Date: Tuesday, September 1
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Cost: Free

Location: Louis S. Wolk JCC

Rabbi Adina, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Jewish Studio Project, will join live via zoom for an engaging multimodal book talk experience. We’ll begin with a compelling virtual author talk on “The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom”, a transformative guidebook blending spiritual teachings with art therapy and research on creativity.

We’ll then open up the themes and concepts from the book through a hands-on art-making workshop, exploring creative expression through the wisdom of Torah. This will be an opportunity to experience the power of creativity, with basic art materials in a fun, generative and low-stakes way. All are welcome - no prior experience in art or Torah required! 

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.