Tent of Mourning/Bay Area Ta’anit Esther Actifest
Urban Adamah 1151 Sixth Street, Berkeley, California, United StatesCo-sponsored by AriYael Jewish Healing Center, The Shalom Center is erecting a Tent of Mourning for all whose hearts are open and tender enough to grieve both Palestinian and Israeli lives lost since and beyond October 7th. In collaboration with over a dozen local and national partners, and inspired by Queen Esther's ritualized grief in the Purim story, we are curating a full day of sessions, teachings, and self-directed ritual to support attendees in deepening and expanding their grief. With a mix of traditional and creative mourning practices, we are opening to the possibility that, through our shared mourning, new paths [...]