Tisha B'Av Art: Fracture & Growth

Guest Rabbi Elyssa Austerklein will lead us in an arts program for Tisha B'Av that will begin with text study, then move to an intention and create art with simple materials in response to our learning together. People with all experiences of art are welcome. If you feel connected to an observance of Tisha B'Av, this will be a deepening of your experience. If you have never observed Tisha B'Av or don't even know what it is, the focus on Fracture & Growth will bring light to your observance. In consonance with tradition, if you feel comfortable, please dress all in black and bring a flashlight.

Rabbi Elyssa Austerklein is an artist, yogi, musician, and Founding Director of Ivrim Jews Without Borders. She is a graduate of Brandeis University, BU School of Theology, and the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College. Rabbi Elyssa has published in The Forward, eJewish Philanthropy, the journal Kerem, has contributed several times to the "Ask the Rabbi's" section in Moment Magazine, and has a poem published in the volume When We Turned Within: Reflections on COVID-19. She is a trained mikveh guide, has led Hallel with Women of the Wall in Jerusalem, and was a "rabbi on the road" for the Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Rabbi Elyssa is a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow, and was named one of America's 33 most inspiring rabbis of 2015 by The Forward. She has held pulpits in Conservative and Reform congregations in Florida, Ohio, Maryland and Alaska and serves as faculty for the AOP (Aleph Ordination Program). She is a devoted wife and mother. 

This program will be held at Har Shalom in person only. No registration is necessary.