CreativeMornings Santa Cruz: Devotion with Chel Mandell
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Friday, Nov 20, 2026 8:30am - 10am
Location
The Museum of Art & History
705 Front St
Details
On Friday November 20, CreativeMornings Santa Cruz is back at the MAH. For our DEVOTION event, we are honored to feature Rabbi Chel Mandell, a local spiritual leader who has devoted themselves to creating a space for sacredness, belonging, justice and joy. Everyone is welcome to join for free coffee and goodies, a short talk plus curated opportunities to connect and collaborate with local creatives. Free tickets are at: https://creativemornings.com/talks/chel-mandell
About the Speaker: Rabbi Chel Mandell (they/them) is a dedicated and soulful Jewish educator, as well as founder, director and spiritual leader of @tzimtzumcommunity, a diasporic, queer- and trans-centered Jewish community in Santa Cruz. Chel is an avid surfer and ocean lover, artist and ceramicist, outdoor enthusiast, and social justice activist, with a vision of weaving these passions and intersections into their rabbinate. They dream of a radical new Jewish world grounded in open-ended creativity and deep inclusivity.
