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  • “Brit Adam” Jewish Men’s Initiation

    A year-long Jewish men’s initiation program conducted in-person and online with Rabbi Zelig Golden, John Wolfstone, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Terry Symens-BucherAugust 2026 - August 2027West Sonoma County, CA Join Brit Adam, a year-long Jewish men’s initiation designed to awaken healthy power, prayer, and purpose. The journey unfolds through five core modules. Each begins with a five-day, in-person immersion where we build brotherhood, pray together, engage Jewish and earth-based wisdom, deepen inner and ancestral work, and pass through initiatory rites rooted in land and lineage. The fourth intensive is a 10-day vision quest in the California desert wilderness. Between gatherings, the [...]

  • Death Sangha

    Death Sangha

    A Contemplative Community Exploring Death, Consciousness, and Expanded States of Awareness; Deepening presence, connection, and our capacity to live with greater intention and care With Christine Caldwell, Rev. Norma Burton, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt, Rohini Kanniganti, MD, and David Dansky, MD The Death Sangha is a contemplative community. We’ll be talking openly about death, dying, and consciousness, and diving into some of the deeper questions of the soul. This kind of reflection can be profound, but it can also bring to the surface material that feels difficult or uncomfortable. Come with self-compassion, go at your own pace, and lean on your support [...]

  • Hineni / Here I am

    Poetry with Zoë

    A weekly poetry study and writing group for elders With: Zoë Goldblatt, MFA Where: The Reutlinger in Danville, CA When: Every Monday, starting January 5th, 2026 Registration Info: Must be a resident of The Reutlinger to participate This poetry group is for elders who are wanting to engage seriously with poetic texts both traditional and contemporary to do literary analysis, in-depth discussion and creative writing exercises of their own. The group members will have opportunities in each weekly meeting to read aloud, interpret and respond to a variety of literary poems chosen by the facilitator and by the group. In the [...]

  • Sulam Ya’akov Virtual Gatherings

    Sulam Ya’akov Virtual Gatherings

    A peer-led group of Jewish spiritual leaders exploring the integration of sacred medicine into Jewish spiritual practice This is a monthly virtual peer supervision and consultation group for Jewish clergy and spiritual leaders from across the country who are studying psychedelic-assisted or entheogenic practice within a Jewish framework. Members bring ideas, questions, and case studies for open discussion with colleagues in a confidential setting. The group functions in a space for peer support, halachik and ethical reflection, and shared learning as this emerging field intersects with traditional Jewish leadership. When: The 3rd Wednesday of each month from 3 pm Eastern (noon Pacific) until [...]

  • Calling in the Angels

    Pre-Yom Kippur study session An intimate evening circle at a private home in the Berkeley Hills. Participants will learn about Jewish rituals around illness, grief and loss, led by Zoë Goldblatt, Death Doula and Jewish educator. The time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is an ideal time for reflection and preparation for Yom Kippur services or rituals that include Yizkor, a tender memorial for loved ones who have died, communal and individual prayers of atonement, forgiveness, and compassion; and the wearing of white garments which mirror white linen Jewish burial shrouds: a “rehearsal” for one’s own death. This is a [...]

  • Charlotte Maxwell Clinic Death Cafe

    Death Cafe is an international movement started in England in 2011 where people gather in community to discuss topics on their minds and hearts related to death and dying. With Zoë Goldblatt, Death Doula at AriYael Jewish Healing Center and Nancy Finkle, Death Doula at East Bay End Of Life Doula Network Death Cafes have designated facilitators to make sure the conversation remains free of any agendas or goals. Each person who attends gets a chance to share what brings them there. Death Cafe is NOT a therapy group or grief support group, although attendees living with an illness, and/or a recent loss, [...]

  • Grief Support Group for the Grief and Growing Community

    When: Six Tuesdays: November 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th, December 1st & 8thTime: 7-8:30pmWhere: Zoom, hosted by AriYael Jewish Healing Center This online, six-session grief support group is open to everyone—whether you attended a past Grief & Growing weekend at Camp Newman, are considering attending a future retreat, or are simply looking for a supportive community as you navigate grief. The group welcomes anyone mourning the death of one or more people close to them, from losses that occurred several years ago to as recently as July 1, 2026. (Please, no one in the first three months of mourning.) In each [...]

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  • Older to Elder Shabbaton 2026

    An  Elders Shabbaton with Rabbi Dan and Zoe Goldblatt, along with: Ellie Schindelman, Kohenet Amanda Nube, Rabbi Elizheva Hurvitch, the Chochmat HaLev Kabbalat Shabbat Team. This Immersive Shabbat Experience will explore the elder journey through Jewish spirituality and nature connection. Registration is open to Bay Area residents over the age of 55. From Friday afternoon through Havdalah on Saturday evening participants will engage in Jewish learning, contemplative practices, nature connection, music, prayer, shared meals, and deep conversation. Together, we will explore how Jewish tradition and life experience can support the journey into elderhood. This event does not include overnight residential accommodations. When: [...]

  • Fragments of a Future Scroll

    San Francisco JCC 3200 California Street, San Francisco, California, United States

    Join us for a communal celebration of the 50th anniversary edition of Fragments of a Future Scroll: Hasidism for the Aquarian Age by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. “Reb Zalman’s first book was first published by a small press in 1975 and until now, was long out of print. A truly unique book, Fragments gathers Reb Zalman’s first idiosyncratic attempts at articulating a renewed 'Hasidism for the Aquarian Age,’ envisioning Judaism’s evolving place and role within an emergent ‘planetary consciousness.’  The event will include Rabbi Tirzah Firestone and Rabbi Dan Goldblatt interviewed by Sam Shonkoff, Taube Family Associate Professor of jewish Studies, GTU Registration information coming soon.

  • Grief & Growing at Camp Newman

    Camp Newman, Santa Rosa, CA

    An immersive Jewish weekend grief retreat Join others mourning the death of a loved one in a unique and supportive weekend retreat. Inspired by the 25+ years of the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center’s program of the same name, Grief and Growing™ offers opportunities for participants of all ages, infants through elders, to come together in community to experience the healing power of community and the power of gathering at Camp Newman.Led by Grief and Growing Staff, including Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Zoë Goldblatt on the Spiritual Care team When: February 19-21, 2027Where: Camp Newman, Santa Rosa, CA The retreat interest form is now open. Click [...]

  • A Journey Into Jewish Eldering Residential Retreat

    A six-day, five-night residential retreat for Jewish adults age 64+ With Zoe Goldblatt, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt, Jerry Falek, Bruce Bierman, Tom Levy, Drew Sproul, and Ellie Schindelman Set among majestic redwoods on Mt. Tamalpais, this program Invites participants to reflect on their life experiences, deepen their Jewish spiritual practice, and cultivate the wisdom they are called to offer to their communities and future generations. The retreat features movement and meditation, prayer and song circles, storytelling and creative expression, Jewish text study, deep conversations about death, grief, and legacy, ancestral altar and guided ancestral visualization. When: Sunday, March 7th at 2:45 pm through [...]

  • Dying as a Sacred Transition

    A Zoom workshop through the Older to Elder program at Wilderness Torah with Zoë Goldblatt and Rabbi Dan Goldblatt of AriYael This workshop invites us to explore our hopes and fears around dying; explore our relationship with death; increase self-knowledge; learn how to break down barriers between ourselves and others when we most need comfort, communion, trust and safety.  When we explore our feelings and thoughts about death, we learn more about our own lives now.  We come in direct contact with our own spiritual beliefs, our life purpose, our unfinished business, and how we influence and are influenced by our [...]