We witness it every day. People we care about get a diagnosis, lose a loved one, find themselves overwhelmed with grief and sadness, and we are left wondering what we can do. In this workshop you will create a “hug that lasts” in the form of a unique and beautiful “Comfort Shawl.” Guest teacher Marge Eiseman will guide us to share stories of love and loss, and then create symbols to appliqué onto the shawl, and finally bless the shawl as it goes into the world to carry healing to all who are embraced by it.
This program will take place in the week leading up to Tisha b’Av, a time of collective mourning and loss, and in particular, we have to face the idea of senseless hatred “sin’at chimam” as it appears in our personal and communal lives these days.
Marge Eiseman blends Midwestern common sense, Jewish spiritual practice and a facility for reaching people and connecting to them in engaging ways. An award-winning teacher for all ages, the list of programs offered on her site is but a sampling of possibilities. Over the last 25+ years, Marge has presented at URJ and WRJ Biennials, CAJE and NewCAJE conferences, LIMMUD UK, New York, Scotland and Chicago, led teacher training and continuing education for boards of Jewish education and synagogues, given keynote addresses and concerts all over the US and Canada and UK (England and Scotland). Her new music is being featured at FARM (Folk Alliance Regional Midwest) and even at “Bosom Buddies” Drag show at La Cage in Milwaukee!
Find out more about Marge on her website: margeeiseman.me
