Explore the power of art making as a tool for personal and collective renewal!

9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET

Purim invites us to embrace the freedom and joy that can be found in letting go of fixity and open into play and exploration. On this holiday, we release what we think we know and who we think we are, and open ourselves to be turned upside down. Through revelry, playfulness, and an encounter with the unexpected, we discover new possibilities in the not-knowing. Using the Jewish Studio Process – a unique methodology that blends art therapy practices with a reimagined approach to Jewish learning and spirituality – we’ll disrupt the ordinary, explore the sacredness of this topsy-turvy holiday, and tap into the transformative potential that Purim has to offer.

This program is offered free of charge and will take place on Zoom with closed captions.

Rabbi Adina Allen is a spiritual leader, writer and educator who believes in the power of creativity to revitalize our lives and transform Jewish tradition. Integrating a lifetime of experience in the expressive arts with her rabbinic training, Adina has taught clergy, educators and lay leaders in hundreds of Jewish communal institutions across the country. Adina’s writing is widely published and her original research on using creative process to generate contemporary midrash was published in the CCAR Journal in 2013. She is a recipient of the Covenant Foundation’s 2018 Pomegranate Prize for emerging Jewish Educators and is a fellow of the Open Dor Project for spiritual Jewish entrepreneurs. Adina was ordained in Hebrew College’s pluralistic training program in Boston in 2014 where she was a Wexner Graduate Fellow.