Write Through The Torah!
The Creative Writing Workshop That Will Inspire and Transform You!
TURN UP YOUR VOLUME TO LISTEN!
The Jewish Voice Project
The Unique Creative Writing Journey to Reground, Craft and Celebrate Your One-of-a-Kind Voice
TURN UP YOUR VOLUME TO LISTEN!
“If you don't define yourself, others will define you.”
Introducing: The Jewish Voice Project
Level 1: Reground
A 6 Week Creative Writing Journey
Reground is a creative writing experience where you get to explore and express your unique personal truths, your one-of-a-kind stories and life journey like never before…
It is a safe, profound, fun, revelatory experience - and - bonus! - you will advance your writing craft with award-winning writer, teacher, and Emmy Nominated Executive Producer, Adam Gilad
This is your chance to tell your story! And make it count.
The Extraordinary Opportunity Of Being Jewish Right Now
Being Jewish used to be so much simpler.
We all kinda, sorta knew the story in broad strokes. And the surrounding culture seemed to agree on it:
The West had more or less, if only partially, repented for its monumental sins. The Jewish people had nestled into the US, Canada, Australia and Europe, contributing, participating, accepted, thriving. And of course, the people of Israel had finally come, and maybe, just maybe, it might all work out.
We also generally knew what we stood for: an ethical anchor, a devotion to education, to family, to social justice, all wrapped up in dollops of neuroses and jokes, embraces and laughter. And, stuffed into our big traveling bag of tales and memories, we also hauled around this persistent, ancient call to bring light to the world.
But these days?
It seem as if the world is not so interested in light.
Or our truths.
That old, creaky, calculated, abstract fear of “the Jew” (boo!) has stalked back into our streets and popular consciousness, wrapped in keffiyehs, blue hair, wild eyes, outrageous lies and dumb, regurgitated stereotypes.
We hear them spewed daily from the smirking mouths of demonic social media icons.
Jews (not just Israelis) are pushed out of academia, literary groups, social organizations, shouted down in public forums and attacked in the streets.
Old libels have found shockingly fertile ground in the soil of Western imagination, fueled by billions of Qatari dollars. The far left and far right duke it out over which of them gets the right to absurdly define what Jewishness means.
As if either of them had the right, or authority.
Or a clue.
It would all be comic if it weren't so dangerous.
Today, once again, after all this time, your Jewishness - indeed your fundamental humanity - suddenly matters in ways you never expected.
And nobody - NOBODY - is asking you what you actually think. What you feel. What you believe. Who you actually are.
In other words, they are trying to dictate to you... you!
We say ENOUGH!
If you’re anything like me, you're tired of being told who you are, or worse, who you "should" be or what you should believe.
It's gotten damn noisy out there.
And maybe you've been feeling that you'd like to explore your inner truths in a quiet, safe, creative space...
... and re-discover the STRENGTH of your truth and your voice.
That's why we created The Jewish Voice Project...
Meet Your Instructor
Adam Gilad, Ph.D, AbD
FROM Jerusalem to Stanford to Hollywood TO YOU.
Emmy Nominated Executive Producer & Screenwriter
Stanford University Writing Instructor
Stanford Humanities Center Graduate Research Fellow; Whiting Dissertation Fellow
Lady Davis Graduate Research Fellow, Hebrew University
British Schools and University Scholar, Cambridge University
Echols Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Virginia
Hollywood Jewish Roots Writing Lab, Lead Instructor
Instructor "Personal Midrash Writing Workshop," American Jewish University of Los Angeles
Pardes Insitute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem
A Personal Word from Adam
I've got a seat ready for you...
Here's what I've learned from over 35 years of teaching creative writing:
You contain treasures.
Dreams that you have yet to express.
Memories that are priceless and might be lost.
Meaningful insights that swim inside your noggin' but that you haven't yet immortalized into words.
These days, there is so much empty noise and it's become hard to hear that "still, small voice" within...
I developed the ongoing Jewish Voice Project Workshops as oases - sacred spaces, a creative playground, a refuge where you can quiet the world and - for a blissful pause - listen to your inner voices and feel yourself and the pulse of life in this world afresh.
Originally, I created this text-inspired creative writing practice for myself to "renew my soul" amidst the insane ups and downs of Hollywood projects and inane network notes ("Oh, this Hanukah script - it's great - but do they have to be Jewish?")
Yes, that happened.
I developed a creative writing system that works in a very specific way...
As a series of playful and provocative prompts that sets your creative flow going effortllessly...
A way that helps your words and ideas emerge naturally and makes writing easy-peasy.
I began teaching it at The American Jewish University - and on my back deck up here in my wooded Canyon under the stars.
And oh, the things that happen during these workshops!
What kinds of things might you experience?
Tears of joy and of sorrow finally expressed?
Yes.
The fierceness of your truth voiced for the first time?
You bet.
The warm feeling of connecting with your heritage in a creative, undogmatic, welcoming way that enriches your life?
Yup.
Expressing the tenderness of family, of love, of the simple joy of living inside a body on this beautiful green Earth.
Absolutely!
What emerges in these workshops opens my heart every time, and I believe it will do the same for you.
We all need to speak our truths aloud .
So I invite you to join us so you too can discover, express and write your own treasures.
After all, you're the only one in the world who can bring them into form.
It does a body, mind and soul good.
Hope to see you inside.
Adam Gilad
PhD/AbD
Speak Your Voice Aloud
As A Participant in this Workshop...
You will express your true self...
You'll show up as yourself. The truth has power. You are likely to express things you've never expressed before.
You will experience a new authenticity...
Today, you probably express diffrerent parts of your identity depending on who you're with. You're one version of yourself with your family, a different version with your friends, a different version at work, a different version online. You might feel fragmented. With these writing exercises you will reground, reintegrate and recenter..
You will feel alive in a whole new way...
You will gain clarity about what really matters in your life. What's sacred to you. What you wish to preserve, what to nurture and what to jettison.
You will have clarity on what to pass down...
We have a long tradition of storytelling. It's one of things that bind us and creates our extended family. You will discover, through these writing exercises, what matters most to you and what you wish to share with your family, your partner, your kids or grandkids. You will have writing that tells the core of you.
You will find warm community...
In this workshop, you'll find others who are asking similar questions as you. People who support you, your voice, your creativity.
You would tell the world who you are.
Instead of having your Jewishness defined by others, you will define it. You will write with clarion clarity: "This is who I am.. This is what I stand for. This is what matters to me. This is how I choose to show up in the world!"
You Will Write
You Will Deepen, You Will Grow!
Over three months, you're going to do the deep excavation work that allows you to answer three of the most important question you can ask in 2026...
Module 1:
Who Am I?
What do you believe?
How do your beliefs express in your actions?
How do core Jewish values shape your inner monologue?
How do they shape how you show up in the world.?
Which received ideas mean the most to you?
Which don't?
What Jewish ideas, stories, values are calling you into the future?
Module 2:
How Do I Love?
How does your Jewish identity affect or enrich your family relationships?
How does it affect your friendships?
How does it shape how you make - or don't make - community?
How does it affect/ has it affected your intimate relationships?
Module 3:
Who Am I In The World?
Now you're going to claim your voice and speak your truth to the world who you are as a Jew in 2026.
Explore the voices that matter to you and write your personal manifesto, your flag in the ground
Own your voice and authority as a vibrant Jewish human being.
This Is About You and
Your Unique Voice
We will draw inspiration from some of the greatest poets and writers in history...
And remember - this is a writing workshop! We will focus on what makes great writing - and learn from some of the best.
The voice with which you emerge will be uniquely your own.
You will write it.
You will claim it.
You will receive expert feedback to you can strengthen the power of your voice and your writing.
And then you get integrate what you write into who you are and how you show up in the world.
By the end, you won't just have a new understanding of yourself.
You’ll have writing you’ll be proud of!
You will carry the thrill of creative expression.
And... you can share that with the world in any way you choose.
Get Ready For A Journey Of Creativity And Discovery…
The joy of this workshop is that it's not some abstract intellectual exercise.
This is deep, personal, transformative - creative - work.
Even if you’ve never done creative writing before, you will - I predict - emerge with work that not only delights, but astonishes you.
Everyone is welcome, regardless of writing experience.
There is no judgment here. You can count on that.
It's an exploratory workshop in which we all support each other as our writing emerges and develops.
So what should you expect?
Expect to laugh!
Because you'll remember moments when you felt truly alive, truly yourself - grounded in your family, in your spirit, your aspirations.
Expect to cry!
Because you'll be digging into inherited wounds, questions you've never let yourself ask, grief you didn’t ask for. That's part of the work. In this comes liberation.
Expect to get angry!
Because you'll confront what parts of your life have been defined by others' narratives about who you should be.
Expect to find hidden parts of yourself!
Because you'll dig deep enough to see hidden truths that have been burrowing down there in your subconscious the whole time, under all the busyness of life, under all the social expectations.
Expect to integrate so many aspects of who you are!
You will express so many different parts of you - parts you inherited, parts you rejected, parts you choose, parts you've been hiding, parts you secretly celebrate - and they will start to come together. You may feel a wholeness you’ve never experienced before.
And you will find your voice.
It won't be your parents' voice. It won't be your rabbi's voice. It won’t be the ghouls of social media's. It will be yours.
You will become dangerous.
Because a Jewish person who knows who they are and what they stand for - and who's willing to say it out loud - is dangerous to every malicious or ignorant anti-semite who wants you to stay small, quiet, confused and endlessly apologizing.
That ends here.
Who This Is For
This Is For You If:
You're Jewish and you want to create more clarity for yourself what that means.
You've spent your whole life being told by others what to believe, and you're ready to speak your own damn voice
You journal, you're a writer or memoirist or who wants to write from your deepest truths, not hide them
You're in an interfaith relationship and trying to figure out what your Jewishness means You're a bit over assimilated and looking for a creative, non-judgmengtal way to reconnect with your roots
You're politically active and trying to integrate your Judaism and your Jewish values with your politics
You're waking up to this wave of antisemitism and suddenly your Jewishness matters in ways you didn't expect
You're a parent trying to figure out what you want to pass down to your kids
You're queer and figuring out what queerness + Jewishness means together
You're diaspora and trying to figure out your relationship to Israel/Jewish identity
You're just tired of performing out there like most people and you want to explore your depths
This Is For NOT You If:
You want someone to tell you what to believe
You're looking for a dogmatic theology or history course
You want to be 100% reassured in your comfort
You're not willing to do deep, honest self-examination
You don't actually care about exploring the depth of who you are
What You Receive
The Unique, Deep Curriculum and Prompts
6 weeks of writing prompts, guided explorations, and deep questions
Access to authentic Jewish texts (Torah, Midrash, Talmud) + contemporary poetry + fiction
Suggested readings from contemporary Jewish writers
A framework for integrating your identity work into your life and relationships
The Community
A group of other creative Jewish people asking similar questions
Weekly group workshops on Zoom where you can share your work in a safe, supportive space.
A private community space where you can ask questions, share struggles, celebrate breakthroughs
The experience of not being alone in your creative journey on this planet
The Transformation
You will come to understand yourself more deeply.
You will come to feel more deeply how you love who you love.
You will plant your flag in the ground with 6 weeks of powerful writing that declares, "This is me, and I love who I am!"
And you will enjoy the tranformative process of exploratory writing with clarity, confidence and joy!
Welcome to An Utterly Unique Creative Practice where You Will Write Your Spiritual Autobiography
Unleash your imagination, memory, dreams
Explore centuries of commentary creatively
Discover and explore inspiring Jewish texts
Develop new wells of creativity as you tell your one-of-a-kind personal story!
Every interpretation of the text is seen as part of the ongoing revelation from Sinai.”
- Rabbi Yitz Greenberg
The Gift of Writing Is a gift to yourself and to everyone in your life.
Gain clarity on your relationships - past and present
Hone insight into your experience of the sacred
Experience a creative engagement with the rich tradition and it's many interpretations.
Enjoy a supportive, thoughtful, creative community
Complete an Ivy-League level masterclass in the art of storytelling and writing craftsmanship
Create a legacy for yourself and your family forever
Get inspired by some of the best of literature
Enjoy a creative outlet that is fun, profound, open-minded and utterly unique
What Adam's Clients and Students Say
Deep... Caring... Brilliant... Vulnerable... Funny.
Satyen Raja
CEO, WarriorSage Trainings
I have worked with Adam for two decades now and I have to say he’s the most brilliant and caring master of his craft anywhere. He asks the deeper questions that draw out my knowledge, experience and understanding in the most direct way. Then, with the artistic magnificence of DaVinci, helps me turn my expression into Written Gold.
Alex Rotaru
Film Director, Adjunct Professor. USC Graduate School of Cinema Arts
Adam is one of those rare high-level individuals who in his writing is 50% heart-centered and 50% irreverently hilarious… I can't believe how fresh and original the twists of his mind and language are. His ideas, dialogue and characters flow organically yet unexpectedly. If you can work with him, do so! Your creativity will explode - and I mean that in the good way.
Bianca D'errica
Executive Coach, Vancouver
You are just pulled upward by Adam's positive energy, insightful curiosity and courageous love for all that is possible in our lives. He draws on so much wisdom it’s mind-boggling, but I believe that it is Adam’s presence of being that is the most powerful ingredient of his ...mentoring work.
Rich Litvin
Author, The Prosperous Coach
Adam is hands down the most creative, funniest, broadly-learned and connected person I know. He is the spark to your creative flame. Adam will breath energy, fire, fun and a sense of adventure into your mission, your movie, your book or your business.
Oleg Pavlov
Founder and CEO, The Arlo Hotels
Adam's words come from the heart of a deep-feeling man, who has lived a lot. Few people have his ability with spoken and written word. I go back to his texts often as a reminder of what is possible and even necessary. Adam's coaching has clearly made me a better person in every aspect of life, more open, more direct and more courageous
Cassandra L
Chicago, ILL
Adam, you have such a way of expression with words…… As a woman who writes and communicates well – I find your writing touches the heart, and emotions, of a woman so profoundly. Yours is a rare and deeply inspiring gift in a man. Thank you, Adam, for reminding us we are all here to be a positive force in this life
Paul Kan
TEDx Keynote Speaker
Adam is so smart, articulate and approachable. His way of telling his life story, foibles, and successes allows you to feel like one of his best friends. He is open, honest, vulnerable and funny. He's a scholar on many topics and uses all of his research and knowledge to empower people to rise up, be present, and be authentic. My life has changed as a result of Adam's teachings.
Klaus Klein
MA, RCC Vancouver, CA
I wish to thank Adam Gilad who helped me write my book so that readers could get the full message of growth, grief and grace. He captured the love story, prompted me to bring out the details that matterd most - and with master writing and intuitive skills, weaved my words into a readable and relatable story that is touching people around the globe.
Frequently asked questions
How Does the Writing Workshop Work?
Like buttah. Bottom line: all you have to do is show up on time ready to open up the wells of your creativity and let loose! I'll do the rest, bringing inspiring texts to look at and sequences of prompts to get your creative juices flowing.
Who is this Workshop for?
Everyone at every level. If you are committed to exploring your story, your inner life, your creativity - and if you play nice with others - you’re entirely welcome. Note: this is a SAFE place for self expression - FULL self expression. Super important: negativity is not permitted, and disruptive people will be removed and refunded. I will review with you how we give feedback to each other - always framed in a helpful, positive and encouraging way.
Do I have to be a Nobel Prize winning author or Chief Rabbi to attend?
All levels of skill and knowledge are welcome, yes... even you. Even your ex. Especially your ex.
What if I miss a week?
No worries, you’ll get access to the recording or summary for each week so you can catch up at your own pace. Please note: each recording comes down in 7 days from posting.
What kinds of writing do we produce?
We will work in different genres. Anything that resonates - poetry, prose, journaling, micro-essays, memoir, songs, personal narrative, or even visual/text hybrids. The goal is creative engagement with big ideas and inspiring text. We will experiment with different genres.
Do you coach authors privately?
I do. Also I also work closely with Solo Performers, Playwrights and other Screenwriter/Producers as well as people who want to write their Legacy Books. I do keynote speeches for thought leaders and occasionally ghostwrite. To talk about your project, you can always reach at [email protected]
This is what you will get
In The Jewish Voice Project Level 1...
Bring Your Fire. Bring Your Creativity. Bring Your Love.
1 Single payment
$480
(Save $140)
6 weeks of writing prompts and guided explorations
Pro techniques to bring out your most powerful writing
Inspiring Jewish texts, contemporary poetry and fiction
A supportive community of like-minded people
Weekly group calls and a private community space to share work
6 complete pieces of personal writing that will change how you see yourself with more clarity, confidence and joy
2 Installments
$260
/x2
(second installment in 21 days)
6 weeks of writing prompts and guided explorations
Pro techniques to bring out your most powerful writing
Inspiring Jewish texts, contemporary poetry and fiction
A supportive community of like-minded people
Weekly group calls and a private community space to share work
6 complete pieces of personal writing that will change how you see yourself with more clarity, confidence and joy
We are here to Help!
Are you having Financial Challenges?
We hold a limited number of 50% Scholarships for people who are committed to their personal expression but have financial constraints.
And, in these challenging and historic times, We give back where it counts...
10% of Net Revenue will be donated to https://onefamilytogether.org/ supporting victims of terrorism in Israel and their families to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
Bring your bravery! Bring your imagination. Bring all of you!
You've got stories to tell!
- Adam
Bring your bravery! Bring your imagination. Bring all of you! I look forward to seeing you inside!
Adam
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