Divorce & Discovery

Finding Wholeness Among the Broken Pieces

90 Minute Online Workshop

September 16, 2026

PT: 5 PM / CT: 7 PM / ET: 8 PM

Divorce can be one of life's most painful transitions, but you don't have to navigate it alone.

Join us for a 90-minute virtual workshop of healing, connection, laughter, and Jewish wisdom designed especially for adults who are divorced or in the process of divorce.

The Talmud teaches that the broken tablets from Sinai were placed in the Ark right alongside the whole ones — brokenness, too, is holy. Join Rabbis Deborah Newbrun and Ezra Weinberg for an intimate online session for anyone navigating divorce: story-sharing, text study, and a simple paper-tearing ritual to name what you're releasing and what wisdom you're carrying forward. Bring paper, a pen, and an open heart.

You are a tablet: perhaps shattered, definitely sacred, still being carried forward.

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When

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Pacific 5:00 PM 

Mountain 7:00 PM

Eastern 8:00 PM 

Who

Anyone who has navigated the multi-faceted challenges of divorce or the end of a long-term relationship, and is seeking healing, reflection, and renewal within a warm, accepting Jewish community.

This workshop welcomes adults of all ages who are longing for meaningful connections and Jewish wisdom to help guide them forward.

Why?

Judaism offers guidance for many of life’s milestones; birth, marriage, and death through prayers, rituals, and communal support that honor these sacred rites of passage. Yet when it comes to divorce, Jewish tradition has historically offered only the get, the legal document marking the end of a marriage.

This workshop seeks to fill that void.

This is a brave space, a place to be witnessed, to study ancient text alongside your own story, and to leave with something tangible to carry forward.

You'll be invited to:

  • Share your own divorce story in a small, held circle

  • Study Talmudic and Kabbalistic texts on brokenness and repair

  • Take part in a simple paper-tearing ritual naming what you're releasing, and what wisdom you're carrying forward

  • Close with a blessing for healing and wholeness

Cost

This virtual workshop is $72. If you are a program alumnus, we offer a 10% discount.

What Past Participants are Saying

“It turns out, what I really needed for full closure and to move into my future with hope and optimism was healing in my own language, in my own culture.”

“Divorce and Discovery is really a special experience. Applying and adapting Jewish teaching to this life experience is meaningful and helpful. However, the most special part is being in this vulnerable and supportive community with others going through a similar experience.”

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“The Divorce and Discovery workshop included things I didn’t know I wanted but I certainly needed. I’m so glad there is something like this for the Jewish community.”

Frequently Asked Questions

  • You must cancel within 72 hours of the workshop for a refund.

  • This retreat will support people who feel broken and in pain following a separation from a close romantic partner. You do not need to have been married to attend, nor do you need to have officially divorced. If you aren’t sure if the program is right for you, reach Rabbi Deborah Newbrun to discuss at deborah@divorceanddiscovery.org.

  • While you don’t have to be Jewish to attend, anyone who joins should have an open mind and an interest in Judaism. A major focus of the retreat will be engaging in Jewish rituals and practices as a way to process and heal from divorce. We expect all types of Jews and Jew adjacent folks to attend.

  • If you have made the decision to no longer be with your life partner, and want to experience healing through Jewish ritual, then this is the right program for you. If you’re not sure, please contact Rabbi Deborah Newbrun at deborah@tawonga.org. She will be happy to discuss with you.

  • Yes. The pain and suffering caused by divorce can stay with us for a very long time. This retreat will still have much value for you, no matter how many years have passed since your divorce.

  • Yes! Participants from previous retreats are welcome to join again. The program will feel familiar and at the same time, offer continued healing and growth.

  • We can’t be sure who will sign up, we anticipate having LGBTQ as well as straight participants and welcome everyone.

  • Check out our general FAQs for weekend programs. If you still have questions, feel free to reach out to Rabbi Deborah Newbrun with questions relating specifically to the retreat at deborah@divorceanddiscovery.org.


    For registration, housing, or other logistical questions, please reach out to liz@divorceanddiscovery.org she will be happy to support you.

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Questions?

Feel free to reach out to Deborah Newbrun with questions relating specifically to the retreat at deborah@divorceanddiscovery.org. For registration or other logistical questions, please reach out to Liz at liz@divorceanddiscovery.org.