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
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.
Poems of Freedom: A Reading & Writing Experience
Facilitator: Cathleen Cohen and Lynn Levin
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, Jewish spirituality, Passover, Poetry, Yetzirah
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 8-9:30 p.m. EST Prepare for Passover—the festival of liberation—through poetry, reflection, and creative expression. Join Ritualwell and the Philly Yetzirah Regional Chapter for a special reading, […]
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.
Holding The Sweet and The Bitter: Four New Questions for Passover 2026
Facilitator:
Program Type: Event
Topic: Four questions, Passover, Passover 2026, seder
As we prepare for Passover 2026, join us for a meaningful exploration of how to balance joy and challenge at your seder table.
To spark thoughtful and heartfelt conversation, the Ritualwell team has created a new collection of curated Passover resources, including four new questions to complement the traditional Four Questions. This printable PDF will be delivered electronically and accessible online, ready to bring to your table when you register for this event.
Creative Containers: Writing With Poetic Forms
Facilitator: Susan Comninos
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Jewish writing, Poetry
Join poet and author Susan Comninos to explore the rich possibilities of using poetic forms as tools for cohesion and focus, as well as exploration, expression, and musicality.
The Art of the Unexpected: A House Parties Reading
Facilitator: Lynn Levin
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic:
Join author Lynn Levin as she invites us into narratives that are both surprising and resonant, ranging from the comic and absurd to the quietly profound. Whether you write, read, or simply love great storytelling, come be inspired by Lynn’s craft, engage with her work, and explore what makes these stories linger in the mind long after the last page.
Writing Memoir from Photos
Facilitator: Lisa Grunberger
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: creative writing, Jewish community, Memoir, writing workshop
In this three-week workshop, Lisa Grinberger invites participants to use personal photographs as gentle entry points into memoir writing, exploring both joyful and painful memories. Through prompts, discussion, and supportive sharing, writers will create short “micro-memoirs” that honor the stories held within images.
Shekhinah: A Creative Tradition
Facilitator: Joy Ladin
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: Jewish spirituality, Poetry, shekinah
In this series led by poet Joy Ladin, participants will explore how poetry can make divine presence perceptible through language, with a focus on the Shekhinah as Judaism’s indwelling, intimate sacred presence. Through Jewish texts, contemporary poetry, and writing exercises, we’ll experiment with language as a way to encounter and respond to what lies beyond the human.
Tree of Life: A Mind‑Body‑Spirit Practice
Facilitator: Rabbi Tsurah August
Program Type: Event
Topic: Jewish spirituality, movement, somatic pratice
This Hanukkah, join us for a unique exploration of ritual, awareness, movement and light. Rabbi Tsurah August, a teacher rooted in somatic practice, mindfulness and Jewish mystical tradition, invites us into Embodying the Light — a session to awaken our bodies, our hearts and our spiritual vision.
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.
