Jewish Mystical Artist, Educator, and Spiritual Guide
Creativity as a Spiritual Practice
I create sacred art, immersive teaching experiences, and one-on-one spiritual mentorship rooted in
Jewish mysticism and the divine feminine.
Jewish mysticism and the divine feminine.
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Kohenet Bekah Starr is a Jewish mystical artist, educator, and ritualist devoted to creativity as a path of spiritual connection, healing, and return. She was ordained as a Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess) in 2019 by the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute.
Her work lives at the intersection of Jewish mysticism and the Divine Feminine, expressed through evolving creative and ritual practices. She is the creator of The Creative Rest Studio, a traveling creative rest lounge, and runs the Beit Kohenet Arts Collective—a creative home for seekers exploring art as ritual and revelation. Through her teaching and mentorship, she invites others into creativity as a form of listening—to the self, to spirit, and to something larger moving through. Her artwork and ritual objects are created as visual forms of healing and spiritual companionship, each piece holding intention as an object of protection, remembrance, and presence. She also offers spiritual mentorship for those seeking guidance on their own creative and spiritual paths, rooted in years of lived experience, study, and practice. |
Photo: Liviah Wessely
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Bekah has taught and exhibited nationally at institutions and gatherings including the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, Romemu, Hillel International, ALEPH, the Parliament of World Religions, and beyond. Through her teaching, she guides participants into embodied ritual, creative practice, and meaning-making rooted in both tradition and personal experience. She currently serves as the Hillel Director and Jewish Life Coordinator at Ursinus College, where she cultivates vibrant, inclusive Jewish life on campus.
But her path began long before any formal role. Bekah has been a spiritual seeker for as long as she can remember. As a child, she was already attuned to unseen realms—drawn to questions of soul, memory, and the mysteries beneath the surface of ordinary life. She attended her first past life regression at a young age, and grew up with a sense that connection to spirit was not only possible, but natural. This was shaped in part by her mother and grandmother, who offered her early language for engaging with what cannot be seen. Her grandmother passed away when Bekah was 14, yet her influence remains woven into the way Bekah understands presence, memory, and connection. Her mother, in particular, helped her trust her seeking nature—offering permission to stay in relationship with spirit. |
Over the years, her path has woven through many forms of practice and exploration: Jewish mysticism, somatic and body-based practices, yoga as a spiritual discipline, ecstatic dance (which she now facilitates), and respectful engagement with a range of earth-based and ancestral spiritual traditions. Each has offered her tools for presence, expression, and connection.
Living with bipolar disorder, Bekah has come to understand creativity as a stabilizing force—a way to metabolize intensity, to listen inward, and to translate what is difficult to name into form. Her work holds this threshold space with care, honoring both the depth of inner experience and the need for integration in everyday life.
At the heart of everything she offers is a simple invitation:
to slow down, to create, and to remember that you are already in relationship with something sacred.
Living with bipolar disorder, Bekah has come to understand creativity as a stabilizing force—a way to metabolize intensity, to listen inward, and to translate what is difficult to name into form. Her work holds this threshold space with care, honoring both the depth of inner experience and the need for integration in everyday life.
At the heart of everything she offers is a simple invitation:
to slow down, to create, and to remember that you are already in relationship with something sacred.