Hi friends,
Happy Passover, everyone! Hope that your holiday celebrations are full of friends, family, reflection, and joy.
As always, see below for a full listing of upcoming events…
In addition, our Transition Team continues to meet — check out their latest thinking on our home page blog, including the creation of a new housemate selection committee. Remember, housemate applications are due this Wednesday!
And as always, check out our community members’ postings, some of the great events being hosted by a few of our community allies, and new fellowship and job opportunities.
Warmly,
Ben, Aaron, Sarah and Margie
Tue Apr 7: Knitting Circle with Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston
Tue Apr 7: Charles River Beit Midrash
Wed Apr 8: Birkat Hachamah — Blessing of the Sun Event
Thu Apr 9: Moishe/Kavod Second Night Seder is On
Sun Apr 12: Tuning Up For the Spring #2 — Intro Bike Workshop
Interested in Organizing a GesherCity Salon?
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Tue, April 7th, 6pm – 8pm at Islamic Society of Boston Community Center (ISBCC) – Near Roxbury Crossing stop on Orange Line, 100 Malcolm X Boulevard, Roxbury, MA
Knitting Circle with Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston
Members of MAS Boston have invited Kavod House to join in their weekly knitting circle, titled “Stitch & Dhikr,” meaning “Stitch and Remembrance.” All genders and levels of experience welcome! Knit for someone you know, or donate your knitted item to Rosie’s Place, a Roxbury women’s shelter. Bring your own yarn and needles. Light refreshments will be served.
Kindly RSVP to Lauren Herman at lwherman@gmail.com or Jill Lofchie at jill_lofchie@yahoo.com if interested in attending.
(If you want a travel buddy, Lauren will be traveling from Cambridge/Somerville and Jill will be traveling from Brookline.)
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Tue, April 7th, 7:00pm – 8:30pm at Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard St., Brookline, MA
Charles River Beit Midrash: Guided Jewish Text Study
Join us for guided text study, including a 30-minute lesson, and then individualized study in pairs/Chevruta. Whether you are new to Jewish study or a veteran, this is a great opportunity to learn about Jewish tradition and thought, exercise your brain, and get to know great people. Learning and free, kosher dinner begin at 7pm.
Sponsored by Cambridge Minyan, Hebrew College, Moishe/Kavod House (through a generous grant from the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel Alumni Fund), Washington Square Minyan, and Minyan Tehillah, and through a generous grant from the Young Adult Task Force of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Charles River Beit Midrash bridges communities from Brookline, Cambridge and beyond for serious text study dedicated to social justice issues in an open, non-denominational setting. For more information on learning and how to become involved, check out www.charlesriverlearning.org or email info@charlesriverlearning.org.
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Wed, April 8th, 6am – 7am, Lars Anderson Park in Brookline
Birkat Hachamah — Blessing of the Sun Event
Every 28 years, the Jewish community celebrates the return of the sun to its original place in the heavens at the precise time and day of its creation. This celebration is called Birkat Hahammah – blessing of the sun.
Sponsored by Hillel B’nai Torah, Nehar Shalom and Dorshei Tzedek. For more information contact Hillel B’nai Torah at 617-323-0486.
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Thursday, April 9th
Moishe/Kavod Second Night Passover Seder
Unfortunately, the Moishe/Kavod House 2nd Annual Passover Seder is full. Please email azamansk@gmail.com if you want to get added to a list in case we have any spots open up.
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Sun, April 12th, 2:30pm
Tuning Up For the Spring #2 — Intro Bike Workshop
Getting excited that the weather is warming up? That you can breathe some fresh(er) air and get back on your bike for commuting or recreational riding? Then come to the workshops “Tuning Up For the Spring.”
The objectives of these workshops are to help you learn how your bike works, how to tune-up your bike for the riding reason, and to support a community of bike riders and advocates. In the first workshop, we’ll discuss options for commuting and recreational riding, go over how bikes work, what a tune-up is and what you’ll need in order to do it. In the second workshop, we’ll walk through a tune-up and then you’ll get personal support during an open bike tune-up clinic. And we’ll talk shop and eat dinner, too (potluck style, BYOB).
The workshops are independent and you can come to the first, the second, or both however works best for you (none is not an option). We will be providing pumps and tools, and ask you to bring replacement parts for your tune-up as well as any bike tools you can share with others in the workshop.
You can RSVP for “Tuning Up For the Spring Workshops” to Aaron.Desatnik@gmail.com. Learn more about the workshop below. Feel free to call (preferred) or email me with questions about the workshops or bike mechanic questions.
Bring: Your bike, bike tools (if you have any), rag for cleaning your bike and clothes you can get greasy, any parts to replace on your bike. Due to Pesach, please don’t bring any food to the house. We’ll provide some kosher for Pesach snacks at the workshop.
Outline:
-Review of tune-up tactics
-Walk through basic tune-up (chain, brakes, gears, sizing, tires, alignment)
-Open shop with bike mechanic(s) on hand
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Interested in Organizing a GesherCity Salon?
The Salon program is for young Jewish adults to come together and discuss their personal relationship to an issue in society. Each person brings their own perspective and also a willingness to listen to everyone else in the room; to hear them out and not judge them. Previous topics have included Interfaith relationships, Israel, pop culture, food, humor, religion, and more. To keep this program going, we need people who have the heart to listen to others, the curiosity to ask meaningful questions, and the desire to be part of the conversation. Please contact Jeremy Goldberg at GesherCity for more information: jmgoldberg@jccgb.org.