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.Â
 There are multiple ways to learn with us:Â
- FREE standalone sessions with leading Jewish educators and writers;Â
- Ritualwell Immersions, 4- or 6-week online, in real time classes for deep engagement;Â
- ADVOT, a creative community of Jewish ritual innovators and writers who meet regularly to share and support each other’s work.Â
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
Events
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Advot End-of-Year Celebration and Poetry Reading
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: ADVOT, Event, Free
ZoomTopic: creative writing, Jewish spirituality, Jewish writers, Poetry
Join us to celebrate the contributions of our Advot@Ritualwell members and the unveiling of our fifth anthology showcasing their creations. Advot@Ritualwell serves as an online community for Jewish writers to learn, connect, and collaborate.
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Sacred Words for a Fragile Democracy: A Jewish Creative Writing Lab
Facilitator: Dr. Joelllyn Zollman and Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: #America250, #July4th2026, America 250, creative writing, democracry, Jewish American History, Jewish American poets, justice, Poetry, Semiquincentennial, writing prompts
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, this special series invites you to explore questions of democracy, justice, and belonging through Jewish creative practice. Guided by the voices of Jewish American poets and your own lived experience, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, write, and shape original prayers and poems. Participants also have the option to publish and share their work, bringing their voices into a broader public conversation.
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Sacred Words for a Fragile Democracy: A Jewish Creative Writing Lab
Facilitator: Dr. Joelllyn Zollman and Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: #America250, #July4th2026, America 250, creative writing, democracry, Jewish American History, Jewish American poets, justice, Poetry, Semiquincentennial, writing prompts
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, this special series invites you to explore questions of democracy, justice, and belonging through Jewish creative practice. Guided by the voices of Jewish American poets and your own lived experience, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, write, and shape original prayers and poems. Participants also have the option to publish and share their work, bringing their voices into a broader public conversation.
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Holding Each Other
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Free
ZoomTopic:
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.
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Grief and Healing: A Generative Poetry Workshop
Facilitator: Dr. Eve Grubin
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: creative writing, grief, Jewish creativity, Poetry, Tisha B'Av
In this two-session workshop, we will use poetry to explore grief, memory, and consolation in the days leading up to and following Tisha B’Av. Through reading and guided writing, participants will engage poems that help give language to sorrow, reflection, resilience, and renewal.
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Grief and Healing: A Generative Poetry Workshop
Facilitator: Dr. Eve Grubin
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: creative writing, grief, Jewish creativity, Poetry, Tisha B'Av
In this two-session workshop, we will use poetry to explore grief, memory, and consolation in the days leading up to and following Tisha B’Av. Through reading and guided writing, participants will engage poems that help give language to sorrow, reflection, resilience, and renewal.
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The Nearness of Shekhinah: Writing Through Elul
Facilitator: Joy Ladin
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: creative writing, Elul, high holidays, Jewish creativity, Jewish spirituality, Joy Ladin, Poetry, Shekhinah
How do you experience the sacred in your own life? In this series, you'll explore the Jewish Shekhinah tradition, which imagines divinity as near, present, and deeply woven into our human experience. Through inspiring texts, discussion, and creative writing prompts, you'll discover new ways to reflect on, write about, and connect with the sacred—regardless of your beliefs or prior experience.
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The Nearness of Shekhinah: Writing Through Elul
Facilitator: Joy Ladin
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: creative writing, Elul, high holidays, Jewish creativity, Jewish spirituality, Joy Ladin, Poetry, Shekhinah
How do you experience the sacred in your own life? In this series, you'll explore the Jewish Shekhinah tradition, which imagines divinity as near, present, and deeply woven into our human experience. Through inspiring texts, discussion, and creative writing prompts, you'll discover new ways to reflect on, write about, and connect with the sacred—regardless of your beliefs or prior experience.
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The Nearness of Shekhinah: Writing Through Elul
Facilitator: Joy Ladin
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: creative writing, Elul, high holidays, Jewish creativity, Jewish spirituality, Joy Ladin, Poetry, Shekhinah
How do you experience the sacred in your own life? In this series, you'll explore the Jewish Shekhinah tradition, which imagines divinity as near, present, and deeply woven into our human experience. Through inspiring texts, discussion, and creative writing prompts, you'll discover new ways to reflect on, write about, and connect with the sacred—regardless of your beliefs or prior experience.
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The Nearness of Shekhinah: Writing Through Elul
Facilitator: Joy Ladin
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: creative writing, Elul, high holidays, Jewish creativity, Jewish spirituality, Joy Ladin, Poetry, Shekhinah
How do you experience the sacred in your own life? In this series, you'll explore the Jewish Shekhinah tradition, which imagines divinity as near, present, and deeply woven into our human experience. Through inspiring texts, discussion, and creative writing prompts, you'll discover new ways to reflect on, write about, and connect with the sacred—regardless of your beliefs or prior experience.
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Jewish Writers’ Circle Anthology Celebration and Reading
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
ZoomTopic: creative writing, Jewish creativity, Poetry
Join us to celebrate the contributions of our Jewish Writers' Circles members and the unveiling of our first anthology showcasing their creations.
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Out of the Depths: A Journey through the Days of Awe
Facilitator: Rabbi Yael Levy
Program Type: Event
ZoomTopic: creativity, Elul, high holidays, Jewish creativity, Jewish mindfulness, Jewish spirituality, mindfulness, Poetry, Psalms, Rosh Hashanah, Yamim Noraim, Yom Kippur
Prepare your heart for the Days of Awe with a new Ritualwell companion booklet of reflections, poetry, prayers, and creative prompts for the journey from Elul through Yom Kippur. Then join Yael Levy on September 15 for a special exploration of Psalm 130, drawing on insights from her book Psalms: Ancient Songs for These Times. Together, we'll discover how this ancient prayer of longing and hope can deepen our High Holy Day experience.
$18
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.
