SWEET RETURN
Our citywide high holidays festival.
September 21–October 2 in L.A.
A journey through time and spirit. Two weeks of experiences, connections, restoration, new beginnings. An L.A. mosaic of creative partners, young adults. This year we’re thrilled to share Sweet Return with our friends in NuBloom, a beautiful community of families with young kids, from JFedLA.
LIVING IN AWE
Profound encounters, wonder, reverence. Awe humbles us, connects us, invites presence, reflection, transcendence. Expands perspective. Deepens belonging. Magic and mystery, woven into life.
MAGIC & MYSTERY,
WOVEN INTO LIFE
Sweet Return lives in the last days of Elul and the first moments of Tishrei, Hebrew months giving us space to slow down, breathe, reveal. Who have we been? What are we becoming?
A HEART BURSTING
WITH POSSIBILITY
Open a pomegranate and find a universe of seeds, a treasure chest shimmering. Jewish tradition says each has 613, as many as mitzvot, the sacred commandments. Kindness, forgiveness, change. Life overflowing, meaning and blessing.
Teshuvah means to return, look inward, remember transformation is possible. Each other, ourselves. Stretch, grow, again and again.
NU WAVE
SUNDAY 9.28
HOLLYWOOD
CAST OFF, LET GO!
FUTURE FORWARD TASHLICH
Art • Food • Ritual
Shell phone booth
Bubble garden • Printmaking
Soul cleansing • Sensory exploration
Renew • Release • Rejoice
With NuRoots young adults and NuBloom’s amazing community of families with young kids.
The high holiday tradition Tashlich invites us to symbolically cast into water our missteps and burdens from the past year and celebrate our capacity for change.
Join us for a big, fun afternoon of immersive experiences and a reimagined water ritual with Rabbi David Kasher. A sweet release, a soulful reset, a cleaner slate, an open heart.
NUCOMERS
BRUNCH
SUNDAY 9.21
VENICE BEACH
JUST FOR GEN Z
Step into Rosh Hashanah and a new year with intention, joy, and radiant community. Reflect where you’ve been. Dream where you’re going. Dive into immersive crafts, awesome experiences to connect, create, declare. Hineni. Here you are. This is your year.
SUPERHOSTING
WITH ONETABLE
FRIDAY 9.26
SHABBAT DINNER,
WE GOT YOU
As a Sweet Return superhost, you’ll receive everything you need to make an extraordinary Rosh Hashanah dinner — gift cards on us and a creative community to bring your gathering to life.
DISCOVER THE
FESTIVAL LINEUP
With Adamah, Base L.A., The Braid, Hillel 818, Jewtina y Co., JQ, Lunar Collective, Repair the World, Shalom L.A., and SIJCC.
COMING SEPTEMBER 3
FESTIVAL LINEUP
COMING 9.3
