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ALEX D DUCHENE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR & VISUAL ARTIST
WHAT IS THE VILLAGE?
You haven't been the same since October 7. Neither have we.
And you're not going to return to who you were before. That version of you, the one who moved through the world with a kind of ease you can barely remember, is not coming back.
The loss is palpable, but something else is possible. Something that doesn't ask you to pretend the grief isn't real, or the exhaustion, or the loneliness of feeling like the world misunderstood something essential about who you are.
What's possible is: a week where you don't carry it alone.
Where you immediately feel understood, no need to explain yourself or why you feel what you feel.
Where the grief is real and so is the joy, where you can take a big breath of relaxation, where a stranger becomes a friend becomes someone who feels like you've always known them.
This is THE VILLAGE. A retreat for Jews & their fierce allies.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF...
You're Jewish, or you love someone who is, and October 7 cracked something open in you.
You're tired. Not just physically. The kind of tired that lives in your bones, that comes from holding grief, fear, love and rage all at once, for a long time, with nowhere to put it down.
You've been showing up for your family, your community, your work, but somewhere in all of it, you lost the thread back to yourself.
You miss your people. You're craving real conversation. The kind where you can speak and be met with understanding.
There's something about being with people who get it that you've been aching for.
The history, the humour, the grief, the pride.
You want to feel joy again. Real joy. The kind that lives alongside the hard stuff rather than pretending it isn't there.
ARE YOU READY TO EXHALE?
REST
BREATH
NATURE
COMMUNITY
CREATIVITY
CONNECTION
NOURISHMENT
DEEP CONVERSATION
THE VILLAGE
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