Saturday, January 24, 2026
2:00 PM
Big Jewish Gathering: Rerooting Judaism
100 Sutton Studios
100 Sutton St 2fl, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
Welcome to the Big Jewish Gathering – a two-day spiritual convening in Brooklyn weaving immersive ritual, embodied learning, and creative renewal.
On January 24–25, we’ll gather with spiritual leaders, teachers, and artists from across Jewish time and tradition — converging through mystical and ancestral pathways of awakening.
This year's theme, Rerooted Judaism, invites us to journey between our collective past and ever-expanding future. What Jewish practices, ancient and emerging, can help us meet this moment?
The Details
January 24 - 25, 2026
Saturday, Jan. 24 | 9:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Sunday, Jan. 25 | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
100 Sutton Studios (Greenpoint, Brooklyn)
Registration includes access to all of our programming and meals for the two days of the retreat. You can learn more about Big Jewish Gathering HERE.
The Team
Big Jewish Gathering is created and produced by The Neighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life and Miriam's Tent, in collaboration with a group of practitioners, community conveners, and Jewish organizations platforming one another as we collectively explore ancient and innovative modes of Jewish life. Read more about our partners and guides below!
If the cost of this event is an issue for you please reach out to info@theneighborhoodbk.org

Featuring




She was awarded Fulbright Fellowships to India (2011) and Israel (2017), and her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Jewish Week, The Jerusalem Post, and more. A documentary, Blue Like Me: The Art of Siona Benjamin, highlights her practice. She has illustrated three children’s books and appears in Growing Up Jewish in India, edited by Prof. Ori Soltes.














Walking between worlds, her background spans suicide hotlines, corporate boardrooms, rural classrooms, and keynote stages. She has co-led a tantric yoga school and holds a master’s in Clinical Psychology and Education from Columbia University, with a certificate from the Spirituality Mind Body Institute. She is also a best-selling author, with work featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the BBC, and more.
Weaving together science and spirit, story and systems, Charly crafts communal experiences that are honest, brave, and defiantly joyful.


As “Batshemesh,” she was a founding faculty member of the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, using drumming, ritual theater, worship, and humor to guide exploration of Jewish texts, history, and ancestral practice. She now leads worship at Beit Kohenet and facilitates its Practical Mystics Circle.
Shoshana’s music blends ancestral tradition with contemporary embodied practice, featuring chants and songs that ground body and spirit. Her debut album I Remember (2016) and her 2018 single Where You Go have traveled from ceremonies to synagogues, weddings, and protests worldwide. Jewish Rock Radio named her one of the “Jewish Women Who Rock the Worship World.”




Her ongoing creation of the Toratah library includes regendered translations of Biblical books, public learning, and collaborations with educators, artists, and spiritual leaders. Last year, she introduced ZimraTah, a collaborative album of songs drawn from Toratah’s language. Together, these works challenge long-standing interpretive assumptions and propose a Torah that speaks to a broader humanity.
Kanarek’s artistic practice informs her textual work. Trained as a visual artist and fluent in Hebrew, she bridges sacred language and contemporary art, treating the act of regendering as both creative methodology and cultural intervention. Her artwork has been exhibited internationally, including at the Whitney Biennial, SFMOMA, The Jewish Museum in New York, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens. Her work has been covered in The New York Times and in other major publications. She teaches, writes, and presents widely in progressive Jewish contexts. Alongside Toratah, Kanarek maintains an active studio practice and designs fine jewelry.
Her work can be viewed here:
beittoratah.org
yaelkanarek.com
Kanareknyc.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yael_Kanarek






He is the author of many books and essays, including Hasidism on the Margin (University of Wisconsin Press, 2005); From Metaphysics to Midrash (Indiana University Press, 2008); American Post-Judaism: Identity and Renewal in a Postethnic Society (Indiana University Press, 2013); Hasidism Incarnate: Hasidism, Christianity, and the Construction of Modern Judaism (Stanford University Press, 2014); Piety and Rebellion: Essays in Hasidism (Academic Studies Press, 2019); The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik's Commentary to the New Testament (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019); Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical (Princeton University Press, 2021); The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance (Ayin Press, 2023); and Jewish Anti-Zionism as Political Theology: The Major Writings of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum (University of California Press, 2026).






As a spiritual leader and healer, Miriam is committed to supporting individuals—particularly girls, women, and families—through embodied practices that foster resilience, healing, and collective care. Her work blends earth-based wisdom, ancient teachings, and modern tools, restoring honoring practices for girls, mothers, and elders so that feminine wisdom may once again flow freely across generations.
Her forthcoming album, At Her Well, features original compositions, lyrics, and melodies, many of which were recorded while pregnant with her daughter. Rooted in Jewish mystical codices and living ritual traditions, the album weaves ancestral lineage with contemporary devotional practice. Through song, somatic work, and ritual, the album dances around the ancient metaphor of the wellspring—a source of spiritual nourishment for our ancestors during times of growth, grief, awakening, and change. Drawing from the mythical Well of Miriam, her music flows through healing words, melody, and prayer-scapes, lovingly courting the Shechina to dwell once again in this world—and within each person as a temple of divine presence.








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