Resources
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Read more: Making Pottery Class Jewish
Making Pottery Class Jewish
INTRODUCTION: Clay is one of our oldest physical metaphors for creation, vulnerability, and history. This resource offers a few different suggestions for Jewish-inspired activities you can mix-and-match to create a program…
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Read more: Shakshuka Shabbat
Shakshuka Shabbat
INTRODUCTION: The first time I had shakshuka, I was a rabbinical student living in Israel and visited my relatives for the weekend. They served me this dish of tomatoes, eggs and vegetables for…
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Read more: Elul Acrostics: Motivation for the New Year
Elul Acrostics: Motivation for the New Year
INTRODUCTION: The month of Elul begins August 14th, 2026. This new month is significant because the month of Elul is one of 4 new years’ described in the Talmud. It is also the…
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Read more: August/Av-Elul 5786 Program Inspiration Ideas
August/Av-Elul 5786 Program Inspiration Ideas
Legend For Types of Event Ideas:🫂 = Idea for Diversified program🧿 = Idea for Jewish Culture and Holidays program📖 = Idea for Jewish Learning program🌱 = Idea for Tikkun Olam…
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Read more: Jews of the Caribbean
Jews of the Caribbean
INTRODUCTION: Did you know: Prior to 1825, the largest Jewish communities in the Americas were in the Caribbean. Stanley Mirvis, Caribbean Islands and the Guiana. (Jewish Women’s Archive) • The…
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Read more: Self-love and Self-care
Self-love and Self-care
INTRODUCTION: The word love is repeated often throughout our Jewish texts and traditions. If you look in a concordance, there are four and half columns documenting the use of the…
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Read more: Thought-Provoking Mishnayot from Pirkei Avot
Thought-Provoking Mishnayot from Pirkei Avot
FOR EACH MISHNA FROM PIRKEI AVOT: Pirkei Avot 1:8 Judah ben Tabbai said: [When you are a judge] do not play the part of an advocate. When the litigants are standing before you, look…
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Read more: Clay Meditation for Pottery Program
Clay Meditation for Pottery Program
Clay Meditation Give every participant a baseball-sized lump of moist, raw clay. Dim the lighting slightly if the studio allows, or choose a quiet corner of the room away from the noise of…
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Read more: Asherah at the Arboretum
Asherah at the Arboretum
INTRODUCTION: In Parshat Shoftim, God commands the Israelites “You shall not set up a sacred post [an Asherah]—any kind of tree beside the altar of the ETERNAL your God that you may…
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Read more: Drag Brunch and De-Gendering Clothing
Drag Brunch and De-Gendering Clothing
Parashat Ki Teitzei includes a verse that gets used to police individuals’ gender presentation. This source sheet will help you re-evaluate that verse in light of our more progressive understanding of gender and clothing while…
