Events
03 / 19
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Join The AVODAH-AJWS Partnership for four sessions on Jewish Justice. Using Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution as a guide, we will examine the roots of modern political rebellion in the biblical book of Exodus. This 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning and through facilitated discussions. The primary teacher for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. The class on April 2nd will feature Rabbi Jason Kimmelman-Block, director of Education at Panim. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Join HIAS Young Leaders and other members of the community for a panel discussion about the broken immigration system and the Jewish community's response -Progress by Pesach. Hear from immigrants, experts, and congressional staff, then enjoy a reception afterwards. This FREE event will take place on Thursday, March 19th at 7pm at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. Please mark your calendars and start spreading the word. Learn more about Progress by Pesach, a national campaign asking people around the country to send a clear message to President Obama and Congress that the American Jewish community wants humanitarian immigration reform, and not raids, in 2009. Most notably, we are trying to collect 10,000 signatures on a petition that will be delivered to President Obama and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on April 2nd. If you would like to get involved in planning this event, or if you would like to get involved with Progress by Pesach, please contact liza.lieberman@hias.org. | ||
03 / 20
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Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. | ||
03 / 21
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. | ||
03 / 22
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. | ||
03 / 23
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. | ||
03 / 24
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Please save the date for DC JwJ's March Gerry Brittain Education Project Training entitled "Creative Organizing, Using the Arts for Social Change." Learn techniques for developing imagery, making signs, banners and puppets. Sharpen your creative skills, build your arts toolbox. Click on the following link to pre-register. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bdAvdFc2_2bP7TBKN2m08OLA_3d_3d For more info contact rcastel@dclabor.org or 202.974.8281. | ||
03 / 25
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. | ||
03 / 26
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Join The AVODAH-AJWS Partnership for four sessions on Jewish Justice. Using Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution as a guide, we will examine the roots of modern political rebellion in the biblical book of Exodus. This 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning and through facilitated discussions. The primary teacher for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. The class on April 2nd will feature Rabbi Jason Kimmelman-Block, director of Education at Panim. | ||
03 / 27
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. | ||
03 / 28
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. Start: 9:30 am
End: 4:00 pm
This event takes place during Shabbat. However, because it is closely aligned with JUFJ's mission, and sponsored by DC Jobs with Justice and Foundry United Methodist Church, both close allies of JUFJ, we are publicizing it here. We hope you will consider attending if falls within your Shabbat practice. | ||
03 / 29
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
A New Freedom Seder for the Earth, sponsored by the Shalom Center, will mark the 40th anniversary of the historic interfaith Passover seder of 1969, and will draw attention to global threats to the environment. The Seder will also focus on the central Passover themes of freedom and the ten Biblical plagues, most of which were ecological calamities. | ||
03 / 30
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. | ||
03 / 31
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
2009 Labor Seder is SOLD OUT! People may join the waiting list on a first-come first-served basis by arriving at Tifereth Israel Congregation after 6pm this evening. People on the waiting list will be admitted as space permits. JUFJ's eighth annual Labor Seder will be Tuesday, March 31 at 7pm at Tifereth Israel Congregation! Each year, the Labor Seder highlights a current workers' rights struggle and brings together the Jewish and labor communities in a shared commitment to social and economic justice. This year's seder will focus on the struggles of day laborers and will feature local workers, workers' rights activists, local rabbis, and an original haggadah. All are welcome! Light refreshments and symbolic Passover foods will be served. Children's seder and babysitting provided. The seder will be fully accessible to speakers of Spanish. $18 general admission; $10 for children, students, and people of limited income; $36 for families.
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04 / 1
(all day)
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. | ||
04 / 2
End: 6:45 pm
Start: 03/12/2009 - 6:45pm
End: 04/02/2009 - 6:45pm
Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles. Coming to DC from NYC, this 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions. The primary instructor for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. Start: 12:00 pm
Start: 04/02/2009 - 12:00pm
End: 04/05/2009 - 12:00pm
A Jewish Mindfulness Retreat for Social Justice LeadersApril 2 - 5, 2009 Can activists be still? Why should we try?This retreat provides an opportunity for a small cohort of leaders to come together in a place of natural beauty to focus on the critical work of weaving together our spiritual and social justice lives in order to become more balanced, healthy and sustainable leaders. The retreat will be predominantly silent with a handful of talks and interactive training sessions. This is a retreat for compassionate Jewish activists. It is a retreat for those of us who, aflame with the cries of the innocent and the hurting in the world, may be ignoring or neglecting the needs of our own bodies, hearts and minds. It is a retreat about listening to and responding to the pain in the world and remembering that we are also part of that world. Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Join JUFJ's Fair Purple Line working group as we reach out to community allies in support of a fair Purple Line in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties! Need more info? Contact linz.morris@gmail.com. Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Join The AVODAH-AJWS Partnership for four sessions on Jewish Justice. Using Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution as a guide, we will examine the roots of modern political rebellion in the biblical book of Exodus. This 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning and through facilitated discussions. The primary teacher for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network. The class on April 2nd will feature Rabbi Jason Kimmelman-Block, director of Education at Panim. | ||
04 / 3
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2009 - 12:00pm
End: 04/05/2009 - 12:00pm
A Jewish Mindfulness Retreat for Social Justice LeadersApril 2 - 5, 2009 Can activists be still? Why should we try?This retreat provides an opportunity for a small cohort of leaders to come together in a place of natural beauty to focus on the critical work of weaving together our spiritual and social justice lives in order to become more balanced, healthy and sustainable leaders. The retreat will be predominantly silent with a handful of talks and interactive training sessions. This is a retreat for compassionate Jewish activists. It is a retreat for those of us who, aflame with the cries of the innocent and the hurting in the world, may be ignoring or neglecting the needs of our own bodies, hearts and minds. It is a retreat about listening to and responding to the pain in the world and remembering that we are also part of that world. Start: 6:45 pm
End: 10:30 pm
Tikkun Leil Shabbat brings together hundreds of social justice-minded Jews to celebrate Shabbat through for services, teachings about local social justice issues, and communal meals. Services, which will be a cappella, begin at 6:45 pm & pot luck dinner will begin at 8:15 pm. This week's d'var tikkun or teaching will be given by Liz Falk from Common Good City Farm & FreshFarm Markets. | ||
04 / 4
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2009 - 12:00pm
End: 04/05/2009 - 12:00pm
A Jewish Mindfulness Retreat for Social Justice LeadersApril 2 - 5, 2009 Can activists be still? Why should we try?This retreat provides an opportunity for a small cohort of leaders to come together in a place of natural beauty to focus on the critical work of weaving together our spiritual and social justice lives in order to become more balanced, healthy and sustainable leaders. The retreat will be predominantly silent with a handful of talks and interactive training sessions. This is a retreat for compassionate Jewish activists. It is a retreat for those of us who, aflame with the cries of the innocent and the hurting in the world, may be ignoring or neglecting the needs of our own bodies, hearts and minds. It is a retreat about listening to and responding to the pain in the world and remembering that we are also part of that world. | ||
04 / 5
End: 12:00 pm
Start: 04/02/2009 - 12:00pm
End: 04/05/2009 - 12:00pm
A Jewish Mindfulness Retreat for Social Justice LeadersApril 2 - 5, 2009 Can activists be still? Why should we try?This retreat provides an opportunity for a small cohort of leaders to come together in a place of natural beauty to focus on the critical work of weaving together our spiritual and social justice lives in order to become more balanced, healthy and sustainable leaders. The retreat will be predominantly silent with a handful of talks and interactive training sessions. This is a retreat for compassionate Jewish activists. It is a retreat for those of us who, aflame with the cries of the innocent and the hurting in the world, may be ignoring or neglecting the needs of our own bodies, hearts and minds. It is a retreat about listening to and responding to the pain in the world and remembering that we are also part of that world. | ||
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04 / 17
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 6:59 pm
ONE DC (formerly Manna CDC) is seeking talented individuals with a recognized committment to organizing, policy change, and a social justice-based education process to submit applications for the Kressley Organizing Institute. The Institute is designed to support and train local organizers through an intensive 6-day training institute, and seeks to build the capacity of individuals and/or organizations working District-wide around resident-led campaign development and action planning.While the Institute is seeking individuals who have an interest in professional community organizing, we are especially interested in community leaders who are working at the grassroots level to build the collective power and leadership of their fellow community members. | ||
04 / 18
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Co-sponsored by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, Jewish Funds for Justice and the AJWS-AVODAH Partnership
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