> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # What's going on - URL: https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/whats-going-on/ - Published: 2023-08-28T10:17:05.000Z - Updated: 2025-08-06T02:23:49.000Z - Description: where I'm at - Author: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1705099970463, #Import 2024-01-12 22:53 ### 🐶 Hi! Hi! Hi! 🐶 ### There are like EVENTS and stuff that are coming up! (also so many more in my capacity as Scholar in Residence at NCJW.org, but one things at a time.) ### Come see me IRL, over IG or ETC! I know I am often a bit of a hermit so honestly here are some of the (mostly) [ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR: MAKING AMENDS IN AN UNAPOLOGETIC WORLD ](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710956/on-repentance-and-repair-by-danya-ruttenberg/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)gigs that I’ll be gigging in th next lil’ while. ## Come and get it w[hile it’s piping hot.](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710956/on-repentance-and-repair-by-danya-ruttenberg/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com) [aand get the PB for 10% off, heyyy](https://bookshop.org/a/81629/9780807013311?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com) *(In which PB is “paperback” not “peanut butter.”)* - **Friday, September 1st, 9am ET/8am CT,** Beyond the Pale Radio, listen **[here](https://wbai.org/program/?program=962&ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)** - **Thursday, September 7th, 7:30pm CT** Bookends and Beginnings, Evanston IL, with the great **Marjorie Ingall**—**[ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710956/on-repentance-and-repair-by-danya-ruttenberg/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)** and her book SORRY, SORRY, SORRY— register **[here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-apology-with-marjorie-ingall-and-danya-ruttenberg-tickets-696136441837?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com).** *(The captions are funky, the return bus ticket is a shuv)* - **Tuesday, September 12\. 1pm ET:** How do we Build the World we Long For? A conversation with Rabbi Dr. Julia Watts Belser and Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg. Together they will discuss Rabbi Dr. Watts Belser’s newly released book, *[Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730719/loving-our-own-bones-by-julia-watts-belser/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)*, and Rabbi Ruttenberg’s newly released paperback *[On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710956/on-repentance-and-repair-by-danya-ruttenberg/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)* On Zoom, with [National Council of Jewish Women](https://ncjw.org/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com), registration link to come. Will be **[here](https://www.ncjw.org/events/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)**, soon enough, and will update in the next few days. - **Tuesday**, **September 12th, 7-9pm CT** IRL and via Zoom, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston IL, **[register here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-repentance-and-repair-with-rabbi-danya-ruttenberg-at-jrc-tickets-700459863307?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)** - **Wednesday, September 13, 3pm CT** Discussing ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR and radical vulnerability with the great Priya Parker on my **[Instagram Live](https://www.instagram.com/rabbidanyaruttenberg/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)** - **October 6-9 I**’ll be the teacher in residence at [Simchafest](https://adamah.org/event/simchafest-at-isabella-freedman/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com) at Isabella Freedman—Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah in Falls Village, CT, **[register here](https://adamah.org/event/simchafest-at-isabella-freedman/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com).** - **Tuesday, December 5th,** with [The Partner’s Path](https://thepartnerspath.com/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com), more info to come **[here.](https://thepartnerspath.com/?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)** *Here (below), I’m talking about the impetus for the book—starting to realize that the laws of repentance could be applied in a broader way—and from there, I started to try to apply it to institutional harm, systemic harm, national harm.* ### .🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉.. 🎉. #### Yes, hey, all of these are birthday parties for this book’s paperback! ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/00/99/0099f63a-257a-401e-b764-2ea218bf9990/content/images/2024/01/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f9ccadfdd-1a7f-493b-84ea-0f8b53fdf7c5_464x700-jpeg.jpg) [preorder for 10% off is what](https://bookshop.org/a/81629/9780807013311?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com) [1](#footnote-1) ## Anyway, come vibe with me? If I did an open AMA (ask me anything) from my Instagram (Live), would you come? And it’s possible a few more things might be added still, will update as relevant etc etc etc --- 1. Let the record state that I hear **[this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPfmNxKLDG4&ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)** in the subtitle in addition **[to the obvious](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M&ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)**[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M&ref=lifeisasacredtext.com)in the title. [↩](#footnote-anchor-1 "Jump back to footnote 1 in the text.")