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SUMMARY:Shekhinah: A Creative Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, May 6\, 13\, 20 & 27\, 2026\n12-1:30 p.m. EST\n$180\n \n\nOne of poetry’s oldest and most powerful purposes is to make divine presence perceptible through language. In this series led by poet Joy Ladin\, we will explore the rich intersections between poetry\, Jewish tradition\, and the Shekhinah: Judaism’s name for a form of God’s presence that dwells within human life—within time\, space\, relationship\, community\, and even suffering.\n \nUnlike other understandings of divine presence that arise through prophecy or revelation\, the Shekhinah emerged through the imaginative and spiritual work of the rabbis. The word comes from a biblical root meaning “to dwell\,” yet the Shekhinah does not appear in the Torah. Instead\, it was developed in response to human longing and need—a way of naming the sacred as something close\, intimate\, and accompanying.\n \nTogether\, we will read early rabbinic texts alongside later interpretations\, including medieval mystical writings and contemporary feminist Jewish poetry that reimagines the Shekhinah as a more explicitly female-identified presence.\n \nThrough discussion and gentle writing exercises\, participants will experiment with language as a way to search for\, question\, imagine\, and respond to the Shekhinah—or however we understand presence beyond the human. This series offers space for reflection\, creativity\, and spiritual exploration through the art of poetry.\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 \nJoy Ladin has published ten books of poetry\, including her new collection\, Shekhinah Speaks (Selva Oscura Press); The Book of Anna\, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and Transmigration\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She is also the author of a memoir of gender transition\, Through the Door of Life\, which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award\, and The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and the Triangle Award. Ladin has received fellowships and scholarships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Fulbright Foundation\, and the American Council of Learned Societies Research\, among other honors. A nationally recognized speaker on transgender issues\, she convenes an online conversation series\, “Containing Multitudes\,” which is available at JewishLive.org/multitudes. Her writing is available at joyladin.wordpress.com.\n 
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SUMMARY:Omer Counting for Purpose
DESCRIPTION:Join us for seven weeks of prompts\, practices\, and a communal gathering with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg that will ground you in your life’s purpose.\n \nOver the seven weeks of the Counting of the Omer\, we are invited to clarify and commit to the purpose that wakes us in the morning\, guides us through the day\, and brings a sense of meaning when we close our eyes at night. Anchoring ourselves in our why can give us strength\, courage\, and compassion as we share our gifts with the world and shape it in the ways we are called to. \n \nAs Viktor E. Frankl wrote in Man’s Search for Meaning\, “Those who have a why to live can bear almost any how.” In challenging times\, this wisdom reminds us that purpose can sustain us even when the path forward feels uncertain. \n \nAs we enter the Omer\, we invite you to support Ritualwell’s annual campaign that helps sustain this work of creativity\, connection\, and Jewish meaning-making. Your gift is an invitation into a shared journey—one of reflection\, learning\, and discovering what is yours to offer. \n \nDuring this challenging time\, the Omer offers a space to reconnect with what matters most\, be lifted by sacred middot (values)\, and notice\, name\, and be guided by your unique purpose. Supporters of the campaign are invited to join a special seven-week journey of reflection and creativity. Each week\, participants will receive teachings\, short videos\, and writing prompts exploring the sacred qualities within us—love\, strength\, compassion\, resilience\, humility\, connection\, and presence—and asking a deeper question: What is mine to offer the world? Those who join the journey will also be invited to gather for a special culminating event. \n \n\nCulminating Event with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg\nWednesday\, May 20\, 2026\n1-2:00 p.m. EDT\n \n\nWhen we gather for this closing event\, we will honor the path we’ve walked and the moment we are living in. In a time when many feel overwhelmed or unsure how to respond to the challenges around us\, this gathering lifts up a powerful truth: each of us carries a unique way of serving\, creating\, and bringing healing to our communities and our world. \n \nWe are honored to welcome Rabbi Ruttenberg\, an award-winning author\, teacher\, and activist whose work explores the intersection of Jewish wisdom\, accountability\, justice\, and spiritual purpose. Drawing from the themes of her National Jewish Book Award–winning book On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World\, she will offer insight\, inspiration\, and grounding for the sacred work of living our values in complicated times. \n \nTogether\, we will reflect on the spiritual growth of the Omer journey and explore how our individual gifts\, voices\, and actions can help shape a more just and compassionate world. \n \nCome to be nourished by community\, guided by wisdom\, and reminded that your presence—and your purpose—matter. \n \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\n \nRabbi Danya Ruttenberg is an award-winning author of eight books who now makes her primary writing home with the newsletter/magazine LifeIsASacredText.com. She has received the Lives of Commitment Award from Auburn Seminary\, and the Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Award from the human rights organization T’ruah\, was named by Newsweek as a “rabbi to watch\,” and as a “faith leader to watch” by the Center for American Progress\, and has been a Sunday Washington Post crossword clue (83 Down). Her most recent book\, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World is a National Jewish Book Award winner and an American Library Association’s Sophie Brody Honor Book. It was hailed by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley as “A must read for anyone navigating the work of justice and healing.” \nShe has written for a number of publications\, including The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, and been featured on NPR\, the Today Show\, USA Today\, MTV News\, and elsewhere. Her activism has taken her from the jail cell to the White House and back again\, and has included advising lawmakers; organizing 2\,500 rabbis in the fight for reproductive freedom through the fall of Roe; and mobilizing Jewish communities around economic justice and abuse accountability. Her North Star is the belief that we have a moral and religious obligation to care for one another\, and to fight for a more just world. \n 
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