One of the silver linings of the “High Holidays at Home” format is added flexibility with workshop locations, times, and formats. In this spirit, we will be hosting a range of workshops and classes throughout the High Holiday period. Zoom links will be sent out to members in early September. If you would like to attend as a guest, please fill out the High Holidays Registration Form.
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Challah Baking Workshop
Friday September 11th, 10am-noon
Participants will learn how to prepare Challah dough, braid a special Rosh Hashanah crown, and recite special prayers during the preparation. To learn more about Lori’s process, please see our Challah Blog!
This workshop is created and facilitated by AARC member Lori Lichtman.
To attend this class, please sign up here. Zoom link will be sent to registrants before the event.
The Story of Sarah and Hagar in Art, Poetry, and Our Own Reflections
Saturday, September 19th, 2pm
On Rosh Hashanah we read the story of Sarah and Hagar, with its themes of family trauma, isolation, jealousy, survival, and reconciliation. In this workshop, we’ll reflect on how the story of Sarah and Hagar resonates with us today. We’ll share our reactions to various artistic depictions of the story, read a poem or two, and then exchange our reflections.
This workshop is created and faciliated by AARC member Emily Eisbruch.
To attend this class, sign up here. Zoom link will be sent to registrants before the event.
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Birth/Fertility and Its Opposite: Personal Reflections
Saturday, September 19th, 4pm
In today’s Torah and Haftarah selections, both Sarah and Hannah, after struggles with infertility, are blessed with children. These stories can sometimes be a point of pain for those of us who do not feel like we were so blessed. What has the journey of fertility and infertility been like for us? Have your thoughts and feelings changed through the years? If you have a story or thought you’d like to share, or just want to come and listen to others, please join us on Rosh HaShanah Day 1 afternoon.
This workshop is created and facilitated by AARC member Deb Kraus.
To attend this class, sign up here. Zoom link will be sent to registrants before the event.
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Cultivating Self-Forgiveness: A Practice for the Days of Awe
Thursday, September 24th, 7pm
This experiential offering will guide you through coming into a deep and quiet space within yourself, noticing the ways you may have “missed the mark” this past year, and engaging in a practice of self-forgiveness.
Your participation will require that you have a comfortable and quiet place to sit for 90 minutes; that you have printed off the provided worksheet for self-reflection and have something to write with; and that you have registered so that you can be sent the Zoom link. Our time together will include meditation and guided imagery, journal writing and sharing in pairs or small groups.
This workshop is created and facilitated by AARC member Anita Rubin-Meiller.
Anita is a clinical social worker in private practice with many years of experience in creating and leading workshops and ongoing groups for cultivating self-compassion, self-forgiveness, and compassionate life
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To register for this workshop, please email Anita. ______________________________________________________________________________
JONAH (AND THE WHALE): A Teshuva Journey through Art and Midrash with Idelle Hammond-Sass
Sunday September 27, 10am -12pm
Jonah is a traditional Haftarah for the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Join us for this experiential workshop from the comfort of your own home. Gather some art supplies at your desk or kitchen table to make your own ‘visual midrash’!
Using Jonah’s journey as a way in to our own process of Teshuva, we’ll explore Jonah through a brief text reading, followed by drawing to music and reflective writing. Drawing and writing offer two ways to see what comes to the surface, using our imagination to dive deep into the process of making a visual image and seeing what we have created.(optional)
Please bring writing paper, pen/pencil, plain paper 8 ½”x 11 or larger (can be computer paper) any “art” supplies on hand, such as your kids crayons, colored pencils, oil pastels (cray pas), charcoal pencils, markers etc. as well as some random colored paper or magazines (to tear) and a glue stick or tape. Whatever you have around the house is great!
To attend this class, sign up here. Zoom link will be sent to registrants before the event.
