Hi friends,
As always, see below for a full list of upcoming events.
We’ve also added new community members’ postings to our website, as well as updated fellowship and job opportunities. And check out our homepage blog to see Moishe/Kavod activists featured on last Friday night’s Bill Moyers’ PBS show for our housing justice work!
Oh, and one more note…
Reuse your food waste! Compost in your backyard! And learn how!
Kavod House is starting to compost, and so can you. We’ll be purchasing the “Earth Machine” bin from the local Boston Building Materials Co-op in Roxbury and locating it in a very small area behind the house. The bins are subsidized by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and at a further discount for $45. Let Aaron Desatnik know by the end of the day Wednesday, May 6 if your house wants to purchase a compost bin, too. And Kavod’s Food Justice Team will be leading a down-and-dirty “How to Compost” workshop later this spring as well, so keep a lookout for that!
Warmly,
Ben, Aaron, Sarah and Margie
Tue May 5: Knitting Circle with Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston
Tue May 5: Charles River Beit Midrash
Fri May 15: Shabbat Services & Potluck
Sun May 17: Housing Justice Canvassing
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Tue, May 5th, 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, May 5th, 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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Friday May 15th, 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-G: Salad or veggie side dish • names beginning with H-K: Kosher Wine • names beginning with L-Q: Dessert • names beginning with R-Z: Veggie Main Dish (think grains, veggies, protein).
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, May 17th, 2pm at City Life/Vida Urbana (284 Amory St. in JP)
Anti-Foreclosure Canvassing with City Life/Vida Urbana
For over a year, 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.
Join us for an afternoon of canvassing (preceded by training) and movement-building. RSVP to Michelle Sternthal, Lisa Sturtz, or Lauren Wolinsky.