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chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

It's almost that time again... Passover Kashrut Questions and Answers

Every year, the Rabbinical Assembly publishes a Pesah Kashrut Guide to help us with the many steps for preparing for Passover.

You can find 5784’s guide here: https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/jewish-law/holidays/pesah/pesah-prep-and-resources/5784-2024

However, you might find yourself with some additional questions! Find your question or ask a new one here: https://www.exploringjudaism.org/holidays/passover/how-to-observe-passover/passover-kashrut-questions-and-answers-5784/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Passover #Pesach

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Welcome to the topsy-turvy season in the Tewish ;) calendar. This is a time when we reexamine power dynamics between women & men, the rich & poor, non-Jews & the Jewish people. How do these dynamics shift when the traditional scroll undergoes a genderbend?

In this session, we will collectively engage in the reading of the scroll of Mordekhai & explore the alternative world it presents.

Join us as we reflect on Queen Akhashveroshni’s quest for a new virgin lad to ascend to the throne; ponder the relationship between the young virgin lad, Mordekhai, and his aunt Esther, who escorts him to the queen’s fortress; delve into the tensions between Esther & the High Minister Hamani; and contemplate the resilience of the Tehudiyot who defend themselves and retaliate.

Khevrutah sessions: https://www.beittoratah.org/mordekhai-scroll

Find the earlier event recording on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/beittoratah

Register for the upcoming Zoom event: https://aleph.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=545

#mazeldon #jewniverse #JFedi #Purim #Megillah

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

How Israel’s Black Panthers radicalized its Mizrahi Jews, and changed the country by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 17, 2024

"...[Golda] authorized the police to arrest 15 people under what today is called administrative detention, where you don’t need to bring actual charges. This was in the emergency code enacted by the British...

And of course, it backfired. Anyone with any kind of liberal leaning in Israel was asking, “Why are you arresting people?” Word gets out very quickly that raids are happening. And then every bohemian, every left-winger, every kind of professor, all these respectable people descend on City Hall to join the protest. And then they marched over to the police station where some of the Panthers are being held & demand their release. And that taught the Panthers a lesson that what they were doing was very provocative and...they knew that they were onto something.

Read the full piece here: https://www.jta.org/2024/03/17/ideas/how-israels-black-panthers-radicalized-its-mizrahi-jews-and-changed-the-country

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Sephardic #mizrahi

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to Jewish

Three Jewish teens on how they are picking colleges in a post-Oct. 7 world

By Josh Lancman and Maddie Teitelman and Josh Jury March 13, 2024

‘I need assurance that the schools will respond with action’
Josh Jury, 18, Homewood, Illinois

‘I could not apply somewhere where I would be unsafe’
Maddie Teitelman, 17, Portland, Oregon

‘I could not apply somewhere where I would be unsafe’
Maddie Teitelman, 17, Portland, Oregon

https://www.jta.org/2024/03/13/united-states/three-jewish-teens-on-how-they-are-picking-colleges-in-a-post-oct-7-world

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Antisemitism #Jewish

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

The Shalom Center
A prophetic voice in Jewish, multireligious, and American Life.

The Shalom Report:
Chapter 9 Project is here!

"...Some individuals and communities choose to skip over these disturbing descriptions, while others read the text in a whisper or with the melancholic Eicha/Lamentations trope to express their pain over the suffering of the innocent. Additionally, there are those who remind themselves that the text is not a historical account but rather a fantastical tale of a powerless people.

But what if there was a different way to navigate this painful chapter?..."

https://theshalomcenter.org/chapter9project

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Purim #ShalomCenter

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to vegan

The Best Vegan Brisket Recipe

Savory pulled mushrooms and tofu make the perfect plant-based holiday dish.

By Micah Siva | March 5, 2024

Brisket is synonymous with Jewish cuisine. It seems as though every bubbe has their own recipe that has been passed down from generation to generation. A fall-apart brisket was the centerpiece of our Hanukkah meal, with umami-rich gravy pooling onto our plates loaded with crispy potato latkes. Recreating the texture and taste of beef for a plant-based dish is challenging, but king trumpet mushrooms and grated tofu help mimic the look and feel of brisket. Serve it with roasted potatoes or latkes, or try it in a challah bun and slaw for a play on a “pulled beef” sandwich.

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/the-best-vegan-brisket-recipe/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Vegan #JewishFood #Kosher

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Leket Israel presents

Thinking Outside the Triangle -
Creative Variations for your Hamantaschen

Leket Israel invites you to a free, virtual baking workshop with well-known kosher chef, Georgia Green and popular Jewish content creator, Melinda Strauss who will each share a special recipe for making hamantaschen. Bake alongside some of today’s hottest culinary innovators – LIVE – right from the comfort of your own kitchen.

Join Georgia, Melinda and Leket Israel as we bring some joy to these difficult times.

https://www.leket.org/en/hamantaschen-webinar-2024/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Purim #JewishFood

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

A Cooper Union art student’s paintings recall her Israeli family’s roots in a community shattered on Oct. 7 By Julia Gergely March 11, 2024

"...“In the art world, in recent years, there’s been a lot of focus on figurative art... This is probably the most popular form of art on the market right now — art about gender or race or ethnicity or sexuality,” Arad said. “So it’s very interesting to me that in this environment, there’s suddenly now a push towards discrediting and diminishing [Israeli and Jewish] identity.”

“The reason I’m doing this is to create work in this format that’s accepted — making work about one’s identity, but about an identity that is hated, and sometimes not even hated — sometimes just people refuse to acknowledge it exists,” she added. “In a way, every painting is just proof — you can’t say [Israeli identity] does not exist, because every painting says ‘here I am.’”

https://www.jta.org/2024/03/11/ny/a-cooper-union-art-students-paintings-recall-her-israeli-familys-roots-in-a-community-shattered-on-oct-7

#Mazeldon #Jwniverse #JFedi #JewishArt #JewishHistory

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Kathy Goldman, NYC’s ‘most important food activist,’ dies at 92
By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 11, 2024

“...She was the single most important voice fighting hunger in New York for 50 years and the first to focus on food in schools, which resulted in literally thousands of kids actually eating the food as opposed to throwing it out,” Fran Barrett, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s interagency coordinator for nonprofit organizations, told the New York Times in an email.

...“It was a time when people lived in neighborhoods that they gave a damn about, with people that they gave a damn about,” Goldman told an interviewer in 2018. “Both my mother and father were big influences and activists in our community.”

https://www.jta.org/2024/03/11/obituaries/kathy-goldman-nycs-most-important-food-activist-dies-at-92

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #FoodSecurity

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Growing number of Jews using NY’s first Reform chevra kadisha burial society By Fran Kritz March 11, 2024

“The Reform community embraces its diversity, and honors it in a growing number of practices,” Garry said. “Our chevra kadisha is bringing sacred end-of-life awareness and ritual to Reform Jews, while mirroring and serving the full spectrum of the Reform community — including, for example, its trans members. It’s equally important to view the chevra kadisha as a new catalyst for critically needed end-of-life conversations in our personal and communal spaces.”

https://www.jta.org/2024/03/11/united-states/growing-number-of-jews-using-nys-first-reform-chevra-kadisha-burial-society

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #ChevraKadisha

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

A Tribute to Rabbi Marcia Prager and Hazzan Jack Kessler

DATE: Sunday, April 7
TIME: 4pm ET / 1pm PT
LOCATION: Zoom

Rabbi Marcia Prager and Hazzan Jack Kessler are the visionaries behind the Aleph Rabbinic and Cantorial programs. Their work has spanned decades – creating, sustaining and endowing the AOP program in order that Reb Zalman’s inspirational legacy – with their tireless dedication - will continue to flourish for generations to come.
Let us gather in tribute to these two extraordinary people and celebrate and their accomplishments, their efforts, and raise funds for the Aleph Ordination Program. The program will feature many of their students- Cantor and Rabbis- co creators and students.

Register Here: https://aleph.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=546

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Aleph

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Blessing. Protection. Amulet. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Mar 11, 2024

"...From the perspective of Professor Jeremy Smoak, the use of the Priestly Blessing was, in large part, "apotropaic"– having the power to avert evil– and suggests that during the First Temple period [First Temple = 10th Century - 587 BCE], priests would not only recite the blessing at the Temple, but (as these discoveries show us) inscribe them on amulets so that Israelites could use them as part of their everyday life.

The act of giving this blessing was about more than just "saying nice words."

These words were meant to effect change in the universe.
To offer actual protection.

When the priest said, "God bless you and protect you," he was, in effect, drawing down from the divine to offer that blessing and protection, in real time, to the people present.

And so, too, in the writing of the Priestly Blessing on those amulets..."

https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/blessing/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishHistory

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Chaplains don’t belong in public schools Mar 07, 2024 Rob Boston

"...This scheme is yet another effort to violate a fundamental principle: that America’s public schools must be secular and welcome all students, no matter their views on religion. It’s an attempt by Christian Nationalists to merge their ultraconservative, fundamentalist version of Christianity with public education. They want to convert our schools into centers of proselytization. We can’t allow that.

The majority of faith leaders and chaplains recognize that their job is to spread religious messages and offer spiritual guidance to those in need. These goals can’t be reconciled with the mission of public education, which is to impart secular education..."

https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/chaplains-letter-schools2024/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #PublicSchools #ChristoFascism #TheNewInquisition

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Klezmer Brunch Revival
Purim Edition, with Pharoah's Daughter

Sunday March 24
12:00 to 2:00 PM ET

pinkFROG Cafe
221 N 9th Street

Purim Costumes Encouraged!

Sponsored by: The Neighborhood - An Urban Center for Jewish Life

Get Tix Here: https://theneighborhoodbk.org/events/klezmer-brunch-revival-purim-edition-with-pharaohs-daughter/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Klezmer #JewishMusic

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

From the Shamir Collective, for the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8th.

Step into the darkness, let our fear become awe, through presence. The gateway of witness and experience, of noticing how the cosmos speaks for us and ushers us through the portals we are beckoning.

Pause – approach, experience, release – we practice day by day. This is the moment we practice for: cosmic ritual. We do not need to do more than be here for it, show up to it – we needn’t build an altar (though altars are welcome), instead create an ambiance to welcome the eclipse – for it is Here.

Keep me in the loop...To be notified about the 2024 • 5784 Eclipse Guide, signup here: https://1ab7234f.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFAMPm3LJiWoR3mSkAOJa7QlOsXpkGHeJFqEEUXgnNelJO9u1AOuhq4myJcO-lmI1AQgLgjmWkH-8UNoSwnEKCoUi8n1Yywp0Qn7WxUv5GtglCcynoDmJBOmAPYNa40Ug2smMt5Ix4QPdjzXkIYCt7mVgQX6BoAQ6uEg4LyATdQJ3jyqfcK_Z1VwwuwafktYe6UigkB4e947sj

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Eclipse #Ritual

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

From Kohenet Sephirah:

Next month we journey into the season of Spring Cleansing. I have two options for the Spring Cleanse: Journey Through The Omer, choose between meeting times and start dates to support your renewed health.

Registration is open and the next level of early bird pricing is available until March 22. Many people take this program multiple times, as the community support makes it all possible. The cleanse benefits your health in mind, body, emotion & spirit! Please share with a friend!

For more information sign up for the Free Introductory Session: https://calendly.com/sephirah_wellness/free-info-session-for-anti-inflammatory-reset?month=2024-04

To register for either class: https://sephirahwellness.com/journey-through-the-omer/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #OmerCleanse #CountingTheOmer

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

The Fallacies of Israel’s East-West Identity Divide are Dissolving … Gradually

Sephardi? Mizrahi? One of Israel’s leading demographers delves into history to describe who we really are.

By Professor Sergio DellaPergola

Distinctions Journal Fall 2023

Register for the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeyorTouGNLTbBhyavjogTSHBYP8V-X8#/registration

Read the related article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/the-fallacies-of-israels-east-west-identity-divide-are-dissolving-gradually/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Sephardi #Mizrahi #JIMENA

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

“And the queen loved Mordekhai”

Happy international women’s day!

"The lad was handsome and good-looking, and when his mother and father died, Esther had taken him as her son." - Mordekhai, chapter 2.

Join us on Sunday, March 10th 1-3PM ET, for the second of our two-part series on the Scroll of Mordekhai (text in Hebrew and English).

This week, we will dig further into the themes of the text, interrogate the characters’ relationships as caregivers and caretakers. We will explore the connections among sexuality, aging, and agency that are illuminated by the regendering.

The study will be led by community member Daphna Jackson. Here is the link to our discussion prompts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ScSS8Gb_bUPK2IS3JiEbklqTskXZshM9-5PwBEcI4mE

Zoom Discussion registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvce6rpz8rG9Tvx1kVeRrk96wucyPJbzMX?mc_cid=73c64feb12#/registration

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #BeitToratah #Purim

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

From Monica Berg...

The second month of Pisces offers us a taste of the completion of our soul's process, and all the joy that comes with it.

Being joyful is...a shift in our consciousness...

Read the newsletter here: https://mailer.kabbalah.com/t/d-e-ecjltl-tlilhrlldi-g/

Sign up for newsletters here: https://www.kabbalah.com/en/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Kabbalah #Pisces

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

YIVO’S SHINE ONLINE EDUCATIONAL SERIES
Is Anything Okay?
The History of Jews and Comedy in America

From the earliest jokes told on the Lower East Side to the comedy routines honed in the Catskills, Ashkenazi Jews developed radically new forms of comedic output in the 20th century. On film and television, pioneering Jewish comics broke norms and challenged taboos of American culture.

In our newest online course, delve into the history of Jewish comedy and its explosive development in the United States. See hundreds of unique archival objects, including vintage jokebooks, early comedy records, film, television, and radio clips, photographs, and posters, along with interviews and discussions with leading scholars and personalities from the world of Jewish comedy

This self-paced course launches on March 21, 2024.

Register at any time: https://secure2.convio.net/yivo/site/Ticketing?view=Registration&id=104211

##Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Comedy #JewishHistory

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Tour of Jewish Persia

Join My Jewish Learning and Tehran-born Tabby Refael, for a tour of the long history of Jewish Iran.

Dating back 2,700 years, we will explore the origins of one of the oldest minorities in Persian history, and gain an understanding of why the numbers dwindled so dramatically after the Iranian Revolution. Tabby will take us through some of Jewish Persia’s most interesting historical sites, including the graves of Mordechai and Esther. As we prepare for Purim, join us to learn about Persia’s Jewish history and unique holiday traditions.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8mybVIgm8klLpvXDlbpEEAQtaPkcYvjSyeSTI6Oc0VU8KGw/viewform?pli=1

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Purim #JewishHistory

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

17 relatives of Americans taken hostage by Hamas will attend Biden’s State of the Union address
By Ron Kampeas March 4, 2024

"...The group said it urged Congress members in a letter to “show solidarity and a firm commitment to securing the swift and total release of the hostages by wearing yellow ribbons and dog tags” during the State of the Union. Yellow ribbons and dog tags that have become a symbol of solidarity with the hostages were included in the letters.

Families of the hostages have met with top officials, including Biden, and have joined vigils calling for their release in Washington and in other major cities..."

https://www.jta.org/2024/03/04/politics/17-relatives-of-americans-taken-hostage-by-hamas-will-attend-bidens-state-of-the-union-address

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Oct7

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

UN report validates ‘clear and convincing’ allegations of Hamas sexual violence
By Ron Kampeas March 4, 2024

"...The report added that, in terms of the more than 250 hostages taken to Gaza, there is “clear and convincing information that some have been subjected to various forms of conflict-related sexual violence including rape and sexualized torture and sexualized cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and it also has reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may be ongoing.”

Women are always vulnerable to sexual violence when they are considered second class (or worse) by any patriarchal society. Men feel entitled to rape and mutilate women and girl children, and want to "dirty" the females of their enemies. These men view women as property, not people.

We reject that view. Completely. A woman who has sex is not "dirty." And we reject forced pregnancy no matter how it occurs, accidentally or via violence.

https://www.jta.org/2024/03/04/politics/un-report-validates-clear-and-convincing-allegations-of-hamas-sexual-violence

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Oct7

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Preparing for Purim with Chef Ayelet
March 7 @ 1:00 pm

Join Chef Ayelet Latovitch as she invites us into her Tel Aviv kitchen to share recipes and stories about the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim.
This is part of the A Wider Lens series, with our co-sponsors East Bay International Jewish Film Festival and Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (JIMENA).

https://awiderbridge.org/event/preparing-for-purim-with-chef-ayelet/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #Purim

chevrahachachamot, 2 months ago to random

Going to be in LA next week?

This might be fun!

Concert of Judeo-Arabic and Persian songs, Q&A, and information about endangered Jewish language revitalization
Israeli dinner catered by Bibi’s

Register Here: https://www.tbala.org/yemenite-jewish-womens-songs-concert/

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishFood #JewishMusic