Join Sisterhood Thursday, November 5th at 7:30 for a creative and relaxing evening, learning to tangle.В В It is an easy-to-learn fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. We will learn how to makeВ simple lines, curves, dots and orbs for you to create your own tangle.В No artistic skills are needed.
Did you know that two Jewish families who were originally from Baghdad controlled much of the commerce in Shanghai, China’s leading commercial city, until the Communists took it over in 1949? Did you know that those families created luxury hotels that set a world standard for excellence?
And did you know that they were also instrumental in saving thousands of European Jews from the Holocaust?
Please join us by Zoom on Wed., Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time as Northeastern University journalism professor and award-winning journalist Jonathan Kaufman discusses his new book, The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties that Helped Create Modern China (that link will give you options to purchase if you’re interested). Forbes calls it “engrossing,” and The Economist says that it is “illuminating.”
Celebrate Torah – Celebrate Life!
Simchat Torah Concert (Concert will last approximately 1:15)
Join Nefesh Mountain and other small URJ congregations for a Simchat Torah celebration like no other. Nefesh Mountain’s unique brand of Jewish bluegrass will lift our spirits and make our hearts dance (and maybe us too, in the privacy of our own homes!) as we celebrate Torah, celebrate our heritage, and celebrate life even during complex and difficult times.
Learn more about Nefesh Mountain here.
Register here
Join the Sisterhood as we make no-sew dog toys!
Tuesday, October 6 @ 7:30pm
Details are in theВ signup.
For the second day of Rosh Hashanah, we will be gathering at the Thayer Homestead parking lot at Choate Park, 2B Oak St., Medway. Everyone will stay in their cars for this brief service, which will be broadcast via FM radio (we will send you the frequency in a few days). You can open your windows to hear a live shofar blast. We will conclude with Tashlich, where people will walk to the pond and throw in their sins (we’ll use millet seed to avoid hurting the wildlife). We will provide the seeds in separate containers. We’ll remain socially distant during this part, and we’ll provide hand sanitizer. Please have a mask to use.
This service will start at 2:00 on Sunday, Sept. 20
RequestВ an invitation now!
Wednesday, September 15
7:30 pm – Kol Nidre
Thursday, September 16
10:00 am – Yom Kippur Morning
1:00 pm – Study Program with Rabbi Amy Scheinerman
4:30 pm – Yom Kippur Afternoon, Healing, COVID Remembrance, Yizkor and N’ilah Services
Prayer text will be displayed on screen during services
JOIN US for a continued conversation from our last “White Nationalism, Antisemitism and Otherness” Reflection to hear about current voting advocacy activity in our lives and congregations and welcome renowned speakers:
Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum – Rabbi of Congregational Learning,Temple Beth Zion, Brookline. As an African American Jew, Rabbi Berenbaum’s experience places her at the intersection of race and religion. Her work focuses on supporting individuals in knowing themselves and one another deeply, growing Jewishly and working for a kinder world.
Lisa Danetz – Public policy consultant on voting rights and election administration issues, whose recent clients including the Democracy Fund, Brennan Center, and Voting Rights Lab. Former legal director of Demos, a NY-based public policy center.
Andrea Miller – Founder of the Center for Common Ground and the Reclaim Our Vote initiative, leading the national effort against voter suppression and ensuring that every voter’s voice is heard on Nov. 3
Ending Voter Suppression: 60 Days and Counting
Wednesday, September 2
7:00 – 8:30 pm
RSVP!
You will receive a Zoom link for this event upon registration
Monday, September 14
12:00 – 1:00 PM EDT
Zoom event
In English for the first time! The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University invites you to our Fall kickoff event. “The Jews are Coming” (“Ha-Yehudim Baim”) is an Israeli Academy Award-winning satire now in its fourth season, airing on Kan 11, one of the official channels of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation. The sketch comedy covers the history of the Jewish people from biblical times to the present, from Moses to Barbie and everything in between. Join our associate director Dr. Shayna Weiss for a lively conversation with the show’s creators, Natalie Marcus and Asaf Beiser. The conversation will also feature clips from the new season, never before translated for an English speaking audience!
Free and open to all. Register here.
