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Behind the Mask: A Creative Exploration of the Characters in the Purim Story

Facilitator: Elana Bell

Program Type: Event

Topic: Jewish texts, Writing

Zoom

Gain inspiration from texts by Patricia Smith, Margaret Atwood, and others to inspire us to move beyond writing from the personal “I” and see what we can discover about the Purim stories and their meaning for our own lives when we put on the mask and write.

Free
Recurring

Behind the Mask: A Creative Exploration of the Characters in the Purim Story

Facilitator: Elana Bell

Program Type: Event

Topic: Jewish texts, Writing

Zoom

Gain inspiration from texts by Patricia Smith, Margaret Atwood, and others to inspire us to move beyond writing from the personal “I” and see what we can discover about the Purim stories and their meaning for our own lives when we put on the mask and write.

Free

ADVOT@Ritualwell Open House

Facilitator: Adva Chattler

Program Type: ADVOT, Event, Free

Topic: creative writing, Jewish spirituality, Liturgy, Poetry, Writing

Zoom

Join us for an open house to learn about ADVOT@Ritualwell, a creative home for poets, liturgists, ritual creators, songwriters, and other Jewish artists.

Free

Writing Letters: Dispatches to the Divine

Facilitator: Ellen Blum Barish

Program Type: Event

Topic: Elul, God, Memoir, Rosh Hashanah, Spiritual practice, Writing

Zoom

Join memoirist Ellen Blum Barish to prepare for a meaningful transition into the High Holy Days through the practice of letter writing.

$36

The Poetry of Your Ancestors

Facilitator: Anna Goodman Herrick

Program Type: Event

Topic: Poetry, Writing

Zoom

Prepare for the High Holy Days with poet Anna Goodman Herrick to investigate, conjure, and generate new poetry from our ancestral wisdom and Jewish sacred texts.

Free

To Laugh: Using Humor to Survive Jewish History

Facilitator: Rob Kutner

Program Type: Event, Free

Topic: comedy, humor, Jewish history, Writing

Zoom

Join Emmy-winning TV comedy writer Rob Kutner (The Daily Show, CONAN) and bestselling author (Marvel’s Look Out for the Little Guy) as he shares his new book, The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting —a comedic survey of all of Jewish history, plus jokes! Kutner will read from the book and offer and lead participants in exercises designed to harness humor to disarm a menacing world.

Free

Advot End-of-Year Celebration and Poetry Reading

Facilitator: Adva Chattler and Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: ADVOT, Event, Free

Topic: creative writing, Jewish spirituality, Poetry, Writing

Zoom

Celebrate our ADVOT community of Jewish writers as we share new work from our fourth anthology!

Free

Recurring

Writing Jewish, Writing Funny

Facilitator: Rob Kutner

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: comedy, Jewish humor, Writing

Zoom

Join us for an engaging adventure with Emmy-winning TV writer and LMU film school professor Rob Kutner as we delve into how Jews have utilized humor to navigate their challenging history. Together, we will explore various "tricks of the trade" to spread joy to ourselves and others during these tough times.

$180

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