🅉 Poetic Preparation for the Days of Awe

Pre-Rosh Hashanah Workshops

DATES
Sunday, 9/22 10:30-12:00 (JCA – in person only)
Monday 9/23 6:30-8:00pm (Zoom only)
 
Pre-registration is requested - click here to register!

The Days of Awe – from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur – offer us a concentrated period of reflection, introspection, repair, and renewal. This potent season invites us to account for where we’ve missed the mark, listen closely to the yearnings of our souls as we cross from one year to the next, and celebrate the grace of beginning again. Experiencing poetry as part of our services brings depth and dimension to the High Holidays. Once again this year, Jena Schwartz will be facilitating two sessions to offer community members a double opportunity:
 
- preparing for the High Holy Days by putting an ear to your soul and a pen to paper
- offering your own poetic voice as one of the inspirations in this year’s services

With Jena’s guidance, participants will choose from a variety of prompts, selected from both our own associations and traditional aspects of the liturgy, and enjoy a shared, contemplative space in which to write and connect.

After the sessions, participants may choose to share their words with Jena, who will pass them along to Rabbi Weiner for inclusion in our services. Please note that although this is not a “selection” process—everyone who wants to be included will be included. Rabbi Weiner will likely take some liberties in excerpting and arranging the generated work to best fit the circumstances, resulting in a High Holiday experience resonant with the heartfelt words of our community, as we experience this season together, in these times.

Two sessions will be available. Note that aside from where the sessions are taking place (at the JCA or on Zoom) the sessions will be identical.