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SUMMARY:The Access Code: Naming God and Opening to Prayer
DESCRIPTION:The first line of the traditional liturgical prayer is the petikhah (the opening)\, where we name and describe the One we will be in holy conversation with and then state the basic premise of the prayer. Traditionally\, we gain access to God by praying to Adonai\, Melekh HaOlam\, the “Lord\, King of the Universe\,” but we can call God by any name\, gendered or not\, hierarchical or not\, depending of who or what we need to pray to or for. In this session\, we will explore the petikhah and how to use it to create our own prayers. \nTrisha Arlin is a liturgist\, writer\, performer\, and student of prayer in Brooklyn\, NY. She has served as a liturgist\, scholar\, and artist in residence and taught for venues including the National Havurah Committee’s Summer Institute\, Ritualwell.org\, Haggadot.com\, and for synagogues around the country. She is a builder of Bayit’s Liturgical Arts project. Trisha received a BA in Theater from Antioch College in 1975 and an MFA in Film (Screenwriting) in 1997 from Columbia University. In 2009/2010\, Trisha was an Arts Fellow at the Drisha Institute. In 2011\, she graduated from the sixth cohort of the Davennen Leadership Training Institute (DLTI). Trisha’s liturgy has been used in services\, for ritual occasions\, and at venues of many denominations nationwide. She is the author of Place Yourself: Words of Poetry and Intention (a collection of liturgy and kavannot). Her work has appeared in a variety of journals\, siddurim\, and collections of liturgy and can be found online at TrishaArlin.com\, Ritualwell.org\, and opensiddur.org. \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience. \nWe are happy to offer this session for free. A suggested $18 donation has been added to the ticket. If you are unable to donate\, you may remove that suggested amount from the ticket. Please consider donating if you’re able\, to help us continue to offer free programs like this one.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/the-access-code-naming-god-and-opening-to-prayer/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Free,Standalone session
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SUMMARY:Creating Jewish Liturgy for Juneteenth
DESCRIPTION:May 11 & 18\, 2023\, 12:00–1:30 p.m. EST \nJoin us for a two-part workshop inviting people of all backgrounds\, but specifically Black (and Jewish) individuals and allies\, to give voice to the significance of Juneteenth through writing. In the first session\, we will spend time working in havruta (in pairs) or alone to create prayers\, poems\, liturgy\, or songs that engage meaningfully with the day. In the second session\, we will come together to share our final pieces and reflect on the process of writing for Juneteenth. \nThis workshop is an opportunity to honor and celebrate the liberation of enslaved African Americans in the United States\, and to give voice to the experiences and perspectives of Black individuals. All levels of writing experience are welcome. We hope you will join us in this meaningful and creative exploration of Juneteenth. \n \nRabbi Sandra Lawson (she/her) is the Inaugural Director of Racial Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion at Reconstructing Judaism and one of the first African American\, queer\, female rabbis. In 2020\, the Forward named Lawson to its “Forward 50\,” proclaiming her a “truth teller.” Prior to joining Reconstructing Judaism\, Lawson served as the Associate Chaplain for Jewish Life and the Senior Jewish Educator at Hillel at Elon University in North Carolina. She is also the founder of Kol Hapanim – All Faces – an inclusive Jewish community that is relevant\, accessible\, and rooted in tradition\, where all who come are welcomed\, and diversity is embraced. She has also served as the investigative researcher for the Anti-Defamation League’s Southeast Region\, becoming the go-to person when law enforcement in the South needed information on hate groups. Lawson lives in North Carolina with her wife Susan and three “fur babies”: Izzy\, Bridget and Simon. \nThe sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience. \nWe are happy to offer these two sessions for free. A suggested $36 donation has been added to the ticket. If you are unable to donate\, you may remove that suggested amount from the ticket. Please consider donating if you’re able\, to help us continue to offer free programs like this one.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/creating-liturgy-for-juneteenth/2023-05-11/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Free,Standalone session
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SUMMARY:Gathering Waters: Mikveh Ritual Creation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Water is an ancient source of healing and transformation in Jewish tradition. In the past few decades\, the ritual of mikveh immersion has been reimagined to include more and more voices and experiences\, particularly that of women and LGBTQ individuals. A collaboration between Mayyim Hayyim’s Rising Tide Open Waters Mikveh Network and Ritualwell\, join us for a special workshop on creating mikveh rituals. We’ll dive into Jewish sources on mikveh and look at examples of innovative contemporary rituals. We will then be invited to create our own mikveh rituals\, to workshop them in a small group\, and to share. This workshop is ideal for those who serve as mikveh guides or anyone looking to create their own\, personal mikveh ritual or to help others in that process. \n \nHila Ratzabi is director of virtual content and programs at Ritualwell.org. She has been with Ritualwell since 2015\, shepherding the publication of hundreds of poems\, prayers and rituals and creating innovative online programming. Born in Rehovot\, Israel\, and raised in Queens\, Ny.\, Ratzabi is a poet\, writer\, editor and writing coach. She is the author of a book of poetry\, There Are Still Woods (June Road Press\, 2022). She holds a BA in English/Creative Writing from Barnard College\, a BA in Jewish Philosophy from the Jewish Theological Seminary (Double Degree Program\, 2003)\, and an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College (2007). Her poetry is published in a variety of literary journals and in The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry. She lives in Oak Park\, Il.\, outside Chicago\, with her husband and two children. Learn more at http://www.hilaratzabi.com/. \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience. \nWe are happy to offer this session for free. A suggested $18 donation has been added to the ticket. If you are unable to donate\, you may remove that suggested amount from the ticket. Please consider donating if you’re able\, to help us continue to offer free programs like this one. \nMayyim Hayyim is a 21st century creation\, a mikveh rooted in ancient tradition\, reinvented to serve the Jewish community of today. Mayyim Hayyim is a resource for learning\, spiritual discovery\, and creativity where women\, men\, and people of all genders and ages can celebrate milestones like weddings and b’nai mitzvah; where conversion to Judaism is accorded the honor and dignity it deserves; where survivors of trauma\, illness or loss find solace; and where those who immerse monthly can explore the ritual on their own terms. Mayyim Hayyim is a fountain of creativity that\, since its opening in 2004\, inspired new liturgies and curricula\, publications\, music\, artwork\, and plays. \nThe mission of the Rising Tide Open Waters Mikveh Network is to inspire\, strengthen and support communities that embrace an open\, inclusive and welcoming approach to ritual immersion as a way to mark life transitions. \nRitualwell is the most extensive online resource that curates original Jewish rituals for Jews and fellow seekers. We publish rituals\, ceremonies\, prayers and poems to mark sacred moments in Jewish life. Through creating and sharing rituals\, hosting Ritualwell Immersions (online learning experiences) and curating an online Judaica shop\, Ritualwell fosters a supportive environment for Jewish creativity\, spiritual growth and discovery.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/gathering-waters-mikveh-ritual-creation-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Free,Standalone session
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SUMMARY:Borrowed Language: The Cento and the Piyyut
DESCRIPTION:As Jewish writers\, we inherit an ocean of text with which to be in relationship. How can we make creative use of our lineage as People of the Book and play with the language we’ve been given? In this generative workshop\, we will explore two poetic forms of ancient origins: the Cento (Latin for patchwork) and the Piyyut (Hebrew for storytelling\, a liturgical poem)\, which both borrow heavily\, sometimes entirely\, from pre-existing textual materials in order to create something new. We’ll read classical and contemporary examples of these forms and explore what they share. Participants will be guided through writing exercises\, leaving with at least one new poem draft of their own. \nMónica Gomery is a rabbi and poet. Her work explores queerness\, diaspora\, ancestry\, theology\, and cultivating courageous hearts. Her second poetry collection\, Might Kindred\, won the 2021 Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize and is forthcoming from the University of Nebraska Press\, fall 2022. She is the author of the poetry collection Here is the Night and the Night on the Road and the chapbook Of Darkness and Tumbling. Mónica serves as a rabbi at Kol Tzedek Synagogue and on the faculty of SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva and is also a co-founder of Let My People Sing! \nThe session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience. \nWe are happy to offer this session for free. A suggested $18 donation has been added to the ticket. If you are unable to donate\, you may remove that suggested amount from the ticket. Please consider donating if you’re able\, to help us continue to offer free programs like this one.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/borrowed-language-the-cento-and-the-piyyut/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Free,Standalone session
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T120000
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SUMMARY:What My Hands Tell: Exploring Ekphrasis
DESCRIPTION:“My heart cannot bear to say what my hands tell.” —Maxine Silverman \nA certain alchemy happens when different art forms speak to each other\, which is known as ekphrasis. Poems that respond to visual art offer new avenues into expressing what the heart wants to say. In this session we will examine artwork and poems in relationship as they challenge and illuminate each other. We will explore ekphrastic poems and visual art from a variety of Jewish creatives (e.g.\, Maxine Silverman\, Celia Dropkin) to inspire our own writing. \nCathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County\, PA. A painter and teacher\, she founded the We the Poets program at ArtWell\, an arts education non-profit in Philadelphia. Her poems appear in journals such as Apiary\, Baltimore Review\, Cagibi\, East Coast Ink\, 6ix\, North of Oxford\, One Art\, Passager\, Philadelphia Stories\, Rockvale Review and Rogue Agent. Camera Obscura (chapbook\, Moonstone Press)\, appeared in 2017 and Etching the Ghost (Atmosphere Press) in 2021. She received the Interfaith Relations Award from the Montgomery County PA Human Rights Commission and the Public Service Award from National Association of Poetry Therapy. Her paintings are on view at Cerulean Arts Gallery (ceruleanarts.com). \nThe session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience. \nWe are happy to offer this session for free. A suggested $18 donation has been added to the ticket. If you are unable to donate\, you may remove that suggested amount from the ticket. Please consider donating if you’re able\, to help us continue to offer free programs like this one.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/what-my-hands-tell-exploring-ekphrasis/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Free,Standalone session
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