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SUMMARY:Writing Jewish\, Writing Funny
DESCRIPTION: \nTuesdays\, July 8\, 15\, 22 & 29\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nJoin us for an engaging adventure with Emmy-winning TV writer and LMU film school professor Rob Kutner as we delve into how Jews have utilized humor to navigate their challenging history. Together\, we will explore various “tricks of the trade” to spread joy to ourselves and others during these tough times. \nKutner will share examples of how humor has played a crucial role in overcoming adversity throughout history\, showcasing how these techniques can be applied to contemporary challenges. \nOver the course of four sessions\, participants will have the opportunity to: \n\nPitch their creative ideas\nEngage in comedic writing exercises\nReceive constructive feedback from both the instructor and fellow participants\nParticipate in guided revision sessions\n\nNo prior writing or comedy experience is necessary; this enjoyable and interactive experience is crafted for everyone! \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\nRob Kutner has won 5 Emmys\, a Peabody\, a TCA\, and a Grammy writing for such shows as TBS’ “CONAN” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\, and HBO’s “Dennis Miller Live.” He has published humor pieces for the New York Times\, Esquire\, Huffington Post\, McSweeney’s\, and the Weekly Forward. He is also the author of the sci-fi humor books Apocalypse How: Turn the End Times into the Best of Times! \, The Future According to Me\, the kids’ graphic novel Snot Goblins & Other Tasteless Tales\, and the new comedic Jewish history book\, The Jews: 5\,000 Years and Counting. \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-jewish-writing-funny/2025-07-08/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Finding Shekhinah
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, July 9\, 16\, 23 & 30\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nWhat and where is the Shekhinah\, the divine presence\, how can we find Her in our world and our lives\, hear Her voice\, feel Her within and around us?\n \nEach of our four meetings will explore these questions by considering one of the Shekhinah’s many incarnations in Jewish tradition through text study\, discussion\, and creative exercises (sharing will be optional) intended to help us examine our ideas about and experiences of divinity\, and imaginatively trying out different relations to divine presence.\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 Joy Ladin has published ten books of poetry\, including her new collection\, Shekhinah Speaks (Selva Oscura Press); The Book of Anna\, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and Transmigration\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She is also the author of a memoir of gender transition\, Through the Door of Life\, which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award\, and The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and the Triangle Award. Ladin has received fellowships and scholarships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Fulbright Foundation\, and the American Council of Learned Societies Research\, among other honors. A nationally recognized speaker on transgender issues\, she convenes an online conversation series\, “Containing Multitudes\,” which is available at JewishLive.org/multitudes. Her writing is available at joyladin.com.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/finding-shekhinah/2025-07-09/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Deep Body Poetry
DESCRIPTION: \nThursdays\, July 10\, 17\, 24 & 31\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nIf the body was given ultimate agency what would it say? What stories would it tell?\n \nPoetry universalizes the human experience\, the experience of having a body—a body that holds our psychic experience even more deeply and better than our minds do. Mining the poetry of the body happens through the bravery of those who have written these poems. Deep body poetry is the poetry of the disabled body\, the queer & trans body and the menstruating body. It’s the poetry where no metaphor\, simile or nuance stands between the reader and the subject; where the body is open and ready to speak. Join us as we read the lyric emotional truths of other poets\, allowing our minds and hearts to awaken to begin to ask our body to reveal its secrets\, and from there to generate creative expression\,\n \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 \nRachel Neve-Midbar is a poet and essayist. Her first full-length poetry collection\, Salaam of Birds\, was chosen by Dorothy Barresi for the Patricia Bibby First Book Prize and was published by Tebot Bach in January 2020. She is also the author of the 2014 chapbook\, What the Light Reveals. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies. A current Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California\, Rachel is also editor of Stained: An Anthology of Writing about Menstruation for the AuntFlo2020 Project. More at rachelnevemidbar.com.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/deep-body-poetry/2025-07-10/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Writing Jewish\, Writing Funny
DESCRIPTION: \nTuesdays\, July 8\, 15\, 22 & 29\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nJoin us for an engaging adventure with Emmy-winning TV writer and LMU film school professor Rob Kutner as we delve into how Jews have utilized humor to navigate their challenging history. Together\, we will explore various “tricks of the trade” to spread joy to ourselves and others during these tough times. \nKutner will share examples of how humor has played a crucial role in overcoming adversity throughout history\, showcasing how these techniques can be applied to contemporary challenges. \nOver the course of four sessions\, participants will have the opportunity to: \n\nPitch their creative ideas\nEngage in comedic writing exercises\nReceive constructive feedback from both the instructor and fellow participants\nParticipate in guided revision sessions\n\nNo prior writing or comedy experience is necessary; this enjoyable and interactive experience is crafted for everyone! \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\nRob Kutner has won 5 Emmys\, a Peabody\, a TCA\, and a Grammy writing for such shows as TBS’ “CONAN” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\, and HBO’s “Dennis Miller Live.” He has published humor pieces for the New York Times\, Esquire\, Huffington Post\, McSweeney’s\, and the Weekly Forward. He is also the author of the sci-fi humor books Apocalypse How: Turn the End Times into the Best of Times! \, The Future According to Me\, the kids’ graphic novel Snot Goblins & Other Tasteless Tales\, and the new comedic Jewish history book\, The Jews: 5\,000 Years and Counting. \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-jewish-writing-funny/2025-07-15/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Finding Shekhinah
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, July 9\, 16\, 23 & 30\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nWhat and where is the Shekhinah\, the divine presence\, how can we find Her in our world and our lives\, hear Her voice\, feel Her within and around us?\n \nEach of our four meetings will explore these questions by considering one of the Shekhinah’s many incarnations in Jewish tradition through text study\, discussion\, and creative exercises (sharing will be optional) intended to help us examine our ideas about and experiences of divinity\, and imaginatively trying out different relations to divine presence.\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 Joy Ladin has published ten books of poetry\, including her new collection\, Shekhinah Speaks (Selva Oscura Press); The Book of Anna\, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and Transmigration\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She is also the author of a memoir of gender transition\, Through the Door of Life\, which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award\, and The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and the Triangle Award. Ladin has received fellowships and scholarships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Fulbright Foundation\, and the American Council of Learned Societies Research\, among other honors. A nationally recognized speaker on transgender issues\, she convenes an online conversation series\, “Containing Multitudes\,” which is available at JewishLive.org/multitudes. Her writing is available at joyladin.com.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/finding-shekhinah/2025-07-16/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Deep Body Poetry
DESCRIPTION: \nThursdays\, July 10\, 17\, 24 & 31\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nIf the body was given ultimate agency what would it say? What stories would it tell?\n \nPoetry universalizes the human experience\, the experience of having a body—a body that holds our psychic experience even more deeply and better than our minds do. Mining the poetry of the body happens through the bravery of those who have written these poems. Deep body poetry is the poetry of the disabled body\, the queer & trans body and the menstruating body. It’s the poetry where no metaphor\, simile or nuance stands between the reader and the subject; where the body is open and ready to speak. Join us as we read the lyric emotional truths of other poets\, allowing our minds and hearts to awaken to begin to ask our body to reveal its secrets\, and from there to generate creative expression\,\n \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 \nRachel Neve-Midbar is a poet and essayist. Her first full-length poetry collection\, Salaam of Birds\, was chosen by Dorothy Barresi for the Patricia Bibby First Book Prize and was published by Tebot Bach in January 2020. She is also the author of the 2014 chapbook\, What the Light Reveals. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies. A current Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California\, Rachel is also editor of Stained: An Anthology of Writing about Menstruation for the AuntFlo2020 Project. More at rachelnevemidbar.com.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/deep-body-poetry/2025-07-17/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T120000
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SUMMARY:Writing Jewish\, Writing Funny
DESCRIPTION: \nTuesdays\, July 8\, 15\, 22 & 29\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nJoin us for an engaging adventure with Emmy-winning TV writer and LMU film school professor Rob Kutner as we delve into how Jews have utilized humor to navigate their challenging history. Together\, we will explore various “tricks of the trade” to spread joy to ourselves and others during these tough times. \nKutner will share examples of how humor has played a crucial role in overcoming adversity throughout history\, showcasing how these techniques can be applied to contemporary challenges. \nOver the course of four sessions\, participants will have the opportunity to: \n\nPitch their creative ideas\nEngage in comedic writing exercises\nReceive constructive feedback from both the instructor and fellow participants\nParticipate in guided revision sessions\n\nNo prior writing or comedy experience is necessary; this enjoyable and interactive experience is crafted for everyone! \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\nRob Kutner has won 5 Emmys\, a Peabody\, a TCA\, and a Grammy writing for such shows as TBS’ “CONAN” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\, and HBO’s “Dennis Miller Live.” He has published humor pieces for the New York Times\, Esquire\, Huffington Post\, McSweeney’s\, and the Weekly Forward. He is also the author of the sci-fi humor books Apocalypse How: Turn the End Times into the Best of Times! \, The Future According to Me\, the kids’ graphic novel Snot Goblins & Other Tasteless Tales\, and the new comedic Jewish history book\, The Jews: 5\,000 Years and Counting. \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-jewish-writing-funny/2025-07-22/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T120000
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CREATED:20250430T171233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T211419Z
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SUMMARY:Finding Shekhinah
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, July 9\, 16\, 23 & 30\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nWhat and where is the Shekhinah\, the divine presence\, how can we find Her in our world and our lives\, hear Her voice\, feel Her within and around us?\n \nEach of our four meetings will explore these questions by considering one of the Shekhinah’s many incarnations in Jewish tradition through text study\, discussion\, and creative exercises (sharing will be optional) intended to help us examine our ideas about and experiences of divinity\, and imaginatively trying out different relations to divine presence.\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 Joy Ladin has published ten books of poetry\, including her new collection\, Shekhinah Speaks (Selva Oscura Press); The Book of Anna\, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and Transmigration\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She is also the author of a memoir of gender transition\, Through the Door of Life\, which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award\, and The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and the Triangle Award. Ladin has received fellowships and scholarships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Fulbright Foundation\, and the American Council of Learned Societies Research\, among other honors. A nationally recognized speaker on transgender issues\, she convenes an online conversation series\, “Containing Multitudes\,” which is available at JewishLive.org/multitudes. Her writing is available at joyladin.com.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/finding-shekhinah/2025-07-23/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
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SUMMARY:Deep Body Poetry
DESCRIPTION: \nThursdays\, July 10\, 17\, 24 & 31\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nIf the body was given ultimate agency what would it say? What stories would it tell?\n \nPoetry universalizes the human experience\, the experience of having a body—a body that holds our psychic experience even more deeply and better than our minds do. Mining the poetry of the body happens through the bravery of those who have written these poems. Deep body poetry is the poetry of the disabled body\, the queer & trans body and the menstruating body. It’s the poetry where no metaphor\, simile or nuance stands between the reader and the subject; where the body is open and ready to speak. Join us as we read the lyric emotional truths of other poets\, allowing our minds and hearts to awaken to begin to ask our body to reveal its secrets\, and from there to generate creative expression\,\n \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 \nRachel Neve-Midbar is a poet and essayist. Her first full-length poetry collection\, Salaam of Birds\, was chosen by Dorothy Barresi for the Patricia Bibby First Book Prize and was published by Tebot Bach in January 2020. She is also the author of the 2014 chapbook\, What the Light Reveals. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies. A current Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California\, Rachel is also editor of Stained: An Anthology of Writing about Menstruation for the AuntFlo2020 Project. More at rachelnevemidbar.com.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/deep-body-poetry/2025-07-24/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/Deep-Body-Poetry-2025-raw.png
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250729T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250729T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250513T200728Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Jewish\, Writing Funny
DESCRIPTION: \nTuesdays\, July 8\, 15\, 22 & 29\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nJoin us for an engaging adventure with Emmy-winning TV writer and LMU film school professor Rob Kutner as we delve into how Jews have utilized humor to navigate their challenging history. Together\, we will explore various “tricks of the trade” to spread joy to ourselves and others during these tough times. \nKutner will share examples of how humor has played a crucial role in overcoming adversity throughout history\, showcasing how these techniques can be applied to contemporary challenges. \nOver the course of four sessions\, participants will have the opportunity to: \n\nPitch their creative ideas\nEngage in comedic writing exercises\nReceive constructive feedback from both the instructor and fellow participants\nParticipate in guided revision sessions\n\nNo prior writing or comedy experience is necessary; this enjoyable and interactive experience is crafted for everyone! \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\nRob Kutner has won 5 Emmys\, a Peabody\, a TCA\, and a Grammy writing for such shows as TBS’ “CONAN” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\, and HBO’s “Dennis Miller Live.” He has published humor pieces for the New York Times\, Esquire\, Huffington Post\, McSweeney’s\, and the Weekly Forward. He is also the author of the sci-fi humor books Apocalypse How: Turn the End Times into the Best of Times! \, The Future According to Me\, the kids’ graphic novel Snot Goblins & Other Tasteless Tales\, and the new comedic Jewish history book\, The Jews: 5\,000 Years and Counting. \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-jewish-writing-funny/2025-07-29/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250430T171233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T211419Z
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SUMMARY:Finding Shekhinah
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, July 9\, 16\, 23 & 30\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nWhat and where is the Shekhinah\, the divine presence\, how can we find Her in our world and our lives\, hear Her voice\, feel Her within and around us?\n \nEach of our four meetings will explore these questions by considering one of the Shekhinah’s many incarnations in Jewish tradition through text study\, discussion\, and creative exercises (sharing will be optional) intended to help us examine our ideas about and experiences of divinity\, and imaginatively trying out different relations to divine presence.\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 Joy Ladin has published ten books of poetry\, including her new collection\, Shekhinah Speaks (Selva Oscura Press); The Book of Anna\, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and Transmigration\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She is also the author of a memoir of gender transition\, Through the Door of Life\, which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award\, and The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and the Triangle Award. Ladin has received fellowships and scholarships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Fulbright Foundation\, and the American Council of Learned Societies Research\, among other honors. A nationally recognized speaker on transgender issues\, she convenes an online conversation series\, “Containing Multitudes\,” which is available at JewishLive.org/multitudes. Her writing is available at joyladin.com.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/finding-shekhinah/2025-07-30/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/Finding-Shekhinah-2025-raw.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250513T135036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T135351Z
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SUMMARY:Deep Body Poetry
DESCRIPTION: \nThursdays\, July 10\, 17\, 24 & 31\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nIf the body was given ultimate agency what would it say? What stories would it tell?\n \nPoetry universalizes the human experience\, the experience of having a body—a body that holds our psychic experience even more deeply and better than our minds do. Mining the poetry of the body happens through the bravery of those who have written these poems. Deep body poetry is the poetry of the disabled body\, the queer & trans body and the menstruating body. It’s the poetry where no metaphor\, simile or nuance stands between the reader and the subject; where the body is open and ready to speak. Join us as we read the lyric emotional truths of other poets\, allowing our minds and hearts to awaken to begin to ask our body to reveal its secrets\, and from there to generate creative expression\,\n \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 \nRachel Neve-Midbar is a poet and essayist. Her first full-length poetry collection\, Salaam of Birds\, was chosen by Dorothy Barresi for the Patricia Bibby First Book Prize and was published by Tebot Bach in January 2020. She is also the author of the 2014 chapbook\, What the Light Reveals. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies. A current Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California\, Rachel is also editor of Stained: An Anthology of Writing about Menstruation for the AuntFlo2020 Project. More at rachelnevemidbar.com.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/deep-body-poetry/2025-07-31/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T120000
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SUMMARY:Elul Journey Towards Yizkor
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, August 13\, 20 & 27 and September 3\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nAs we welcome the month of Elul\, our thoughts naturally shift towards spiritual introspection. This year\, many of us carry not only our personal grief but also the collective sorrows of the world.\n \nElul offers us the opportunity to explore the traditions surrounding the Mourner’s Kaddish and the Yizkor service. Join liturgist Trisha Arlin to a meaningful journey that includes conversation\, meditation\, and creative writing. Together\, we will delve into various aspects of the Kaddish\, connecting it to your personal grief journey and the wider state of the world. For those attending the Yizkor service\, this session will enhance your experience and participation.\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 \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\, 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.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/elul-journey-towards-yizkor/2025-08-13/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250527T163800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T134054Z
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SUMMARY:Elul Journey Towards Yizkor
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, August 13\, 20 & 27 and September 3\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nAs we welcome the month of Elul\, our thoughts naturally shift towards spiritual introspection. This year\, many of us carry not only our personal grief but also the collective sorrows of the world.\n \nElul offers us the opportunity to explore the traditions surrounding the Mourner’s Kaddish and the Yizkor service. Join liturgist Trisha Arlin to a meaningful journey that includes conversation\, meditation\, and creative writing. Together\, we will delve into various aspects of the Kaddish\, connecting it to your personal grief journey and the wider state of the world. For those attending the Yizkor service\, this session will enhance your experience and participation.\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 \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\, 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.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/elul-journey-towards-yizkor/2025-08-20/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250527T163800Z
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SUMMARY:Elul Journey Towards Yizkor
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, August 13\, 20 & 27 and September 3\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nAs we welcome the month of Elul\, our thoughts naturally shift towards spiritual introspection. This year\, many of us carry not only our personal grief but also the collective sorrows of the world.\n \nElul offers us the opportunity to explore the traditions surrounding the Mourner’s Kaddish and the Yizkor service. Join liturgist Trisha Arlin to a meaningful journey that includes conversation\, meditation\, and creative writing. Together\, we will delve into various aspects of the Kaddish\, connecting it to your personal grief journey and the wider state of the world. For those attending the Yizkor service\, this session will enhance your experience and participation.\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 \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\, 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.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/elul-journey-towards-yizkor/2025-08-27/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250527T163800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T134056Z
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SUMMARY:Elul Journey Towards Yizkor
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, August 13\, 20 & 27 and September 3\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$180\n \n\nAs we welcome the month of Elul\, our thoughts naturally shift towards spiritual introspection. This year\, many of us carry not only our personal grief but also the collective sorrows of the world.\n \nElul offers us the opportunity to explore the traditions surrounding the Mourner’s Kaddish and the Yizkor service. Join liturgist Trisha Arlin to a meaningful journey that includes conversation\, meditation\, and creative writing. Together\, we will delve into various aspects of the Kaddish\, connecting it to your personal grief journey and the wider state of the world. For those attending the Yizkor service\, this session will enhance your experience and participation.\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 \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\, 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.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/elul-journey-towards-yizkor/2025-09-03/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250819T163253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T154047Z
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SUMMARY:Expanding the Field: A DIY Rosh Hashanah Journey
DESCRIPTION:September 8\, 2025\n1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT\n \n\n\nJoin Rabbi Aya Baron and Sarah Chandler (Kohenet Shamirah Bechirah) for a creative journey into Expanding the Field: A DIY Rosh Hashanah Companion\, Ayin Press’s zine-style guide to the New Year. Together\, we’ll explore interactive journaling\, earth-based ritual\, poetic reflection\, and imaginative prompts inspired by the mystical Four Worlds. From hitbodedut (personal prayer) to tashlich\, simanim\, and shofar practice\, Aya and Sarah invite you to co-create Rosh Hashanah rituals that feel both rooted and personal. \nThis session will share sample activities and open conversation about Aya and Sarah’s creative process. Whether you’re seeking spiritual nourishment\, fresh ritual\, or new ways into the season\, you’ll find a welcoming space to reflect\, reimagine\, and connect with the Days of Awe. \n\n\nNote: This program includes sample exercises from the new zine; to purchase a printed copy or download\, visit Ayin’s website.\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 \nRabbi Aya Baron (she/her) creates and offers earth-based Jewish programs\, educational consultation\, and life cycle ritual support. Ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College\, she also holds a B.A. in Contemplative Education from Brown University\, an M.A. in Jewish studies focusing on feminist and folkloric interpretations of rabbinic literature from the Graduate Theological Union and a certifcate from the California School of Herbal Studies. Aya lives on Lenni-Lenape land in Philadelphia and collaborates with Shamir Collective to create earth based Jewish practice guides.\n \n \n \n \n \nSarah Chandler (she/her) aka Kohenet Shamirah is a Brooklyn-based Jewish educator\, artist\, activist\, healer\, and poet. She teaches\, writes and consults on issues related to Judaism\, earth-based spiritual practice\, respectful workplaces\, mindfulness\, and farming. An ordained Kohenet with the Hebrew Priestess Institute and a trainer for “Taamod: Stand Up!”\, she is also is an advanced student of Kabbalistic dream work at The School of Images. Previously\, Sarah served as the Director of Romemu Yeshiva\, Chief Compassion Officer of Jewish Initiative for Animals\, and Director of Earth Based Spiritual Practices at Hazon’s Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. Currently\, she is the CEO of Shamir Collective\, as a coach and consultant to high profile artists and authors to launch new music and books\, as well as lead trainer for Soft as a Rock: Public Speaking for Sensitive Souls.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/expanding-the-field-a-diy-rosh-hashanah-journey/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250711T090822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T202001Z
UID:31291-1757505600-1757511000@ritualwell.org
SUMMARY:Women of the Bible: A Retelling
DESCRIPTION: \nWednesday\, September 10\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$18\n \n\n\nStep into the stories of the women of the Bible — not as distant figures\, but as bold\, complex individuals whose voices still echo in our lives today. Together\, we’ll engage Biblical text\, midrash\, poetry\, and art through a feminist\, justice-centered lens that reclaims and reimagines these women’s lives.\n \nThis is more than a study — it’s an invitation. As we explore how our biblical ancestors navigated power\, identity\, and faith\, you’ll be invited to respond with your own voice. Through guided writing or art-making\, you’ll create work that brings new life to their stories — and your own. As we stand at the threshold of a new year\, this gathering offers a powerful opportunity for these ancient stories to awaken your own story— and set intention for what’s to come.\n\n\n \nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nMcKenzie (Ma’ayan Yehudit) Wren is a ritualist who supports connection and growth through Earth-based\, embodied practices uplifting the Divine Feminine. Whether facilitating art experiences\, ritual or ceremony\, workshops or classes\, McKenzie creates a space where each person is seen\, heard and valued and has an authentic meaningful experience.\n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/women-of-the-hebrew-bible-a-retelling/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250708T183139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T133841Z
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SUMMARY:On Being Jewish Now: A Reading & Writing Experience
DESCRIPTION: \nSeptember 17\, 2025\n12-1 p.m. ET \n \nSince October 7\, our world has shifted in ways that touch every part of our lives. Many of us are asking: How do we navigate—and even flourish—in this moment? Where can we turn for wisdom\, connection\, and hope?\n \n\nIn her new anthology\, On Being Jewish Now\, writer\, podcaster\, and publisher Zibby Owens brings together leading Jewish voices in a heartfelt\, humorous\, and deeply moving collection of essays.\n \nJoin Zibby in conversation with Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer of Ritualwell as they explore what it means to be Jewish right now—how our questions\, traditions\, worries\, and hopes shape our lives and connect us to one another. You’ll be invited into a guided generative writing session to reflect on your own relationship to Jewishness in this moment.\n \nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n\n  \nZibby Owens is the founder of Zibby Media which includes the award-winning daily podcast Totally Booked with Zibby\, Zibby Publishing in New York\, and Zibby’s Bookshop in Santa Monica CA. She is the author of six books including the USA Today bestsellers Blank: A Novel and On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates. Follow her on Substack and Instagram @zibbyowens where she tells it like it is. \n  \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/on-being-jewish-now-a-reading-writing-experience/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250826T160926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T155318Z
UID:31907-1759233600-1759237200@ritualwell.org
SUMMARY:More than Wishing: Creating a Happy New Year
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 30\, 2025\n12:00-1:00 p.m. EDT\n$18\n \n\nTraditionally\, we wish one another a “Happy New Year.” It is a warm and important custom to continue. And this year\, in a changing world that can feel overwhelming\, we can add another layer: the reminder that we are also invited to create a new year. Judaism offers us a framework for making this possible–through teshuvah (renewal of spirit and return to the holiest part of ourselves)\, tefillah (prayer and avodah\, the work of the heart and doing the right thing)\, and tzedakah (acts of justice and generosity). These timeless practices remind us that while we cannot fix everything\, we can take meaningful steps to make the world better—within us and around us. In nurturing ourselves and acting with intention\, we become co-creators of a more whole and hopeful world.\n \nThis new booklet from Ritualwell is a companion for the sacred journey between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. It offers poems\, prayers\, and prompts to help you co-create a year of meaning and hope.\n \nWhether used for personal introspection or shared in community\, these offerings will guide you in crafting a year that is not only happy\, but deeply meaningful.\n \nWith your purchase of the booklet\, you are warmly invited to join us for a special event on September 30 with mindfulness teacher Rabbi Jacob Staub: Meditation & Reflection for the Days of Awe.\n\n \nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nRabbi Jacob Staub is the director of Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations. He is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Philosophy and Spirituality at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College\, where he continues to direct the Program in Jewish Spiritual Direction. He served as editor of The Reconstructionist 1983-89. He co-authored with Rebecca Alpert\,  Exploring Judaism: A Reconstructionist Approach.\n \n \n \n \n \n \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. Gabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. \n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/more-than-wishing-creating-a-happy-new-year/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250925T165245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T183401Z
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SUMMARY:A Day of Memory: A Holding Each Other Memorial for October 7
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 6\, 2025\n12-1:00 p.m. EDT\n \n\nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \nOur community meets every Monday for “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, but on October 6\, we’ll gather for a special hour of grieving\, praying and sharing.\n \n\nOur guest facilitator will be Rabbi Yehudit Werchow\, who will guide us through poetry\, prayers and prompts for creative expression\, reflection and sharing.\n \n\nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n \n \n\n \n\nRabbi Yehudit Werchow was born in Argentina and raised in Israel. She earned a B.A. in Political Science and Literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.A. in Religious Education from Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in New York\, where she was later ordained at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem.\nYehudit has held senior leadership roles across global Jewish organizations. She served as Director of Israel Engagement for the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) in North America\, as the Jewish Agency’s Senior Shlicha to the Reform Movement in both North America and the UK\, and as Director of Education for MASA. Throughout her career\, she has championed innovative approaches to Israel education\, strengthening connections across communities and generations.\n\n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/a-day-of-memory-a-holding-each-other-memorial-for-october-7/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250820T144507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T185135Z
UID:31498-1761049800-1761053400@ritualwell.org
SUMMARY:The Torah in the Tarot
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, October 21\, 2025 \n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$18\n \n\nStep into a world where ancient Jewish wisdom hides in plain sight—painted into the mysterious images of Renaissance-era Tarot cards.\n \nAuthor Stav Appel invites you on a fascinating journey into his startling discovery: that the original Tarot de Marseille may have served as a covert tool for Jewish education during centuries when the Roman Catholic Church sought to erase Judaism from public life.\n \nThrough a Judaic lens\, even the 1650 Jean Noblet Tarot—one of the oldest surviving decks—reveals Hebrew letters\, Torah stories\, ritual objects\, and Jewish holy days woven into its imagery. These hidden connections challenge everything scholars and enthusiasts think they know about the history of Tarot. Join us as Stav shares insights from his forthcoming Ayin Press deck and booklet\, The Torah in the Tarot\, and decide for yourself: can the rituals and lore of Judaism truly be found within the cards?\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\nStav Appel is a data scientist and a lifelong student of Torah. Earlier in his career he was the director of the Israeli-Palestinian coexistence organization Nitzanei Shalom\, and the director of International Service Programs for American Jewish World Service. He holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and has studied Biblical Hebrew at Hebrew University and Yale Divinity School. \nAfter a chance encounter with an old deck of Tarot cards\, Stav began to explore the origins and meaning of the biblical references he recognized in its images. He is now a frequent speaker and popular writer on the Torah in the Tarot\, the lost and forgotten Judaic origins of the mysterious Tarot de Marseille. He currently resides in New Salem\, NY. Find Stav on Instagram @torah.tarot. \n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/the-torah-in-the-tarot/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250829T164621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T145734Z
UID:31973-1761739200-1761744600@ritualwell.org
SUMMARY:Everyday Rituals: Jewish Life as the Framework for Playwriting
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, Oct 29\, 2025 and November 5\, 12 & 19\, 2025 \n12-1:30 p.m. EST\n$180\n \nWhat moments from the rituals of your life could inspire a new play? What makes a play a Jewish play and how can we weave Jewish ritual and values into what’s on the page? Where to start? How to go deeper?\n \nBy taking inspiration from both religious rituals and the commonalities of life Jewish families hold dear\, award-winning playwright Jennifer Maisel will guide you through writing exercises that will uncover new facets to your characters and more complex elements of your story. You can be starting from scratch or working on an already existing piece. But come ready to stretch your imagination\, explore your spirit\, and discover how ritual can transform your writing. Show up with pen\, paper\, and the willingness to be inspired.\n \nThis Immersion is a special partnership with the Jewish Plays Project.\n \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.\nJennifer Maisel is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose work has been produced off-Broadway\, nationally and internationally. Her plays include EIGHT NIGHTS\, OUT OF ORBIT\, MATCH. PROVENANCE\, THERE OR HERE\, YELLOWWALLPAPER 2.0 2020 and @thespeedofJake and have been workshopped and honored by the Sundance Theatre Lab\, the Ojai Playwrights Conference\, The Kennedy Center\, the Ovation Awards\, the Woodward/Newman Award\, the Asolo Theatre and the PEN West Literary Awards. She also writes for film and television; the screenplay adaptation of her THE LAST SEDER is in pre-production with Rosalind Productions. PROVENANCE was the winner of the 2025 Jewish Plays Project contest.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/everyday-rituals-jewish-life-as-the-framework-for-playwriting/2025-10-29/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250725T134535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T140843Z
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SUMMARY:Discovering Jewish Joy: A Ritualwell Community Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 29\, 2025\n8-9:30 p.m. EDT\n \n\n \nJoin the Ritualwell community for a special event celebrating Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture & Heritage\, a new anthology filled with 32 moving essays that lift up the theme of Jewish joy.\n \nThis gathering is an invitation to connect—to Jewish culture\, to your own wellsprings of joy\, and to a supportive creative community. You’ll hear powerful excerpts from selected contributors connected to the Ritualwell community including Diane Gottlieb\, Tzivia Gover\, Lisa Grunberger\, Talya Jankovits and Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer\, followed by a meaningful conversation about how joy can be a spiritual and cultural practice—especially in challenging times.\n \nThen\, you’ll be guided through a generative writing prompt designed to help you reflect on your personal experiences of joy\, and how they relate to your Jewish identity and story.\n \nCome to be inspired. Come to write. Come to feel joy.\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 \n\nDiane Gottlieb is the editor of the anthologies Awakenings: Stories of Body and Consciousness and the upcoming Manna Songs. Her work appears in notable publications\, and she has received various awards\, including Tiferet Journal’s nonfiction contest.\n\n \n \n \n \nTzivia Gover\, author of Dreaming on the Page\, is a dreamwork professional and founder of 350 Dreamers\, focusing on global healing.\n\n \n \n \n \n \nLisa Grunberger\, a Pushcart nominee and Temple University professor\, has published award-winning poetry reflecting on her experiences as a daughter of Holocaust survivors and is adapting her book Yiddish Yoga into a musical.\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\nTalya Jankovits\, an award-winning writer\, released the poetry collection girl woman wife mother\, recognized in the 2024 Bookfest Awards. \n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n\nGabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer\, Ritualwell’s Director\, focuses on spirituality and disability in her writing and is working on a memoir about intuition and ancestral conversations. \n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/discovering-jewish-joy-a-ritualwell-community-gathering/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T133000
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SUMMARY:Seeding Family-based Poems with Golems\, Dybukks and Shpilkas
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, October 30 and November 6\, 13\,  & 20\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. ET\n$180\n \nWhat Inspires Your Poetry?\n \nIn Jewish tradition\, stories and symbols shimmer with possibility—golems who guard and protect\, dybbuks who haunt and unsettle\, wise sayings passed down in mameloshen (Yiddish and other beloved tongues). These mythic images and words have traveled through generations\, carrying echoes of our history\, humor\, and heart.\n \nIn this Immersion with poet Susan Comninos\, we’ll step into this rich imaginative landscape\, exploring how folklore\, family stories\, and cultural memory can awaken new inspiration for your writing. Susan will guide us in weaving together personal history and timeless myth\, crafting poems that honor our creative inheritance while speaking in our own\, present-day voices. Come to reflect\, to write\, and to join others in a circle of Jewish creativity—where the past and present meet on the page\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 \nSusan Comninos is a widely published writer and author of a recent book of poems\, “Out of Nowhere” (Stephen F. Austin Univ. Press/Texas A&M\, 2022). Her individual poems\, often on Jewish themes\, have appeared in the Harvard Review Online\, Rattle\, The Common\, Prairie Schooner and North American Review\, among others. She’s taught writing to undergraduates at Siena College\, The College of St. Rose and SUNY Albany\, as well as to adults in the community. She is currently at work on a second collection of poems\, called “Wild Joy of Receiving” and is the poetry editor for Judith. She lives in upstate New York.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/seeding-family-based-poems-with-golems-dybukks-and-shpilkas/2025-10-30/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
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SUMMARY:Writing in Conversation with Kohelet
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, November 4\, 11 & 18\, 2025\n12:00-1:30 p.m.\n$154\n \n\nThe Book of Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) is a poetic\, puzzling\, and deeply human text—full of contradictions\, timeless wisdom\, and evocative imagery. In this 3-part generative writing series\, you’ll be invited to slow down\, listen closely\, and let Kohelet’s searching questions about purpose\, joy\, mortality\, and meaning spark your own reflections.\nEach session will offer:\n\n\n\nGuided exploration of selected passages from Kohelet that open up new ways of thinking about life’s biggest questions.\nCreative prompts to help you respond in your own voice—through poetry\, memoir\, fiction\, or spiritual writing.\nA supportive space to share and connect with others who are also writing their way into deeper wisdom.\n\n\n  \nBy the end of the series\, you’ll leave with fresh writing\, new insights into this mysterious text\, and a sense of connection to an ancient tradition that still speaks to the heart. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and create. All levels of writing experience are warmly welcomed. \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\nAmy Gottlieb is a novelist and poet. Her debut novel\, The Beautiful Possible\, was a finalist for the Edward Lewis Wallant Award\, the Harold Ribalow Prize\, and a National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction. Her poetry has appeared in On Being\, Ilanot Review\, Storyscape\, SWWIM\, Quartet Journal\, Poetica\, Paper Brigade\, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry\, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a fellowship from the Civita Institute and five individual awards from the Bronx Council on the Arts.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-in-conversation-with-kohelet/2025-11-04/
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250829T164621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T145736Z
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SUMMARY:Everyday Rituals: Jewish Life as the Framework for Playwriting
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, Oct 29\, 2025 and November 5\, 12 & 19\, 2025 \n12-1:30 p.m. EST\n$180\n \nWhat moments from the rituals of your life could inspire a new play? What makes a play a Jewish play and how can we weave Jewish ritual and values into what’s on the page? Where to start? How to go deeper?\n \nBy taking inspiration from both religious rituals and the commonalities of life Jewish families hold dear\, award-winning playwright Jennifer Maisel will guide you through writing exercises that will uncover new facets to your characters and more complex elements of your story. You can be starting from scratch or working on an already existing piece. But come ready to stretch your imagination\, explore your spirit\, and discover how ritual can transform your writing. Show up with pen\, paper\, and the willingness to be inspired.\n \nThis Immersion is a special partnership with the Jewish Plays Project.\n \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.\nJennifer Maisel is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose work has been produced off-Broadway\, nationally and internationally. Her plays include EIGHT NIGHTS\, OUT OF ORBIT\, MATCH. PROVENANCE\, THERE OR HERE\, YELLOWWALLPAPER 2.0 2020 and @thespeedofJake and have been workshopped and honored by the Sundance Theatre Lab\, the Ojai Playwrights Conference\, The Kennedy Center\, the Ovation Awards\, the Woodward/Newman Award\, the Asolo Theatre and the PEN West Literary Awards. She also writes for film and television; the screenplay adaptation of her THE LAST SEDER is in pre-production with Rosalind Productions. PROVENANCE was the winner of the 2025 Jewish Plays Project contest.\n \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/everyday-rituals-jewish-life-as-the-framework-for-playwriting/2025-11-05/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T135248Z
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SUMMARY:Seeding Family-based Poems with Golems\, Dybukks and Shpilkas
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, October 30 and November 6\, 13\,  & 20\, 2025\n12-1:30 p.m. ET\n$180\n \nWhat Inspires Your Poetry?\n \nIn Jewish tradition\, stories and symbols shimmer with possibility—golems who guard and protect\, dybbuks who haunt and unsettle\, wise sayings passed down in mameloshen (Yiddish and other beloved tongues). These mythic images and words have traveled through generations\, carrying echoes of our history\, humor\, and heart.\n \nIn this Immersion with poet Susan Comninos\, we’ll step into this rich imaginative landscape\, exploring how folklore\, family stories\, and cultural memory can awaken new inspiration for your writing. Susan will guide us in weaving together personal history and timeless myth\, crafting poems that honor our creative inheritance while speaking in our own\, present-day voices. Come to reflect\, to write\, and to join others in a circle of Jewish creativity—where the past and present meet on the page\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 \nSusan Comninos is a widely published writer and author of a recent book of poems\, “Out of Nowhere” (Stephen F. Austin Univ. Press/Texas A&M\, 2022). Her individual poems\, often on Jewish themes\, have appeared in the Harvard Review Online\, Rattle\, The Common\, Prairie Schooner and North American Review\, among others. She’s taught writing to undergraduates at Siena College\, The College of St. Rose and SUNY Albany\, as well as to adults in the community. She is currently at work on a second collection of poems\, called “Wild Joy of Receiving” and is the poetry editor for Judith. She lives in upstate New York.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/seeding-family-based-poems-with-golems-dybukks-and-shpilkas/2025-11-06/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250912T152949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T152949Z
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SUMMARY:Writing in Conversation with Kohelet
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, November 4\, 11 & 18\, 2025\n12:00-1:30 p.m.\n$154\n \n\nThe Book of Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) is a poetic\, puzzling\, and deeply human text—full of contradictions\, timeless wisdom\, and evocative imagery. In this 3-part generative writing series\, you’ll be invited to slow down\, listen closely\, and let Kohelet’s searching questions about purpose\, joy\, mortality\, and meaning spark your own reflections.\nEach session will offer:\n\n\n\nGuided exploration of selected passages from Kohelet that open up new ways of thinking about life’s biggest questions.\nCreative prompts to help you respond in your own voice—through poetry\, memoir\, fiction\, or spiritual writing.\nA supportive space to share and connect with others who are also writing their way into deeper wisdom.\n\n\n  \nBy the end of the series\, you’ll leave with fresh writing\, new insights into this mysterious text\, and a sense of connection to an ancient tradition that still speaks to the heart. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and create. All levels of writing experience are warmly welcomed. \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\nAmy Gottlieb is a novelist and poet. Her debut novel\, The Beautiful Possible\, was a finalist for the Edward Lewis Wallant Award\, the Harold Ribalow Prize\, and a National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction. Her poetry has appeared in On Being\, Ilanot Review\, Storyscape\, SWWIM\, Quartet Journal\, Poetica\, Paper Brigade\, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry\, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a fellowship from the Civita Institute and five individual awards from the Bronx Council on the Arts.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-in-conversation-with-kohelet/2025-11-11/
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153624
CREATED:20250912T153332Z
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SUMMARY:Before All the World: A Creative Conversation with Moriel Rothman-Zecher
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025\n8:00-9:00 p.m. EST\n \nIn recognition of Jewish Book Month\, join us for an intimate\, interactive online gathering with award-winning author Moriel Rothman-Zecher to explore his bold\, genre-bending novel Before All the World. Together\, we’ll dive into the book’s inventive use of language\, its weaving of Jewish memory\, resilience\, and love\, and the ways stories can hold both the ache of history and the possibility of transformation. This is more than a reading—it’s a conversation about writing\, identity\, and the sacred work of storytelling. Bring your curiosity\, your questions\, and your writer’s heart.\n \nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n \nMoriel Rothman-Zecher is the author of the novels Before All the World\, which was named an NPR Best Book\, and Sadness Is a White Bird\, for which he received the National Book Foundation’s ‘5 Under 35’ Honor\, and which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\, the winner of the Ohio Book Award\, a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award\, and longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. His work has been published in The American Poetry Review\, Barrelhouse\, Colorado Review\, The Common\, Jewish Currents\, Lit Hub\, Nashville Review\, The New York Times\, Poetry Daily\, The Paris Review’s Daily\, ZYZZYVA\, and elsewhere. Moriel is the recipient of two MacDowell Fellowships\, and teaches creative writing at Swarthmore College\, where he is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing\, and is also a member of the faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars’ MFA Program. \n  \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/before-all-the-world-a-creative-conversation-with-moriel-rothman-zecher/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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