Start your year with connection, creativity and intention.
The High Holidays ask us to return—to ourselves, to one another, and to what matters most.
From Elul through the Days of Awe, Jewish Studio Project offers creative experiences that help bring this season to life. Through the Jewish Studio Process, we combine Jewish learning, art-making and reflection to create meaningful pathways into prepare for the year ahead.
Our in-person and virtual offerings are open to everyone. Explore below and join us!
Journey into 5787 with JSP
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Starting Tuesday, August 4, - Thursday, August 6, 2026
Cost: $180 (sliding scale)Creating Anew is a three-day virtual intensive that helps Jewish professionals prepare for the High Holiday season. Together, we'll explore the themes of Elul and the High Holidays, gathering fresh Torah, meaningful practices, and practical tools to enrich not only your own preparation for the season, but also your teaching, facilitation, and leadership in the weeks ahead.
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Starting Wednesday, August 13, 2026
Cost: FreeFor the fourth year running, Jewish Studio Project is honored to partner with Rabbi Jordan Braunig to offer daily writing prompts throughout Elul. Each evening, receive an invitation to pause, put pen to paper, and embark on the sacred journey toward the Days of Awe. Sign up below to receive the prompts in your inbox at 6 pm PT / 9 pm ET!
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Thursdy, August 13, 2026
Cost: FreeAs the Hebrew month of Elul begins, we're invited into the sacred practice of teshuvah. Often understood as mending fractured relationships, teshuvah literally means to "return." Using the Jewish Studio Process we'll open to the spiritual work of Elul as we ready ourselves for the power and possibility of the High Holiday season.
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Sunday, August 30, 2026
Cost: $0-$36 (sliding scale)Are you experiencing the loss of a loved one, approaching a Yahrzeit, or navigating other significant losses—whether personal or communal? Join JSP Facilitator, Jeanne Reisman for the Mourner’s Studio, a transformative 2-hour workshop designed to explore loss and healing through the Jewish Studio Process, a unique methodology that builds creative capacity by combining art therapy practices with a reimagined approach to Jewish learning.
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Sunday, August 9, 2026
10:00 am - 11:30 am PT / 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET
Cost: FreeUncover your innate creative capacity! In this session you’ll learn the fundamentals of the Jewish Studio Process while nourishing your creativity and deepening your connection to Jewish traditions.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
10:00 am - 11:30 am PT / 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET
Cost: $9-$36 (sliding scale)Join us for the Jewish Studio Process—an immersive gathering where the creative process opens new pathways for discovery, expression, and connection as we explore the Elul.
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Every Tuesday, August 18 - September 1, 2026
Cost: $100 (sliding scale)In-Person - Register here
Join us on a three-week creative spiritual journey through the Hebrew month of Elul in preparation for the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. During this season we open our hearts to embrace the new and shed the old, awakening our spirits as we transform and draw closer to the Divine.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Berkeley, CA
Cost: $9-$36 (sliding scale)Join us for the Jewish Studio Process—an immersive gathering where the creative process opens new pathways for discovery, expression, and connection as we journey through the High Holidays.
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Thursday, September 3, 2026
9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET
Cost: FreeThe High Holidays invite us into a sacred time of reflection, renewal, and transformation. These days call us to pause, take stock of our lives, and connect deeply with who we are and where we’re headed.
BEYOND HIGH HOLIDAYS
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Thursday, October 8, 2026
9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET
Cost: FreeAs we arrive at Beresheit, we return to the beginning—the story of creation itself. This moment invites us to contemplate origins, possibility, and the ongoing act of transformation. What are we creating in our own lives?
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Sunday, October 25, 2026
10:00 am - 11:30 am PT / 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET
Cost: FreeUncover your innate creative capacity! In this session you’ll learn the fundamentals of the Jewish Studio Process while nourishing your creativity and deepening your connection to Jewish traditions.
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Thursday, November 12, 2026
9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET
Cost: FreeWhat gifts are waiting to be noticed in our lives? How can creative exploration help us cultivate a more authentic, embodied sense of appreciation for what already dwells within and around us?