events\, and groups of clergy across the country. Margie works with individuals as a Spiritual Coach and designs websites for clergy and Jewish organizations.\n \n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n\nThis Immersion is happening in partnership with the Jewish Studio Project.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/presence-and-absence-images-of-the-divine-in-kabbalah/2024-05-14/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Judaism Through The Kaleidoscope: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, May 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 and June 5\, 2024 \n1-2:30 p.m. EDT\n$250 \nRabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865 – 1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel\, a profound poet\, and a giant of both mysticism and Jewish law. He was a radical thinker\, writer and activist who provoked much opposition during his lifetime from conservative leaders of Ultra-Orthodox communities. \nRabbi Kook saw the Divine spark in everything and viewed all events as part of an evolutionary process towards a redeemed and unified world. His writings contain beautiful and insightful gems on subjects such as: freedom as the key foundation of Judaism; our relationship with our bodies; pluralism\, tolerance and polarization; the many layers of our multiple identities; particularism and universalism; the narratives of our own lives and of all of human history. Together\, we will explore his rich\, beautiful writings and use them as opportunities for spiritual practice\, including creative writing and guided embodied exercises. \n \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nDaniel Raphael Silverstein is a rabbi\, educator\, meditation teacher and MC/poet. He lives in Israel with his family\, where he directs Applied Jewish Spirituality (https://www.appliedjewishspirituality.org/)\, an online portal which makes the transformative spiritual wisdom of our tradition accessible to all who seek it. Daniel is an accredited teacher of Jewish Mindfulness Meditation and regularly teaches classes and retreats. He was born and raised in London and received a BA from the University of Cambridge and an MA from Warwick University. After receiving semikha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School\, he served as Director of Jewish Life and Learning for Hillel of Stanford University in Palo Alto\, CA. Daniel has performed and facilitated all over the world as a spoken word artist\, MC\, and creative educator\, and the Jewish Week selected him as one of their “36 Under 36” young innovators reshaping the Jewish community. Daniel is a cofounder of Lines of Faith\, a Muslim-Jewish hip hop and poetry collective that uses performances and workshops to challenge prejudice and build meaningful bonds between communities.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/judaism-through-the-kaleidoscope-rabbi-abraham-isaac-kook/2024-05-15/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:The Jewish Approach to Conflict Transformation
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, April 4\, 11\, 18 and May 2\, 9\, 16\, 2024\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$250 for six sessions \nThe lengths to which some of us will go to avoid conflict are extreme\, but what if we flipped the script on conflict? What if we understood conflict as an invitation to embrace difficult aspects of ourselves and others in order to grow? Conflict transformation theory says that conflict is actually not the problem\, rather it is how we respond to conflict that creates the most difficulty. The good news is that we always have a choice in how we respond. \nEven better news is that Jewish tradition is a storehouse of wisdom and practical application on how to navigate the world of conflict and how we respond to it\, from sources in the Torah and from how our rabbinic sages model of conflict transformation. In this Ritualwell Immersion\, we will explore what conflict transformation might look like for the Jewish community in our times. Using parts of the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies Center for Conflict Resolution “Constructive Conflict” curriculum\, we will navigate both ancient and modern approaches to conflict and rebuild our own conflict toolboxes applicable in contexts from the interpersonal\, intercommunal\, to the international realms. Together\, we will imagine a Jewish community that knows how to show up in disagreement\, even when it gets hard. \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nRabbi Ezra Weinberg is a shaliach tzibur\, officiant and Jewish educator dedicated to creating connection and community. He is a native Philadelphian and holds an MA in Conflict Transformation. Reb Ezra officiates weddings and Bnai Mitzvot and teaches a University course called\, “One G-d\, Three Paths” alongside a priest and imam. He currently works with individuals and families within the Jewish community and founded ReVoice\, a network of resources for Jewish going through divorce.  He shares: “The work that I do is inspired by my own divorce as well as my experience as a child of high conflict divorce. A big part of my mission is to offer support in Jewish contexts when divorce radically changes a family’s path. However\, I also want to change the conversation around divorce within the Jewish community today so that it is no longer taboo to get divorced or talk about divorce.”\n \n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \nThis Immersion is happening in partnership with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. \n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/the-jewish-approach-to-conflict-transformation/2024-05-16/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Jewish Spiritual Autobiography
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, May 16\, 23\, 30 and June 6\, 2024 \n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180 for four sessions\n \n\nWhen we write out our spiritual paths\, it clarifies how ordinary moments of life can be holy moments. Writing a spiritual autobiography helps you to discover how teachers\, touchstones\, symbols and stories have led you to make meaning and understand the sacred in your personal story. In this immersion\, join Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer\, a writer and spiritual director\, to map out and narrate your most meaningful life experiences. We’ll read excerpts of powerful spiritual autobiographies to inspire us and expand our understanding of the formats that this kind of writing can take. There is also ample room to write about spiritual experiences that may be outside of a Jewish framework. This immersion is for everyone—whether you identify as a religious or spiritual person or are seeking a spiritual path. No prior creative writing experience needed.\n \n\nTopics we will explore include:\n\nUnderstanding your name/birth story\nExploring family lineage/Ancestral resilience\, trauma/connections\nMapping your spiritual journey/the sacred moments in your life\nAnd more…\n\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to share feedback with the facilitator and present to the group through the immersion.\n \n\nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\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. \nGabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. \n\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/jewish-spiritual-autobiography/2024-05-16/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Presence and Absence: Images of the Divine in Kabbalah
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, May 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 and June 4\, 2024\n12-2:00 p.m. EDT\n$250\n \n\nWe live in a time of deep division and loneliness. The Zohar\, the 13th- century Kabbalistic work\, offers rich and beautiful images to speak to this separation\, and equally powerful ways to imagine divine presence\, healing\, and connection. In this series we will delve into the multifaceted\, dynamic Divine through the radical imagination of the Zohar. We’ll bring what we discover into our own creativity through the Jewish Studio Process\, a facilitated\, intuitive use of art materials and reflective writing. We’ll pay particular attention to the experience of the Shekhinah\, the feminine\, immanent\, indwelling Sacred Presence.\n \nThis practice is appropriate for absolute beginners and experienced artists who would like to explore this imagery. The focus isn’t on creating a polished piece of artwork\, but rather on deepening your own intuition\, insight and voice.\n\nDuring this series\, we will harvest the insights and images that have come onto the page in word and color to write new midrash and liturgy.\n \n\nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\nMargie Jacobs is a Reconstructionist rabbi who has served as a congregational rabbi\, regional director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality\, Hillel director\, and teacher of mindfulness meditation. In 2020\, She completed the first 2-year Jewish Studio Process facilitator training. She has brought JSP to synagogues\, Hillels\, retreats\, conferences\, special events\, and groups of clergy across the country. Margie works with individuals as a Spiritual Coach and designs websites for clergy and Jewish organizations.\n \n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n\nThis Immersion is happening in partnership with the Jewish Studio Project.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/presence-and-absence-images-of-the-divine-in-kabbalah/2024-05-21/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T143000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214141
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SUMMARY:Judaism Through The Kaleidoscope: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, May 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 and June 5\, 2024 \n1-2:30 p.m. EDT\n$250 \nRabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865 – 1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel\, a profound poet\, and a giant of both mysticism and Jewish law. He was a radical thinker\, writer and activist who provoked much opposition during his lifetime from conservative leaders of Ultra-Orthodox communities. \nRabbi Kook saw the Divine spark in everything and viewed all events as part of an evolutionary process towards a redeemed and unified world. His writings contain beautiful and insightful gems on subjects such as: freedom as the key foundation of Judaism; our relationship with our bodies; pluralism\, tolerance and polarization; the many layers of our multiple identities; particularism and universalism; the narratives of our own lives and of all of human history. Together\, we will explore his rich\, beautiful writings and use them as opportunities for spiritual practice\, including creative writing and guided embodied exercises. \n \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nDaniel Raphael Silverstein is a rabbi\, educator\, meditation teacher and MC/poet. He lives in Israel with his family\, where he directs Applied Jewish Spirituality (https://www.appliedjewishspirituality.org/)\, an online portal which makes the transformative spiritual wisdom of our tradition accessible to all who seek it. Daniel is an accredited teacher of Jewish Mindfulness Meditation and regularly teaches classes and retreats. He was born and raised in London and received a BA from the University of Cambridge and an MA from Warwick University. After receiving semikha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School\, he served as Director of Jewish Life and Learning for Hillel of Stanford University in Palo Alto\, CA. Daniel has performed and facilitated all over the world as a spoken word artist\, MC\, and creative educator\, and the Jewish Week selected him as one of their “36 Under 36” young innovators reshaping the Jewish community. Daniel is a cofounder of Lines of Faith\, a Muslim-Jewish hip hop and poetry collective that uses performances and workshops to challenge prejudice and build meaningful bonds between communities.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/judaism-through-the-kaleidoscope-rabbi-abraham-isaac-kook/2024-05-22/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240523T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240523T133000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214141
CREATED:20240104T163545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T172904Z
UID:23010-1716465600-1716471000@ritualwell.org
SUMMARY:Jewish Spiritual Autobiography
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, May 16\, 23\, 30 and June 6\, 2024 \n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180 for four sessions\n \n\nWhen we write out our spiritual paths\, it clarifies how ordinary moments of life can be holy moments. Writing a spiritual autobiography helps you to discover how teachers\, touchstones\, symbols and stories have led you to make meaning and understand the sacred in your personal story. In this immersion\, join Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer\, a writer and spiritual director\, to map out and narrate your most meaningful life experiences. We’ll read excerpts of powerful spiritual autobiographies to inspire us and expand our understanding of the formats that this kind of writing can take. There is also ample room to write about spiritual experiences that may be outside of a Jewish framework. This immersion is for everyone—whether you identify as a religious or spiritual person or are seeking a spiritual path. No prior creative writing experience needed.\n \n\nTopics we will explore include:\n\nUnderstanding your name/birth story\nExploring family lineage/Ancestral resilience\, trauma/connections\nMapping your spiritual journey/the sacred moments in your life\nAnd more…\n\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to share feedback with the facilitator and present to the group through the immersion.\n \n\nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\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. \nGabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. \n\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/jewish-spiritual-autobiography/2024-05-23/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240528T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240528T140000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214141
CREATED:20231222T215147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T164513Z
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SUMMARY:Presence and Absence: Images of the Divine in Kabbalah
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, May 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 and June 4\, 2024\n12-2:00 p.m. EDT\n$250\n \n\nWe live in a time of deep division and loneliness. The Zohar\, the 13th- century Kabbalistic work\, offers rich and beautiful images to speak to this separation\, and equally powerful ways to imagine divine presence\, healing\, and connection. In this series we will delve into the multifaceted\, dynamic Divine through the radical imagination of the Zohar. We’ll bring what we discover into our own creativity through the Jewish Studio Process\, a facilitated\, intuitive use of art materials and reflective writing. We’ll pay particular attention to the experience of the Shekhinah\, the feminine\, immanent\, indwelling Sacred Presence.\n \nThis practice is appropriate for absolute beginners and experienced artists who would like to explore this imagery. The focus isn’t on creating a polished piece of artwork\, but rather on deepening your own intuition\, insight and voice.\n\nDuring this series\, we will harvest the insights and images that have come onto the page in word and color to write new midrash and liturgy.\n \n\nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\nMargie Jacobs is a Reconstructionist rabbi who has served as a congregational rabbi\, regional director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality\, Hillel director\, and teacher of mindfulness meditation. In 2020\, She completed the first 2-year Jewish Studio Process facilitator training. She has brought JSP to synagogues\, Hillels\, retreats\, conferences\, special events\, and groups of clergy across the country. Margie works with individuals as a Spiritual Coach and designs websites for clergy and Jewish organizations.\n \n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n\nThis Immersion is happening in partnership with the Jewish Studio Project.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/presence-and-absence-images-of-the-divine-in-kabbalah/2024-05-28/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T143000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214141
CREATED:20240122T163547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T142658Z
UID:23081-1716987600-1716993000@ritualwell.org
SUMMARY:Judaism Through The Kaleidoscope: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, May 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 and June 5\, 2024 \n1-2:30 p.m. EDT\n$250 \nRabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865 – 1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel\, a profound poet\, and a giant of both mysticism and Jewish law. He was a radical thinker\, writer and activist who provoked much opposition during his lifetime from conservative leaders of Ultra-Orthodox communities. \nRabbi Kook saw the Divine spark in everything and viewed all events as part of an evolutionary process towards a redeemed and unified world. His writings contain beautiful and insightful gems on subjects such as: freedom as the key foundation of Judaism; our relationship with our bodies; pluralism\, tolerance and polarization; the many layers of our multiple identities; particularism and universalism; the narratives of our own lives and of all of human history. Together\, we will explore his rich\, beautiful writings and use them as opportunities for spiritual practice\, including creative writing and guided embodied exercises. \n \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nDaniel Raphael Silverstein is a rabbi\, educator\, meditation teacher and MC/poet. He lives in Israel with his family\, where he directs Applied Jewish Spirituality (https://www.appliedjewishspirituality.org/)\, an online portal which makes the transformative spiritual wisdom of our tradition accessible to all who seek it. Daniel is an accredited teacher of Jewish Mindfulness Meditation and regularly teaches classes and retreats. He was born and raised in London and received a BA from the University of Cambridge and an MA from Warwick University. After receiving semikha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School\, he served as Director of Jewish Life and Learning for Hillel of Stanford University in Palo Alto\, CA. Daniel has performed and facilitated all over the world as a spoken word artist\, MC\, and creative educator\, and the Jewish Week selected him as one of their “36 Under 36” young innovators reshaping the Jewish community. Daniel is a cofounder of Lines of Faith\, a Muslim-Jewish hip hop and poetry collective that uses performances and workshops to challenge prejudice and build meaningful bonds between communities.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/judaism-through-the-kaleidoscope-rabbi-abraham-isaac-kook/2024-05-29/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240530T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240530T133000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214141
CREATED:20240104T163545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T172905Z
UID:23011-1717070400-1717075800@ritualwell.org
SUMMARY:Jewish Spiritual Autobiography
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, May 16\, 23\, 30 and June 6\, 2024 \n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180 for four sessions\n \n\nWhen we write out our spiritual paths\, it clarifies how ordinary moments of life can be holy moments. Writing a spiritual autobiography helps you to discover how teachers\, touchstones\, symbols and stories have led you to make meaning and understand the sacred in your personal story. In this immersion\, join Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer\, a writer and spiritual director\, to map out and narrate your most meaningful life experiences. We’ll read excerpts of powerful spiritual autobiographies to inspire us and expand our understanding of the formats that this kind of writing can take. There is also ample room to write about spiritual experiences that may be outside of a Jewish framework. This immersion is for everyone—whether you identify as a religious or spiritual person or are seeking a spiritual path. No prior creative writing experience needed.\n \n\nTopics we will explore include:\n\nUnderstanding your name/birth story\nExploring family lineage/Ancestral resilience\, trauma/connections\nMapping your spiritual journey/the sacred moments in your life\nAnd more…\n\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to share feedback with the facilitator and present to the group through the immersion.\n \n\nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\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. \nGabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. \n\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/jewish-spiritual-autobiography/2024-05-30/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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