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Title:	Kol: A Retreat for Jewish Music Across the Diaspora
Date:	5/9/2025 - 5/11/2025
Address:	Urban Adamah 1151 Sixth Street
Location:	Berkeley, CA
Hours:	May 9 · 4:30pm - May 11 · 12:30pm PDT
Cost/Cover:	Donation
Web Page:	https://www.kolretreat.org/
Contact Info:	kolretreatbayarea@gmail.com

Details:

Join us for a weekend of music making and learning, Shabbat practices, and community building. This unique participatory retreat brings together singers, musicians, and learners of diverse backgrounds and ages to explore both ancestral and modern Jewish music. Everyone is a learner, everyone is a teacher. Together with our faculty and participant teachers, we will co-create the weekend. Bring your songs and spirit to share. We are committed to making space for Jewish and non-Jewish people of all backgrounds and intend to include a diverse array of music cultures. We sing and play for our love of healing, community and liberation, and to ground and elevate ourselves. No music experience is required - your inherent creativity is enough. Every voice and musically curious spirit is welcome, so come share yours. Past sessions have included everything from nigunim (wordless melodies) and songwriting to Middle Eastern drumming and Jewish song instrumental accompaniment. We will offer traditional and non-traditional prayer experiences, all of which are optional.