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SUMMARY:Threading Stones: An Elul Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, July 2\, 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 and August 6\, 2024\n2-3:30 p.m. EDT\n$250\n \n\n\n\n\nPrepare yourself for Elul and the High Holy Days by learning an ancient tradition\, rarely taught by those who have practice in this tradition. \n\n\nFor generations\, Jewish women in Eastern Europe utilized threads to measure cemeteries and graves. These threads were used to create special soul candles known as neshome likht\, or sometimes as protective bands worn on wrists\, ankles\, or necks. Typically overseen by skilled women called feldmesterins\, activities such as feldmestn (cemetery measuring) and kneytlekh leygn (laying wicks) were most prevalent during Elul to prepare soul candles for Yom Kippur. \n\n\nIn this Ritualwell Immersion program\, you will be guided on how to carry out these rituals based on translated Yiddish ethnographic studies and memoirs. The session will include teaching Yiddish songs\, reciting tkhines (Yiddish prayers)\, and reading poems\, some of which are focused on this ritual. Delving into the history of this tradition will shed light on how cemeteries were perceived in shtetl society\, serving as a means to communicate with the deceased and seek their assistance. At the end of this Immersion\, you will be able to host a cemetery measuring event in Elul or any other time of the year. \n\n\nThis Immersion is open for all! If you are intrigued by Yiddish\, Jewish\, or local history; eager to explore overlooked folklore and protective practices; or seeking new avenues to connect with your ancestors; if you are a Jewish educator\, spiritual leader\, or community members interested in leading this program during the month of Elul at their local cemeteries: You are welcome to join us! \nWant to learn more? Watch this short video! \n\n\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\nAnnabel Cohen is a PhD Student in Modern Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America\, focusing on the interwar Jewish anti-fascist left. She has a Masters with distinction in History from the University of London. Alongside her PhD research\, Annabel researches and translates materials relating to Jewish women’s religiosity in Eastern Europe\, publishing her work on the blog www.pullingatthreads.com. Her essay on feldmesterins – cemetery measuring women – was published in the recent anthology Strange Fire: Jewish Voices from the Pandemic\, published by Ben Yehuda Press in 2021. She is one of the Yiddish Book Center’s 2023-24 Translation Fellows\, for which she is translating the memoirs of Communist journalist\, Gina Medem. Annie teaches Yiddish with the Workers’ Circle and YIVO\, and this coming academic year will be teaching Yiddish language\, history and culture at the Sorbonne university\, Paris. Since 2018\, Annie has been studying feminine and earth-based Jewish practice with the Kohenet Hebrew institute. She will be ordained as a Kohenet on August 18.\n \n\n\n\n\nSarah Chandler 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\nÉléonore Weill is a French-American vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Éléonore Weill creates and performs soulful interpretations of Klezmer\, Yiddish\, French\, Occitane music as well as original compositions\, poems and improvisations. In addition to her social justice Yiddish music ensemble Tsibele\, she performs and records internationally in a variety of ensembles with Frank London\, Michael Winograd\, Walter Thompson\, Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble\, Kenny Wallesen\, FADA\, the Baroque Music Center of Versailles (C.M.B.V.)\, Orchestre National de Toulouse\, Midwood\, Les Saqueboutiers\, Miqueu Montanaro\, and many others. She also composed and played for Theater companies such as Doppelskope\, Great Small Works and Bread and Puppets and performs at leading international festivals including Yiddish New York\, the Ashkenaz Festival (Toronto)\, Kleztival (São Paulo)\, and KlezKanada (Quebec)\, Fun Dor Tsu Dor (Chateau Ligoure\, France) on wooden flutes\, piano\, accordion\, hurdy-gurdy\, and as a lead singer.\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/threading-stones-an-elul-tradition/2024-07-02/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Threading Stones: An Elul Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, July 2\, 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 and August 6\, 2024\n2-3:30 p.m. EDT\n$250\n \n\n\n\n\nPrepare yourself for Elul and the High Holy Days by learning an ancient tradition\, rarely taught by those who have practice in this tradition. \n\n\nFor generations\, Jewish women in Eastern Europe utilized threads to measure cemeteries and graves. These threads were used to create special soul candles known as neshome likht\, or sometimes as protective bands worn on wrists\, ankles\, or necks. Typically overseen by skilled women called feldmesterins\, activities such as feldmestn (cemetery measuring) and kneytlekh leygn (laying wicks) were most prevalent during Elul to prepare soul candles for Yom Kippur. \n\n\nIn this Ritualwell Immersion program\, you will be guided on how to carry out these rituals based on translated Yiddish ethnographic studies and memoirs. The session will include teaching Yiddish songs\, reciting tkhines (Yiddish prayers)\, and reading poems\, some of which are focused on this ritual. Delving into the history of this tradition will shed light on how cemeteries were perceived in shtetl society\, serving as a means to communicate with the deceased and seek their assistance. At the end of this Immersion\, you will be able to host a cemetery measuring event in Elul or any other time of the year. \n\n\nThis Immersion is open for all! If you are intrigued by Yiddish\, Jewish\, or local history; eager to explore overlooked folklore and protective practices; or seeking new avenues to connect with your ancestors; if you are a Jewish educator\, spiritual leader\, or community members interested in leading this program during the month of Elul at their local cemeteries: You are welcome to join us! \nWant to learn more? Watch this short video! \n\n\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\nAnnabel Cohen is a PhD Student in Modern Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America\, focusing on the interwar Jewish anti-fascist left. She has a Masters with distinction in History from the University of London. Alongside her PhD research\, Annabel researches and translates materials relating to Jewish women’s religiosity in Eastern Europe\, publishing her work on the blog www.pullingatthreads.com. Her essay on feldmesterins – cemetery measuring women – was published in the recent anthology Strange Fire: Jewish Voices from the Pandemic\, published by Ben Yehuda Press in 2021. She is one of the Yiddish Book Center’s 2023-24 Translation Fellows\, for which she is translating the memoirs of Communist journalist\, Gina Medem. Annie teaches Yiddish with the Workers’ Circle and YIVO\, and this coming academic year will be teaching Yiddish language\, history and culture at the Sorbonne university\, Paris. Since 2018\, Annie has been studying feminine and earth-based Jewish practice with the Kohenet Hebrew institute. She will be ordained as a Kohenet on August 18.\n \n\n\n\n\nSarah Chandler 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\nÉléonore Weill is a French-American vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Éléonore Weill creates and performs soulful interpretations of Klezmer\, Yiddish\, French\, Occitane music as well as original compositions\, poems and improvisations. In addition to her social justice Yiddish music ensemble Tsibele\, she performs and records internationally in a variety of ensembles with Frank London\, Michael Winograd\, Walter Thompson\, Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble\, Kenny Wallesen\, FADA\, the Baroque Music Center of Versailles (C.M.B.V.)\, Orchestre National de Toulouse\, Midwood\, Les Saqueboutiers\, Miqueu Montanaro\, and many others. She also composed and played for Theater companies such as Doppelskope\, Great Small Works and Bread and Puppets and performs at leading international festivals including Yiddish New York\, the Ashkenaz Festival (Toronto)\, Kleztival (São Paulo)\, and KlezKanada (Quebec)\, Fun Dor Tsu Dor (Chateau Ligoure\, France) on wooden flutes\, piano\, accordion\, hurdy-gurdy\, and as a lead singer.\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/threading-stones-an-elul-tradition/2024-07-09/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Resilience in a Time of War: Inspired by Etty Hillesum
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, July 10\, 17\, 24\, 31 and August 7\, 2024 \n12- 1:15 p.m. EDT\n$225\n \n\nIn a time of conflict and war\, we need practices that connect us to our humanity\, allowing us to tap into our inner strength and source of hope and peace. The writings of Etty Hillesum are a treasure trove of the human spirit; she wrote her diaries and letters from 1941 to 1943\, before her life was tragically cut short in Auschwitz. Her writings reveal an astonishing spiritual resilience and a universal love for humanity and for God\, even during the darkest times. While living through the dire historical circumstances encroaching on European Jewry\, she developed a deep and unflinching faith in humanity that carried her through the most difficult of times.\n \n\n\n\nIn this series of online gatherings\, we will read and discuss Hillesum’s writings as a springboard for creating our own spiritual and writing practices. We’ll explore major themes in her work: creativity\, prayer\, meditation\, love\, suffering\, acceptance\, death\, and freedom. We’ll engage in journaling\, meditation\, and prayer practices inspired by her work. With the intention of connecting to our inner voices and crafting our own paths to resilience\, we’ll support each other in imagining and creating a better world.\n \n\nThis course is open to people of all backgrounds.\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\nPhoto by Paul Goyette\nHila Ratzabi is the author of the award-winning poetry collection There Are Still Woods (June Road Press\, 2022). Her poetry has been published widely in literary journals and in The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry and Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. Her articles have appeared in publications including The Wisdom Daily\, MyJewishLearning.com\, the Jewish Daily Forward\, Kveller\, Alma\, and Zeek. From 2015–2023\, she ran Ritualwell.org\, publishing innovative Jewish rituals\, poetry\, and liturgy and curating online learning experiences. She is currently director of communications at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe\, Illinois\, and lives in Oak Park outside Chicago. \n\n  \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/spiritual-resilience-in-a-time-of-war-inspired-by-etty-hillesum/2024-07-10/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Can We Talk? Navigating Challenging Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, July 11\, 18\, and 25\, 2024\n12–1:30 p.m. EDT\n$118\n \n\nWe reside in a rapidly evolving social landscape\, where our previously held beliefs may have shifted or become more pronounced. Regardless of our stances on various topics\, we often encounter conflicts with those around us. Is it possible to have productive discussions about our differences? If so\, how can we go about it effectively?\n \nThis mini-Immersion series invites you to delve into mastering the skill of navigating challenging conversations constructively. Explore identifying your triggers\, enhancing your understanding of differing perspectives\, and honing your listening skills. Based on the Jewish concepts of making debate possible and fruitful\, taught by Adva Chattler (MA\, Conflict Resolution and Management) of Ritualwell and a Makhloket Matters fellow\, you will be able to look at moments of conflict and decide upon your approach to it – not just respond at a heat of the moment. At the end of this Immersion\, you will be able to leave with practical tools to face difficult conversation\, wherever they meet you.\n \nSpecial guest speakers: Rosalie Gerut (MA) and Martina Emme (PhD)\, co-writers of the book “Journeys of Transformation: Confronting the Legacies of Conflict\, War and Genocide” describing their journey as descendants of Holocaust survivors and Nazi supporters who participating in dialogue groups that encouraged healing and growth on both sides.\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 \nAdva Chattler (she/her) is an Israeli-Mizrahi Jew\, born and raised in Be’er-Sheva\, Israel. Adva is passionate about bringing people together in ways that spark relationship building and connecting to others on a deeper level\, both in the challenging and ever-changing world of online gatherings\, and in person. She holds a MA in conflict Resolution and Management from Ben Gurion University of the Negev and BA in Public Administration and Management from Sapir College in Sderot\, Israel. She is a Makhloket Matters fellow for Jewish professionals from the Pardes Institute and believes that even though we can’t avoid conflicts\, we can take the steps to avoid conflict escalation through education and practice. With her experience in teaching and curriculum building\, she support facilitators and presenters for Ritualwell and Reconstructing Judaism and encourages them to bring not only their best self\, but best practices and tools for successful teaching online. Adva lives in Del Rio\, Tx.\, with her husband\, daughters and their dogs.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/can-we-talk-navigating-challenging-conversations/2024-07-11/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Threading Stones: An Elul Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, July 2\, 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 and August 6\, 2024\n2-3:30 p.m. EDT\n$250\n \n\n\n\n\nPrepare yourself for Elul and the High Holy Days by learning an ancient tradition\, rarely taught by those who have practice in this tradition. \n\n\nFor generations\, Jewish women in Eastern Europe utilized threads to measure cemeteries and graves. These threads were used to create special soul candles known as neshome likht\, or sometimes as protective bands worn on wrists\, ankles\, or necks. Typically overseen by skilled women called feldmesterins\, activities such as feldmestn (cemetery measuring) and kneytlekh leygn (laying wicks) were most prevalent during Elul to prepare soul candles for Yom Kippur. \n\n\nIn this Ritualwell Immersion program\, you will be guided on how to carry out these rituals based on translated Yiddish ethnographic studies and memoirs. The session will include teaching Yiddish songs\, reciting tkhines (Yiddish prayers)\, and reading poems\, some of which are focused on this ritual. Delving into the history of this tradition will shed light on how cemeteries were perceived in shtetl society\, serving as a means to communicate with the deceased and seek their assistance. At the end of this Immersion\, you will be able to host a cemetery measuring event in Elul or any other time of the year. \n\n\nThis Immersion is open for all! If you are intrigued by Yiddish\, Jewish\, or local history; eager to explore overlooked folklore and protective practices; or seeking new avenues to connect with your ancestors; if you are a Jewish educator\, spiritual leader\, or community members interested in leading this program during the month of Elul at their local cemeteries: You are welcome to join us! \nWant to learn more? Watch this short video! \n\n\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\nAnnabel Cohen is a PhD Student in Modern Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America\, focusing on the interwar Jewish anti-fascist left. She has a Masters with distinction in History from the University of London. Alongside her PhD research\, Annabel researches and translates materials relating to Jewish women’s religiosity in Eastern Europe\, publishing her work on the blog www.pullingatthreads.com. Her essay on feldmesterins – cemetery measuring women – was published in the recent anthology Strange Fire: Jewish Voices from the Pandemic\, published by Ben Yehuda Press in 2021. She is one of the Yiddish Book Center’s 2023-24 Translation Fellows\, for which she is translating the memoirs of Communist journalist\, Gina Medem. Annie teaches Yiddish with the Workers’ Circle and YIVO\, and this coming academic year will be teaching Yiddish language\, history and culture at the Sorbonne university\, Paris. Since 2018\, Annie has been studying feminine and earth-based Jewish practice with the Kohenet Hebrew institute. She will be ordained as a Kohenet on August 18.\n \n\n\n\n\nSarah Chandler 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\nÉléonore Weill is a French-American vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Éléonore Weill creates and performs soulful interpretations of Klezmer\, Yiddish\, French\, Occitane music as well as original compositions\, poems and improvisations. In addition to her social justice Yiddish music ensemble Tsibele\, she performs and records internationally in a variety of ensembles with Frank London\, Michael Winograd\, Walter Thompson\, Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble\, Kenny Wallesen\, FADA\, the Baroque Music Center of Versailles (C.M.B.V.)\, Orchestre National de Toulouse\, Midwood\, Les Saqueboutiers\, Miqueu Montanaro\, and many others. She also composed and played for Theater companies such as Doppelskope\, Great Small Works and Bread and Puppets and performs at leading international festivals including Yiddish New York\, the Ashkenaz Festival (Toronto)\, Kleztival (São Paulo)\, and KlezKanada (Quebec)\, Fun Dor Tsu Dor (Chateau Ligoure\, France) on wooden flutes\, piano\, accordion\, hurdy-gurdy\, and as a lead singer.\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/threading-stones-an-elul-tradition/2024-07-16/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Resilience in a Time of War: Inspired by Etty Hillesum
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, July 10\, 17\, 24\, 31 and August 7\, 2024 \n12- 1:15 p.m. EDT\n$225\n \n\nIn a time of conflict and war\, we need practices that connect us to our humanity\, allowing us to tap into our inner strength and source of hope and peace. The writings of Etty Hillesum are a treasure trove of the human spirit; she wrote her diaries and letters from 1941 to 1943\, before her life was tragically cut short in Auschwitz. Her writings reveal an astonishing spiritual resilience and a universal love for humanity and for God\, even during the darkest times. While living through the dire historical circumstances encroaching on European Jewry\, she developed a deep and unflinching faith in humanity that carried her through the most difficult of times.\n \n\n\n\nIn this series of online gatherings\, we will read and discuss Hillesum’s writings as a springboard for creating our own spiritual and writing practices. We’ll explore major themes in her work: creativity\, prayer\, meditation\, love\, suffering\, acceptance\, death\, and freedom. We’ll engage in journaling\, meditation\, and prayer practices inspired by her work. With the intention of connecting to our inner voices and crafting our own paths to resilience\, we’ll support each other in imagining and creating a better world.\n \n\nThis course is open to people of all backgrounds.\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\nPhoto by Paul Goyette\nHila Ratzabi is the author of the award-winning poetry collection There Are Still Woods (June Road Press\, 2022). Her poetry has been published widely in literary journals and in The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry and Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. Her articles have appeared in publications including The Wisdom Daily\, MyJewishLearning.com\, the Jewish Daily Forward\, Kveller\, Alma\, and Zeek. From 2015–2023\, she ran Ritualwell.org\, publishing innovative Jewish rituals\, poetry\, and liturgy and curating online learning experiences. She is currently director of communications at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe\, Illinois\, and lives in Oak Park outside Chicago. \n\n  \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/spiritual-resilience-in-a-time-of-war-inspired-by-etty-hillesum/2024-07-17/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Can We Talk? Navigating Challenging Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, July 11\, 18\, and 25\, 2024\n12–1:30 p.m. EDT\n$118\n \n\nWe reside in a rapidly evolving social landscape\, where our previously held beliefs may have shifted or become more pronounced. Regardless of our stances on various topics\, we often encounter conflicts with those around us. Is it possible to have productive discussions about our differences? If so\, how can we go about it effectively?\n \nThis mini-Immersion series invites you to delve into mastering the skill of navigating challenging conversations constructively. Explore identifying your triggers\, enhancing your understanding of differing perspectives\, and honing your listening skills. Based on the Jewish concepts of making debate possible and fruitful\, taught by Adva Chattler (MA\, Conflict Resolution and Management) of Ritualwell and a Makhloket Matters fellow\, you will be able to look at moments of conflict and decide upon your approach to it – not just respond at a heat of the moment. At the end of this Immersion\, you will be able to leave with practical tools to face difficult conversation\, wherever they meet you.\n \nSpecial guest speakers: Rosalie Gerut (MA) and Martina Emme (PhD)\, co-writers of the book “Journeys of Transformation: Confronting the Legacies of Conflict\, War and Genocide” describing their journey as descendants of Holocaust survivors and Nazi supporters who participating in dialogue groups that encouraged healing and growth on both sides.\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 \nAdva Chattler (she/her) is an Israeli-Mizrahi Jew\, born and raised in Be’er-Sheva\, Israel. Adva is passionate about bringing people together in ways that spark relationship building and connecting to others on a deeper level\, both in the challenging and ever-changing world of online gatherings\, and in person. She holds a MA in conflict Resolution and Management from Ben Gurion University of the Negev and BA in Public Administration and Management from Sapir College in Sderot\, Israel. She is a Makhloket Matters fellow for Jewish professionals from the Pardes Institute and believes that even though we can’t avoid conflicts\, we can take the steps to avoid conflict escalation through education and practice. With her experience in teaching and curriculum building\, she support facilitators and presenters for Ritualwell and Reconstructing Judaism and encourages them to bring not only their best self\, but best practices and tools for successful teaching online. Adva lives in Del Rio\, Tx.\, with her husband\, daughters and their dogs.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/can-we-talk-navigating-challenging-conversations/2024-07-18/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Threading Stones: An Elul Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, July 2\, 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 and August 6\, 2024\n2-3:30 p.m. EDT\n$250\n \n\n\n\n\nPrepare yourself for Elul and the High Holy Days by learning an ancient tradition\, rarely taught by those who have practice in this tradition. \n\n\nFor generations\, Jewish women in Eastern Europe utilized threads to measure cemeteries and graves. These threads were used to create special soul candles known as neshome likht\, or sometimes as protective bands worn on wrists\, ankles\, or necks. Typically overseen by skilled women called feldmesterins\, activities such as feldmestn (cemetery measuring) and kneytlekh leygn (laying wicks) were most prevalent during Elul to prepare soul candles for Yom Kippur. \n\n\nIn this Ritualwell Immersion program\, you will be guided on how to carry out these rituals based on translated Yiddish ethnographic studies and memoirs. The session will include teaching Yiddish songs\, reciting tkhines (Yiddish prayers)\, and reading poems\, some of which are focused on this ritual. Delving into the history of this tradition will shed light on how cemeteries were perceived in shtetl society\, serving as a means to communicate with the deceased and seek their assistance. At the end of this Immersion\, you will be able to host a cemetery measuring event in Elul or any other time of the year. \n\n\nThis Immersion is open for all! If you are intrigued by Yiddish\, Jewish\, or local history; eager to explore overlooked folklore and protective practices; or seeking new avenues to connect with your ancestors; if you are a Jewish educator\, spiritual leader\, or community members interested in leading this program during the month of Elul at their local cemeteries: You are welcome to join us! \nWant to learn more? Watch this short video! \n\n\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\nAnnabel Cohen is a PhD Student in Modern Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America\, focusing on the interwar Jewish anti-fascist left. She has a Masters with distinction in History from the University of London. Alongside her PhD research\, Annabel researches and translates materials relating to Jewish women’s religiosity in Eastern Europe\, publishing her work on the blog www.pullingatthreads.com. Her essay on feldmesterins – cemetery measuring women – was published in the recent anthology Strange Fire: Jewish Voices from the Pandemic\, published by Ben Yehuda Press in 2021. She is one of the Yiddish Book Center’s 2023-24 Translation Fellows\, for which she is translating the memoirs of Communist journalist\, Gina Medem. Annie teaches Yiddish with the Workers’ Circle and YIVO\, and this coming academic year will be teaching Yiddish language\, history and culture at the Sorbonne university\, Paris. Since 2018\, Annie has been studying feminine and earth-based Jewish practice with the Kohenet Hebrew institute. She will be ordained as a Kohenet on August 18.\n \n\n\n\n\nSarah Chandler 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\nÉléonore Weill is a French-American vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Éléonore Weill creates and performs soulful interpretations of Klezmer\, Yiddish\, French\, Occitane music as well as original compositions\, poems and improvisations. In addition to her social justice Yiddish music ensemble Tsibele\, she performs and records internationally in a variety of ensembles with Frank London\, Michael Winograd\, Walter Thompson\, Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble\, Kenny Wallesen\, FADA\, the Baroque Music Center of Versailles (C.M.B.V.)\, Orchestre National de Toulouse\, Midwood\, Les Saqueboutiers\, Miqueu Montanaro\, and many others. She also composed and played for Theater companies such as Doppelskope\, Great Small Works and Bread and Puppets and performs at leading international festivals including Yiddish New York\, the Ashkenaz Festival (Toronto)\, Kleztival (São Paulo)\, and KlezKanada (Quebec)\, Fun Dor Tsu Dor (Chateau Ligoure\, France) on wooden flutes\, piano\, accordion\, hurdy-gurdy\, and as a lead singer.\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/threading-stones-an-elul-tradition/2024-07-23/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Resilience in a Time of War: Inspired by Etty Hillesum
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, July 10\, 17\, 24\, 31 and August 7\, 2024 \n12- 1:15 p.m. EDT\n$225\n \n\nIn a time of conflict and war\, we need practices that connect us to our humanity\, allowing us to tap into our inner strength and source of hope and peace. The writings of Etty Hillesum are a treasure trove of the human spirit; she wrote her diaries and letters from 1941 to 1943\, before her life was tragically cut short in Auschwitz. Her writings reveal an astonishing spiritual resilience and a universal love for humanity and for God\, even during the darkest times. While living through the dire historical circumstances encroaching on European Jewry\, she developed a deep and unflinching faith in humanity that carried her through the most difficult of times.\n \n\n\n\nIn this series of online gatherings\, we will read and discuss Hillesum’s writings as a springboard for creating our own spiritual and writing practices. We’ll explore major themes in her work: creativity\, prayer\, meditation\, love\, suffering\, acceptance\, death\, and freedom. We’ll engage in journaling\, meditation\, and prayer practices inspired by her work. With the intention of connecting to our inner voices and crafting our own paths to resilience\, we’ll support each other in imagining and creating a better world.\n \n\nThis course is open to people of all backgrounds.\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\nPhoto by Paul Goyette\nHila Ratzabi is the author of the award-winning poetry collection There Are Still Woods (June Road Press\, 2022). Her poetry has been published widely in literary journals and in The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry and Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. Her articles have appeared in publications including The Wisdom Daily\, MyJewishLearning.com\, the Jewish Daily Forward\, Kveller\, Alma\, and Zeek. From 2015–2023\, she ran Ritualwell.org\, publishing innovative Jewish rituals\, poetry\, and liturgy and curating online learning experiences. She is currently director of communications at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe\, Illinois\, and lives in Oak Park outside Chicago. \n\n  \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/spiritual-resilience-in-a-time-of-war-inspired-by-etty-hillesum/2024-07-24/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240725T120000
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SUMMARY:Can We Talk? Navigating Challenging Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, July 11\, 18\, and 25\, 2024\n12–1:30 p.m. EDT\n$118\n \n\nWe reside in a rapidly evolving social landscape\, where our previously held beliefs may have shifted or become more pronounced. Regardless of our stances on various topics\, we often encounter conflicts with those around us. Is it possible to have productive discussions about our differences? If so\, how can we go about it effectively?\n \nThis mini-Immersion series invites you to delve into mastering the skill of navigating challenging conversations constructively. Explore identifying your triggers\, enhancing your understanding of differing perspectives\, and honing your listening skills. Based on the Jewish concepts of making debate possible and fruitful\, taught by Adva Chattler (MA\, Conflict Resolution and Management) of Ritualwell and a Makhloket Matters fellow\, you will be able to look at moments of conflict and decide upon your approach to it – not just respond at a heat of the moment. At the end of this Immersion\, you will be able to leave with practical tools to face difficult conversation\, wherever they meet you.\n \nSpecial guest speakers: Rosalie Gerut (MA) and Martina Emme (PhD)\, co-writers of the book “Journeys of Transformation: Confronting the Legacies of Conflict\, War and Genocide” describing their journey as descendants of Holocaust survivors and Nazi supporters who participating in dialogue groups that encouraged healing and growth on both sides.\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 \nAdva Chattler (she/her) is an Israeli-Mizrahi Jew\, born and raised in Be’er-Sheva\, Israel. Adva is passionate about bringing people together in ways that spark relationship building and connecting to others on a deeper level\, both in the challenging and ever-changing world of online gatherings\, and in person. She holds a MA in conflict Resolution and Management from Ben Gurion University of the Negev and BA in Public Administration and Management from Sapir College in Sderot\, Israel. She is a Makhloket Matters fellow for Jewish professionals from the Pardes Institute and believes that even though we can’t avoid conflicts\, we can take the steps to avoid conflict escalation through education and practice. With her experience in teaching and curriculum building\, she support facilitators and presenters for Ritualwell and Reconstructing Judaism and encourages them to bring not only their best self\, but best practices and tools for successful teaching online. Adva lives in Del Rio\, Tx.\, with her husband\, daughters and their dogs.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/can-we-talk-navigating-challenging-conversations/2024-07-25/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240730T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240730T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T130806
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SUMMARY:Threading Stones: An Elul Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, July 2\, 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 and August 6\, 2024\n2-3:30 p.m. EDT\n$250\n \n\n\n\n\nPrepare yourself for Elul and the High Holy Days by learning an ancient tradition\, rarely taught by those who have practice in this tradition. \n\n\nFor generations\, Jewish women in Eastern Europe utilized threads to measure cemeteries and graves. These threads were used to create special soul candles known as neshome likht\, or sometimes as protective bands worn on wrists\, ankles\, or necks. Typically overseen by skilled women called feldmesterins\, activities such as feldmestn (cemetery measuring) and kneytlekh leygn (laying wicks) were most prevalent during Elul to prepare soul candles for Yom Kippur. \n\n\nIn this Ritualwell Immersion program\, you will be guided on how to carry out these rituals based on translated Yiddish ethnographic studies and memoirs. The session will include teaching Yiddish songs\, reciting tkhines (Yiddish prayers)\, and reading poems\, some of which are focused on this ritual. Delving into the history of this tradition will shed light on how cemeteries were perceived in shtetl society\, serving as a means to communicate with the deceased and seek their assistance. At the end of this Immersion\, you will be able to host a cemetery measuring event in Elul or any other time of the year. \n\n\nThis Immersion is open for all! If you are intrigued by Yiddish\, Jewish\, or local history; eager to explore overlooked folklore and protective practices; or seeking new avenues to connect with your ancestors; if you are a Jewish educator\, spiritual leader\, or community members interested in leading this program during the month of Elul at their local cemeteries: You are welcome to join us! \nWant to learn more? Watch this short video! \n\n\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\nAnnabel Cohen is a PhD Student in Modern Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America\, focusing on the interwar Jewish anti-fascist left. She has a Masters with distinction in History from the University of London. Alongside her PhD research\, Annabel researches and translates materials relating to Jewish women’s religiosity in Eastern Europe\, publishing her work on the blog www.pullingatthreads.com. Her essay on feldmesterins – cemetery measuring women – was published in the recent anthology Strange Fire: Jewish Voices from the Pandemic\, published by Ben Yehuda Press in 2021. She is one of the Yiddish Book Center’s 2023-24 Translation Fellows\, for which she is translating the memoirs of Communist journalist\, Gina Medem. Annie teaches Yiddish with the Workers’ Circle and YIVO\, and this coming academic year will be teaching Yiddish language\, history and culture at the Sorbonne university\, Paris. Since 2018\, Annie has been studying feminine and earth-based Jewish practice with the Kohenet Hebrew institute. She will be ordained as a Kohenet on August 18.\n \n\n\n\n\nSarah Chandler 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\nÉléonore Weill is a French-American vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Éléonore Weill creates and performs soulful interpretations of Klezmer\, Yiddish\, French\, Occitane music as well as original compositions\, poems and improvisations. In addition to her social justice Yiddish music ensemble Tsibele\, she performs and records internationally in a variety of ensembles with Frank London\, Michael Winograd\, Walter Thompson\, Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble\, Kenny Wallesen\, FADA\, the Baroque Music Center of Versailles (C.M.B.V.)\, Orchestre National de Toulouse\, Midwood\, Les Saqueboutiers\, Miqueu Montanaro\, and many others. She also composed and played for Theater companies such as Doppelskope\, Great Small Works and Bread and Puppets and performs at leading international festivals including Yiddish New York\, the Ashkenaz Festival (Toronto)\, Kleztival (São Paulo)\, and KlezKanada (Quebec)\, Fun Dor Tsu Dor (Chateau Ligoure\, France) on wooden flutes\, piano\, accordion\, hurdy-gurdy\, and as a lead singer.\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/threading-stones-an-elul-tradition/2024-07-30/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Resilience in a Time of War: Inspired by Etty Hillesum
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, July 10\, 17\, 24\, 31 and August 7\, 2024 \n12- 1:15 p.m. EDT\n$225\n \n\nIn a time of conflict and war\, we need practices that connect us to our humanity\, allowing us to tap into our inner strength and source of hope and peace. The writings of Etty Hillesum are a treasure trove of the human spirit; she wrote her diaries and letters from 1941 to 1943\, before her life was tragically cut short in Auschwitz. Her writings reveal an astonishing spiritual resilience and a universal love for humanity and for God\, even during the darkest times. While living through the dire historical circumstances encroaching on European Jewry\, she developed a deep and unflinching faith in humanity that carried her through the most difficult of times.\n \n\n\n\nIn this series of online gatherings\, we will read and discuss Hillesum’s writings as a springboard for creating our own spiritual and writing practices. We’ll explore major themes in her work: creativity\, prayer\, meditation\, love\, suffering\, acceptance\, death\, and freedom. We’ll engage in journaling\, meditation\, and prayer practices inspired by her work. With the intention of connecting to our inner voices and crafting our own paths to resilience\, we’ll support each other in imagining and creating a better world.\n \n\nThis course is open to people of all backgrounds.\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\nPhoto by Paul Goyette\nHila Ratzabi is the author of the award-winning poetry collection There Are Still Woods (June Road Press\, 2022). Her poetry has been published widely in literary journals and in The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry and Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. Her articles have appeared in publications including The Wisdom Daily\, MyJewishLearning.com\, the Jewish Daily Forward\, Kveller\, Alma\, and Zeek. From 2015–2023\, she ran Ritualwell.org\, publishing innovative Jewish rituals\, poetry\, and liturgy and curating online learning experiences. She is currently director of communications at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe\, Illinois\, and lives in Oak Park outside Chicago. \n\n  \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/spiritual-resilience-in-a-time-of-war-inspired-by-etty-hillesum/2024-07-31/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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