Events, Retreats & Festivals
Experience an Array of In-person Events in the Bay Area
High Holidays
In Collaboration with Chochmat HaLev
Rosh Hashanah: Wednesday, October 2 – Friday, October 4, 2024
Yom Kippur: Friday, October 11 – Saturday, October 12, 2024
For High Holy Days this year, we are partnering with Chochmat Halev in Berkeley, California! You can join in-person or virtually via Zoom.
Peel back the layers of the traditional liturgy to find meaning for our lives today. Make our sacred texts come alive in new and provocative ways. Allow our soulful music to open your heart and release what no longer serves you. Deepen your connection to Spirit by transcending outdated and dissonant notions of the Divine. Create deep bonds with a community that holds you in your full complexity.
Sukkot In-Gathering Festival
This year, Wilderness Torah is thrilled to partner with Aravah Sukkot Festival!
Building on our years of Sukkot In-Gathering Festivals, this collaboration with community lay leaders will be an exciting new way to build intergenerational village, celebrate the fall harvest festival, give thanks for the abundance from the land, and pray for the return of the rains.
Passover in the Desert
Passover in the Desert is a five-day gathering in the Southern California desert wilderness, celebrating freedom and awakening. We create a rustic village where we immerse ourselves in the Exodus experience. Divided into small tribes (intimate groups led by experienced guides), we co-create the physical village, the spirit of community, with meaningful Shabbat and Passover ritual.
Passover in the Desert is paused for the year 2024/5784.
From Older to Elder (Hybrid Program)
This is a 6-month elderhood rite-of-passage for people aged 64+ who want to explore their identity as elders and reflect on what to do with “this one precious life” during your next phase of life. We hope to support you to find ways to fulfill your potential in this last stage of life. This program is offered both virtual and hybrid. The hybrid option is designed for people who are interested in a more intensive program, who want to share the experience in a small group (12), and can meet for two in-person retreats.
August 2024 – February 2025
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL.
Testimonials
I have attended two of Wilderness Torah’s events. They have been transformative and have brought me closer to my culture, my community, and myself. They are an organization on the leading edge of making the connection between the role of religion, culture, and sustainability.
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