Past Events & Classes

This Meshugena Show was created for Jews to enjoy on Christmas eve, where else but, in a Chinese Restaurant! (more »)

Because of the generosity of the Mayyim Hayyim community, Anita Diamant's 60th birthday wish came true. (more »)

A program of learning for men with the option to immerse. (more »)

Discover bat mitzvah stories from around the world, meet other bat mitzvah girls, create a craft project, and explore your own bat mitzvah story with maps, writing, interviews, and art. (more »)

7:00 - 8:30pm at Mayyim Hayyim

An evening of inspiration and breast cancer awareness featuring:

- Exclusive photography exhibit "Sharsheret: Changing the Face of Breast Cancer" by acclaimed fashion photographer Gail Hadani
- Guest speaker: Elana Silber, Sharsheret's Director of Operations
- Video presentation highlighting Jewish breast cancer survivors and their families
- New breast cancer resources and networking opportunity with partnering agency representatives (more »)

Please join JFS and Dr. Levin for a conversation about women's health and empowerment.

All are welcome. (more »)

A unique training for clergy and seminary students that will cover the halachic principles governing mikveh design and construction as well as maintenance.

Co-sponsored by American Jewish University, Hebrew Union College, and The Jewish Theological Seminary. (more »)

Hearing women's voices in our texts and adding our own voices where they have not yet been heard -- a once-a-month lunchtime text study and discussion about the intersection of women, women's issues, women's perspectives and our sacred texts.
8 Sessions: November 2011 - May 2012 (more »)

2011 Boston Jewish Film Festival--Tickets Available Now! (more »)

7:30pm at the JCC

Do you find that music lifts your mood or helps get you through a hard day? In this hands-on workshop, Dr. Suzanne Hanser introduces simple strategies to manage your stress and pain through music. Learn how to create a personal music plan for wellness from the author who wrote the book on the subject. (more »)

Come learn with other parents raising Jewish children from Judy Elkin, a long-time Jewish educator and professional coach working with individuals and couples. (more »)

Opening Reception with the Artist

6:30-8:00pm (more »)

Join Adam Pertman, Jayne Guberman and Jennifer Sartori for a reading from the 2011 edition of Adoption Nation, followed by a conversation about how religious, social and cultural issues unique to the Jewish community can intensify the complex questions of identity, allegiance and belonging common among adoptees and their families. (more »)

Prepare yourself for the New Year with workshops led by three fantastic area teachers. (more »)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

An interactive workshop with Paula Brody (more »)

4:00 - 5:30pm



An experiential workshop with Judy Sirota Rosenthal (more »)

6:00 - 7:30pm

This conversation with artist Judy Sirota Rosenthal is based on Mayyim Hayyim's current exhibit, Art as Prayer, Prayer as Art. Judy will discuss engaging "art making" (and creativity) in our everyday lives. (more »)

7:00 - 8:30pm

Author C. Andrew Martin reads from his book "Reflections of a Loving Partner: Caregiving at the End of Life" (more »)

OPENING RECEPTION:
Monday, June 13, 2011, 6:00pm

This exhibit will be up in the Mayyim Hayyim Gallery from June - September 2011 (more »)

4:00 - 5:30pm

Birth Circles take place at a variety of locations. This first Birth Circle is co-sponsored by Mayyim Hayyim.

To register: http://jewishboston.com/events/7892-birth-circle (more »)

This class for men and women aims to explore textual and personal understandings of niddah observance, mikveh, and sexual relationships. A diversity of opinions will be presented in an open, non-judgmental environment. Individuals and couples are encouraged to express their own opinions. (more »)

1:30 - 3:30pm

Come sing, laugh, learn, and enter the mayyim hayyim, living waters of the mikveh. (more »)

Held at Mayyim Hayyim from 7:00 - 9:00pm.

What can we learn from our texts about the journeys through infertility that our foremothers experienced? How can Jewish ritual help us on our own journey? (more »)

Join us at for Mayyim Hayyim's spring benefit honoring Drs. Ellen and Ernest Kornmehl, Carol and Dr. Steven Targum and presenting the Nachshon Award to Aliza Kline. (more »)

A workshop with Good Eggs author Phoebe Potts. Bring your notebook, your laptop, your sketch pad for this two-hour engaging workshop on telling your story. (more »)

Join in this Purim Extravaganza, featuring an interactive, participatory performance with acclaimed theatre artist Jon Adam Ross and performer Shira Kline. (more »)

Come hear Phoebe Potts, author of the graphic novel "Good Eggs" and Hilary Price, creator of the comic strip "Rhymes with Orange". (more »)

Mayyim Hayyim will be featured in a new documentary on intimate partner violence. The documentary "I BELIEVE YOU: Faiths' Response To Intimate Partner Violence" will be on your local ABC station on Sunday, February 20th at 2:00pm. (more »)

Join us from 2:30PM to 4:00PM for the opening reception with the artists at the Mayyim Hayyim Gallery. No Charge. (more »)

Find out more about Mayyim Hayyim's first film contest. Judges from Boston's MFA, Boston Jewish Film Festival and a PBS documentary filmmaker. (more »)

Keshet presents an author reading and discussion of the new book "Keep Your Wives Away From Them: Orthordox Women, Unorthodox Desires". (more »)

Mayyim Hayyim's annual "girls night out" benefit event on Tuesday, December 7, 2010. (more »)

Join the Host Committee in the Prudential penthouse suite of Evie Goldfine for a luxurious pre-event dinner immediately preceding Love, Loss, and What I Didn't Wear. 5:00PM. (more »)

Lunchtime learning in conjunction with artist Fran Forman's photography exhibit "The Alchemy of Memory" in the Mayyim Hayyim gallery (more »)

Mayyim Hayyim and the Filmmakers Collaborative are Community Parters at the Boston Jewish Film Festival's Boston Theatrical Premiere of "I Love You Mommy." (more »)

To recognize and honor survivors of abuse within the Jewish community and beyond, Mayyim Hayyim, together with volunteers, just created a sculptural bench as part of the Embracing Waters Initiative: Raising Awareness and Training Around Abuse. (more »)

Back by popular demand for one night only - The Colors of Water original Mayyim Hayyim musical production! (more »)

A conversation with leading thinkers about the resurgence of mikveh in the context of contemporary American Jewish history.

AT TEMPLE REYIM, NEWTON.

Professor Jonathan Sarna in conversation with writer / visionary, Anita Diamant and Aliza Kline , Mayyim Hayyim Founding Executive Director and moderated by Aaron Katersky, a New York based national correspondent for ABC News (more »)

Clergy, educators, academics, seminary students and lay leaders will gather for an interdenominational exploration into how immersion can be a source of spiritual renewal and understanding for Jews in the 21st century. (more »)

Join the men of Mayyim Hayyim for "Dinner For Schmucks," starring Steve Carrel and Paul Rudd, on Tuesday, August 3. Gourmet vegetarian pizza prepared by Showcase de Lux and beer at 6:00PM, show in premium luxury seats at 7:05PM. (more »)

More details available below. (more »)

This new bench, a gift of the Riven Jaye and Harmon families will honor survivors of domestic abuse in our community. It will be lovingly built and supported by survivors and allies.

In connection with Mayyim Hayyim’s Embracing Waters Initiative: Raising Awareness and Training Around Domestic Abuse in the Jewish community, supported by the Boston Jewish Community Women's Fund, in partnership with Journey to Safety of JF&CS (more »)

Are you a clinician or other professional who is interested in learning about an additional resource for Jewish survivors of abuse and trauma? (more »)

Don't miss Mayyim Hayyim's annual spring benefit concert. This year, we present a brand-new production, "Take Me to the River" and will honor beloved community leaders, AMY & JONATHAN FLEMING and the FIRST CLASS OF VOLUNTEER MIKVEH GUIDES.

More details to follow. (more »)

What stories are hiding in your historical family photo albums? (more »)

Mayyim Hayyim is co-sponsoring this unique evening of discussion, connection, and celebration in honor of the new book by Forward 50 award winner Jay Michaelson, Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism.

Location: Harvard Hillel (more »)

Starobin will discuss her multi-year photomontage and oral history project exploring the enduring texture of memory and culture in the lives of Ashkenazi and Sephardic families from vanishing Jewish
communities around the world. (more »)

This is your chance to do some virtuous shopping to help replenish Mayyim Hayyim's mikveh supplies. (more »)

Mayyim Hayyim founder and critically acclaimed author, Anita Diamant and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks have written extraordinary books of historical fiction. Join in this lively conversation about books, history and the creative process, moderated by Amy B. Hoffman, Editor, Women's Review of Books. (more »)

Learn from well respected cancer specialists about resources in our community and Israel for women with breast cancer.

Mayyim Hayyim is proud to be a co-sponsor of this event and will participate on the panel.

HELD AT CONGREGATION MISHKAN TEFILA, 9-11:30 AM (more »)

Four American families struggle with a life-altering decision to abandon their childhood Christian faith for conversion to Orthodox Judaism.

1:00pm, Coolidge Corner Theater

A young woman from Trinidad; a family who leaves their dream home in the remote mountains of Colorado; a career Army woman and single mother; and an elderly couple. Each finally finds the faith for which they've long searched.

In Person: Directors Tony Benjamin and Steve Friedman (more »)

Join Boston-area artist and photographer Leslie Starobin at her Mayyim Hayyim art gallery opening. Starobin's art seeks to straddle the boundaries between analog and digital, photography and painting, and past and present. Her work can be found in many major US collections, including New York's MOMA. (more »)

Mayyim Hayyim is hosting a class for Nishmat Hayyim, all are welcome.

Whether you have no experience meditating or chanting or have a seasoned practice of any kind, all are welcome. (more »)

Join artist Frann Addison for a presentation exploring the origin of Jewish ceremonial objects used in the home. Delve into rituals, superstitions, and religious requirements for individual pieces. (more »)

Judaism got its start when God promised to make the 99-year-old Abraham "exceedingly fertile." Dr. Ruth Westheimer takes us on a guided tour through the rumpled bedclothes of Jewish identity: intercourse and intermarriage...

Held at Temple Israel Boston, 477 Longwood Avenue, Boston. (more »)

Mayyim Hayyim is co-sponsoring Get Real: A Girl Power Workshop for Girls and Adults featuring bestelling author Rachel Simmons will lead an engaging workshop for girls and parents, sharing her "Five Strategies to Raise an Authentic, Confident Girl."

This event will be held at the Boston Public Library. (more »)

Why we need your support:

- Donations for immersions and education programs, our "fees for service" represent only 10% of annual income, making your support a necessity for keeping our doors open.

- Because no one seeking an immersion is ever turned away because of finances.

- Because when your friends, family, and community members needed it – for healing, for celebration, for their grandson's or daughter-in-law's conversion - Mayyim Hayyim supported them.

- Because every year we teach nearly 2,000 kids and adults about the beauty of Jewish life.

- Because Mayyim Hayyim holds itself to the highest standards of excellence, in everything we do.

- Because our community cannot afford to lose this place of refuge during hard times.

- Because more than 250 individuals convert to Judaism every year at Mayyim Hayyim.

- Because Mayyim Hayyim is a national and international model for what a mikveh can be, for what Jewish community life can offer for making an ancient tradition new, for bringing more holiness into the world. (more »)

Men, Mikveh, Macanudos & Single Malt, Mayyim Hayyim's first-ever men's event, was a great success. (more »)

The Mikveh Monologues, a series of plays written by Anita Diamant and Janet Buchwald, based on stories of women and men who have immersed at Mayyim Hayyim. (more »)