Friday, December 5 - Sunday, December 7
Location: Camp Solomon Schechter - Olympia, WA
Ruach is an immersive, two-day adult retreat hosted by Camp Solomon Schechter in collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, and featuring Rabbi Adina Allen, co-founder and Creative Director of Jewish Studio Project, where the focus is on finding YOUR ruach – your unique spirit that drives connection and creativity in your Jewish life.
From Friday, December 5, to Sunday, December 7, you’ll have the chance to explore a variety of learning experiences, with top-tier facilitators, all centered around the theme of spirit & creativity: art workshops, song, learning, outdoor experiences, mindfulness, and more. It’s about finding the way you connect most deeply to ruach and bringing that energy back to your community.
Rabbi Adina Allen, will guide participants through the innovative Jewish Studio Process – a creativity-centered methodology that combines traditional Jewish text learning with art-making, play, and expressive writing. This retreat is not only about generating beautiful creative artifacts but about cultivating creative capacity as spiritual practice, learning to trust uncertainty, to listen to the stirrings of your own wisdom, and to let that guide your expression and community-building.
Over the weekend you’ll experience:
Creative Practice: make expressive Jewish art
Music: spirited song-circles + DJ’ed Havdalah dance party
Education & Learning: re-imagine how spirit can inspire teaching & learning
Nature & Outdoors: connect to spirit through nature
Mindfulness & Reflection: slow down and notice your inner spark
Join us for an immersive ruach adult retreat: a Jewish space to slow down, create bravely, connect deeply, and reawaken your creative spirit.
The cost to attend begins at $300 for a shared cabin (private rooms are SOLD OUT). Contact Retreats and Events Manager Melissa Bloom to discuss scholarship opportunities.
Arrival is on Friday, December 5 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, and Ruach will end around noon on Sunday, December 7.
Ruach was made possible in part from a generous gift from the Leonard & Lois Schnitzer Charitable Foundation.