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

Thursday, July 10, 2025
9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET
Virtual & Free!

Join us as we explore the depth of communal grief in preparation for Tisha b’Av, a day of mourning for the destruction of the ancient Temple and the collective tragedies that continue to shape our world today. Tisha b’Av invites us to make space for the grief of what has been lost, offering a powerful opportunity to envision what might yet be. Using the Jewish Studio Process – a unique methodology that builds creative capacity by combining art therapy practices with a reimagined approach to Jewish learning – we’ll harness creativity to tend and befriend our grief so that we might emerge more connected, empathetic, and awake to the possibilities of healing and renewal.

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

Keshira haLev Fife (she/they pronouns) is a Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess) and a bi-racial, queer Jewish person who delights in serving as davennatrix (shlichat tzibbur), lifespiral ceremony/ritual creatrix, consultant, facilitator, teacher, liturgist and songstress.  She serves as Founding Kohenet of Kesher Pittsburgh and Core Faculty Member with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, and also enjoys working with Beloved, The Jewish Studio Project, Kirva, the Avodah Institute for Social Change, and the Jewish Learning Collaborative, among other national Jewish organisations. Though both the lands of the Osage & Haudenosaunee people (aka Pittsburgh, PA) and the Gadigal people (Sydney, AUS) feel like home, Keshira and her beloved have been in an extended period of travel since January 2023. www.keshirahalev.com