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« Saturday May 30, 2009 »
Sat
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 6:59 pm

Join the Am Kolel community for a Shavuot/Shabbat Retreat with Dr. Judith Plaskow, renowned feminist theologian

 

Come Celebrate Shavuot,
Z'man Matan Torateinu, the time of the giving of our Torah!

Including joyful prayer, meditation, music, hiking, campfires, yoga and more!

Topics Include:

"Seeing Through Feminist Lenses"
"Standing at Sinai with the new Women's Torah Commentary"
"Sexuality and Covenant"
"Texts We Love to Hate"
"Next Steps: Beyond Gender?"
Come for Shavuot, Shabbat or both!

Start: 11:00 am
End: 4:00 pm

Join the Coalition for a Worker Center in DC for a great event planned for this Saturday*. From 11am to 1pm, members of the Union de Trabajadores will clean-up the area around Home Depot.

Then from 1-4pm we'll have an outreach fair right in the parking lot in front of Home Depot where we'll have tables with info and resources for the community, children's activities, food, and music. Performances will include a puppet show by members of the Union de Trabajadores! It's going to be a lot of fun, but we need all hands on deck to make it happen.You can sign up for a one-hour shift here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZRFymva0TonwJ33HD6Fpww_3d_3d or, just stop by the celebration! 

* This events is taking place on Shabbat, and on the second day of Shavuot. We are making information available about this event, which is being organized by our allies, so that our members can choose to attend, if their Shabbat and Shavuot observance allows.  

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