8:00 – 9:00 PM on Mondays, March 29 – May 10
Each year many of us use the counting of the omer (marking each day between Passover and Shavuot) as a way to investigate our spiritual lives and the intersections between ourselves and the larger world. Poetry is also a way to explore our deepest selves and our interactions with the world. Each week we gather, we will offer a few themes based on the omer calendar for brief discussion. Participants may then choose to write on one of the offered themes or another aspect altogether. Some time each week will be reserved for writing, sharing writing, encouragement of exploration, and expression.
** Our first session will meet at the conclusion of the second day of Passover. Join us at 8:15 PM on Monday, March 29 for a shortened first session with havdalah and poetry.
Rabbi Tamara Cohen is VP and Chief of Program Strategy at Moving Traditions and on the national board of Women’s March Inc. She is currently organizing around anti-racism and anti-blackness through minyan Dorshei Derekh and doing what she can to keep herself and her family happy and sane. Writing poetry and liturgy helps her do that. She is proud And humbled to have some of her work on the margins on Siddur Lev Shalem. Dr. Christina Ager has been writing poetry for over 50 years, finding it a vital tool for emotional and spiritual well-being. She is a professor at Arcadia University who loves writing, reading, gardening, education, and her friends, who are also vital for her happiness and well-being.
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