2025 Program Opportunities
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Four-Day Healing Retreats
JCC Ranch, Colorado
August 21 - 24
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Tawonga, California
October 23 - 26
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Camp Eisner, Massachusetts
November 9 - 12
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Divorce Online Jewish Support Group
Zoom Dates (6 Tuesday Sessions)
April 15 | April 22 | April 29 | May 6 | May 13 | May 20 | May 27 | June 3
6:30 - 8:00pm Pacific Time
Additional Info:
Enrollment Fee: $360
Connect in a community guided by Jewish wisdom
Topics Include:
The Jewish Home, Rituals We Need, Parenting, Dating After Divorce, Telling Your Story & DIY Making Something New
2 Typical Days
At D&D Jewish Healing Retreat
3:00 - 5:30 Participants arrive at Camp. Welcome!
5:00pm Program + Safety Orientation & Each Faculty’s 60-second Divorce Story
6:15pm Dinner (Bring Flashlights & Jackets)
7:15pm 1st Havarah Meeting: Gather with your Havurah Group for deeper
Introductions, review the schedule and more!
8:45pm “The Moth Meets D&D” Campfire Program: Hear 3-Minute Outtakes from
Faculty: Flipping the Script in Divorce, Divorce Toolbox & Telling a New Story
9:30pm Adult Snacks (wine, beer, and great noshes) + Community Building in Dining Hall
Sample Program Day
7:30 Exercise Walk or Morning Meditation
8-9 Buffet Breakfast
9:30 - 12:15 Pick-Two-Workshops! Choices can include:
• The Anatomy of Transitions & Creating the Rituals We Need for Divorce
• What Do Hasidic Texts Teach Us About Divorce?
• Healing Jewish Texts
• Writing a New Ketubah
Lunch & Rest Period
2:30 - 4:30pm Camp Activity Electives Or Simply Relax On Your Own
• Pool • Lake • Basketball • Hiking • Arts and Crafts • Singing • Shabbat Bouquet Making
• High Ropes • Private sessions w/ Therapist, Divorce Coach, or Spiritual Companion
3-4pm Snack: Help yourselves in the Dining Hall
4:45pm All-Camp Tashlich (casting off what we no longer want to carry forward) followed
by Optional Mikveh (if retreat site allows)
6:30pm Shabbat Blessings & Dinner
7:30pm Havarah Meetings
8:45pm Kabbalat Shabbat
9:30pm Talent Show and Evening options including:
• Games in the Dining Hall
•. Friendship Bracelet Beading
• Night Stroll & Star Gazing
• And, of course, shmoozing and relaxing
Sample Arrival Day
We welcome all people seeking healing from divorce including our JOC- and LGBTQ-identifying community members.
FAQs
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Our retreats support people who feel broken and in pain following a separation from a close romantic partner. You do not need to have been married to attend, nor do you need to have officially divorced. If you aren’t sure if the program is right for you, email your questions to Rabbi Deborah Newbrun at deborah@divorceanddiscovery.org
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While you don’t have to be Jewish to attend, anyone who joins should have an open mind and an interest in Judaism. A major focus of the retreat will be engaging in Jewish rituals and practices as a way to process and heal from divorce. We expect all types of Jews and Jew adjacent folks to attend.
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If you have made the final decision to no longer be with your life partner, and want to experience healing through Jewish ritual, then this is the right program for you. If you’re not sure, please contact Rabbi Deborah Newbrun at deborah@divorceanddiscovery.org She will be happy to discuss it with you.
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The pain and suffering caused by divorce can stay with us for a very long time. Our programs will still have much value for you, no matter how many years have passed since your divorce.
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We can’t be sure who will sign up, but many of our leaders identify as LGBTQ and we are committed to inclusion and celebration of all people. We anticipate having LGBTQ as well as straight participants and welcome everyone.
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