Excavate & Express: Exploring Jewish Identity is a six-week heart-filled online workshop that engages with the experience of being Jewish through writing and shared reflection.

In this offering, we will come together in a small group to co-create a meaningful and supportive space for exploration. Through mindfulness and somatic exercises, we’ll ground ourselves in the body, while writing prompts will help us uncover and give voice to the stories we carry.

This workshop invites us to engage with our Jewish identities, reflect on what we have inherited, and explore the gifts of our lineage. This class encourages deeper connection—with ourselves, our Jewish roots, and each other—fostering trust and building community.

No writing experience is necessary—this is a warm, welcoming, and gentle class. Sharing your writing is always optional. This workshop is open to Jewish-identifying individuals.

Please note: This is not a drop-in workshop—attendance is encouraged for all six sessions in order to participate. Participants should not be in crisis and must be open to engaging with challenging material.

Program Details:
Dates: Wednesday evenings: November 5, 12, 19, 26 & December 3 & 10 (6 consecutive weeks)
Time: Evening workshop 7pm-8:30pm PST
Duration: 90-minute sessions
Participants: Open to 10
Cost per participant: $180 (Subsidy available, please apply online by clicking here.)
Platform: Zoom Video Conferencing

Registration opens on September 2nd and closes October 26th, 2025.

For questions about the workshop, feel free to reach out to facilitator Claire Sicherman at [email protected].

Claire Sicherman is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, a member of the third generation. She is a published author, speaker, and trauma-informed somatic writing coach, nurturing supportive spaces for deep transformative work. Her book Imprint: A Memoir of Trauma in the Third Generation speaks to the effects of intergenerational trauma and the possibility of healing.