Ritualwell creates a vibrant community through online learning classes and events. All are welcomed into our supportive, safe learning space. You will join people from diverse Jewish backgrounds, eager to explore Jewish ritual, creativity, writing and spirituality.
There are multiple ways to learn with us:
- FREE standalone sessions with leading Jewish educators and writers;
- Ritualwell Immersions, 4- or 6-week online, in real time classes for deep engagement;
- ADVOT, a creative community of Jewish ritual innovators and writers who meet regularly to share and support each other’s work.
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
Beyond the Eulogy
Facilitator: Ellen Blum Barish
Program Type: Event
Topic: creative writing, legacy, loved one, Memoir, obituary
In this gathering with memoirist Ellen Blum Barish, you are invited to gently explore the unique imprint someone dear has made on your life. Together, we’ll open space for memory, feeling, and reflection—considering not just who they were, but how they continue to shape who you are becoming.
Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.
Oneg Shabbat: A New Table Companion
Facilitator: Rabbi Sandy Sasson and Rabbi Jeffrey Schein
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: Jewish ritual, Jewish spirituality, Shabbat
Find fresh ideas, creative insight, and new ways to bring Shabbat joyfully to your table and community with Rabbis Sandy Sasso and Jeffrey Schein, editors of a new Shabbat companion.
Soulwork: Exploring Our Depths
Facilitator: Haviva Ner-David
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: dreamwork, Jewish spirituality, nature, Soul Collage
Step away from the busyness and explore your inner world. Over four weeks, you’ll dive into dreamwork, inner child work, nature soulwork, and Soul Collage©, reflecting on what arises and sharing insights in paired and group soulwork. Each session opens with a short Jewish-spiritual text—come live, or watch the recordings later, and let your own depths speak.
Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.
Soulwork: Exploring Our Depths
Facilitator: Haviva Ner-David
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: dreamwork, Jewish spirituality, nature, Soul Collage
Step away from the busyness and explore your inner world. Over four weeks, you’ll dive into dreamwork, inner child work, nature soulwork, and Soul Collage©, reflecting on what arises and sharing insights in paired and group soulwork. Each session opens with a short Jewish-spiritual text—come live, or watch the recordings later, and let your own depths speak.
Drawing from Torah: A Generative Jewish Poetry Workshop
Facilitator: Dr. Eve Grubin
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, Poetry, Torah
Discover how poets transform Jewish texts into powerful poems—and create your own in this generative workshop inspired by Torah and tradition.
Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.
Lifting the Threads: Writing Past and Present
Facilitator: Megan Vered
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: creative writing, creativity
Join writer Megan Vered to generate a short memoir piece that demonstrates fluid interplay between present and past—using backstory as a source of resonance and honoring the threads of memory that connect us to our histories and communities.
Soulwork: Exploring Our Depths
Facilitator: Haviva Ner-David
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: dreamwork, Jewish spirituality, nature, Soul Collage
Step away from the busyness and explore your inner world. Over four weeks, you’ll dive into dreamwork, inner child work, nature soulwork, and Soul Collage©, reflecting on what arises and sharing insights in paired and group soulwork. Each session opens with a short Jewish-spiritual text—come live, or watch the recordings later, and let your own depths speak.
Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community every Monday for "Holding Each Other," a 15-minute online minyan. Join us to enhance your spiritual resilience and provide support to others in need of strength.
Exploring Disability Torah: Text, Reflection, and Creative Voice
Facilitator: Mat Wilson
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: disability, Disability Torah, JDAIM, Jewish Disability Awareness
Join us to explore Disability Torah—hear from writers, study texts, and reflect through writing in an inclusive, creative space.
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.
