Recurring

Finding Shekhinah

Facilitator: Joy Ladin

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: creative writing, creativity, Jewish spirituality

Zoom

Explore the Shekhinah’s many incarnations in Jewish tradition through text study, discussion, and creative exercises intended to help us examine our ideas about and experiences of divinity, and imaginatively trying out different relations to divine presence.

$180

Women of the Bible: A Retelling

Facilitator: McKenzie Wren

Program Type: Event

Topic: Art, creativity, Jewish spirituality, Jewish women, matriarchs, Rosh Hashanah

Zoom

Join us for a vibrant session where we reclaim and reimagine the women of the Hebrew Bible — not as distant figures, but as powerful voices that still speak to us today. Through guided writing or art-making, you’ll reflect on identity, faith, and resilience — and create something new of your own.

$18

More than Wishing: Creating a Happy New Year

Facilitator: Rabbi Jacob Staub and Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: Event

Topic: creative writing, creativity, Days of Awe, mindfulness, Poetry, prayer, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippuer

Zoom

Start the new year with intention. Our new Ritualwell booklet offers poems, prayers, and creative prompts to guide you through the Days of Awe. Grounded in Judaism’s calls to Teshuvah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah, you’ll find meaningful, doable ways to renew yourself and help repair the world. Purchase includes access to a special meditation and reflection event with Rabbi Jacob Staub.

$18

Recurring

Everyday Rituals: Jewish Life as the Framework for Playwriting

Facilitator: Jennifer Maisel

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: creative writing, creativity, Jewish plays, playwrighting, theater

Zoom

Whether you’re picking up the pen for the first time or polishing a work-in-progress, Jewish ritual and everyday moments can become sparks for your next play. With award-winning playwright Jennifer Maisel’s guidance, you’ll dive into creative exercises that open fresh layers of spirit and story. Come curious, come bold, and be ready to surprise yourself.

$180

Discovering Jewish Joy: A Ritualwell Community Gathering

Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: Event

Topic: creative writing, creativity, essay writing, Jewish joy, Manna, Memoir

Zoom

Celebrate the release of Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture & Heritage with the Ritualwell community through an evening of storytelling, reflection, and creative writing centered on Jewish joy. This uplifting event features readings from the anthology, a rich conversation on joy as a spiritual practice, and a guided writing prompt to deepen personal connection.

Free

Recurring

Everyday Rituals: Jewish Life as the Framework for Playwriting

Facilitator: Jennifer Maisel

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: creative writing, creativity, Jewish plays, playwrighting, theater

Zoom

Whether you’re picking up the pen for the first time or polishing a work-in-progress, Jewish ritual and everyday moments can become sparks for your next play. With award-winning playwright Jennifer Maisel’s guidance, you’ll dive into creative exercises that open fresh layers of spirit and story. Come curious, come bold, and be ready to surprise yourself.

$180
Recurring

Everyday Rituals: Jewish Life as the Framework for Playwriting

Facilitator: Jennifer Maisel

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: creative writing, creativity, Jewish plays, playwrighting, theater

Zoom

Whether you’re picking up the pen for the first time or polishing a work-in-progress, Jewish ritual and everyday moments can become sparks for your next play. With award-winning playwright Jennifer Maisel’s guidance, you’ll dive into creative exercises that open fresh layers of spirit and story. Come curious, come bold, and be ready to surprise yourself.

$180
Recurring

Everyday Rituals: Jewish Life as the Framework for Playwriting

Facilitator: Jennifer Maisel

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: creative writing, creativity, Jewish plays, playwrighting, theater

Zoom

Whether you’re picking up the pen for the first time or polishing a work-in-progress, Jewish ritual and everyday moments can become sparks for your next play. With award-winning playwright Jennifer Maisel’s guidance, you’ll dive into creative exercises that open fresh layers of spirit and story. Come curious, come bold, and be ready to surprise yourself.

$180

Recurring

Lifting the Threads: Writing Past and Present

Facilitator: Megan Vered

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: creative writing, creativity

Zoom

Join writer Megan Vered to generate a short memoir piece that demonstrates fluid interplay between present and past—using backstory as a source of resonance and honoring the threads of memory that connect us to our histories and communities.

$154
Recurring

Lifting the Threads: Writing Past and Present

Facilitator: Megan Vered

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: creative writing, creativity

Zoom

Join writer Megan Vered to generate a short memoir piece that demonstrates fluid interplay between present and past—using backstory as a source of resonance and honoring the threads of memory that connect us to our histories and communities.

$154

Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom

Facilitator: Tzivia Gover

Program Type: Event, Free

Topic: creative writing, creativity, Jewish spirituality, Jewish texts, Poetry, Sarah and Haga

Zoom

We invite you to sample our upcoming Immersion, Sarah and Hagar: Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom
in community. Join poet Tzivia for an interactive conversation on Sarah, Hagar, and feminine wisdom, followed by a creative writing prompt and time for sharing what we uncover.

Free

Recurring

Lifting the Threads: Writing Past and Present

Facilitator: Megan Vered

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: creative writing, creativity

Zoom

Join writer Megan Vered to generate a short memoir piece that demonstrates fluid interplay between present and past—using backstory as a source of resonance and honoring the threads of memory that connect us to our histories and communities.

$154

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