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SUMMARY:Creative Midrash: Beyond Talmudic Texts
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, January 2\, 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 and February 6\, 2024 \n12-1:30 p.m. EST\n$250 \nTalmudic narratives are filled with distinctive characters\, strange plots\, and enigmatic silences. These stories provide a treasure trove for creative writers. For example\, when Moses sits in the back of Rabbi Akiva’s classroom and doesn’t recognize his own teachings\, how might we imagine Moses’s sense of dissonance? If we transpose the emotional core of this scene to another setting\, what story would we conjure? In each class\, we’ll explore a specific Talmudic text with a lens on character\, images\, narrative twists\, and unspoken qualities that pique our curiosity. We’ll then pivot to a generative session in which we write from prompts related to our text study. Be prepared to surprise yourself on the page as you uncover fresh possibilities in your writing practice. This generative workshop is suitable for creative writers of all levels as well as readers seeking to engage imaginatively with Jewish texts. \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience. \n  \nAmy Gottlieb‘s debut novel The Beautiful Possible was a finalist for the 2017 Harold U. Ribalow Prize\, a 2016 National Jewish Book Award and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award. Her fiction and poetry have been published in Other Voices\, Lilith\, Puerto del Sol\, Ilanot Review\, On Being\, Zeek\, Storyscape\, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry\, and elsewhere. She has received a Literary Fellowship and Residency from the Bronx Council on the Arts and an Arts Fellowship from the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. Amy is a graduate of Clark University and the University of Chicago. She lives with her family on the edge of the Hudson River in New York City.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/creative-midrash-beyond-talmudic-texts/2024-01-02/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Writing Poetry in the Shadow of War
DESCRIPTION:At all times but especially in a time of war and grief\, we need literature to remind us of what it means to be human\, what justice demands\, where our struggles and conflicts\, our strengths and hopes reside.In this Ritualwell event\, we will see how other poets have responded to disasters and conflicts Jews have faced and are facing. We will see how poets including Marcela Sulak and Bob Hicok are responding to the Israel-Hamas War and the resurgence in antisemitism and also look at poetry from the Holocaust. In between these readings and discussions of the poems\, you will write your own poems based on prompts that will help you shape your thoughts. This experience is all about finding a way through poetry to express ourselves in this critical time. \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience. \n  \n \nLynn Levin is a poet and writer. She is the author of nine books\, most recently\, her debut collection of short stories House Parties (2023). Widely published as a poet\, Levin’s five poetry collections include The Minor Virtues (2020); Miss Plastique (2013)\, a Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist in poetry; Fair Creatures of an Hour (2009)\, a Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist in poetry; Imaginarium (2005)\, a finalist for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award; and A Few Questions about Paradise (2000). She is co-author\, with Valerie Fox\, of Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets (2019\, 2013)\, a Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist in writing/publishing. She is the translator\, from the Spanish\, of Birds on the Kiswar Tree (2014)\, poems by the Peruvian Andean poet Odi Gonzales. Levin is also the producer/director of the 2017 video documentary Life on the Napo River: A Glimpse of the Ecuadoran Amazon\, Its People\, and Their Traditions. \nShe lives in Bucks County\, Pennsylvania and teaches English and creative writing at Drexel University\, where she received the Adjunct Award for Teaching Excellence. For many years\, she taught creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-poetry-in-the-shadow-of-war/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Free,Standalone session
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240111T120000
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SUMMARY:Holding Each Other
DESCRIPTION:Two is better than one…for should they fall one can lift the other.\n–Ecclesiastes 9-10\nWe are here. We’re in this challenging time together. \nRitualwell invites you for a weekly meeting time where we will lift each other up with prayer\, song and creative prompts. Join us every Thursday from 12-12:30pm EST \nBring pen and paper– each week a different poet/liturgist will lead us in an expressive prompt. Pour out your feelings in words\, images\, doodles or whatever works best for you. We look forward to seeing you. Invite a friend or loved one who might appreciate this comforting space. \nUpcoming Date: March 28th \nGuest speaker: Tiferet Welch \n \n  \nTiferet Welch is a poet whose work is inspired by kabbalah. She writes: “My poetry is\, I hope\, steeped in modern Jewish mysticism and draws on the arc of Torah and deeply felt personal experience to create a sensuous and sensual swirl of living in and through the four worlds\, especially in the time of the pandemic\, the death of my mother\, and sadly\, post October 7th. Exploring the parshiot by way of the sages\, drawing out the kaballistic essence\, mining the subterranean allusions of the Hebrew letters and binding them all within the personal\, the poems form a chronicle of this liminal time.” \n  \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-israel-on-our-heart/2024-01-11/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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SUMMARY:God Cafe: The Immersion
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, January 22\, 29 and February 5\, 12\, 19\, 26\, 2024\n12-1:30 p.m. EST\n$250 for six sessions \nWho is God? What do we talk about when we talk about God? For six weeks\, we will discuss God/divinity as a concept\, exploring what God means to each of us and learn about the variety of approaches to God in Jewish tradition. This will be an opportunity to explore a topic often not discussed and to build community around our questions and insights. Learning will include reflection on our own experiences\, listening to the stories of others and diving into a variety of texts. Rabbi Sarah began this project while she was in rabbinical school through the support of the Auerbach Grants for Rabbinic Innovation. The project began with 1:1 phone conversations and evolved into an entire cohort series\, in Jewish and multi-faith settings. All are welcome to join\, whether this is something you rarely think about or it’s your favorite thing to explore. \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 Sarah Brammer-Shlay graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in May 2022. She serves as the Interim Dean of Religious Life/Chaplain and Rabbi at Grinnell College in Iowa. She loves the diversity of her work with students\, supporting them to figure out who they are\, who they want to be and how Judaism plays a role in that pursuit. While in rabbinical school\, she created The God Cafe Project with the goal of creating space for people to explore moments of Divine connection and grappling. At the core of her identity as a Jewish leader and community organizer is the desire for people to get out of isolation and into connection. She has more than 15 years of community organizing experience in a variety of fields including\, but not limited to\, Israel/Palestine\, labor\, feminism\, workers’ rights and health care. Sarah was a co-founder of IfNotNow and has served in various leadership roles with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence as well.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/god-cafe-the-immersion/2024-01-22/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Choosing Joy: The Teachings of Rebbe Nachman
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, January 25 and February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 29\, 2024 \n1-2:30 p.m. EST\n$250 for six sessions\n \nRebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772 – 1810) founded a specific stream of Chasidism that was once tiny\, and has somehow become an influential force throughout the Jewish world. The psychological insight\, poetic beauty and spiritual power of his teachings have touched many seekers. Together\, we will explore who he was\, how his ideas spread\, and some of his key themes\, in theory and practice. These include: the transformative power of music and song; our power and responsibility to shape ourselves and our world; how our thoughts affect our reality; the struggle to be joyful; the practice of praying in our own words (Hitbodedut); and maintaining resilience and equanimity throughout the challenges of life.\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\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\, 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 \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/choosing-joy-the-teachings-of-rebbe-nachman/2024-01-25/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Hidden Moments of Holiness: Finding Sacred Potential in the Everyday
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 31\, 2024\n12-1:30 p.m. EST\nFree \nSecular ritual is a precious part of our social and communal fabric. Starting or ending work meetings\, welcoming a new neighbor\, that perfect cup of coffee in the quiet of morning before anyone else is awake: all are moments waiting for rituals of their own. Join Rabbi Cantor Hillary Chorny for an exploration of ritual that lifts up the otherwise-overlooked moments in our lives. Drawing on the work of the ritual lab at the Stanford Design School\, we’ll explore the core elements that define these rituals and identify other “missed moments” that beg for attention.\n \nIn this generative session you will have the opportunity to build and launch new personal or communal rituals and to share them with the Ritualwell community. Participants with any background or level of Jewish literacy and ritual crafting are welcome.\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 \nRabbi Cantor Hillary Chorny is the Cantor at Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles\, California. She completed her cantorial investiture\, rabbinical ordination\, and a Masterʼs degree in Sacred Music at the Jewish Theological Seminary before joining the staff of Temple Beth Am in August\, 2014. For several years\, Hillary has co-produced the Sacred Sounds Unbound concert series with burgeoning Jewish music artists and the Kol Tefilla conference on prayer experiences with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Hillary is an instructor for first year students at the Ziegler School of Rabbinical Studies. She is an avid writer and is currently enrolled in UCLA’s extension program for a certificate in creative nonfiction writing. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School’s Professional & Lifelong Learning Program\, Hillary is committed to the ongoing study and proliferation of ritual in Jewish community and beyond. She currently serves as one of the vice-presidents of the Cantors Assembly\, the largest professional body of cantors in the world. She and her husband\, Rabbi Daniel Chorny\, met in Israel and continue to enjoy learning together with their two children\, Ella and Yossi.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/hidden-moments-of-holiness-finding-sacred-potential-in-the-everyday/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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