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SUMMARY:Jewish Writers' Circle Anthology Celebration and Reading (Daytime)
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 8\, 2026\n12-1:00 p.m. ET\n \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to celebrate the contributions of our Jewish Writers’ Circles members and the launch of our first anthology showcasing their creations. Jewish Writers’ Circles are grassroots peer-led communities of writers who meet monthly for in-person gatherings (e.g. homes and cafes). Jewish Writers’ Circle (JWC) participants explore Jewish wisdom texts\, deepen relationships and grow in their writing practice. This event is their opportunity to showcase their work to you as we launch our second year of this  initiative\, \nWe’re offering this special celebration at two different times so that Jewish Writers’ Circle participants and their across time zones have an opportunity to join us. Please choose the gathering time that works best for you! \n\n\n\n \n\nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants following the event. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/jewish-writers-circle-anthology-celebration-and-reading/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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SUMMARY:Out of the Depths: A Journey through the Days of Awe
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 15\, 2026\n12-1 p.m. ET\n$18\n \n\nPrepare your heart for the Days of Awe with a new Ritualwell companion booklet of reflections\, poetry\, prayers\, and creative prompts designed to guide you from Elul through Yom Kippur. Whether used for daily reflection or moments of pause throughout the season\, this collection offers pathways into deeper awareness\, renewal\, and spiritual practice. This printable PDF will be delivered electronically and accessible online\, ready to bring to your table when you register.\n \nAs part of this sacred journey\, we invite you to gather live with Rabbi Yael Levy on September 15\, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur\, for an exploration of Psalm 130. Rabbi Levy\, author of Psalms: Ancient Songs for These Times\, will help us engage this ancient prayer of longing and hope as a guide for the inner work of the Yamim Noraim. Together\, we’ll reflect on what it means to call out from the depths\, embrace the possibility of return\, and remain openhearted in these challenging times.\n\n\n\n \nThis event 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 Yael Levy is the founder and rabbinic director of A Way In\, Rabbi Yael’s teachings offer “a way in” to spiritual practice and awareness that uses the language of Jewish tradition and address universal issues. Named one of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” by the Jewish Forward\, Rabbi Yael has created daily and weekly online teachings and unique contemplative Shabbat and holiday services. She leads weekly call-in meditation “sits\,” retreats and classes in Jewish Mindfulness. A Way In grew out of her part-time work as a rabbi at Mishkan Shalom Reconstructionist congregation for over 20 years. She is now Rabbi Emerita.\n\nA graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College\, Rabbi Yael has worked with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality\, co-leading retreats in Alaska for Jewish professionals and writing an online mindfulness guide to the Torah portions of the week. She also serves as a spiritual director to rabbinical students.\n\nShe is the author of Directing the Heart: Weekly Mindfulness Teachings and Practices from the Torah\, Journey through the Wilderness: A Mindfulness Approach to the Ancient Jewish Practice of Counting the Omer and Chanukah Lights: Psalms for Hallel.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/out-of-the-depths-a-journey-through-the-days-of-awe/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Marking October 7: Poetry\, Reflection & Writing with Lesléa Newman
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday October 7\, 2026\n1:00-2:00 p.m. ET\n \n\nPlease join the Ritualwell community on Wednesday\, October 7\, as we gather to mark this difficult day together through poetry\, reflection\, and writing.\n \nWe’ll be joined by acclaimed poet and author Lesléa Newman\, who will share selections from her forthcoming collection\, The Last Flame Last. This powerful suite of 18 poems responds to October 7 and the surge of antisemitism that followed.\n \nFollowing Lesléa’s reading\, we’ll have an opportunity to pause\, reflect\, and write our own responses. No writing experience is necessary—just a willingness to be present\, listen\, and make space for what this day brings up for us.\n \nThis gathering is open to all.\n \nLesléa is generously donating a portion of her royalties from the book to Beth Israel Congregation\, to support their efforts to rebuild both their temple\, which was damaged in an arson attack\, and their faith in the kindness of strangers. Preorders are especially meaningful: they will help determine the book’s initial print run and royalty rate\, which in turn will determine the size of the donation. You can preorder The Last Flame Last from Finishing Line Press.\n\n \nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\nphoto credit: Mary Vazquez\nLesléa Newman has created 90 books for readers of all ages including the memoirs-in-verse\, I Carry My Mother and I Wish My Father; the novel-in-verse\, October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard; and the children’s books\, Something Sweet: A Sitting Shiva Story; The Babka Sisters; Joyful Song: A Naming Story; Ketzel\, the Cat Who Composed; and Heather Has Two Mommies. She has received two National Jewish Book Awards\, two American Library Association Stonewall Honors\, am Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award\, a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the Massachusetts Book Award. From 2008 – 2010\, she served as the poet laureate of Northampton\, MA. \n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/marking-october-7-poetry-reflection-writing-with-leslea-newman/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Grounded Poetry: Sensitivity to Setting
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, October 14\, 21\, and 28 and November 4\, 2026\n12-1:30 p.m. ET\n$180\n \nWhether it’s the Western Wall in Jerusalem\, a neglected backyard garden\, or the landscape of memory itself\, every place holds a story. In poetry\, setting is never just a backdrop—it can reveal longing\, loss\, joy\, identity\, and what matters most. Sometimes\, paying close attention to a place can also help us notice what is sacred within it—and within ourselves.\n \nTogether\, we’ll explore how Jewish poets including Grace Paley\, Louise Glück\, and Gerald Stern use vivid details of time and place to create unforgettable poems. We’ll see how setting can deepen emotion\, illuminate character\, and invite us into a richer relationship with the world around us.\n \nThrough close reading\, discussion\, and a guided writing exercise inspired by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s “Abandoned Farmhouse\,” you’ll discover how paying close attention to place can unlock surprising insights about your poem’s speaker—and yourself. Whether you’re writing about a sacred landscape\, a childhood home\, or an ordinary corner of your everyday life\, you’ll leave with new tools for creating poems that are rich\, grounded\, and alive—and perhaps with a renewed sense of the holiness that can be found in the places we inhabit.\n \nAll sessions 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 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/grounded-poetry-sensitivity-to-setting/2026-10-14/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Grounded Poetry: Sensitivity to Setting
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, October 14\, 21\, and 28 and November 4\, 2026\n12-1:30 p.m. ET\n$180\n \nWhether it’s the Western Wall in Jerusalem\, a neglected backyard garden\, or the landscape of memory itself\, every place holds a story. In poetry\, setting is never just a backdrop—it can reveal longing\, loss\, joy\, identity\, and what matters most. Sometimes\, paying close attention to a place can also help us notice what is sacred within it—and within ourselves.\n \nTogether\, we’ll explore how Jewish poets including Grace Paley\, Louise Glück\, and Gerald Stern use vivid details of time and place to create unforgettable poems. We’ll see how setting can deepen emotion\, illuminate character\, and invite us into a richer relationship with the world around us.\n \nThrough close reading\, discussion\, and a guided writing exercise inspired by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s “Abandoned Farmhouse\,” you’ll discover how paying close attention to place can unlock surprising insights about your poem’s speaker—and yourself. Whether you’re writing about a sacred landscape\, a childhood home\, or an ordinary corner of your everyday life\, you’ll leave with new tools for creating poems that are rich\, grounded\, and alive—and perhaps with a renewed sense of the holiness that can be found in the places we inhabit.\n \nAll sessions 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 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/grounded-poetry-sensitivity-to-setting/2026-10-21/
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CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Grounded Poetry: Sensitivity to Setting
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, October 14\, 21\, and 28 and November 4\, 2026\n12-1:30 p.m. ET\n$180\n \nWhether it’s the Western Wall in Jerusalem\, a neglected backyard garden\, or the landscape of memory itself\, every place holds a story. In poetry\, setting is never just a backdrop—it can reveal longing\, loss\, joy\, identity\, and what matters most. Sometimes\, paying close attention to a place can also help us notice what is sacred within it—and within ourselves.\n \nTogether\, we’ll explore how Jewish poets including Grace Paley\, Louise Glück\, and Gerald Stern use vivid details of time and place to create unforgettable poems. We’ll see how setting can deepen emotion\, illuminate character\, and invite us into a richer relationship with the world around us.\n \nThrough close reading\, discussion\, and a guided writing exercise inspired by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s “Abandoned Farmhouse\,” you’ll discover how paying close attention to place can unlock surprising insights about your poem’s speaker—and yourself. Whether you’re writing about a sacred landscape\, a childhood home\, or an ordinary corner of your everyday life\, you’ll leave with new tools for creating poems that are rich\, grounded\, and alive—and perhaps with a renewed sense of the holiness that can be found in the places we inhabit.\n \nAll sessions 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 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/grounded-poetry-sensitivity-to-setting/2026-10-28/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Grounded Poetry: Sensitivity to Setting
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, October 14\, 21\, and 28 and November 4\, 2026\n12-1:30 p.m. ET\n$180\n \nWhether it’s the Western Wall in Jerusalem\, a neglected backyard garden\, or the landscape of memory itself\, every place holds a story. In poetry\, setting is never just a backdrop—it can reveal longing\, loss\, joy\, identity\, and what matters most. Sometimes\, paying close attention to a place can also help us notice what is sacred within it—and within ourselves.\n \nTogether\, we’ll explore how Jewish poets including Grace Paley\, Louise Glück\, and Gerald Stern use vivid details of time and place to create unforgettable poems. We’ll see how setting can deepen emotion\, illuminate character\, and invite us into a richer relationship with the world around us.\n \nThrough close reading\, discussion\, and a guided writing exercise inspired by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s “Abandoned Farmhouse\,” you’ll discover how paying close attention to place can unlock surprising insights about your poem’s speaker—and yourself. Whether you’re writing about a sacred landscape\, a childhood home\, or an ordinary corner of your everyday life\, you’ll leave with new tools for creating poems that are rich\, grounded\, and alive—and perhaps with a renewed sense of the holiness that can be found in the places we inhabit.\n \nAll sessions 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 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/grounded-poetry-sensitivity-to-setting/2026-11-04/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Immersions
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SUMMARY:Imagining Beyond the Self: A Mussar Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, November 30 and December 7 & 14\, 2026\n12-1:30 p.m. EDT\n$140\n\n  \nWhat might happen to our writing when we begin to imagine beyond the boundaries of the self? \nVanessa Machado de Oliveira calls the horizons we are walking toward “presently unimaginable futures.” We can’t fully imagine these futures as we are—we have to be changed in order to recognize them. \nMussar invites us into just this kind of transformation. At its heart is a questioning of the sovereign self: an opportunity to reimagine ourselves as people who include and depend upon others\, and whose lives are inextricably connected to the lives around us. Mussar practice asks us to see beyond the sometimes-narrow structures of the self. \nAnd poetry can do the same. \nOne of the most compelling intersections between Mussar and poetry is the way a Mussar mindset can open us to more imaginative ways of thinking and writing. It can invite us beyond familiar habits and approaches\, toward poetry that is more experimental\, surprising\, and alive. \nJoin beloved Ritualwell teacher Rabbi Joshua Boettiger for an immersive poetry workshop exploring the intersections of Mussar and creative practice. Together\, we’ll study a variety of poems and Jewish texts\, use them as portals for reflection and experimentation\, and generate and share new work. No particular experience with Mussar is necessary—come ready to explore\, imagine\, and write. \nThis series will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience. \nRabbi Joshua Boettiger is Jewish Chaplain and Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York. He is the current Rosh Yeshiva for the Center for Contemporary Mussar and for the last decade\, directed the Mussar program at Temple Emek Shalom in Ashland\, Oregon. Joshua also teaches Jewish Meditation and co-leads silent retreats. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Pacific University and his poetry has appeared in the Missouri Review\, the Southern Review\, B O D Y\, and elsewhere. \n\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/imagining-beyond-the-self-a-mussar-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Zoom
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