Ritual Writing Well: Online learning for Jewish seekers, creatives & ritual-makersÂ
Ritualwell offers a gathering space to build vibrant community through online learning events. We cultivate creativity and we support people from diverse backgrounds who want to make Jewish practice their own. Â
We welcome all participants—those with established creative practices and those who come seeking inspiration and growth. Bring your curiosity and imagination–our dynamic facilitators are ready to meet you!Â
Ignite your Jewish creative spark:Â
- FREE standalone learning sessions with innovative Jewish teachers, writers, liturgists and creative leaders are designed to offer a taste of our Immersions;Â
- Ritualwell Immersions build community, deep engagement and learning in a 4 or 6 week online class;Â
- ADVOT creative community of Jewish ritual innovators, poets and liturgists meet regularly to share work, support and empower each other.Â
No prior experience or knowledge necessary. All are welcome! Â
Filter by “program type” or “browse by topic” to find topics such as: liturgy, poetry, fiction, spiritual essay, spiritual practice, art, & more!Â
ADVOT is Ritualwell’s online community of Jewish writers, poets, liturgists and ritual creators. Enjoy multiple Ritualwell Immersions throughout the year. Access our weekly online writing space, hevruta pairings, online retreats, an anthology, & more!
Browse our many other Ritualwell programs below!
Event Calendar
Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.
A Dream of Many Colors: Blending Ancient Wisdom with Modern Writing Practices
Facilitator: Tzivia Gover
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: creative writing, creativity, dream work, dreams, Jewish wisdom
Join writer and dream worker Tzivia Gover for a unique dream-writing Immersion using guided meditations, Jewish wisdom, writing prompts, and dream incubation to tap into the midnight mind.
Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.
Exploring the Truth of This Moment
Facilitator: Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: climate change, creativity, Jewish spirituality, Jewish texts
Join Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner, a climate change chaplain and innovative spiritual leader, to delve into the questions that are keeping you up at night. Rabbi Nitkin-Kaner will guide us in using Talmudic and aggadic midrash in translation and creative practices to help us find courage, resilience and a sense of ease in a changing world.
Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.
Creating Your Own Meaningful Tu B’Shvat Rituals
Facilitator: Wendy Horwitz
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic:
Join the Rituawell community to reflect on your connections to this Jewish celebration of nature and discover new ideas to create your own meaningful Tu B’Shvat rituals.
Exploring the Truth of This Moment
Facilitator: Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: climate change, creativity, Jewish spirituality, Jewish texts
Join Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner, a climate change chaplain and innovative spiritual leader, to delve into the questions that are keeping you up at night. Rabbi Nitkin-Kaner will guide us in using Talmudic and aggadic midrash in translation and creative practices to help us find courage, resilience and a sense of ease in a changing world.
Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.
Writing with Rebbe Nachman: Creating our own Spiritual Stories
Facilitator: Daniel Raphael Silverstein
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: creative writing, Jewish spirituality, Jewish texts, Kabbalah, Rebbe Nachman
Learn about and discuss some of Rebbe Nachman's key stories, discovering the meaning that they hold for us today. Rebbe Nachman's stories will inspire our own wisdom story writing.
Writing Disability Torah
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer and Rabbi Asher Sofman
Program Type: Event
Topic: creativity, Disability Justice, Disability Torah, JDAIM, Jewish Disability Awareness, Jewish texts
In recognition of Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month, join Ritualwell and Thriving Communities for a conversation exploring the wisdom found in Disability Torah and explore how we can connect our personal experiences to these texts.
Writing from the Jewish Body
Facilitator: Corie Feiner
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: creative writing, embodied practice, mindfulness, Poetry
Join poet Corie Feiner to discover how fostering a deeper connection between our mind, body, and spirit can pave the way to greater peace in our external lives and write poetry from with a place of interconnection.
Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.
We seek to be a fully inclusive community.
People of all backgrounds, ages, genders, identities and levels of Jewish knowledge and creative practice are warmly welcome to our programs. We encourage writers who identify as BIJOC (Black Indigenous Jews of Color), Mizrahi/Sephardi, LGBTQ+, interfaith, low-income and disabled to join us.
Please note that this year we have increased our prices in order to increase the rate we pay our faculty. We continue to offer an array of free programming to be accessible to all. If you have financial need or any questions, please reach out to us at ritualwell@reconstructingjudaism.org.
All our programs take place online. All learning sessions are recorded and made available to registrants. For up-to-date announcements on our programming, please subscribe to our newsletter.
