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Connective Conversations
Coming to the Table Across Difference

With Dr. Michelle Friedman and Rabbanit Dalia Davis

"There are some stereotypical tropes around the “stress of Pesach prep”, but, this year, there’s a different element of anxiety in the air.

This year more than any other year, we may also be anxious when thinking about gathering around the Passover Seder table and sitting across from family, guests with radically different worldviews than our own.

What controversial topics may arise during the Seder or the time spent together with family, friends, and community members?

Are we emotionally, mentally and spiritually prepared to encounter opinions that may be jarring and that may leave us feeling stunned, livid, isolated, and removed from the celebratory rituals of Pesach?

This year, preparing to encounter difficult conversations may be a critical and nurturing element of our Pesach preparation."

https://www.svivah.org/gatherings/connective-conversations

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Pesach #Passover

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Maharat Community Summer Learning 2024

Spend five weeks learning Maharat Torah and thought with our esteemed faculty, graduates, and students. All classes will be taught on Zoom. Open to all.
Community learning begins on Monday, July 8 and runs until Thursday, August 8.

Seven classes to choose from.

See the class list and register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedWXCHmXjXsIFrR3hmOFBUD9l9NHr1URBLHLYYgd2JUS2skg/viewform

Costs: General community: $180 per class - Maharat Students & Alumnae: free - Students: 50% discount

Discounts are available for people who register for three or more courses.

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishWomen #Maharat

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From Savor: BIENVINIDO!

April marks the one-year anniversary of Savor's official launch!

To celebrate, we are now making FREE to everyone our digital portal!! In the portal, you have access to ALL Savor songs along with matching recipes and cooking videos recorded by an array of world-class female chefs. We are so proud of the work we have done this year and we are equally proud to share it with you in this way...

Welcome to the Savor Digital Portal, where you can listen to all of the music and lyrics from Savor paired with recipes and cooking videos with our roster of female chefs who each promotes and preserves Sephardic culture in her work.

We hope you dive in with all your senses!

https://savorexperience.com/digital-portal

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishFood #Sephardic

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16 Takes On the "Kushite Wife" Verse That Have Nothing To Do With White Supremacy

they had other things going on in the ancient world, you know

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Apr 1, 2024

"...Africanist & archeologist Solange Ashby– whose research has focused on gender in ancient Kush– argues that women in that society had an "unusually high status," and that a number of queens not only served as solo rulers (with the title Kandake) but also as priestesses & in deep relationship w/ deities found only among kings Egypt. She also asserts that later years, marked by "increased importance on indigenous Nubian traditions," saw "women ...attain unheard-of power."

It's possible that in earlier, pre-Egyptian traditions– of which we have less writing & other material culture– women also had higher status, or served as prophets, or that non-queens might also have occupied some sort of religious functionary role..."

Hmmm...

https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/kushite/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishWomen #JewishHistory

chevrahachachamot, 1 month ago to random

From Maharat:

We invite you to Maharat's Twelfth Annual Semikha Ceremony, which will take place on June 3, 2024. An in-person reception will take place at 5:30 PM EDT, and the graduation ceremony will take place in person and via livestream at 6:45 PM EDT. Our 11 musmakhot will then join our dynamic cohort of 64 alumnae in their vital work in education, pastoral support, and communal leadership.

There is no fee to attend the reception and graduation, however registration is required. Please check the in-person or livestream RSVP option below if you are attending, regardless of whether or not you are making a donation. We invite you to give a gift to Maharat to celebrate our graduates. Gifts of $180 or more include a tribute message.

RSVP: https://www.wizevents.com/yeshivatmaharat2024/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Maharat #JewishWomen

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Count on Telling Your Story: Writing Workshops Through the Omer

April 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT - Recurring Event

Ritualwell’s yearly Omer campaign guarantees our capacity to provide you with complimentary ritual tools, interactive Jewish learning experiences, and a lively, encouraging community for significant communal and personal occasions in your life.

During the counting of the Omer, join Ritualwell for seven free workshops, featuring dynamic facilitators, so you can count on telling your story.

Please consider honoring Ritualwell with a personally meaningful contribution this Omer season so that our community can continue to flourish. Your donation registers you for all of the workshops; you can attend as many workshops as you choose.

You can register for the workshops without donating.

https://ritualwell.org/event/count-on-telling-your-story-writing-workshops-through-the-omer/2024-04-15/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #CountTheOmer #Passover #Pesach

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I Used to Be Observant. Now I’m Rediscovering Judaism on My Own Terms - Over the past five years, I’ve spent my time finding the pieces of my religion that work for me. By Miriam Herman March 28, 2024

"...Things weren’t adding up: Fellow Jews do everything [Rambam] says, but his peers thought he was wrong? Is the rabbi I follow also wrong? Who is right? What is God asking of me? My 1st reason for being religious, [obeying God]...was now, in fact, in question.

...I analyzed the religious leaders around me & what I saw hurt me. They didn’t keep my confidences; they judged me harshly; they were inconsistent...

I realized I couldn’t simply follow Jewish law...in the hopes that it would connect me to God & make me a good person..."

A lot of people are treated badly by today's ortho rabbinate, who are often arrogant, misogynistic, and who choose interpretations that are hurtful or just plain wrong. But Judaism isn't the problem - they are.

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishWomen #HeyAlma

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Growing up Jewish on the Upper West Side ‘when housing was a human right’ by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 31, 2024

"...It was a dream made possible by a state and city program that subsidized middle-income rentals and co-ops across New York from the 1950s up until the fiscal crisis of the late ’70s. When the middle class was fleeing to the suburbs, the Mitchell-Lama Housing Program (named for the politicians who championed it in 1955) was a boon for people too well-off to qualify for public housing and too poor to afford market-rate homes.

“It celebrated the idea of the common good,” Baum told me in an interview. “It was a very comprehensive, unusual experiment that enabled the Upper West Side to retain a feeling of diversity — economically, culturally — at a time when government really believed in trying to make the city a livable place for all.”

https://www.jta.org/2024/03/31/ideas/growing-up-jewish-on-the-upper-west-side-when-housing-was-a-human-right

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi

chevrahachachamot, 1 month ago to random

Dear companions,

April 22 is the night of the first Seder. The day before, April 22, is Earth Day. We are making available two possible Sedarim — one from a couple of years ago called Earth & Justice Freedom-Seder, wonderfully designed by Rabbi Nate DeGroot, an exciting text mostly by me, and a gorgeous cover illustration by Israeli artist Avi Katz.

Download the Earth & Justice Freedom-Seder at:
https://bit.ly/TSCEarthSeder

We will also send out another whole stripped-down Haggadah on which I have started work.

Shalom,
— Arthur

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Passover #Pesach

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Sunday, April 7
How to Make a Moroccan Passover Feast

A flavor-packed seder meal awaits you in this hour-long cooking class.

A moist lamb tagine slow-cooked with saffron, apricots and much more. A soothing North African fava bean soup. A bright citrus and fennel salad. Rich charoset truffles. You can easily cook this Moroccan Passover feast!

In this hour-long class, Rachel Emquies Sheff and Sharon Gomperts — AKA the Sephardic Spice Girls — will teach you how to incorporate centuries-old Moroccan-Jewish techniques and flavors into your seder meal this year.

In addition to the live instruction on Zoom, all registrants will receive recipes and a recording of the class.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-make-a-moroccan-passover-feast-tickets-865187508127

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Passover #Pesash #JewishFood #Sephardic

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Calling all Jewish history fans: Seize this exclusive opportunity to view the award-winning film "Sevap/Mitzvah" (2023).

Director Sabina Vajrača's short film tells the incredible true story of a Jewish and Muslim friend duo who save one another's lives over the course of decades. As the Ustasha (Croatian Nazi collaborators) close in on Bosnia's Jewish communities in the 1940s, Zejneba Hardaga hides her Jewish friend Rifka Kabiljo's family in her home. Then, 50 years later, Rifka saves Zejneba as the siege of Sarajevo begins.

With your $10 movie ticket, you’ll get access to the short film and a live Q&A session with director Vajrača on April 2 that will dive into her real-life inspiration, her process, future projects and more.

Register now for access to the movie and discussion with the director:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-true-story-of-muslim-jewish-friendship-survival-sevapmitzvah-tickets-866766581177

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishHistory #JewishWomen

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Presence and Absence: Images of the Divine in Kabbalah

Recurring Event (See all) $250

Tuesdays, May 7, 14, 21, 28 and June 4, 2024 from 12-2:00 p.m. EDT

We live in a time of deep division and loneliness. The Zohar, the 13th- century Kabbalistic work, offers rich and beautiful images to speak to this separation, and equally powerful ways to imagine divine presence, healing, and connection. In this series we will delve into the multifaceted, dynamic Divine through the radical imagination of the Zohar. We’ll bring what we discover into our own creativity through the Jewish Studio Process, a faciliated, intuitive use of art materials and reflective writing. We’ll pay particular attention to the experience of the Shekhinah, the feminine, immanent, indwelling Sacred Presence.

All sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.

https://ritualwell.org/event/presence-and-absence-images-of-the-divine-in-kabbalah/2024-05-07/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Zohar

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Tzedek Circles with Jewish Earth Alliance

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - 1:00 pm EDT

Reconstructing Judaism is excited to announce Tzedek Circles.

This Zoom series, starting in March, will introduce five social justice initiatives from trusted partner organizations. Each “Tzedek Circle” organization offers a supported model for organizing a small, self-sustaining group of congregants to do impactful advocacy or service work on the most pressing social justice issues of our day, and to create new opportunities for leadership and engagement in your communities:

Jewish Earth Alliance can help you advocate for urgent action on climate change at the federal level. Hear more about their work on Tuesday, April 9, 1-2 p.m. EDT.

In Dayenu Circles, small groups of people gather for grassroots work with a Jewish voice on climate action. Join us to hear more about their movement and model on Wednesday, April 10, 8-9 p.m. EDT.

Register: https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/event/tzedek-circles-with-jewish-earth-alliance/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi

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Savor and Lilith are here to spice up your Passover and soothe your spirit! On Sunday, April 7, 1-2:30 pm ET| 12-1:30 pm CT| 10-11:30 am PT, join Chef Susan Barocas and Ladino singer Sarah Aroeste for an afternoon of Sephardic food and music to make it your best Passover ever! Learn to make two iconic Sephardic Passover dishes with Susan, sing along with Sarah—and bring all of your Passover cooking questions. We're here to help.

RSVP for the Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vceCprjgtHNxEQb6Tz0gi_Hiz1hKYW7z9#/registration

With participating sponsorship from Women of Reform Judaism, this virtual event is made possible at no cost to participants—all you need to do is tell us you’re coming.

Hope to see you there,
The Lilith Staff

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Passover #Pesach #Sephardic #JewishFood

chevrahachachamot, 1 month ago to random

Please join the University of Kentucky Jewish Studies Program for two upcoming lectures.

On Wednesday, April 3rd Dr. Raymond Deluca (University of Kentucky) will deliver the final lecture in the "Jewish Ukraine" series. Titled, "Dissent, Hybridity and Post-History in Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry and Film," the lecture will take place at 6 pm in the Alumni Gallery at WT Young Library and also on Zoom at the following link: https://uky.zoom.us/s/88929360927

On Tuesday, April 16th, Ranana Dine (University of Chicago) will give the Luckens lecture at 7 pm on her prize-winning essay. The Luckens Prize is given annually to acknowledge outstanding graduate student work in the field of Jewish Studies. Titled, "Capturing Corpses: The Advent of Photography and Jewish Death," Ms. Dine's lecture will take place on Zoom at the following link:

https://uky.zoom.us/s/83641552548

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishHistory #JewishTheatre #JewishPoets

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From NCJW:

Earlier today, I spoke outside the Supreme Court in support of the medication mifepristone, which helps millions of women with reproductive care including abortions and miscarriages.

Here is a video of my remarks:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4_Tf_sv34H/

To learn more about this case, I invite you to watch this conversation we hosted on Facebook Live about today's oral arguments featuring Erinn D. Martin from the National Women's Law Center; Rabbi Kelly Levy from Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, TX; and Jody Rabhan, NCJW Chief Policy Officer.

https://www.facebook.com/NCJWInc/videos/1153899465601516

National Council of Jewish Women was proud to raise our voices this morning. We will always declare, loudly and proudly, that reproductive freedom is a Jewish value.

Warmly,
Sheila Katz
Chief Executive Officer

National Council of Jewish Women

#NCJW #Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishWomen #WomensRights

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From the Shamir Collective:

You asked for it, and here it is...

As the solar eclipse approaches, and we prepare to bear witness, we think about what this astrological phenomenon means to us. As Jews. As non-Jews. As spiritual beings trying to make sense of our place on this Earth.

We offer this ritual guide (including a PDF download and Soundcloud playlist) to accompany you on your journey on April 8, 2024 ~ 29 Adar 5784.

Available for download now! We offer this resource as a gift - and if you appreciate it, please consider a tax deductible donation to Shamir Collective of $18.

To download the document:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/q5b604npyux29v978ujr6/h

Playlist and other resources:
https://shamircollective.org/solareclipse

To donate: https://buy.stripe.com/eVa9BR9fU7g96go7ss

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi

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A Free Download!
(Or you can buy a print copy.)

The Kveller Haggadah: A Seder for Curious Kids (and their Grownups) Paperback – March 10, 2020 by Kveller (Author), Elissa Strauss (Author), Gabrielle Birkner (Author), Grace Yagel (Illustrator)

"...This beautiful and colorful text includes commentaries from Ruby Namdar, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Rabbi Sari Laufer, Rabbi Shais Rishon and Rabbi Ruti Regan. It also features insights from renowned memory researchers, who help us understand how memory works and the connections between memory & food (after all, the seder plate is full of "memory foods").

This haggadah is both rich & accessible, kid-friendly without overlooking the dramatic tensions at the center of the Passover story..."

https://www.kveller.com/haggadah/

There's also a Spanish version of both the Download and the print copy.

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Passover #Pesach #Haggadah

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If you don't have a kosher market in your area, or are leery of the factory farmed kosher meat most places offer, there are places you can order pasture raised organic kosher meats. My favorite is KOL foods. I order from them a few times a year. As you can imagine, they're not cheap. But if you want something special for Pesach or the High Holidays, this is my go-to place.

https://kolfoods.com/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Kosher #Kashrut #JewishFood

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From Mayyim Hayyim...

Learn about where handwashing comes from here:
https://www.tiktok.com/@mayyimhayyim/video/7218631665403612462

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Passover #Pesach

chevrahachachamot, 1 month ago to random

When Jewish Women Lead: Activating People & Possibilities through Turbulent Times – Zoom

Wed Apr 3, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT

This year, Reconstructing Judaism is honoring its leader, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, for her 10 trailblazing years as president and CEO. Deborah has met turbulent times with hope and resolve, projecting a vision of Judaism that inspires people to share wisdom, connect in community, prioritize inclusion, innovate for future generations and build resilience to surmount obstacles. Don’t miss your chance to honor her and experience a conversation with other pioneering female leaders about the lessons of the past decade, and the hopeful progress to come. As part of your registration, sign our virtual tribute wall.

The virtual event will be recorded and shared out to those who register:

https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/when-jewish-women-lead-activating-people-possibilities-through-turbulent-times/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishWomen

chevrahachachamot, 1 month ago to random

Mayyim Hayyim
Living Waters Community Mikvah
Paula Brody & Family Education Center

Two of their upcoming events. Go the events page to see these and others listed here: https://www.mayyimhayyim.org/events/

The Heart of the Sea and the Mouth of the Well: What stories are the waters telling us this Pesach? (suggested donation $18)
Thursday, April 11
6-7:15pm ET / 5-6:15pm CT / 3-4:15pm PT Zoom
Register Here: https://www.mayyimhayyim.org/event-details/the-heart-of-the-sea-and-the-mouth-of-the-well-what-stories-are-the-waters-telling-us-this-pesach/

Have You Made Art About It Yet? Passover Edition with Rabbi Adina Allen (class is free!)
Thursday, April 18
12 - 1:30pm ET / 11am - 2:30pm CT / 9 - 10:30am PT Zoom
Register Here: https://www.mayyimhayyim.org/event-details/have-you-made-art-about-it-yet-passover-edition-with-rabbi-adina-allen/

To learn about Mayyim Hayyim and their efforts to bring more miqvaot to communities, including their miqvah guide training program, go here: https://www.mayyimhayyim.org/

A lot of non-orthodox folks consider miqvah to be patriarchal in some way, but there is a lot going on to reclaim miqvah rituals for women's spirituality. This is one org doing so.

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi

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How Women Used Cars To Fuel Female Empowerment
From a 1915 suffragist road trip to the “First Lady of Drag Racing.” by Nancy Nichols March 20, 2024

"...Fear of women drivers was less about concern over car accidents and more about discouraging a behavior that was widely threatening not just to men, but to the larger social structure in general. “From the beginning,” historian Michael Berger writes, “everything about the car seemed masculine, from the coordination and strength required to operate it, to the dirt & grease connected with its maintenance.”

This is exactly the reason that women aren't allowed to drive in fundamentalist Islamic regimes - expect to see similar legislation arise if the christo-fascists gain power here in America. Women's autonomy flies in the face of patriarchy & they don't like it one bit.

See also: Former Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Woman: I Grew Up In Kiryas Joel And I Wasn't Allowed To Drive https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kiryas-joel-women-driving-goldberger_n_6580568

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-in-automotive-history-shirley-muldowney

#/WomensRights #Mazeldon

chevrahachachamot, 1 month ago to random

beyond nostalgia
really, the cucumbers weren't great in Egypt

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Mar 25, 2024

"...I think about the people who finally, finally told the truth, who began to generate some momentum–to be told by their institutions that recourse and accountability was coming, only to find that what they were offered fell far too short of acceptable. Only to be put in the position of having to push again, and again, and again.

I think about the people who have been trying, often single-handedly, to move organizations and institutions from the inside, listening to stakeholders whine and kvetch and resist and try to pull their way back to those oppressive systems, all the while feeling that exasperation, even extreme burnout, that Moshe does in this moment..."

https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/institutional-nostalgia/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Parsha #parashat

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Why Rabbi Shai Held says love is the cornerstone of Jewish belief and practice by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 24, 2024

“My aim,” he writes, “is to tell the story of Jewish theology, ethics, and spirituality through the lens of love and thereby to restore the heart — in both senses of the word — of Judaism to its rightful place.”

Held, 52, is the dean and president of the Hadar Institute...the flagship of the “independent minyanim” movement: lay-led congregations that function independently...

...in the book of Hosea where God is portrayed as saying, “I wish I could abandon you, Israel, but I am God and not a person” (Hosea 11:9). What makes God God are the inextinguishable and unfathomable depths of God’s love. Now, I understand that is not the way most of us experience the world. And it’s also not the way many of us were taught the Jewish tradition. But I’m trying to engage in an act of restoration, of recovery..."

https://www.jta.org/2024/03/24/ideas/why-rabbi-shai-held-says-love-is-the-cornerstone-of-jewish-belief-and-practice

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi