Let’s Get to Know Advot@Ritualwell

Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: ADVOT, Free

Topic: ADVOT@Ritualwell, Fiction, Liturgy, Memoir, Poetry

Zoom

Join us to learn all about Advot@Ritualwell!

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Honoring Heirloom through Words: Writing to Discover & Declutter

Facilitator: Gari Julius Weilbacher & Ellen Blum Barish

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: Art, Fiction, Memoir, Poetry

Zoom

What stories do the objects in your home tell? Are they all heirlooms, or do some hold sentimental value for small – maybe even silly – reasons?

$180

Writing Our Aging Selves

Facilitator: Trisha Arlin

Program Type: Event, Free, Standalone session

Topic: Liturgy, Memoir, Poetry

Zoom

Write, reflect and share your creative self with the Ritualwell community in this free, open for all session.

Free
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Mussar Poetry: Writing Toward the Other

Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: Poetry, Spiritual practice

Zoom

We will look at poems that not just describe but embody encounter itself, such as poetry written by people we might think of as ‘other' and poetry in which the poem itself directly speaks to the reader.

$250

Light the World: Dancing in Community for Hanukkah

Facilitator: Janice Steinberg

Program Type: Free, Standalone session

Topic: Art, Poetry, Spiritual practice

Zoom

We'll kindle our unique candles to music by Jewish singers and composers, followed by prompts for reflection and writing.

Free
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Reclaiming the Hebrew Goddess and Writing Her Anew

Facilitator: Sivan Rotholz

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: Art, Fiction, Liturgy, Poetry

Zoom

Through thoughtful reflection and inspired creative writing with guided writing prompts, discover where her secrets are hidden and reclaim her for your own, for the earth, and for the generations to come.

$250

Writing Poetry in the Shadow of War

Facilitator: Lynn Levin

Program Type: Free, Standalone session

Topic: Holocaust, Israel-Hamas war, Poetry

Zoom

At all times but especially in a time of war and grief, we need literature to remind us of what it means to be human, what justice demands, where our struggles and conflicts, our strengths and hopes reside. In this free Ritualwell event, we will see how other poets have responded to disasters and conflicts Jews have faced and are facing.

Free

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