Casey Adashek, our Red Tent Steward, is passionate about the ancestral blood rites of the womb. The Red Tent has traditionally been a temple space– specifically for rituals around womb blood, marking life cycles and transitions.

The Red Tent offers a unique holding, one that honors the Shechinah (Feminine indwelling of the Divine) as she has fractilized into infinite faces. Casey creates a space for the diversity of experiences held in wombs and women. 

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Chavaya Festival will feature a fully equipped community kitchen space with all the amenities needed for communal cooking, sharing meals, and nourishing one another throughout the weekend. Whether you’re preparing food for friends, family, or new connections, the kitchen will be a central hub of collaboration and care.

Jordan Sun is a passionate advocate for movement as a means of healing. She gives gratitude to her teachers. She humbly offers appreciation for the opportunity to learn and act as an ambassador of the dance and culture of other llineages of origin, including MENAHT peoples. Jordan gives homage to her ancestors of Mediterranean and Ashkenazi Jewish origin. She weaves the cultural dances of her ethnic lineage with fusion bellydance.

In addition to offering healing, teaching movement medicine and performing as a fusion dancer, Jordan is a self-taught watercolor artist and a burgeoning singer/songwriter. Currently, she is a holistic Thai Massage Therapist, Postpartum Doula and is pursuing her Master’s in Dance Movement Therapy with Lesley University.

@jordansundancer

Many Jewish spaces in the United States can become siloed into predominantly white Jewish experiences.

Chavaya Festival is committed to creating space for a broader and more expansive Jewish future by uplifting the voices and experiences of Jews of Color.
 

This year, we will be hosting a panel highlighting Black Jewish voices and the experiences of people who carry both Jewish and African diasporic identities.

Together, we’ll explore the impacts of assimilation into whiteness, the complexity of identity, belonging, culture, and what it means to move through the world today as a Black Jew.

Pictured: Ben Wilson founder of Color and Sound 

We’re all looking for our besheret in one way or another.
 

Maybe it’s a lover. Maybe it’s a collaborator. Maybe it’s your future chavurah. Maybe it’s the person who hands you soup at 2am and suddenly understands your entire soul.
 

At Chavaya Festival, we’ll be hosting a playful and heartfelt Besheret Board where you can post notes, intentions, secret crushes, missed connections, friendship wishes, or invitations to adventure. There may even be a special evening activity devoted to matchmaking, mingling, and cosmic Jewish flirtation.
 

Who knows? Maybe your besheret is waiting for you at Chavaya.

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Arie and Bennet have developed an incredible immersive installation called Aurelian, which will be featured for the full duration of Chavaya Festival. This beautiful art piece invites curiosity, reflection, and wonder, and we’re thrilled to share it with the community.

Come experience Aurelian and spend time inside this living work of art.

The Healing Tent will serve as a space for rest, care, grounding, and support throughout Chavaya Festival.

In addition to offering a calm sanctuary for emotional and spiritual care, the Healing Tent will also function as our medical support space for the weekend.
 

Whether you need a quiet moment to regroup, basic medical assistance, hydration, emotional support, or simply a softer place to land amidst the excitement of the festival, the Healing Tent will be here for you.

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