BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ritualwell - ECPv6.15.19//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ritualwell X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ritualwell.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ritualwell REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T130000 DTSTAMP:20260509T115235 CREATED:20260227T192558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T212030Z UID:34223-1775044800-1775048400@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding The Sweet and The Bitter: Four New Questions for Passover 2026 DESCRIPTION: \nHow do I hold a sprig of parsley — fresh as the first days of spring — and dip it into salt water\, the taste of tears? How do I sing familiar songs with joy while also carrying fear\, grief\, or anger about the world around me? And how do I leave the Passover seder not only remembering liberation\, but claiming joy and resilience for the days ahead?\n\n \nTo spark thoughtful and heartfelt conversation\, the Ritualwell team has created a new collection of curated Passover resources\, including four new questions to complement the traditional Four Questions. This printable PDF will be delivered electronically and accessible online\, ready to bring to your table when you register.\n \nYou’ll also receive a recording of our meaningful event with Rabbi Isabel de Koninck reflecting on beloved Passover traditions\, rituals\, and the questions you are bringing to the holiday.\n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-joy-and-bitterness-four-new-questions-for-passover-2026/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/pesach-booklet-raw-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T123000 DTSTAMP:20260509T115235 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T211127Z UID:34594-1776081600-1776083400@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-04-13/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T133000 DTSTAMP:20260509T115235 CREATED:20260122T162503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T165235Z UID:33850-1776342600-1776346200@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Creative Containers: Writing With Poetic Forms DESCRIPTION:April 16\, 23 & 30 and May 7\, 2026 \n12-1:30 p.m. ET\n$180\n \nCreative containers — ranging from sonnets and sonnenizios\, to pantoums and triolets — can offer structure while also inviting depth\, complexity\, and even surprise into your writing! In this series\, poet and author Susan Comninos will guide participants through the rich possibilities of using poetic forms as tools for cohesion and focus\, as well as exploration\, expression\, and musicality. Taking as our springboards poems by Jewish voices or on Jewish themes (including work by Rochelle Nameroff\, Jaqueline Osherow\, Emma Lazarus and Robert Morgan)\, we’ll play with prompts and shared writing time to help you develop your own poetic voice within the shape of a received form. \nIn each session we’ll: \n\nLearn techniques of specific forms and how they shape content and create tone;\nRead and discuss examples that illuminate craft and purpose;\nPractice generative prompts tailored to the form of the day; and\nShare work in a supportive environment with thoughtful feedback.\n\nThis workshop is open to writers of all levels — from beginners curious about form to experienced writers looking to stretch their practice! \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience. \nSusan Comninos is the author of a recent book of poems\, “Out of Nowhere” (SFA Press/Texas A&M\, 2022). Her individual poems 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 adults in the community. At present\, she serves as poetry editor of Judith magazine and is at work on a second collection of poems\, “Wild Joy of Receiving.” The title poem\, published by The Baltimore Review\, is forthcoming this spring in the anthology “The Color Wheel” (Terrapin Books\, 2026). \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/creative-containers-writing-with-poetic-forms/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Immersions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/creative-containers-raw-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T123000 DTSTAMP:20260509T115235 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T211129Z UID:34767-1776686400-1776688200@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-04-20/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T123000 DTSTAMP:20260509T115235 CREATED:20260331T120919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T211131Z UID:34768-1777291200-1777293000@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:Holding Each Other DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\, 12-12:15 p.m. EDT\n \nNow more than ever\, we need each other.\n \n\nEvery Monday\, join “Holding Each Other\,” a 15-minute online minyan\, facilitated by a leading Ritualwell contributor.  Together\, we’ll recite Mourners’ Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach\, the prayer for healing. To foster our spiritual resilience\, we’ll engage with a brief creative meditation.\n \nWeekly\, gather your strength and provide support to others.\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/holding-each-other-2/2026-04-27/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Holding-Each-Other-25-26.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T140000 DTSTAMP:20260509T115235 CREATED:20260305T160206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T195047Z UID:34279-1777294800-1777298400@ritualwell.org SUMMARY:The Art of the Unexpected: A House Parties Reading DESCRIPTION:April 27\, 2026 \n1-2:00 p.m.\n \nJoin us for an intimate book talk and reading with Lynn Levin\, acclaimed poet\, writer\, and author of the celebrated short story collection House Parties. In this special Ritualwell gathering\, Lynn will read from her vividly imagined\, witty\, and deeply humane stories that traverse everyday moments\, unexpected predicaments\, and unforgettable characters.\n \nWith her poet’s eye and storyteller’s heart\, she invites us into narratives that are both surprising and resonant\, ranging from the comic and absurd to the quietly profound. Whether you write\, read\, or simply love great storytelling\, come be inspired by Lynn’s craft\, engage with her work\, and explore what makes these stories linger in the mind long after the last page.\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\nLynn Levin is a poet and writer. She is the author of nine books\, most recently the short story collection House Parties (2023) and the poetry collection The Minor Virtues (2020). Her work has appeared in Boulevard\, Plume\, Smartish Pace\, Southwest Review\, Kerem\, Shofar\, Nashim\, Jewish Fiction Journal\, and several anthologies including The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry\, The Torah: A Women’s Commentary\, and Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania. She teaches at Drexel University and for many years taught creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania. Her website is lynnlevinpoet.com.\n \n\n\n  URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/the-art-of-the-unexpected-a-house-parties-reading/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Event,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Springsummer-Immersion-graphics-2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR