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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
Browse our 2022–23 program calendar below.
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 begins October 25th – registration is now closed
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, a print anthology, & more! Registration opens once per year in the early fall. Registration is now closed. Browse our many other Ritualwell programs below!
Event Calendar
ADVOT@Ritualwell Studio sessions – Winter semester
Facilitator: Ritualwell
Program Type: ADVOT, Monthly program
Topic: ADVOT@Ritualwell, Liturgy, Poetry
Join in for a time to create and connect!
Jewish Art as Prayer: A Guided Art Session
Facilitator: Ayeola Omolara Kaplan
Program Type: Free, Standalone session
Topic: Art
Create art as Jewish spiritual practice
Words of Power: Writing from the Language of Torah
Facilitator: Alden Solovy
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Liturgy, Poetry
Open the well of Torah wisdom in words
Miracles and the Strange: Writing Inspiration from Sephardic Folktales and Modern Speculative Fiction
Facilitator: Leslie Contreras Schwartz
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Fiction
Explore Sephardic folktales and write your own speculative fiction
Filling the Well: A Monthly Embodied Creativity Salon
Facilitator: Elana Bell
Program Type: Free, Monthly program
Topic: Liturgy, Poetry
Engage in embodied practices to free your creative expression in this free monthly salon
Language at the Edge: Exploring Holocaust Poetry
Facilitator: Rachel Neve-Midbar
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Poetry
Read Holocaust poetry and write poems of witness
ADVOT@Ritualwell Studio sessions – Winter semester
Facilitator: Ritualwell
Program Type: ADVOT, Monthly program
Topic: ADVOT@Ritualwell, Liturgy, Poetry
Join in for a time to create and connect!
Words of Power: Writing from the Language of Torah
Facilitator: Alden Solovy
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Liturgy, Poetry
Open the well of Torah wisdom in words
Dreamwork as a Window to the Soul
Facilitator: Haviva Ner-David
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Spiritual practice
Explore dreamwork from a Jewish perspective
Miracles and the Strange: Writing Inspiration from Sephardic Folktales and Modern Speculative Fiction
Facilitator: Leslie Contreras Schwartz
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Fiction
Explore Sephardic folktales and write your own speculative fiction
Language at the Edge: Exploring Holocaust Poetry
Facilitator: Rachel Neve-Midbar
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Poetry
Read Holocaust poetry and write poems of witness
ADVOT@Ritualwell Studio sessions – Winter semester
Facilitator: Ritualwell
Program Type: ADVOT, Monthly program
Topic: ADVOT@Ritualwell, Liturgy, Poetry
Join in for a time to create and connect!
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.
