Artwork by Jenny Mendes | www.jennymendes.com

Light of Creation

Song, Movement & Community on the first day of Hannukah

via Zoom

10am Pacific | 11am Mountain | 12pm Central | 1pm Eastern [60 Minutes]

with Miriam Raziel Kanani, Aliza Rothman and Julie Emden

All are welcome! This special EJW Network Community Gathering is free and open to all!

Pre-registration is required.

In the Jewish mystical tradition, our sages teach that when we light the Hanukkah candles, we rekindle an eternal hidden light  (אוֹר הַגָּנוּז/Or HaGanuz), the light of creation, that is always present within the world and within each of us.   Join us in community with gentle movement, devotional chant and contemplative candle lighting as we kindle the lights on the first day of Hanukkah.

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Miriam Raziel Kanani, M.A. is a singer, educator, storyteller, and Jewish ritual leader whose work weaves music, movement, and embodied spirituality. She is the creator of Light Warrior, an original album of devotional Jewish music that uplifts themes of resilience, healing, and inner illumination.With over 20 years of experience in Jewish educational settings -from preschools and day schools to synagogues, camps, and creative ritual spaces. Miriam brings a grounded, heart-centered approach to Jewish learning. Over the past six years, she has prepared and officiated ceremonies for more than 100 students for their Bar, Bat, and B’ Mitzvahs. 

Miriam holds a Master’s degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a California Multi-Subject Teaching Credential, and a Certificate in Jewish Day School Education from Hebrew Union College. She spent four years immersed in intensive Hebrew study in Israel and studied trope through the Leyning with Heart mentorship program. Miriam’s work—whether through song, ritual, or storytelling—invites people of all ages into connection, meaning, and the radiant heart of Jewish life.www.bayareabnaimitzvah.com

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Aliza Rothman, M.A., RCC is a somatic expressive arts therapist and Open Floor movement teacher who supports individuals and groups in cultivating a deeper connection to the body, creativity, and inner wholeness. Her work integrates Open Floor dance with the cycles of the Jewish calendar, offering opportunities to embody Jewish themes through music and movement as a pathway to personal, communal, and spiritual connection. For more than two decades, Aliza has led monthly Rosh Chodesh New Moon Dances and Embodying the Sephirot circles during the Counting of the Omer. She teaches both online and in person, in Vancouver, Canada, and in the San Francisco Bay Area. www.alizarothman.com

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Julie Emden (she/her), is the Founder of the EJW Network and Embodied Jewish Learning. Julie infuses her work with exploration, spirit and joy. She is passionate about awakening the body as a gateway to deep inner knowing and guides others in somatic explorations of Jewish wisdom teachings as a resource for living in balance and wholeness. A graduate of six fellowship and teaching certification programs related to her work as a Jewish educator, Iyengar-based yoga instructor and movement/expressive artist, Julie has over two decades of experience guiding others in exploring Jewish wisdom, text and practices via the body in a variety of settings. www.embodiedjewishlearning.org