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Ritualwell is your home for Jewish learning, creative inspiration, and connection.
We offer three types of learning experiences:
- FREE standalone learning sessions – take a dip and explore the waters
- Ritualwell Immersions – dive in for deeper learning with multi-session immersions
- ADVOT – make ripples in a creative community
Our 2023-24 program calendar is coming soon! Don’t want to miss it? Subscribe to our Ritualwell newsletter and stay up to date with latest news and rituals.
Filter by “program type” or “browse by topic” to find the program that fits you! Ignite your Jewish creative spark with topics such as: liturgy, poetry, fiction, spiritual essay, spiritual practice, art, & more!
ADVOT cohort registration opens August 6, 2023
ADVOT is Ritualwell’s online community of Jewish writers, poets, liturgists and ritual creators. Enjoy multiple Ritualwell Immersions throughout the year. Access our weekly online writing space, hevruta pairings, online retreats, an anthology, & more!
Browse our many other Ritualwell programs below!
Event Calendar
Weaving Water: Recreating Jewish Water-based Rituals
Facilitator: Sarah Chandler aka Kohenet Shamirah
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Liturgy, Poetry, Social Justice
Invite your ancestors to inspire your writing
Let’s Get to Know Advot@Ritualwell
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: ADVOT, Free
Topic: ADVOT@Ritualwell, Fiction, Liturgy, Memoir, Poetry
Join us to learn all about Advot@Ritualwell!
Spiritual Revolutionaries: The Ba’al Shem Tov
Facilitator: Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Spiritual practice
Explore who the Besht was and some of his radical innovations, teachings and practices. In each session, we will move from text study, to sharing our reflections on the texts, to practical exercises arising from the texts.
Crossing a Narrow Bridge: Reframing Jewish Divorce
Facilitator: Rabbi Ezra Weinberg
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Liturgy, Poetry, Spiritual practice
The phenomenon of divorce is not going to disappear. Therefore, let us begin writing a new chapter, without shame, of what your Jewish family looks like.
Honoring Heirloom through Words: Writing to Discover & Declutter
Facilitator: Gari Julius Weilbacher & Ellen Blum Barish
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Art, Fiction, Memoir, Poetry
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?
Filling the Well: A Monthly Embodied Creativity Salon
Facilitator: Elana Bell
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Art, Fiction, Liturgy, Memoir, Poetry, Spiritual practice
In this monthly salon, we will use embodied practices including breathing, sound meditation and movement to quiet the inner critic, calm the nervous system, and open creative channels.
Shabbat Shalom: Finding Peace Within
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Art, Liturgy, Poetry, Spiritual practice
In this Immersion, we'll read poetry and texts, listen to music and look at art focused on Shabbat, rest and tranquility.
Spiritual Revolutionaries: The Ba’al Shem Tov
Facilitator: Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Spiritual practice
Explore who the Besht was and some of his radical innovations, teachings and practices. In each session, we will move from text study, to sharing our reflections on the texts, to practical exercises arising from the texts.
Crossing a Narrow Bridge: Reframing Jewish Divorce
Facilitator: Rabbi Ezra Weinberg
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Liturgy, Poetry, Spiritual practice
The phenomenon of divorce is not going to disappear. Therefore, let us begin writing a new chapter, without shame, of what your Jewish family looks like.
Honoring Heirloom through Words: Writing to Discover & Declutter
Facilitator: Gari Julius Weilbacher & Ellen Blum Barish
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Art, Fiction, Memoir, Poetry
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?
Brit Beyond Milah: Exploring Baby-Welcoming Rituals
Facilitator: Ritualwell
Program Type: Free, Standalone session
Topic: Liturgy
How might we sanctify and honor the traditional brit (covenant) in ways that offer alternatives to traditional milah (circumcision)? Together we will explore issues involved in deciding to circumcise or not to circumcise, including personal experiences around this decision and alternative rituals to circumcision.
Shabbat Shalom: Finding Peace Within
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Art, Liturgy, Poetry, Spiritual practice
In this Immersion, we'll read poetry and texts, listen to music and look at art focused on Shabbat, rest and tranquility.
We seek to be a fully inclusive community.
People of all backgrounds, ages, genders, identities and levels of Jewish knowledge and creative practice are warmly welcome to our programs. We encourage writers who identify as BIJOC (Black Indigenous Jews of Color), Mizrahi/Sephardi, LGBTQ+, interfaith, low-income and disabled to join us.
Please note that this year we have increased our prices in order to increase the rate we pay our faculty. We continue to offer an array of free programming to be accessible to all. If you have financial need or any questions, please reach out to us at ritualwell@reconstructingjudaism.org.
All our programs take place online. All learning sessions are recorded and made available to registrants. For up-to-date announcements on our programming, please subscribe to our newsletter.
Our programming calendar runs from October 2022 through June 2023. Curious what this is all about? Register for a free open house session on September 7, 14 and 21 to get a taste of our offerings.
