🔹HerTorah: All In The Family – A Very SVIVAH Thanksgiving — Wed 11/19 @ 8:15-9:45pm ET

This time of year is wonderful! AND complicated. Family is wonderful! AND complicated.

There is nothing better... or messier, or more loving, or more painful, or more supportive... than family.

Join SVIVAH this Wednesday to explore some of our foundational biblical conceptions of family, and how these core relationships impact our own lives and communities.

HerTorah: All In The Family: A Very SVIVAH Thanksgiving

Wednesday, Nov 19 th @ 8:15-9:45pm ET

Zoom Link at svivah.org/gatherings

Have you ever noticed that the first families we hear of in the Torah… are an absolute mess ??? Sibling rivalry, brutal jealousy, spousal conflict, parental favoritism, estrangement, deception, grudge-holding… and soooooo much more. You name it, and it’s there.

Not a single one of these biblical stories tell a story of a “picture-perfect family” and yet — these are the family stories that are the bedrock of the Jewish people. What can we learn from our biblical family tree? And what lessons can we apply to our own families and communities? To the relationships and connections that matter to us most? How can we navigate different personalities and complicated relationships and lean into good conversations and opportunities for connection?

Come hang out with us -- with Rabbi Avi Killip , Caryn Malkus MA LCMFT, R' Dalia Davis, Sara P. Milner and more! We’d love to spend some Thanksgiving-themed time together with you. We’ll laugh a little, learn a lot, and come away feeling better all around. We’d absolutely love to see you.

Learning in memory of Janet Lipman z"l -- who did so much for her family

Wednesday, November 19th @ 8:15-9:45pm ET – svivah.org/gatherings

Come when you can, stay till you can’t. But, come. We have so much to learn from you.

Please invite someone you think might want to be with us, too.

*As always, SVIVAH welcomes all those wishing to be included in a circle of Jewish women. If you want to be with us, we want you with us and welcome. This gathering welcomes learners of all backgrounds. Our diversity is what makes our gatherings richest. Come be with us. We want to learn from you, too.

www.svivah.org/gatherings/hertorah-thanksgiving2025