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
Events
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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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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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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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The Art of the Unexpected: A House Parties Reading
Facilitator: Lynn Levin
Program Type: Event, Free
ZoomTopic:
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.
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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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Writing Memoir from Photos
Facilitator: Lisa Grunberger
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: 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.
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Shekhinah: A Creative Tradition
Facilitator: Joy Ladin
Program Type: Immersions
ZoomTopic: 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.
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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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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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Omer Counting for Purpose
Facilitator:
Program Type: Event
ZoomTopic: Counting the Omer, Jewish spirituality, Omer, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Support Ritualwell’s Omer campaign and join a seven-week journey of teachings, creative prompts, and reflection exploring the question “What is mine to offer?” Rooted in the wisdom of the sefirot, this experience culminates in a gathering with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg to help ground your purpose in action.
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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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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.
Free
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.
