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JSP cultivates creativity as a Jewish practice for spiritual connection and social transformation. This is a crisis of spirit and imagination.
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Cultivating creativity is a core competency for navigating the challenges and harnessing the potential of our time. Creativity is the wellspring of our deepest power and among the best tools we have for exploring, adapting, and bringing forth new ways to thrive in our ever-changing world. Creativity is inherent within all of us, yet we live in a society in which most of us are cut off from this es

sential part of who we are. Jewish Studio Project (JSP) exists to address this profound need. JSP was founded on the belief that each one of us is created creative. Over the past seven years, JSP has become a go-to resource for accessible Jewish learning and spiritual connection across the country. Through ongoing community programs, immersive experiences, creative facilitator training and professional development partnerships, JSP is building a movement to activate the creative power of the Jewish community. Rabbi Adina Allen, Co-Founder and Creative Director, developed JSP’s core methodology — the Jewish Studio Process — after identifying a need for new ways of surfacing and processing personal insights from Jewish texts. The daughter of leading art therapist Pat B. Allen, Adina brought practices she learned growing up in an art studio into the beit midrash, while a rabbinic student at Hebrew College. The Jewish Studio Process has been highly valued by those seeking a renewed connection to creativity and a new way into Jewish tradition.

08/25/2026

Two years ago, The Place of All Possibility became a real book. And apparently, that means it deserves a birthday cake. 🎂

Since it was published, I’ve learned four things:

1. Big projects take time.
You don’t finish something this big overnight. A little bit every day adds up.

2. We never create alone.
This book was shaped by ancient texts, teachers, friends, family—and especially my mom.

3. Creating something changes you.
You start with an idea, but the process teaches you things you couldn’t have known at the beginning.

4. Books taste better as cake.
I’m pretty sure that’s in the Talmud. (The printed version of the Talmud, not the cake)

Happy two years to The Place of All Possibility—and to everyone who helped bring it into the world. ❤️

08/21/2026

✨🎨🍎 The Art of Return: Creative Exploration for Rosh Hashanah

🗓️ Wednesday, September 16
⏰ 6:45–9:00 pm
📍 Los Angeles, CA
💵 $9–$36 sliding scale
🧑‍🎨 For young adults ages 21–39

Begin the new year with open eyes, open hands, and an open heart.

Through the Jewish Studio Process—a unique methodology blending art therapy practices with a reimagined approach to Jewish learning and spirituality—we’ll turn toward the themes of return, renewal, and forgiveness that call to us at Rosh Hashanah. 🍯🎨

No art experience needed, and no particular Jewish background required—just a willingness to show up, make something, and see what returns to you.

We are so excited to have this program Co-sponsored by our friends at NuRoots. This experience is part of NuRoots’ Sweet Return festival. Discover the lineup at nuroots.org/sweetreturn.

➡️ Link to register in bio or here: bit.ly/JSP-Programs

08/19/2026

“I came in with angst and left feeling relaxed.”

“I was amazed at how good this Immersive was.”

“This is helping us to help the world.”

-Participants in recent Boston Studio Immersive

08/17/2026

Always becoming.

We’re revisiting our favorite quotes from The Place of All possibility to celebrate its second birthday. Drop your favorite line below!

08/14/2026

What if inspiration wasn’t something you waited for—but something you practiced?

Rabbi Adina Allen keeps a collection of small collage cards, each made from magazine clippings and a simple phrase: Create. What might bloom?

When she needs a little guidance—or simply an intention for the day—she draws one.

Not as a prediction.
Not as magic.

But as an invitation to pay attention.

In Jewish tradition, wisdom often arrives through a question rather than an answer. A prompt that opens us instead of closing us.

These cards work the same way.

They don’t tell you what to do.
They help you notice what you’re ready to hear.

Sometimes the smallest creative ritual can shift the way you meet the day.

08/11/2026

Join Thousands on This Creative Journey — Starting This Week!

Join 4,000+ people journeying through Elul with Jewish Studio Project and Rabbi Jordan Braunig! 🌙

Starting August 13, you’ll get a daily creative prompt (Fridays off) to help you slow down, reconnect, and prepare for the High Holidays through writing, art-making, or quiet contemplation.

No artistic experience needed. Just show up.

💛 Tag a friend who’d love to journey through Elul with you.

✨ Comment “Elul” below and we’ll send you the sign-up link!

08/10/2026

Happy birthday to Rabbi Adina’s book The Place of All Possibility, published two years ago by Ayin Press! We’re revisiting our favorite quotes from the book to celebrate. What’s your fave?

08/07/2026

Join 4,000 people journeying through Elul with Jewish Studio Project and Rabbi Jordan Braunig!🌙

Beginning August 13, you’ll receive a new creative prompt each day (except Fridays) to help you slow down, reconnect, and prepare for the High Holidays through writing, art-making, or quiet contemplation.
No artistic experience required—just a willingness to show up.

💛 Tag a friend who might want to journey through Elul with you.

✨ Comment “Elul” below, and we’ll send you the sign-up link!

08/06/2026

What if the scribbles aren’t the mistake?

What if they’re the beginning?

One of the things we love about neurographic art is that it doesn’t start with a plan.

It starts with chaos.

A page of lines and scriblles that seem to go nowhere.

It reminds her of the opening of Beresh*t, where the world begins as tohu va’vohu—formless and void.

Creation doesn’t begin after the chaos disappears.

It begins within it.

As the lines are softened, connected, and transformed, something unexpected starts to emerge.

Not because the mess was erased.

Because someone stayed with it.

Maybe that’s true of us, too.

Creative practice isn’t always here to solve our stress, anxiety, or uncertainty.

Sometimes it’s simply a way of reminding us that beauty can emerge from places that first looked impossible to understand.

08/05/2026

✨ From Elul through the Days of Awe ✨
Join Jewish Studio Project for creative experiences that bring the High Holiday season to life. Through the Jewish Studio Process, we weave together Jewish learning, art-making, and reflection to meaningfully prepare for the year ahead.
Find the offering that meets you where you are this season 🎨🍯
Link in bio or here: bit.ly/JSP-HHD-5787

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