Hi friends,
As always, see below for a full list of upcoming events.
First up, this Thursday night, we strongly encourage everyone to attend an important community discussion hosted by Temple Emanuel regarding perspectives on the American-Israeli relationship under the Obama and Netanyahu governments. Then, looking forward, don’t forget to mark your calendars for next Thursday the 25th for a chance to meet the film-maker behind a great new film called Predictable But Fun, and check out everything happening on Sunday the 28th at Moishe/Kavod for a variety of arts, food and social justice opportunities.
Oh, and if you haven’t perused the Kavod website in a while, take a look at the updated “About Us” section. Sarah Gershuny’s been doing serious work to update it with all our current programming and improved organizational structures!
Warmly,
Ben, Aaron, Sarah and Margie
P.S. And for those of you looking for housing for the summer or beyond, we encourage you to check out our community members’ postings page. We have added some new postings this week.
On the Calendar:
Tuesdays: Knitting Circle with Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston
Tuesdays: Charles River Beit Midrash
Thu June 25: Film Night — Meet the Film-Maker of Predictable But Fun
Fri June 26: Moishe/Kavod Shabbat Services and Potluck
Sun June 28: Come learn Pickling 101 with Rachel Bickel and Annie Fox!
Sun June 28: Anti-Foreclosure Canvassing with City Life/Vida Urbana
Sun June 28: Poetry Workshop with Shira Erlichman
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Tuesdays 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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Tuesdays 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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Thursday June 25th, 7:00pm
Film Night — Meet the Film-Maker of Predictable But Fun
Predictable But Fun investigates love, marriage, and longevity with a partner, through the lens of our technology-embedded culture. The story is told by wedding-gown designers out of Israel and Palestine.
Their backgrounds, lives and art all differ notably, yet in their work, they find themselves having very similar conversations with their respective brides about their hopes, dreams, buying that perfect dress and… finding “The One.”
The movie is directed and produced by Grace Shulner.
Grace is a filmmaker and a technologist whose work confronts issues ranging from the Online-Offline dialog, Participatory Democracy, Social Media, and Online Usability. The movie is in its post-production phase.
RSVP to Rachel Bickel.
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Friday June 26th, Services at 6:30pm & Dinner at 8:00pm
Moishe/Kavod Shabbat Services and Potluck
Join us for musical services, veggie food, and great people!
Food assignments for this week – bring food according to your FIRST name: names beginning with A-E: Dessert • names beginning with F-L: Veggie Main Dish (think grains, veggies, protein) • names beginning with M-S: Salad or veggie side dish • names beginning with T-Z: Kosher Wine.
Please RSVP to margieklein1@gmail.com with when you will join us (services, dinner, both) and what you are bringing for dinner, or if you want to make something different than in the above system. And, if you want to be assigned to bring two or more loaves of challah, let us know, since that is a special job. If you require hechsher kosher food or have other special food needs, please email Margie so that she can work to make sure there is enough food for you.
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Sunday June 28th, 1:00pm
Come learn Pickling 101 with Rachel Bickel and Annie Fox!
Have a CSA farm share and don’t know what to do with all of your veggies? Want to save some of your recently purchased farmer’s market veggies for winter? This is the perfect workshop for you! Just bring yourself and some veggies to Kavod House! Please RSVP to Alix at azamansk@gmail.com by Friday June 19. Details regarding what veggies and jars to bring upon RSVP.
Also, stayed tuned for more information on upcoming workshops! COMPOSTING at HOME with Aaron and Aliza (July ‘09) and CANNING/FREEZING/INFUSING with Shoshana and Adina (Aug ‘09)
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Sunday June 28th, 2:00pm, City Life/Vida Urbana — 284 Amory St., JP (near the Stonybrook T stop on the Orange Line)
Anti-Foreclosure Canvassing with City Life/Vida Urbana
For almost two years, Moishe/Kavod activists have been hitting the streets of Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan in partnership with our community allies at City Life/Vida Urbana. Together, we have been knocking on the doors of homeowners and tenants in properties that are in danger of foreclosure, connecting residents to legal services and to an anti-foreclosure movement that has been growing in strength.
A recent WBUR story describes the work of the Bank Tenants Association that we have been helping to organize with City Life: http://realserver.bu.edu:8080/ramgen/w/b/wbur/storage/2008/11/morningedition_1121_2.rm.
With the new Administration in Washington, D.C., we are hopeful that more federal money will soon be going to help homeowners and tenants, rather than big corporations. But that won’t happen without a movement of people demanding change — and we have a chance to help City Life organize and mobilize the folks most affected.
Join us for an afternoon of canvassing (preceded by training) and movement-building. RSVP to Lauren Wolinsky.
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Sunday June 28th, 5pm – 7pm
Poetry Workshop with Shira Erlichman
Stay tuned for the details, but email Alix at azamansk@gmail.com if you can’t wait and just need to know more now!