You're Going to Die Presents:
JEWISH GRIEF IN COMMUNITY
facilitated by Noa Yammer & Miriam Bolender

Many Jewish people are grieving right now.

Grief for the lives lost. 

Grief for the violence committed in our name. 

Grief for our ruptured communities and relationships.

Grief for silence, shame, and all that’s been too tender to name.

This 5-week online group is a space for Jewish-identifying folks to gather and grieve—

through words, stillness, sound, and voice.

To tend to our hearts and our humanness.

To be witnessed.

To speak what’s been unspoken.

To feel what’s been pushed down.

& to find new ground together. 

WHEN: Mondays, August 18th-September 15th

 from 5:30-7:00PM PACIFIC TIME
LOCATION: ZOOM
PRICE: Sliding Scale $350-650 (Scholarships available!)

We offer the workshop on a sliding scale, but ask about further financial support if you need it to attend!

FOR MORE DETAILS and TO REGISTER E-MAIL: connect@yg2d.com

In order to preserve the uniquely intimate & personalized nature of this offering, space for this event will be limited, & registration is required to attend. We have space for up to 15 Jewish-identifying participants.

This series is a space for Jewish grief. It is not a space for debate or dogma, but for presence, feeling, and witnessing. 

We come together as Jews, across lines of belief and experience, to be with the grief in our bodies: grief for what’s happening now, for what has been, and for what’s being lost—individually and collectively.

This is not a course in ideology or politics. It’s a space to be with the grief that so many of us are carrying as Jewish people right now.

Your facilitators are available to discuss this offering in more depth so that you can get a better understanding of what to expect from this offering.

About your facilitators: 

Noa Yammer (she/her) is a facilitator, musician, and solidarity activist who holds spaces for deep listening, truth-telling, and collective healing. Originally from a Modern Orthodox Jewish community in New Jersey, she spent two decades in Jerusalem, working at the intersections of justice activism, storytelling, and Jewish-Palestinian solidarity. 

A Harvard-trained educator and leadership coach, Noa specializes in using storytelling and nonviolent communication as a tool for connection, transformation, and social change. Whether working with individuals, teams, or communities, Noa fosters environments where silenced voices can speak, and where grief, complexity, and humanity are held with care.

Her personal journey—from silence to voice—shapes her belief that grief can be both a portal and a practice: one that softens us toward one another and reconnects us with what matters most. This softening not only nurtures our connection to ourselves and our truths, but also opens pathways for us to take courageous steps towards collective liberation and justice.

Miriam Bolender (she/her) is a musician, vocal liberation guide, and grief-holder who facilitates transformative spaces. For the better part of the last decade, she’s been an integral part of You’re Going To Die—directing and participating in the Songs For Life hospice music program, offering her presence and music in Alive Inside, YG2D’s prison program, and performing at live events.

A third-generation Holocaust survivor, Miriam carries the complex imprints of that lineage. She’s committed to cultivating and maintaining an ever-expanding lens—one where the nuance and complexity of life are honored in all their dynamic, layered, and often contradictory truths. This inner work continues to shape her devotion to creating spaces where grief, rage, fear, and confusion can be held, explored, and metabolized with courage and care.

Miriam’s own journey—from someone who spent most of her life afraid to sing, to a performer who has sung for thousands—gives her a deep understanding of what it means to reclaim the voice. As a seasoned mentor, she blends somatic practice, foundational technique, and playful exploration to support people in untethering their voices from shame and limitation. Her work—whether at a hospice bedside, inside a prison, or in a circle of people reclaiming their voices—is rooted in the prayer that feeling our hearts, remembering our interconnection, and tending to our shared humanity are essential parts of building a more loving, just, and peaceful world.

FOR MORE DETAILS and TO REGISTER E-MAIL: connect@yg2d.com

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