Past Events
An Evening of Mizrahi Song and Stories with Yoni Avi Battat
Join us for an intimate evening of music, storytelling, and communal singing with local musician Yoni Avi Battat (he/him). Inspired by traditional Arab musical forms, this collection of original and traditional music combines Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Yiddish lyrics to express the fragmenting effects of migration, lost languages, colonialism, assimilation, and erasure. Through the sharing […]
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The Heart of the Sea and the Mouth of the Well: What stories are the waters telling us this Pesach?
Water is core to our retelling of the Exodus narrative, from the Nile river to the well in Midian and the Red Sea’s crashing waves. Yet we often gloss over the more uncomfortable and tumultuous ways that water plays a role in our people’s liberation story, preferring to focus only on water in yetziat mitzrayim […]
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Have You Made Art About It Yet? Passover Edition with Rabbi Adina Allen
Explore the power of art making as a tool for personal and collective renewal! On Passover we gather together with family and friends to tell the story of the journey to freedom. Every year the themes of oppression and liberation resonate in new ways and the unsuppressable energy for renewal surfaces like the growth emerging […]
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Beneath the Surface: Spring 2024
Beneath the Surface for All is a one-of-a-kind b-mitzvah program for all youth and a parent or other important adult. This three-session Monday evening program is an opportunity for youth and one of their parents or another important adult to explore the transition of becoming a b-mitzvah. Participants will share transitions and rituals separately and […]
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Just Add Water: An Introduction to Mikveh
Dip your toe in! Explore the biblical roots of this ancient Jewish water ritual that has soared in popularity in the last decade. Experience a virtual tour of the Mayyim Hayyim Community Mikveh of greater Boston – without getting wet! Learn about what happens at an immersion and the many reasons – ancient and contemporary […]
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Open House for Jews of Color, Indigenous, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews
Jewish spaces are meant to feel like home, but for those of us who identify as Black, Indigenous, Sephardi, Mizrachi, and Jews of Color, the spaces that are meant to feel like home can be alienating. For us, venturing out into new and unfamiliar Jewish spaces can feel risky. At Mayyim Hayyim, we strive to […]
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Trans & Nonbinary Cohort: Seven Steps Online Mikveh Guide Training
Mikveh Guides transform the ordinary into the holy. Seven Steps is the essential online course for training the Mikveh Guide of today and tomorrow. Drawing from rabbinic sources, current psychology and the experiences of contemporary mikveh attendants, this 8-week training offers the knowledge and skills to facilitate immersions with dignity, respect, and modesty. Learn best […]
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