Seeing Yourself in the Sacred Story

A Creative Midrash Community

 

Midrash is the art of bringing our own voices to the text, reimagining sacred stories to reflect the questions and challenges of our time. It is one of the oldest - and also the newest - Jewish acts.

This Community of Practice will meet monthly to explore and create midrash. We’ll read stories from the Bible through the lens of creative interpretation, and ask how the sacred story can hold up a mirror for us to see ourselves, or offer a window into someone else’s experience. Each session will include a writing prompt and time to create and share our own original midrash. 

• First session is Tuesday, October 21 at Noon ET (9am PT).
• After that we'll meet one Tuesday a month through June.
• One hour per session.

This is a covenental community of people who are supporting each other in deepening our Jewish connection and our wellness. We ask that participants keep their cameras on for the hour.

 

Facilitated By:

Leah Rachel Berkowitz is a teacher and writer based in Philadelphia, PA.  She currently serves as the Senior Jewish Educator for Hillel at Temple University. Leah also teaches for Gratz College, the Union for Reform Judaism, the Jewish Learning Collaborative, and Laasok. 

She is the author of three picture books and the co-author of middle-grade midrash collection Maybe It Happened This Way: Bible Stories Reimagined. Learn more at leahrachelberkowitz.com

 

Registration

Registration Details and Costs

The Community of Practice is offered on a sliding scale. Please choose the most appropriate level below.

Contributing at a higher level helps us to assure that no one is ever turned away for financial reasons.

Laasok is committed to financial accessibility. If you need subsidy beyond the posted amount, please email info@laasok.org and we will arrange for you to take the class for a different amount. For payment plans, please email us.

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