Makom: Pride Services + Dinner with Makom + Annex Shul this Friday

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June 22, 2016 16 Sivan 5776 Dear Debra V., We're excited to announce a special, late addition to the calendar: Makom and Annex Shul will come together to celebrate Pride with Shabbat Services + Dinner this Friday! Register now; deadline is Thursday (tomorrow!) at noon. Details below. The eighth-annual Downtown Tikkun Leil Shavuot: All-Night Jewish Learning Festival was amazing! With 700 people participating in more than 60 diverse classes and workshops, kids' and teens' programs, a community dinner, and beautiful evening and morning services, it truly was outstanding. If you were there, please fill out this super-brief survey. And if you weren't able to make it, mark your calendar now for May 30, 2017 so you won't miss out again. Hope to see you Friday, Aaron, Julia and the Makom Board: Alex, Barak, Leora, Louise, Margie and Neil   PRIDE FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES + DINNER with Annex Shul This Friday, June 24 6:30pm – Doors open 6:45pm – Services start @ Wolfond Centre – 36 Harbord St. Register now; deadline: Thursday 12noon Join Makom and Annex Shul as we celebrate Pride together with joyous, song-filled services and a delicious catered dinner.  Please note if you are a vegetarian or vegan in the "Add special instructions" box when you register. Both women and men lead services and there is a low partition between women's, men's, and mixed seating; children are welcome in all sections. LUNCHTIME LEARNING 3 Tuesdays: June 28, July 12 & 19 11am-1pm @ 65 Harbour Square (on Queen's Quay) $60 for the series Guided by Rabbi Aaron, we'll explore a variety of topics through text study and lively discussion: Organ donation, definition of death & physician-assisted suicide The Book of Ruth The Origins & Development of Kashrut (Kosher Laws & Customs) No Hebrew necessary. Feel free to bring your lunch; we'll provide snacks and an incredible view of the Lake! Email Rabbi Aaron with any questions and to sign up. MAKOM CAMP Aug 29 – Sept 2 9am-5pm @ Miles Nadal JCC $325 per child Kids will love the last week of summer with Makom Camp as we go on scavenger hunts, create art projects, learn Hebrew vocabulary, explore parks, do fun science experiments and much more, in a warm and loving community! For children entering JK to grade 4. Campers must be 4 years old by start of camp due to new Provincial regulations. More info here; register here. Questions? Contact Rabbi Julia Appel. MAKOM NEEDS YOU Makom needs YOU to contribute to our new home gift registry. Looking to honour or memorialize someone or mark a special occasion? Your donation can be noted for that and both you and the designated person will receive an acknowledgement. With items for sponsorship ranging from $18 to $1,000, EVERYONE can and should contribute! We've also listed used items Makom needs; we particularly need additional floor lamps, silverware, and rugs. Please give generously so we can afford rent, renos and more. FRIDAY NIGHT LEADERSHIP Since last October, Makom has been holding weekly Friday night services. In order to keep them going, we need volunteers to help with opening and closing the storefront, leading services, giving a devar Torah, and volunteer coordination. These leadership roles are easy, yet important. Please contact Neil today and let him know how you'd like to help. MAKOM AFTERSCHOOL Hebrew Immersion & Jewish Learning After School up to 5 Days a Week Looking for a quality Jewish learning program for your child? Need after-school care? Many downtown families have already chosen Makom Afterschool for their children's Jewish education. Innovative and pluralistic, our Hebrew-immersion after-school program is for children in JK through Grade 4 (and growing!). Our three locations at local public schools offer five days a week of integrated Hebrew and Jewish learning 3:30-5:30pm: Kensington Market (Spadina & College), Seaton Village (Bathurst & Bloor), and Hillcrest Village (Christie & St Clair). Students walk up the hall or down the street with our teachers, or bus together with other students, to get to class. Families enrol for between two and five days a week. All children attend Monday and Wednesday Core Days. Enrichment Days are Tuesday (Arts & Music), Thursday (Movement & Sports), and Friday (Hands-On Jewish Enrichment). The focus for all days is Hebrew language and Jewish knowledge, accomplished through Hebrew immersion and experiential learning. For more info and to register, see our website or contact Rabbi Julia Appel, Director of Education and Family Programming. MAKOM AFTERSCHOOL is HIRING Come work with us! Positions Available: Hebrew Teachers Jewish Life Teachers Hebrew Immersion Arts and Music Teachers Hebrew Immersion Movement, Sports, and Israeli Dance Teachers Teaching Assistants Click for full job descriptions, qualifications, and application instructions. Please help spread the word. A CO-EXISTENCE Aaron Vincent Elkaim's photographic journey through Jewish Morocco Curator: Evelyn Tauben We're very excited to announce that the second installation in the Makom Window Gallery and the first exhibition inside our new space is now on view, featuring the striking photographs of Aaron Vincent Elkaim. The images track Elkaim's travels in Morocco, the birthplace of his father, to Jewish sites in various stages of use and abandon. The portfolio reveals the complex layers of the relationships between the Jews of Morocco and their Muslim neighbours, who continue to be the guardians of Jewish cemeteries, synagogues and shrines to tzaddikim (revered rabbis known for their miraculous deeds) long after the vast majority of Jews have left. Pass by our window or come into Makom to discover this past and present story of co-existence. There will be dedicated evening visitor hours on July 6 and July 28 from 5 to 8pm as well as a gathering with the photographer on Tuesday, August 9; more details to come. More info on our website. IN THIS ISSUE PRIDE FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES + DINNER with Annex Shul LUNCHTIME LEARNING MAKOM CAMP MAKOM NEEDS YOU FRIDAY NIGHT LEADERSHIP MAKOM AFTERSCHOOL MAKOM AFTERSCHOOL is HIRING A CO-EXISTENCE Makom – meaning place or space in Hebrew – is a joyous, grassroots, downtown Jewish community integrating art, activism, spirituality, and learning. Please support Makom and help build downtown Jewish life. DONATE NOW UPCOMING EVENTS PRIDE FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES + DINNER w/ Annex Shul This Friday, June 24 LUNCHTIME LEARNING June 28, July 12 & 19 DAYS OF AWE SERVICES Rosh Hashanah: Oct 3-4 Yom Kippur: Oct 11-12 MAKOM VIDEOS SHARE & FOLLOW   FORWARD this EMAIL FOLLOW on TWITTER JOIN on FACEBOOK

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Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel: Stark differences are revealed between American and Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews...

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The World Congress of GLBT Jews : GLBT Jewish World Wide Website Development

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Greetings! Since our successful 2013 World Conference in Canada, the World Congress of GLBT Jews has embarked on the endeavor of redeveloping its website. We want to enhance our goal of establishing connections and growing LGBT Jewish communities around the world.    We are looking for website developers to help us! To be part of the team, we are looking for people with a borderless vision, who understand the importance of our mission of supporting, inspiring, and strengthening local groups to achieve equality and security for LGBT Jews worldwide. If you have expertise or some experience in website development, graphic design and electronic social networking, contact us and we will get in touch with you! We are looking for a diverse, global team. Please send me an e-mail to coordinator@glbtjews.org Gideon Vaisman Coordinator of the World Congress of GLBT Jews: Keshet Ga'avah coordinator@glbtjews.org AUSTRALIA - Victoria's first Jewish gay commitment ceremony; synagogue prepares to host first gay and lesbian festival celebration When Ilana Gelbart said "yes" to Krissy Adrian's elaborate proposal, the issue wasn't coming out of the closet, it was conversion. "It was more difficult for me because Krissy had to get converted; when we got together­ she wasn't Jewish," Ms Gelbart said. On August 18, the Elsternwick couple became the first gay couple in Victoria to have a Jewish commitment ceremony. And now their progressive synagogue, Temple Beth Israel in St Kilda, is hosting the first-ever celebration of the Midsumma Gay and Lesbian Festival in a synagogue, on January 31, in partnership with Keshet, the national GLBTI Jewish advocacy group.   Full article here USA - Keshet - LGBTQ and ally teen shabbaton April 4-6, 2014 Celebrate being yourself! Join KESHET for a weekend of fun, community, and learning for and by Jewish LGBTQ and ally teens! Meet new friends, learn about LGBTQ organizing and identities, and celebrate a lakeside Shabbat with a warm, vibrant community of LGBTQ and ally teens and adults.  Location: Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Village, CT. Organized travel will be available from the New York City and Boston metro areas.   Register here USA - Chicago - Congregation Or Chadash receives inaugural JUF Breakthrough Fund grant   Congregation Or Chadash's Hidur Keshet program is a recipient of the first round of Breakthrough Fund mini-grants from the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.     Hidur Keshet will create a space for LGBTQ Jewish individuals to connect with the extended Jewish community through program content that links gay history, gender identity, and Judaism.     www.orchadash.org ENGLAND - London - BKY Shabbat study sessions All sessions take place in the Library at the Unitarian Hall, Notting Hill Gate. Saturday February 15, 2014   11.00am - 2.30pm: John Heyderman Saturday March 29, 2014  11.00am - 2.30pm: Rabbi Judith Rosen-Berry  Saturday April 26, 2014   11.00am - 2.30pm: Bol Marjoram A shared kiddush and lunch takes place at 1.00pm More information www.bky.org.uk CANADA - LGBT Trip to Israel Create memories to last a lifetime on a 12-day trip to Israel, customized for members and friends of the LGBT community. The itinerary will be packed with activities, including visits to Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Masada, Safed, gay community centres, and of course, partying it up in Tel Aviv for Gay Pride! Departure from Toronto is June 5, 2014 Questions? E-mail Kulanu Toronto at kulanutoronto@gmail.com ISRAEL - Israel's gay holocaust memorial debuts in Tel Aviv Israel unveiled Friday a memorial in Tel Aviv to remember the gay and lesbian victims of Nazi persecution, in a ceremony attended by Germany's ambassador. Members of Tel Aviv's gay community turned out to see the stone monument, modelled on the pink triangle Nazis made homosexuals wear in concentration camps during World War II, which features inscriptions in German, Hebrew and English. "In addition to the extermination of Europe's Jews, the Nazis committed many atrocities, in an attempt to destroy anyone who was considered different," Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said at the unveiling. "This monument reminds us all how important it is for us to respect every human being," he said. Full article here  Join our group on Facebook   The World Congress of GLBT Jews: Keshet Ga'avah        As a member of the World Congress of GLBT Jews, you become part of a worldwide organization. You will be able to: . participate in regional and international conferences. . have your calendar of events available to a worldwide GLBT Jewish community. Member's Calendar . be part of an international tzedaka fund to help developing GLBT Jewish organizations in Latin America and elsewhere. Go to TZEDAKA To join personally or as a Member Organization go to JOIN! The WCGLBTJ is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews: Keshet Ga'avah P.O. Box 23379 Washington, DC 20026-3379  USA

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