Times are hard right now. The days are colder, darker, and shorter, and life might feel like it’s happening quickly. You might be starting a job, ending a relationship, moving into a new apartment, or trying to decide what exactly you want to do with your one wild and precious life. You may be asking yourself: How can I better handle life’s many changes and challenges? How can I build and cultivate resilience in this moment and moving forward? What makes people resilient – is it inherent or learned? Is there a particularly Jewish way to be resilient?

Stop by the GatherDC townhouse this month to dig into these questions and more. During two conversations facilitated by Community Rabbi Amalia Mark and Engagement Director Noa Nir, you will learn about the nature of human resilience, the ways in which it is cultivated (both collectively and individually), and how rabbinic and ancestral wisdom on this theme can resonate with our own lives.