Hi friends,
As always, see below for a full list of upcoming events. This week, we particularly encourage you to join us in celebrating the 15th anniversary of our community partner ACE-EJ (Alternatives for the Community and the Environment) on Wednesday night, and then on Thursday night meeting with and learning from film-maker Laura Weissen, who is joining us at the house to discuss her work and screen one of her films.
We’ve also updated some of the fellowship and job postings we have listed, as well. Check ‘em out.
And, finally, we invite you to 1) learn about this summer’s Moishe/Kavod retreat on June 19-21 and 2) participate in a special series of important conversations regarding responses our community can take together in the face of the ongoing economic crisis.
Warmly,
Ben, Aaron, Sarah and Margie
Mon May 18: You Said…Whaaat? Comedy from America’s Many Faces
Tue May 19: Knitting Circle with Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston
Tue May 19: Charles River Beit Midrash
Wed May 20: Jammin for Justice- ACE’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
Wed May 20: 3 Minute Kosher Fix Up!
Thu May 21: Third Thursday Film Night Featuring Film-Maker Laura Weissen
This Weekend: Rosh Chodesh Celebration
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Monday May 18th, 7:30pm – 9:30pm, 33 Restaurant & Lounge — 33 Stanhope Street, Boston (Two blocks from Orange Line Back Bay T-station)
You Said…Whaaat? Comedy from America’s Many Faces
Join us … for an evening of comedy, film and discussion to explore issues of identity and discrimination in America’s multicultural society. Host Teja Arboleda will guide participants through a dynamic assembly of live stand-up, film footage, and interactive conversations that will leave you wondering who can say…whaaat?! Comedians Deborah Farrar-Parkman, Joe Wong, and Ilene Fischer will poke fun at their own ethnic, religious, racial, and gender identities to entertain and expose the limits of humor and free speech.
$12 online at ncacboston.org or $18 at the door (http://www.ncacboston.org/present_exhibition.asp?id=170)…
Chief sponsor:
Prism, the young adult network of the New Center for Arts and Culture, provides unique arts and culture programming that celebrates cultural hybridity and dialogue. Through a regular stream of public programs and intimate traveling salons, participants will be challenged to think deeply about a wide range of topics including identity, culture, community, art, literature and more.
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Tuesday May 19th, 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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Tuesday May 19th, 7:00pm – 8:30pm at Congregation Eitz Chayim, 136 Magazine Street, Cambridge, 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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Wednesday, May 20th, 6pm at the Cyclorama Boston Center for the Arts — 539 Tremont Street, Boston
Jammin for Justice- ACE’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
Join hundreds of your fellow Kavodniks and ACE supporters as we celebrate ACE’s 15th anniversary, with music, silent auction and awards.
Please RSVP by Friday, May 15 to Holly at (617) 442-3343 x231, and include childcare needs.
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Wednesday, May 20th, 6pm – 7pm
3 Minute Kosher Fix Up!
Kosher? Looking for housemates? Then this event is for you!
Join us as we host our first “Find the Perfect Hosuemate/s Meet and Greet.”
Shomer/et v’kosher; kosher-vegan; kosher/non-shomer/et, however you roll, there just might be the perfect housemate for you here!
There will be Entenmanns’s served and you will meet a community of kosher folks!
RSVP to Johanna at kosherl.apartment@yahoo.com.
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Thursday May 21st, 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Third Thursday Film Night Featuring Film-Maker Laura Weissen
Meet Laura Wiessen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP7xsAy4UCU
Laura Wiessen is an award-winning writer and producer whose work has appeared on such networks as PBS, A&E, CNN, MSNBC, The History Channel, and Bravo. From 1996 to 1999, Laura was the producer and Supervising Producer of the Peabody Award-winning documentary series, The New Explorers, a science adventure series that followed scientists on their paths to discovery. She has produced pieces on topics ranging from the impeachment of President Clinton to the infamous theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Her documentary The Nazis’ Secret Killing Squads, on the Nazi Einsatzgruppen and the man who prosecuted their leaders, was featured in the “Filmmakers” series at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Laura is particularly interested in themes of historical memory and of identity and belonging, and in the ways these identities are shaped in modern life. Her most recent project, More Beloved by Gd, examines the journeys of those who convert to Judaism, and what people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives bring to the Jewish world. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University, holds a Master’s degree in History from the University of Chicago and studied Jewish texts and their intersections with the arts as an Arts Fellow at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Studies in 2007-2008.
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This Weekend: Rosh Chodesh Celebration
Join our women’s new moon group as we usher in the month of Sivan. Details are still being worked out, but email newmoonkavod@gmail.com if you might be interested in joining us.
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Feeling Frustrated about the Economic Crisis? Wish that you could do something?
Are you or someone you know dealing with unemployment? Student loans or credit card debt? Can’t bear to read the news for fear of more economic collapse?
What if we could come together to imagine something better? Join the Moishe/Kavod House, the Jewish Organizing Initiative, Avodah and others to participate in a small gathering to share stories about how you and those you care about are being affected, and imagine solutions we could act on together. Similar conversations are taking place in communities of faith across the Greater Boston Area – be part of an interfaith, inter-generational, cross-class effort to address issues facing people across the Greater Boston Area. To participate, RSVP for one of the gatherings below. Space is limited, so please sign up ASAP!
Thursday, May 21st 7:00pm, Porter Square, host Becky Herst RSVP: rebeccaherst@gmail.com
Sunday, May 24th, 4:00pm, Jamaica Plain, hosts Lisa Sturtz and Lauren Jacobson RSVP: lnsturtz@gmail.com
Tuesday, June 2nd, 7:00pm, Location TBD, hosts David Perechocky and Ari Shapiro, RSVP: dperechocky@yahoo.com
Monday, June 8th 7:00pm, Porter Square, hosts Gavi Bogin-Farber, Orly Jacobovits and Andrew Cohen, RSVP: gavibf@gmail.com