Join us for a talk back from Jeff Gold, one of the organizers of a conversation on reparations, culled in part from Jewish teachings on justice and economics. This presentation is part of an on-going series of conversations on living into our Jewish values and allying with movements for civil repair.
Dislocation, Justice and Renewal: A Comparative Study of Three Exiles
Dr. Flaska on sabbatical in eastern Europe, turned his attention to forced migrations in a variety of places and times with a view towards injustice and resilience. In this talk, he will consider Lakota in South Dakota; Jews in Central Europe; and the Kanienkeha:ka Mohwak community near Montreal.
We invite you to join us on February 6th for a celebration of Tu B'Shevat - The New Year for the Trees. We will begin at 7 p.m. with Havdalah ( the ritual at the end of Shabbat) and then we will share poems that celebrate trees, nature, growth, winter, hope and renewal. This is just a partial list of the themes of our wonderful winter holiday that honors the trees and their actual and symbolic importance in our lives. We invite you to read a poem that you love or a poem that you have written that speaks to any of these themes or others that have meaning for you.
The history of Black-Jewish cultural interaction primarily focuses on how Jews adopted and adapted Black vernacular music -- ragtime, jazz, swing, R&B and blues, etc. --as performers, promoters, managers, club owners and record labels. However, what has never before been explored were the African-Americans who performed Yiddish and cantorial music in and for the Jewish community, in theaters on record, radio and in concert between the World Wars.
Herbal Walk in Honor of the Trees of Life
Sunday, February 7, 1-4 pm
This Shabbat of Valentine's Day weekend, we will open to love by raising chants, prayers, poems and meditations that warm and support our hearts. Please join with guest liturgists and poets. Details about participating will be sent in the How To Participate email. Please contact our office to be added the the HTP email.
Jews, across the continents and in many centuries, have come across the great teachings and traditions of many ages. In this talk, Dr Sledge will track the philosophy-slash-technology-science of alchemy as it interested with the Jewish communities of the middle east, Egypt and Europe.
