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SUMMARY:Writing with Rebbe Nachman: Creating our own Spiritual Stories
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, February 17\, 24 & March  3\, 10\, 17 and 24\, 2025\n1:00-2:30 p.m. EST\n$250\n \nRebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772 – 1810) is an enigmatic figure whose life and teaching still exert enormous influence across the Jewish world. The stories of Rebbe Nachman draw upon deep\, archetypal themes in our consciousness. These stories often read like fantastical children’s tales\, or Kafka-esque puzzles\, posing us questions intended to provoke awakening. They are based upon Rebbe Nachman’s profound grasp of Torah and Kabbalah\, and have also been read in the light of broader creative and intellectual movements such as Romanticism and Existentialism. Rebbe Nachman himself said that the stories were his deepest\, most powerful teachings.\n \nJoin Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein to learn about and discuss some of Rebbe Nachman’s key stories\, discovering the meaning that they hold for us today. Then\, building on this inspiration\, we will take time to create our own stories\, or at least begin them. There will also be time for optional sharing and feedback\, so we can benefit from one another’s wisdom and perspective on what we have created.\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 \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\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-with-rebbe-nachman-creating-our-own-spiritual-stories/2025-03-03/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Honoring Loved Ones in Writing & Art
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, March 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, 2025\n12:00-1:30 p.m.\n$180\n \n\n\n\n\nNow more than ever\, we need the guidance of our ancestors\, and creative expression provides a wonderful path for connection. \n\n\nIn Jewish tradition\, there are many ways to honor both the living and those who have departed. Delve into\, celebrate\, and awaken the spirits of the teachers\, mentors\, friends\, and loved ones who have impacted your life through the written and visual arts. \n\n\nJoin poet and painter Cathleen Cohen along with Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer from Ritualwell\, an essayist and memoirist for a series of creative exercises and prompts designed to help you express your love and gratitude for those who have profoundly shaped your journey and to summon their wisdom into your own life. \n\n\n\nWhether you are new to creative expression or a seasoned writer or artist\, this workshop offers an opportunity to discover fresh creative techniques and pathways to enhance the strongest bonds in your life.\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 \nCathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County\, PA. A painter and teacher\, she founded the We the Poets program at ArtWell\, an arts education non-profit in Philadelphia. Her poems appear in journals such as Apiary\, Baltimore Review\, Cagibi\, East Coast Ink\, 6ix\, North of Oxford\, One Art\, Passager\, Philadelphia Stories\, Rockvale Review and Rogue Agent. Camera Obscura (chapbook\, Moonstone Press)\, appeared in 2017 and Etching the Ghost (Atmosphere Press) in 2021. She received the Interfaith Relations Award from the Montgomery County PA Human Rights Commission and the Public Service Award from National Association of Poetry Therapy. Her paintings are on view at Cerulean Arts Gallery (ceruleanarts.com).\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. \nGabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/honoring-loved-ones-in-writing-art/2025-03-04/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Humanizing Mitzvot Through Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays March 6\, 13\, 20 & 27\, 12-1:30 PM ET\n12-2 p.m. EST\n$180\n \nJoin poet Rachel Neve-Midbar to explore three mitzvot–candlelighting\, challah and mikveh–through the poetry of the body and everyday life. \nIn this this generative poetry workshop\, we’ll deepen our understanding and emotional connections to traditional forms\, freshened through a contemporary lens. We will address questions surrounding these mitzvot (traditionally considered “women’s” mitzvot)\, such as: Were they genuinely meant to be exclusive to women? How can we interpret them in the context of contemporary gender fluidity and feminist viewpoints? \nDiscover poetry to expand your understanding of these mitzvot and and craft your own poems inspired by newfound insights and interpretations of these rituals. All are welcome\, no previous experience with these mitzvot or poetry writing is needed. \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 \nPoet\, essayist\, translator and Fulbright Scholar\, Rachel Neve-Midbar’s 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 chapbook\, What the Light Reveals (Tebot Bach\, 2014\, winner of The Clockwork Prize). Rachel’s work has appeared widely in various publications and anthologies. Her awards include the Crab Orchard Review Richard Peterson Prize\, The Passager Prize\, and nominations for The Pushcart Prize. Rachel is a newly-minted PhD from The University of Southern California\, where her research concerned menstruation in contemporary poetry. She is currently a Fulbright Post Doc in Israel translating the poems of Holocaust poet Abba Kovner. Rachel is also the co-editor of Stained: an anthology of creative writing about menstruation (Querencia Press\, July 2023) and her scholarly work Thought and New Language in the Menstrual Poem is due out from Palgrave MacMillan in 2026.\n \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/exploring-mitzvot-through-poetry-a-deep-dive-into-mikveh-challah-and-candle-lighting/2025-03-06/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Writing with Rebbe Nachman: Creating our own Spiritual Stories
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, February 17\, 24 & March  3\, 10\, 17 and 24\, 2025\n1:00-2:30 p.m. EST\n$250\n \nRebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772 – 1810) is an enigmatic figure whose life and teaching still exert enormous influence across the Jewish world. The stories of Rebbe Nachman draw upon deep\, archetypal themes in our consciousness. These stories often read like fantastical children’s tales\, or Kafka-esque puzzles\, posing us questions intended to provoke awakening. They are based upon Rebbe Nachman’s profound grasp of Torah and Kabbalah\, and have also been read in the light of broader creative and intellectual movements such as Romanticism and Existentialism. Rebbe Nachman himself said that the stories were his deepest\, most powerful teachings.\n \nJoin Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein to learn about and discuss some of Rebbe Nachman’s key stories\, discovering the meaning that they hold for us today. Then\, building on this inspiration\, we will take time to create our own stories\, or at least begin them. There will also be time for optional sharing and feedback\, so we can benefit from one another’s wisdom and perspective on what we have created.\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 \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\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-with-rebbe-nachman-creating-our-own-spiritual-stories/2025-03-10/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Honoring Loved Ones in Writing & Art
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, March 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, 2025\n12:00-1:30 p.m.\n$180\n \n\n\n\n\nNow more than ever\, we need the guidance of our ancestors\, and creative expression provides a wonderful path for connection. \n\n\nIn Jewish tradition\, there are many ways to honor both the living and those who have departed. Delve into\, celebrate\, and awaken the spirits of the teachers\, mentors\, friends\, and loved ones who have impacted your life through the written and visual arts. \n\n\nJoin poet and painter Cathleen Cohen along with Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer from Ritualwell\, an essayist and memoirist for a series of creative exercises and prompts designed to help you express your love and gratitude for those who have profoundly shaped your journey and to summon their wisdom into your own life. \n\n\n\nWhether you are new to creative expression or a seasoned writer or artist\, this workshop offers an opportunity to discover fresh creative techniques and pathways to enhance the strongest bonds in your life.\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 \nCathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County\, PA. A painter and teacher\, she founded the We the Poets program at ArtWell\, an arts education non-profit in Philadelphia. Her poems appear in journals such as Apiary\, Baltimore Review\, Cagibi\, East Coast Ink\, 6ix\, North of Oxford\, One Art\, Passager\, Philadelphia Stories\, Rockvale Review and Rogue Agent. Camera Obscura (chapbook\, Moonstone Press)\, appeared in 2017 and Etching the Ghost (Atmosphere Press) in 2021. She received the Interfaith Relations Award from the Montgomery County PA Human Rights Commission and the Public Service Award from National Association of Poetry Therapy. Her paintings are on view at Cerulean Arts Gallery (ceruleanarts.com).\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. \nGabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/honoring-loved-ones-in-writing-art/2025-03-11/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Humanizing Mitzvot Through Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays March 6\, 13\, 20 & 27\, 12-1:30 PM ET\n12-2 p.m. EST\n$180\n \nJoin poet Rachel Neve-Midbar to explore three mitzvot–candlelighting\, challah and mikveh–through the poetry of the body and everyday life. \nIn this this generative poetry workshop\, we’ll deepen our understanding and emotional connections to traditional forms\, freshened through a contemporary lens. We will address questions surrounding these mitzvot (traditionally considered “women’s” mitzvot)\, such as: Were they genuinely meant to be exclusive to women? How can we interpret them in the context of contemporary gender fluidity and feminist viewpoints? \nDiscover poetry to expand your understanding of these mitzvot and and craft your own poems inspired by newfound insights and interpretations of these rituals. All are welcome\, no previous experience with these mitzvot or poetry writing is needed. \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 \nPoet\, essayist\, translator and Fulbright Scholar\, Rachel Neve-Midbar’s 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 chapbook\, What the Light Reveals (Tebot Bach\, 2014\, winner of The Clockwork Prize). Rachel’s work has appeared widely in various publications and anthologies. Her awards include the Crab Orchard Review Richard Peterson Prize\, The Passager Prize\, and nominations for The Pushcart Prize. Rachel is a newly-minted PhD from The University of Southern California\, where her research concerned menstruation in contemporary poetry. She is currently a Fulbright Post Doc in Israel translating the poems of Holocaust poet Abba Kovner. Rachel is also the co-editor of Stained: an anthology of creative writing about menstruation (Querencia Press\, July 2023) and her scholarly work Thought and New Language in the Menstrual Poem is due out from Palgrave MacMillan in 2026.\n \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/exploring-mitzvot-through-poetry-a-deep-dive-into-mikveh-challah-and-candle-lighting/2025-03-13/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Writing with Rebbe Nachman: Creating our own Spiritual Stories
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, February 17\, 24 & March  3\, 10\, 17 and 24\, 2025\n1:00-2:30 p.m. EST\n$250\n \nRebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772 – 1810) is an enigmatic figure whose life and teaching still exert enormous influence across the Jewish world. The stories of Rebbe Nachman draw upon deep\, archetypal themes in our consciousness. These stories often read like fantastical children’s tales\, or Kafka-esque puzzles\, posing us questions intended to provoke awakening. They are based upon Rebbe Nachman’s profound grasp of Torah and Kabbalah\, and have also been read in the light of broader creative and intellectual movements such as Romanticism and Existentialism. Rebbe Nachman himself said that the stories were his deepest\, most powerful teachings.\n \nJoin Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein to learn about and discuss some of Rebbe Nachman’s key stories\, discovering the meaning that they hold for us today. Then\, building on this inspiration\, we will take time to create our own stories\, or at least begin them. There will also be time for optional sharing and feedback\, so we can benefit from one another’s wisdom and perspective on what we have created.\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 \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\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-with-rebbe-nachman-creating-our-own-spiritual-stories/2025-03-17/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Honoring Loved Ones in Writing & Art
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, March 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, 2025\n12:00-1:30 p.m.\n$180\n \n\n\n\n\nNow more than ever\, we need the guidance of our ancestors\, and creative expression provides a wonderful path for connection. \n\n\nIn Jewish tradition\, there are many ways to honor both the living and those who have departed. Delve into\, celebrate\, and awaken the spirits of the teachers\, mentors\, friends\, and loved ones who have impacted your life through the written and visual arts. \n\n\nJoin poet and painter Cathleen Cohen along with Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer from Ritualwell\, an essayist and memoirist for a series of creative exercises and prompts designed to help you express your love and gratitude for those who have profoundly shaped your journey and to summon their wisdom into your own life. \n\n\n\nWhether you are new to creative expression or a seasoned writer or artist\, this workshop offers an opportunity to discover fresh creative techniques and pathways to enhance the strongest bonds in your life.\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 \nCathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County\, PA. A painter and teacher\, she founded the We the Poets program at ArtWell\, an arts education non-profit in Philadelphia. Her poems appear in journals such as Apiary\, Baltimore Review\, Cagibi\, East Coast Ink\, 6ix\, North of Oxford\, One Art\, Passager\, Philadelphia Stories\, Rockvale Review and Rogue Agent. Camera Obscura (chapbook\, Moonstone Press)\, appeared in 2017 and Etching the Ghost (Atmosphere Press) in 2021. She received the Interfaith Relations Award from the Montgomery County PA Human Rights Commission and the Public Service Award from National Association of Poetry Therapy. Her paintings are on view at Cerulean Arts Gallery (ceruleanarts.com).\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. \nGabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/honoring-loved-ones-in-writing-art/2025-03-18/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T140000
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SUMMARY:Humanizing Mitzvot Through Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays March 6\, 13\, 20 & 27\, 12-1:30 PM ET\n12-2 p.m. EST\n$180\n \nJoin poet Rachel Neve-Midbar to explore three mitzvot–candlelighting\, challah and mikveh–through the poetry of the body and everyday life. \nIn this this generative poetry workshop\, we’ll deepen our understanding and emotional connections to traditional forms\, freshened through a contemporary lens. We will address questions surrounding these mitzvot (traditionally considered “women’s” mitzvot)\, such as: Were they genuinely meant to be exclusive to women? How can we interpret them in the context of contemporary gender fluidity and feminist viewpoints? \nDiscover poetry to expand your understanding of these mitzvot and and craft your own poems inspired by newfound insights and interpretations of these rituals. All are welcome\, no previous experience with these mitzvot or poetry writing is needed. \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 \nPoet\, essayist\, translator and Fulbright Scholar\, Rachel Neve-Midbar’s 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 chapbook\, What the Light Reveals (Tebot Bach\, 2014\, winner of The Clockwork Prize). Rachel’s work has appeared widely in various publications and anthologies. Her awards include the Crab Orchard Review Richard Peterson Prize\, The Passager Prize\, and nominations for The Pushcart Prize. Rachel is a newly-minted PhD from The University of Southern California\, where her research concerned menstruation in contemporary poetry. She is currently a Fulbright Post Doc in Israel translating the poems of Holocaust poet Abba Kovner. Rachel is also the co-editor of Stained: an anthology of creative writing about menstruation (Querencia Press\, July 2023) and her scholarly work Thought and New Language in the Menstrual Poem is due out from Palgrave MacMillan in 2026.\n \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/exploring-mitzvot-through-poetry-a-deep-dive-into-mikveh-challah-and-candle-lighting/2025-03-20/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T143000
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SUMMARY:Writing with Rebbe Nachman: Creating our own Spiritual Stories
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, February 17\, 24 & March  3\, 10\, 17 and 24\, 2025\n1:00-2:30 p.m. EST\n$250\n \nRebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772 – 1810) is an enigmatic figure whose life and teaching still exert enormous influence across the Jewish world. The stories of Rebbe Nachman draw upon deep\, archetypal themes in our consciousness. These stories often read like fantastical children’s tales\, or Kafka-esque puzzles\, posing us questions intended to provoke awakening. They are based upon Rebbe Nachman’s profound grasp of Torah and Kabbalah\, and have also been read in the light of broader creative and intellectual movements such as Romanticism and Existentialism. Rebbe Nachman himself said that the stories were his deepest\, most powerful teachings.\n \nJoin Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein to learn about and discuss some of Rebbe Nachman’s key stories\, discovering the meaning that they hold for us today. Then\, building on this inspiration\, we will take time to create our own stories\, or at least begin them. There will also be time for optional sharing and feedback\, so we can benefit from one another’s wisdom and perspective on what we have created.\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 \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\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/writing-with-rebbe-nachman-creating-our-own-spiritual-stories/2025-03-24/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Honoring Loved Ones in Writing & Art
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, March 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, 2025\n12:00-1:30 p.m.\n$180\n \n\n\n\n\nNow more than ever\, we need the guidance of our ancestors\, and creative expression provides a wonderful path for connection. \n\n\nIn Jewish tradition\, there are many ways to honor both the living and those who have departed. Delve into\, celebrate\, and awaken the spirits of the teachers\, mentors\, friends\, and loved ones who have impacted your life through the written and visual arts. \n\n\nJoin poet and painter Cathleen Cohen along with Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer from Ritualwell\, an essayist and memoirist for a series of creative exercises and prompts designed to help you express your love and gratitude for those who have profoundly shaped your journey and to summon their wisdom into your own life. \n\n\n\nWhether you are new to creative expression or a seasoned writer or artist\, this workshop offers an opportunity to discover fresh creative techniques and pathways to enhance the strongest bonds in your life.\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 \nCathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County\, PA. A painter and teacher\, she founded the We the Poets program at ArtWell\, an arts education non-profit in Philadelphia. Her poems appear in journals such as Apiary\, Baltimore Review\, Cagibi\, East Coast Ink\, 6ix\, North of Oxford\, One Art\, Passager\, Philadelphia Stories\, Rockvale Review and Rogue Agent. Camera Obscura (chapbook\, Moonstone Press)\, appeared in 2017 and Etching the Ghost (Atmosphere Press) in 2021. She received the Interfaith Relations Award from the Montgomery County PA Human Rights Commission and the Public Service Award from National Association of Poetry Therapy. Her paintings are on view at Cerulean Arts Gallery (ceruleanarts.com).\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. \nGabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/honoring-loved-ones-in-writing-art/2025-03-25/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Humanizing Mitzvot Through Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays March 6\, 13\, 20 & 27\, 12-1:30 PM ET\n12-2 p.m. EST\n$180\n \nJoin poet Rachel Neve-Midbar to explore three mitzvot–candlelighting\, challah and mikveh–through the poetry of the body and everyday life. \nIn this this generative poetry workshop\, we’ll deepen our understanding and emotional connections to traditional forms\, freshened through a contemporary lens. We will address questions surrounding these mitzvot (traditionally considered “women’s” mitzvot)\, such as: Were they genuinely meant to be exclusive to women? How can we interpret them in the context of contemporary gender fluidity and feminist viewpoints? \nDiscover poetry to expand your understanding of these mitzvot and and craft your own poems inspired by newfound insights and interpretations of these rituals. All are welcome\, no previous experience with these mitzvot or poetry writing is needed. \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 \nPoet\, essayist\, translator and Fulbright Scholar\, Rachel Neve-Midbar’s 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 chapbook\, What the Light Reveals (Tebot Bach\, 2014\, winner of The Clockwork Prize). Rachel’s work has appeared widely in various publications and anthologies. Her awards include the Crab Orchard Review Richard Peterson Prize\, The Passager Prize\, and nominations for The Pushcart Prize. Rachel is a newly-minted PhD from The University of Southern California\, where her research concerned menstruation in contemporary poetry. She is currently a Fulbright Post Doc in Israel translating the poems of Holocaust poet Abba Kovner. Rachel is also the co-editor of Stained: an anthology of creative writing about menstruation (Querencia Press\, July 2023) and her scholarly work Thought and New Language in the Menstrual Poem is due out from Palgrave MacMillan in 2026.\n \n \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/exploring-mitzvot-through-poetry-a-deep-dive-into-mikveh-challah-and-candle-lighting/2025-03-27/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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