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Moishe/Kavod House in the News:
Click here to read the Jewish Advocate's story about our Interfaith Living Wage delegation with MA Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
Moishe/Kavod has received remarkable press for our recent Jewish-Muslim dialogue. Here are links to coverage in
The Boston Globe, on WBZ radio, and on CNN.
Click here to read the story in the Globe
Click hear to listen to two WBZ radio clips reporting on the Jewish-Muslim dialogue
And click here to view coverage of the dialogue on CNN
Boston Globe
Sunday, February 5th, 2006
A revived state of activism
Young Jews get together to press for social justice
By Ben Harris, Globe Correspondent
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| State of the Union Watch Party at Kavod |
On the third floor of a rambling house in Washington Square, 14 young activists gathered Tuesday evening to watch the
president's State of the Union address.
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One member of that chunk [of underserved Jews in their twenties and thirties] is Ben Healey, 24, who met Klein
as an undergraduate at Yale and now works for the Mass Ballot Freedom Campaign, a Dorchester-based political advocacy group.
''I don't go to temple regularly," says Healey. ''I think I wouldn't be involved in any meaningful way except showing up
[to temple] on holidays. What Kavod does is offer me an opportunity to engage my peers in the Jewish community around issues
of concern."
Click here for full Globe article.
Boston Jewish Advocate
September 8th, 2005
New Jewish group house gets respect in Brookline
By Ted SieferBROOKLINE
- On Monday night, Sept. 5, Margie Klein held a housewarming party at her new house here and properly had a mezuzah affixed
on the entryway. But the guests came to offer more than just their blessings and decorating advice. They came
to discuss how to create a new kind of Jewish institution, a home and meeting place where young Jews can explore the connections
between spirituality and progressive activism. [Click here for full article: Boston Jewish Advocate Article
New Voices
December, 2004
Copy Clatch
“God gave you your whole life. The least you can do is give him one minute of your time,” said a black-clad,
peyos-sporting preadolescent perched in a Chabad Lubavitch Mitzvah Mobile. He was scolding a passerby for an inadequate response
to the question–“You Jewish?”–that many New Yorkers face at certain times of the year–usually
from Chabadniks, and often ones who are leaning out of Winnebagos plastered with pinups of Rebbe Schneerson. Yes, Chabad–the
ubiquitous Orthodox group that maintains Jewish houses around the globe–has enjoyed a monopoly on the Jewish outreach
game for years, providing programming to Jews everywhere, and in some places serving as the only Jewish presence around. But
Chabad had better watch its back. [click here for full article: Copy Clatch] Margie Klein and Religious Social Justice Work in the News:
The Los Angeles Times
August 13, 2005
Unions seek to spread the gospel of labor
By Stephanie
Simon
The office manager pressed forward, glowering, his uscles straining the seams of his pinstriped suit.
"I'm asking you to step outside," he said. The nine men and women who had taken over the lobby of Allied Barton Security
Services in Alexandria, Va., didn't budge. Rabbinical student clasped hands with Islamic scholar and Methodist seminarian.
Heads bowed, eyes closed, they sang Amazing Grace. And prayed that the security guards employed here would join the Service
Employees International Union. [click here for full article: Seminary Summer Article]
Atlanta Jewish Times
Atlanta Jewish Times -- Cover Storywww.atlantajewishtimes.com/archives/2002/032902cs.htm
Margie Klein, 22, joined Green Corps after graduating from Yale University last spring. Her assignment included coming
to Atlanta for two months to launch a campaign to get the Staples office supply chain to sell more recycled paper. She says
her parents and her Jewish background emphasized the importance of social responsibility. "In the creation story, we're put
here to be stewards in the earth," she said. Klein likes to cite a phrase from Devarim in the book of Deuteronomy:
"When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees
thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, but thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of
the field man, that it should be besieged of thee?" "Even in battle you should not cut down any fruit trees in your
enemies' territory," Klein said. "The rabbis extrapolated that never, ever in a time of peace should you destroy the environment.
That was a very core teaching to the rabbis that has sort of been lost." Klein has also brought a bit of Jewish flavor
to fellow Green Corps participants - she started inviting them over for Shabbat dinner. The tradition spread. "My
Indian friend had a Shabbat dinner in Miami and my Korean friend had a Shabbat dinner in Iowa," Klein said. Bringing
a religious aspect to environmental work is also politically salient. "Green Corps was very excited when I said I
wanted to work with the Jewish community," Klein said.
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Moishe/Kavod House News
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| Kavod and Jewish Interaction hit the streets for GBIO's affordable healthcare campaign! |
Moishe/Kavod Gets Funded...Again!
The Forest Foundation has selected the Kavod House to be part of the Moishe House Network. Besides giving us generous
rent and program subsidies, this means that we can share our model with houses around the country and learn from other folks'
best practices, and also that if you head to another city, we can help connect you with other creative communities.
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| Margie at Synagogue 3000 Meeting, in the Associated Press! |
Synagogue 3000, a group dedicated to re-envisioning the American Synagogue, has selected the Kavod House as one of 12 leading emerging Jewish
communities. Kavod coordinator Margie Klein participated in a meeting of Jewish innovators in LA over MLK weekend, and
was featured in the Washington Post.
Help our Planning Team
Young leaders from around the area are coming together to plan dynamic programming at the Kavod House. We've decided
to create modules around Jewish or American holidays, and plan action, learning, and arts around those themes. For example,
we will be planning environmental events around Tubishvat, the Jewish birthday of the trees, and thinking about worker justice
leading up to Passover. Please contact planning@kavodhouse.com if you are interested in helping to shape one or more of these events.
Shabbat Dinners Going Strong
We had our biggest shabbat so far the week before Thanksgiving, with almost 30 filling our house with song, learning,
food, and good discussion. Here's what newcomer Sarah emailed us (Thanks Sarah):
"Thank you again for the most amazing shabbat I've had in the longest
time! The singing and the company were just amazing and I had the time of my life. I was on such a high from it leaving your
place last night. It was so much fun."
Shabbat is a key part of our community building, but it is just the beginning. Through building, learning, planning
and acting together, we can build a social justice community that makes a powerful impact and enriches our lives as Jews.
Thanks in part to our help, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization and MassAct have collected over 111,500 signatures
to put affordable healthcare on the ballot in 2006. Good job, team!
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