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Or Else Your Friends Will Have to Do It - (7/21/2010)
6 x one on one performances from Brian Lobel, performance artist, workshopping his new play to the people of Moishe House London.
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HaMakom Practice Group - (7/18/2010)
Sharing and spiritual practice - regular fortnightly event
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Joel and Tali's Birthday Shindig - (7/15/2010)
Come celebrate the 2 housies birthdays with food, music, fire poi and a mountain of home-made baked goodies.. you will be entering a moroccan den, come prepared!
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New Moon Group - (7/12/2010)
Ladies, gathering today weaving their magic under the light of the new moon! Soul food, love and tales from our ancestors.
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Ahavat Hinam- Unconditional Love - (7/8/2010)
We are right in the middle of the three week period of mourning culminating in Tisha b'Av, which commemorates the destruction of two Temples and endless tragedy throughout history. What a downer in the midst of the openness and summer loving we might be feeling. Is there a way to make emotional and spiritual sense of this darkness in the light and heat of the summer? We will sing, meditate, study and discuss this question, especially in the context of love and hate and inner Temples.
Marc hasn't lived in London for 10 years, but grew up there. Once an actor and storyteller, he is now a rabbi in Boulder, Colorado in the foothills of the Rockies, where he straddles the worlds of Conservative (Masorti) Judaism and Jewish Renewal.
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Hang Out at the House / Summer BBQ - (6/30/2010)
Our regular evening for chilling with friends from the Darfuri refugee community.
This time the plan is to test our new barbecue kit (and the English summer), outside in the back garden with a new album of Sudanese music...
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Art Exhibition - (6/27/2010)
Daniel Heyman curates a selection of works by artists from the MoHoLo community
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HaMakom Practice Group - (6/20/2010)
Every fortnight the HaMakom (Jewish Spirituality) group meets at Moishe House London to meditate, share and learn new practices.
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Yoga and Chai - West meets East - (6/16/2010)
Come for a one hour iyengar style yoga session out on the lawn if sunny or in our meditation hall if rainy. Followed by a revitalising cup of chai tea .. mmmm..
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Urban Bee Keeping Meeting - (6/15/2010)
Bee-keeping is surprisingly easy, immensely fulfilling and has a sweet reward.
Join Mark and his growing group at MoHoLo for the second gathering of potential urban beekeepers, ready and willing to host a hive in their own garden or to help care for one in someone's else's. Join us whether you are committed or curious and whether you are an expert or an enthusiastic beginner
The aim of this project is to help make the UK Jewish community self-sufficient in honey within 5 years, as well as connecting with the wider urban beekeeping community in London.
We need 200 hives to do this.
You don�t need much space to do it � you can even put hives on a roof. Could you or someone you know be interested?
Do you know of a Jewish organisation that might be willing to host a hive?
As well as being fun, this project has a serious purpose: join us in working towards a more sustainable community and to help promote biodiversity.
More information on what we�re doing will be posted here, and if you want to get involved then please contact us at marknew55(at)yahoo.com
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New Moon Group - (6/14/2010)
Ladies, gathering today weaving their magic under the light of the new moon! Soul food, love and tales from our ancestors.
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Naomi Chazan - (6/13/2010)
"More than half of Jewish Israelis think human rights organizations that expose immoral behavior by Israel should not be allowed to operate freely, and think there is too much freedom of expression, a recent survey found." Ha'aretz April 2010
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Moishe House London is thrilled team up with NIF New Gen and invite you to come and meet Naomi Chazan on Sunday 13 June.
Naomi, President of New Israel Fund and former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, will talk about the work of NIF and its recent vilification by Israeli media. In her role as President of NIF, she has come under fire in recent months for NIF's support of human rights organisations that expose immoral conduct by Israel.
Come to the Moishe House for tea and cake at 5.30pm, in time for our discussion with Naomi to kick off at 6pm. This promises to be a thrilling conversation with one of Israel's most influential and important voices, the chance to explore the current state of democracy in Israel and what we in the Diaspora can do to help.
RSVP by 10 June to NIFNewGen@gmail.com.
Please bring with you £6 as a donation to the work of NIF.
Look forward to seeing you there -
The NIF New Gen Team & MoHoLo
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HaMakom Practice Group - (6/6/2010)
Every fortnight the HaMakom (Jewish Spirituality) group meets at Moishe House London to meditate, share and learn new practices.
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Hang Out at the House - (5/26/2010)
Moholo and the JCC for London provide an opportunity for local refugees and residents, particularly from the Darfuri community, to socialise and spend time with us and each other. Come one come all and make your local community as welcoming as you want it to be!
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Jelly: Coworking at MoHoLo - (5/24/2010)
What is Jelly?
Jelly is a casual working event. It's taken place in over a hundred cities where people have come together (in a person's home, a coffee shop, or an office) to work for the day. We provide chairs and sofas, wireless internet, and interesting people to talk to, collaborate with, and bounce ideas off of.
You bring a laptop (or whatever you need to get your work done) and a friendly disposition.
Show up when you wish, but do let us know that you are planning to come so we can estimate numbers:
Come at 7am for 30mins yoga / stretching
Come at 7.45am for porridge
Come anytime after that for working.
Why do you do this?
Jelly started in NYC in February of 2006 when roommates Amit and Luke realized that they loved working from home, but they missed the creative brainstorming, sharing, and camaraderie of a traditional office. (Office politics, not so much.)
So they started inviting friends to come work from their home one day a week. They soon found that working in close proximity to new and interesting people every couple weeks resulted in new ideas and interesting conversations.
Emboldened by their early success, they made it a more regular thing. Jelly was born. And now it's at MoHoLo.
Join us!
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HaMakom Practice Group - (5/23/2010)
Every fortnight the HaMakom (Jewish Spirituality) group meets at Moishe House London to meditate, share and learn new practices.
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The MoHoLo Mini Allotment! - (5/23/2010)
We're setting up a shared mini allotment this Sunday, and would welcome anyone who wants to help!
In collaboration, with funding from Transition Town Kensal to Kilburn, we will be building raised beds and planting some vegetables.
No previous gardening experience necessary, just come along to lend a hand and have some fun! We'll be nailing together the raised beds and filling them with soil, then doing some initial planting.
Please bring spare spades, gardening gloves and other equipment if you have any.
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Brunch - (5/16/2010)
An opportunity for our community to enjoy our garden, read the papers, eat a very late breakfast together and play on our wooden castle!
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Three Faiths Forum Training - (5/11/2010)
The Three Faiths Forum Encountering Faiths programme is run in schools all over London. A Christian, Jewish and Muslim presenter speaks to a group of young people talking about their experiences and taking questions about their faith and identity.
These sessions have received great feedback from young people and teachers; the presenters find it very rewarding work. Many of these students have never spoken to a Jew, Christian or Muslim before: as a presenter you will be at the fore front of combating prejudice and the broadening the horizons of young people’s understanding.
3FF will be running a training session for potential speakers at the Moishe House in Willesden Green on 11 May from 7:30pm.
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New Moon Group - (5/10/2010)
Ladies, gathering today weaving their magic under the light of the new moon! Soul food, love and tales from our ancestors.
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HaMakom Practice Group - (5/9/2010)
Every fortnight the HaMakom (Jewish Spirituality) group meets at Moishe House London to meditate, share and learn new practices.
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She'Koyokh Play Live on the High Street! - (5/2/2010)
It is Lag B'Omer!
It is Spring!
What great reasons to celebrate!
MoHoLo is proud to present She’Koyokh, London’s “klezmer sensation” who perform far and wide at international festivals and concert halls, on BBC television and radio, and now...Willesden Green High Street!
This Sunday from 3-4pm. Arrive early to get comfy.
Please bring the following:
MONEY TO DROP IN THEIR HANDSOME HATS (the band is playing for your donations only, so may we suggest that paper money is infinitely easier for them to carry home...)
FOOD & SMILES to share with friends you know and bemused people you meet on the street!
A CUSHION so you can sit comfortably at their feet!
More about She'Koyokh at www.shekoyokh.co.uk
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MoHoLo House Warming Party - (5/1/2010)
On Saturday 1st May we'll be unveiling the new Mo-ishe palace in style, with a ticket only house warming party for our friends.
It's Lag B'Omer and May Day, so the perfect time for it! Line up is TBC but we'll have DJs and bands for sure.
We have a (set) number of tickets, ADVANCE SALE ONLY FROM HERE: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=380874&interface=
We're charging £10 a ticket, reaching out to our community to help cover refurbishment costs on the last place! Address will be sent out to ticket-holders.
We love you and can't wait to celebrate with you in our new home!
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Hang Out at the House - (4/28/2010)
Moholo and the JCC for London provide an opportunity for local refugees and residents, particularly from the Darfuri community, to socialise and spend time with us and each other. Come one come all and make your local community as welcoming as you want it to be!
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Us Time - (4/27/2010)
House residents hit the South Bank for time together and a few soft drinks
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Danny Newman's birthday picnic - (4/25/2010)
Following HaMakom's meditation retreat MoHoLo played host to long-time housenik Danny Newman's birthday picnic
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Judaism, Buddhism and Spirituality - (4/25/2010)
Venerable Amaranatho was born and brought up in the Jewish faith, and in his late teens had severe doubts about Judaism and left all religion behind him. He went on to work within the computer industry and took a degree in computing and artificial intelligence. He then traveled around the world for four years, where he learnt about meditation and the thought began, to become a monk. He has been a Buddhist monk for ten years and lives at Amaravati Monastery near Hemel Hempstead.
He leads residential family, young people and creative retreats for adults at the retreat center at Amaravati (www.family.amaravati.org). These events are based on co-exploration, creativity, fun and a willingness to honestly look at oneself. The main emphasis is on a contemplative or reflective attitude towards understanding who we are. This is based on accepting or welcoming the way life is and allowing our natural wisdom to arise.
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Show Me the Honey - (4/20/2010)
Join Keith Kahn-Harris and Kevin Sefton at MoHoLo for the first gathering of an exciting new initiative!
The aim of this project is to help make the UK Jewish community self-sufficient in honey for Rosh Hashanah within 5 years.
We need 200 hives to do this. Bee-keeping is surprisingly easy, immensely fulfilling and has a sweet reward.
You don’t need much space to do it – you can even put hives on a roof. Could you or someone you know be interested?
Do you know of a Jewish organisation that might be willing to host a hive?
As well as being fun, this project has a serious purpose: join us in working towards a more sustainable Jewish community and to help promote biodiversity.
More information on what we’re doing will be posted here, and if you want to get involved then please contact us at kkahnharris@yahoo.co.uk
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Rosh Chodesh - (4/14/2010)
Women's group - gathering together, drinking tea, bringing stories, poetry, thoughts and an open space for discussion on life and musings on how to incorporate learning into everyday life.
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SCREENING UK PRREMIERE OF 'VIEWS FROM THE BORDER' - (4/8/2010)
A continuation of our films on Israel. We are lucky to hold the UK premiere of this extraordinary film. Shot by local film director Dani Landau, he is brave enough to film around Sederot during last years operation cast lead we are guided through Israel's rocket zone by an ex-paratroop officer turned peacemaker Nafatli Raz. He shows an insight into the complexities of the region and the inherent paradoxes of Peace and Power Politics in the middle east conflict.
This is a not to be missed film, which will be followed by a discussion on the operation that happened, media reaction and whether this film shows a side of the conflict that is not widely appreciated.
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Mimouna - (4/6/2010)
End Pesach with us! Mimouna is the name given to the North African Jewish celebration of the start of spring and the return to eating chametz i.e. leavened bread and bread by-products.
This year Mimouna is also the VERY FIRST EVENT IN THE NEW MOISHE HOUSE, just round the corner from the old house. So we'll be celebrating things new of all kinds, eating things much risen, yeasty and bready, and bringing a bit of North African flavour to our new Willesden Green home. We hope you will join us.
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NOTE: NEW LOCATION. We will send out the address to attendees before the start of Yom Tov on Sunday 6th April.
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Us Time - (3/28/2010)
Our local Indian restaurant, as a house, to bond before Pesach and our move
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Jamming in the house - (3/24/2010)
A gathering of friends who enjoy playing music together.
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Silent Meditation - (3/18/2010)
Most months we offer an opportunity to meditate in a group environment, without an instructor.
The evening will consist of two half-hour sittings, with a five-minute break between and a space to share experience afterwards.
NB: This group is most suitable for those with some experience of meditation as no instruction will be included during the session, though there will be an opportunity to ask questions before if you arrive early. You should be able to sit in meditation for at least 30 minutes.
If you are a beginner to meditation it is advisable for you to practice/attend introductory classes on meditation before coming to this group.
Please be on time, as we will start at 7.35pm
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This will be an opportunity to sample the benefits of meditation in a group; experienced meditation teachers say it is most valuable to do so.
The group will not be method-specific, so whichever practice you engage in can be used, as long as it is silent. There is already some interest from a few people who practice Zazen and Vipassana Buddhist meditation techniques who would like to join the group. It will also be an opportunity to compare and discuss different techniques, which is not always possible.
This event is organised and facilitated by Daniel Gigi.
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Screening of 'Bridge Over The Wadi' & Discussion - (3/17/2010)
We will be holding a screening of 'Bridge Over The Wadi' This film is about co-existence between Israeli's and Palestinians and there will be a discussion afterwards.
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War and Peace in Jewish Thought - (3/16/2010)
Blood seeps from a good number of Biblical passages, but so too do glorious dreams of peace. When the Jews were kicked out of Ancient Israel arguments about ‘just wars’ and military power became theoretical, but now there is a State, an army and a whole bunch of military complexity involved in being a modern Jew. Join Rabbi Jeremy Gordon, for an evening’s journey through sources and struggles with an ancient issue that has very contemporary edges.
Rabbi Jeremy Gordon is the rabbi of New London Synagogue. He has a first class honours degree in law from Cambridge University and received rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. While in New York, Jeremy trained as a hospital Chaplain and spent many hours working with the Red Cross in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. Jeremy teaches midrash, theology and Judaism, society and politics.
This is set to be a fascinating examination of relevant and controversial issues by a great teacher-not to be missed!
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Rosh Chodesh - (3/15/2010)
Women's group - gathering together, drinking tea, bringing stories, poetry, thoughts and an open space for discussion on life and musings on how to incorporate learning into everyday life.
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Mental Health First Aid (3/3) - (3/11/2010)
"The best couple of days of training I have ever done! :) Anybody who works with people in any capacity should do it - it should be the law!” Feedback from a participant of the Mental Health First Aid course.
WHAT IS IT?
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a national training programme developed to:
- Raise awareness of mental health issues.
- Train non-professionals to recognise those affected by mental health problems and offer initial help and guidance towards professional support.
WHY IS IT NECESSARY?
Did you know that one in four individuals will experience at least one diagnosable mental health problem in a year? This course would strengthen the support that you offer to those affected by mental health problems, enabling you to identify and help those affected in your community, workplace, their families and friends.
This is a 12-hour course, developed and regulated by the National Institute of Mental Health in England (NIMHE) and England's Care Services Improvement Partnerships (CSIP). Participants will receive a CISP certificate and manual on successful completion of the course.
WHO IS IT FOR?
The course is for anyone who may come into contact with a person with a mental health problem either in their day to day life and/or workplace.
The training will be delivered by Katrin Eichhorn, Senior Community Development Worker (Mental Health) at Voluntary Action Camden and Claire Nacamuli, mental health awareness trainer. We are both approved MHFA Instructors.
Supported by Voluntary Action Camden (VAC), 293-299 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ, www.vac.org.uk
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Mental Health First Aid (2/3) - (3/9/2010)
"The best couple of days of training I have ever done! :) Anybody who works with people in any capacity should do it - it should be the law!” Feedback from a participant of the Mental Health First Aid course.
WHAT IS IT?
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a national training programme developed to:
- Raise awareness of mental health issues.
- Train non-professionals to recognise those affected by mental health problems and offer initial help and guidance towards professional support.
WHY IS IT NECESSARY?
Did you know that one in four individuals will experience at least one diagnosable mental health problem in a year? This course would strengthen the support that you offer to those affected by mental health problems, enabling you to identify and help those affected in your community, workplace, their families and friends.
This is a 12-hour course, developed and regulated by the National Institute of Mental Health in England (NIMHE) and England's Care Services Improvement Partnerships (CSIP). Participants will receive a CISP certificate and manual on successful completion of the course.
WHO IS IT FOR?
The course is for anyone who may come into contact with a person with a mental health problem either in their day to day life and/or workplace.
The training will be delivered by Katrin Eichhorn, Senior Community Development Worker (Mental Health) at Voluntary Action Camden and Claire Nacamuli, mental health awareness trainer. We are both approved MHFA Instructors.
Supported by Voluntary Action Camden (VAC), 293-299 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ, www.vac.org.uk
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Mental Health First Aid (1/3) - (3/7/2010)
"The best couple of days of training I have ever done! :) Anybody who works with people in any capacity should do it - it should be the law!” Feedback from a participant of the Mental Health First Aid course.
WHAT IS IT?
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a national training programme developed to:
- Raise awareness of mental health issues.
- Train non-professionals to recognise those affected by mental health problems and offer initial help and guidance towards professional support.
WHY IS IT NECESSARY?
Did you know that one in four individuals will experience at least one diagnosable mental health problem in a year? This course would strengthen the support that you offer to those affected by mental health problems, enabling you to identify and help those affected in your community, workplace, their families and friends.
This is a 12-hour course, developed and regulated by the National Institute of Mental Health in England (NIMHE) and England's Care Services Improvement Partnerships (CSIP). Participants will receive a CISP certificate and manual on successful completion of the course.
WHO IS IT FOR?
The course is for anyone who may come into contact with a person with a mental health problem either in their day to day life and/or workplace.
The training will be delivered by Katrin Eichhorn, Senior Community Development Worker (Mental Health) at Voluntary Action Camden and Claire Nacamuli, mental health awareness trainer. We are both approved MHFA Instructors.
Supported by Voluntary Action Camden (VAC), 293-299 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ, www.vac.org.uk
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MH Open Evening for Marom European Conference - (3/6/2010)
Marom (Masorti Young Adults) are holding their European seminar in London and are bringing participants to the Moishe House to get a taste of innovative organisations such as MoHoLo in the UK Jewish community.
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Creative Writing Course with Naomi Soetendorp - (3/3/2010)
Naomi returns for one final workshop with her group of creative writers exploring their Jewish identity through poetry and prose.
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Eprhyme @ Sandy's Row - (3/1/2010)
Experience the most cutting-edge contemporary Ashkenazi music in London's oldest Ashkenazi synagogue. Eprhyme is a Radical Jewish Renaissance Rapper who spits rhymes designed to refine the mind of the listener. Kabbalah, psychology, politics and party rocking are intertwined with elements of jazz, funk, klezmer, and Middle Eastern music to create a powerful and poetic plea for peace, justice, joy and unity.
Eprhyme will be visiting from New York and this is his only major public London date. It is a unique opportunity to hear him in an incredible historic venue, as he raps from the Sandy's Row central bimah.
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Doors 7pm
Concert 8pm
Tickets £7.50 on the door
Advance booking details coming soon
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"PUNKLEZMERAP" Music Video (directed by Lenny Bass):
http://tinyurl.com/eprhymevid
MYSPACE: http://myspace.com/eprhyme
This event is a collaboration between Moishe House London and Open Jewish Culture, and was made possible by a grant from Jeneration and the work of the Jewish Music Institute.
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Purim! - (2/27/2010)
MoHoLo teams up with Tall Baby and Tribal Evolution to bring you a Purim party featuring a brilliant blend of top class acts and activities.
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Hang out in the house - (2/24/2010)
Our regular evening for socialising with the Darfuri refugee community
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Write Reaction - (2/24/2010)
The latest installment as Naomi Soetendorp teaches creative writing
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Dance Midrash - (2/22/2010)
Jackie Waltz returns to Moishe House London for a one-off dance midrash class, using movement and text to explore the concept of hands, giving and tzedakah in Judaism.
What is dance midrash?
Dance midrash is a method of explicating biblical i.e. Torah texts through dance and movement activities. These activities reflect, elaborate or clarify nuances of the verses being considered.
While literary midrash is primarily an intellectual activity, dance midrash combines physical experience as well as the creative process to arrive at a deeper understanding of the text. One experiences ideas in a way which might not be possible through verbal analysis alone.
Text is approached on several levels: in looking at the words of the text; in warm up exercises focusing on movement; through direct dance improvisation which explore the text; through discussion of how the verse may relate to contemporary or personal issues, and finally through a concluding dance activity which challenges the dancer’s physical, emotional and intellectual capacities. The process may be described as “exegesis”, i.e. drawing from the text to derive the movement, or “isegesis”, performing the movement and reading back onto the text.
We will ask for a small financial donation to fund the class.
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ROI Vilnius - (2/17/2010)
With the exciting aim of strengthening Jewish culture and innovation in Europe, Paideia & ROI have joined forces to offer European leaders and activists the unique opportunity of meeting, learning and creating together, and to develop and improve their professional skills for the benefit of innovative work in Europe. We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2010 ROI/Paideia European Regional Gathering. to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, February 17-21, 2010.
Besides the enormous amount of knowledge you will be able to attain at this gathering, the Regional Gathering offers you a great opportunity to expose yourself to other European activists, present your project and learn more about other initiatives that are being developed all over Europe. This offer is available only to ROI & Paideia alumni from Europe who are developing, implementing or planning a European-based project as individuals or as part of an organization.
The application process will be open from Monday, November 16-Sunday, December 6. A selection committee will then decide on the 30 participants for this year's gathering. The decision will be based on the project's impact, what stage the project is in and geographical and gender balance elements. Selected applicants will arrange for their own transportation to the venue, while the whole on-site gathering (accommodations, meals & program) will be fully sponsored by ROI & Paideia.
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Adam Science Leadership Programme - (2/17/2010)
We hosted a project pitching event for the Adam Science Leadership Programme, a UJIA-run course for promising young leaders in the UK Jewish community.
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House of Learning - (2/15/2010)
House of Learning, in association with Jeneration
The Moishe House Beit Midrash run in association with Jeneration
Serious, egalitarian, post-denominational learning in a informal and relaxed setting.
In the first half, choose between:
The Talmud Group
We are studying chapter 9 of Masechet (Tractate), Bava Kamma. This is quite challenging, but is great fun and is good for Talmud skills. If you have a copy of Bava Kamma, by all means bring it, if not we'll have photocopies. All welcome, but we study the text in the original (slowly!) so best if you have a least a little background in hebrew.
We are guided by Raphael Sylvester, who cut his teeth studying Talmud for 2 years at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
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Aviad Hadar's amazing Hebrew Group!
"It is the language of the prophets of the signs on the wall it is old it is sacred it will open up your soul! (Language of the Hebrew Man/ Ehud Banay)"
The long awaited Moholo Hebrew class is finally here, yes we know you were secretly and furtively waiting . Whether you want to try and haggle with a rude taxi driver in your next visit to Israel, open a start up in Tel Aviv or just give a chance to Israeli singers this is the right class for you. So what is planned? good question ! I have a few ideas but we can always change it according to what we decide later on. So, for starters we are going to work on small- talk skills with a little bit of slang in the first part of the class. Then we are going to watch a short part of a classic Israeli comedy (satire) called "Hachamishiya Hakamerit" and try to translate it , hoping that Israeli humor can be understood in English. Finally,we will chill down with a glass of good Arak ( GG supermarkets permitting) and Bery Sacharuf song which we will also translate and discuss . All levels from basic Shalom to complicated lehitraut are welcome as we will simply pair people up with others at similar level of fluency. Food, beers and alternative suggestions are welcome!
Aviad is an Israeli, a Neuroscientist, and new (ish) resident of Moishe House London!
Guest speaker for the second half will be Annette Böckler speaking on:
1810-2010: 200 years of modern Jewish liturgy.
Dr Annette M. Boeckler is librarian of the Leo Baeck College and lecturer for Bible & Jewish Liturgy. Her scientific areas are Jewish Liturgy and the Bible and her studies cover themes such as Bible literature, interpretation-history of the Bible, the development and structure of the Jewish Liturgy, and Theology of the Prayer book. Before she joined the Leo Baeck College she was a member of the teaching staff at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien at Heidelberg. She was instrumental in establishing the library of Abraham Geiger College in Potsdam and has been actively involved in Progressive Judaism in Germany. She has translated the liturgy of the British Reform Movement into German which is now the standard liturgy of the German Reform Movement.
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Jamming in the house - (2/10/2010)
Musicians and just people who enjoy live music having a relaxed jam session in the house
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Write Reaction - (2/3/2010)
3-part creative course led by Naomi Soetendorp
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The Great Moishe House 'Pub' Quiz - (2/2/2010)
6 rounds of 10 questions, each round deviously written by a different housemate.
Okay, so we're not a pub... but we're sure we can do a pretty good job of putting on a pub quiz!
There will be a small suggested donation to enter, with half the money going towards the grand prize and the other half to charity.
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MoHoLo and the Music Experience - (1/31/2010)
MoHoLo Families! Come, meet eache other, and join MoHoLo for a magic carpet ride of music, song and story.
(recommended donation: £5 per family, but don't let hardship keep you away!), followed by tea and biscuits.
Pippa Reid has been inspiring the imaginations of children and adults with music and storytelling for over 20 years. The Music Experience can now be found at festivals, schools and playgroups, museums, libraries, arts centres, special needs groups and teacher-training workshops across London and the UK all year round, bringing music learning through fun to children, parents and teachers. (Pippa has passed an Enhanced Police (CRB) Check)
www.pippareid.com
Please note: this session is aimed at 3-6 year olds and their grown ups, but feel free to children of other age groups so long as you can keep them happy!
Please take care of your children's welfare at MoHoLo - we have nothing here of particular danger, but neither are we fully baby-proofed!
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Tu B'Shevat Seder - (1/31/2010)
The third annual Moishe House Tu B'Shevat Seder!
PLEASE BRING: some fruit and some white or red wine (marked veggie / kosher if possible) for use in the Seder. Juice will be provided for those who prefer it!
The Tu B'Shevat Seder was developed by scholars of Mystical Judaism and is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the natural world with which we are inextricably connected.
The ceremony will be interactive, so it will be possible for all guests to find a connection of their own within the experience, regardless of spiritual or religious affiliation.
R. Yochanan said: One day [Honi the Circle-maker] was journeying on the road and he saw a man planting a carob tree. He asked him: How long does it take for this tree to bear fruit? The man replied: Seventy years. He then further asked him: Are you sure you will live another seventy years? The man replied: I found [full-grown] carob trees in the world. As my ancestors planted them for me, so I will plant them for my children. — Babylonian Talmud, Taanit 23a
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Hang Out at the House - (1/27/2010)
Moishe House London, together with the JCC, hosts a monthly evening of socialising with our Darfuri neighbours, as there is no specific community centre for them to meet up at.
And anyway, it's always nice to hang out with friends and neighbours, eh?
This is purely a social event for people to relax, snack, get to know each other, share a joke and occasionally assist more recent arrivals with CV writing and English conversation.
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Silent Meditation - (1/21/2010)
The seventh in our monthly opportunity to meditate in a group environment.
The evening will consist of two half-hour sittings, with a five-minute break between and a space to share experience afterwards.
NB: This group is most suitable for those with some experience of meditation as no instruction will be included during the session, though there will be an opportunity to ask questions before if you arrive early and some basic instructions can be given. You should be able to sit in meditation for at least 30 minutes.
If you are a complete beginner to meditation it is advisable for you to practice/attend introductory classes on meditation before coming to this group.
Please be on time, as we will start at 7.35pm
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This will be an opportunity to sample the benefits of meditation in a group; experienced meditation teachers say it is most valuable to do so.
The group will not be method-specific, so whichever practice you engage in can be used, as long as it is silent. There is already some interest from a few people who practice Zazen and Vipassana Buddhist meditation techniques who would like to join the group.
This event is organised and facilitated by Daniel Gigi.
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House of Learning - (1/18/2010)
Beit Midrash
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Wassailing in Willesden Green - (1/17/2010)
Be a part of the first (well...in recent history!), incredible London wassailing!
Moishe House London and the Brent Apple Pickers will be wandering from Chatsworth Road and through Willesden Green High Street.
WHAT IS WASSAILING?
If you are from the MoHoLo community, well, Wassailing is the ancient English equivalent of Tu b'Shevat.
Wassail means 'good health' in old, old English.
Help us to bless the local trees, and then join us walking, singing and listening to extraordinary entertainment as we stop every so often along our route, to hear our neighbours and friends read poetry, tell stories and sing songs on the subject of trees and of the hope of a good harvest in 2010 from the depths of January!
Then, join us back at MoHoLo for cups of hot chocolate and Wassail (mulled wine but better!)
WHO ARE BRENT APPLE PICKERS?
A lot of the apples, pears and plums that grow in local back gardens end up rotting on the ground. To reduce food waste, a new project that started in September 2009 has picked nearly a ton of fruit, to be given away free to local schools and sold to local restaurants. Overall, 40 volunteers and 15 garden-owners have contributed to 850 kg of fruit being saved, at the same time getting to know near-neighbours with common values and interests. The project is part of Transition Town Kensal to Kilburn in partnership with Brent Friends of the Earth. Plans for next year include pruning and pest management. For more details contact Michael.Stuart6@gmail.com
WHAT IS MOISHE HOUSE LONDON?
Moishe House London, in Willesden Green, was founded in October 2007. As a Moishe House it is part of a worldwide network of houses that double up as centres of grassroots Jewish community. From our own home, we bring exciting, creative, non-denominational Jewish community to London, also welcoming and supporting our local community. From Friday night dinners to film showings, impromptu concerts to study sessions, meditation to jam sessions to social action events - the possibilities are endless.
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Moishe House Goes to Brighton - (1/15/2010)
Ex-MoHoLo resident Lianna Etkind (nee Hulbert) invites you to join her and Moishe House London for a special Shabbaton at her house in Brighton.
We will be praying and eating together on the Friday night, going to a local synagogue on Saturday morning and walking in the afternoon (weather permitting!).
Accommodation is available. Lianna says:
"People are free to stay over as well although if they could let me know if they want to, so if there are loads I can try and match-make them with other Brighton people with
floor space. "
To confirm, please email Lianna on lianna.hulbert[at]googlemail.com
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The Conversation - (1/14/2010)
Are there big issues you've been wanting to discuss? Have you got burning questions to debate or passions to share and explore?
It could be something philosophical, political, religious, social, psychological, personal, artistic... anything.
Moishe House London is giving you the opportunity to have that Conversation - WHATEVER it is - through the medium of Open Space Technology. The agenda is in the hands of the participants, all-comers invited to suggest issues for simultaneous mini-sessions on the night.
This is a gathering of the great and the good, as defined by YOU. Who knows what may come of it?
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Moishe House London is grateful to ROI, the Center for Leadership Initiatives and Open Space Technology for the concept.
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Hasidic Tales and Hot Chocolate - (1/13/2010)
What better way to spend a wintry night than curled up by the MoHoLo fire, hearing tales and drinking cocoa?
Chana Yaffe is a storyteller/singer. She's just back in London after appearing at the "World Parliament of Religions"( Melbourne) and at Limmud 2009,
She's on the road a lot, studied in Gateshead, converted to Carlebach and frequently performs with storytellers of other faiths, reveling in the sameness of the universal story!
Chana lives in Jerusalem near her two children and two adorable grandchildren.
"she has the audience gripped in the drama of her presentation." Melbourne Hamodia
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After Eden - (12/22/2009)
Yael Unterman presents 'After Eden,' a one-woman show following the first family - Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel - in their struggle to make sense of life and each other. An intense, lyrical, spoken-word performance, it has been blowing away audiences in the UK, USA, Australia and Israel for the past five years. See http://www.yaelunterman.com/aftereden.html.
Before the play, we will study the story through Bibliodrama, a psychodramatic technique of "spontaneous midrash."
Suggested donation - £5-10
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Silent Meditation - (12/17/2009)
The sixth in our monthly opportunity to meditate in a group environment.
The evening will consist of two half-hour sittings, with a five-minute break between and a space to share experience afterwards.
NB: This group is most suitable for those with some experience of meditation as no instruction will be included during the session, though there will be an opportunity to ask questions before if you arrive early and some basic instructions can be given. You should be able to sit in meditation for at least 30 minutes.
If you are a complete beginner to meditation it is advisable for you to practice/attend introductory classes on meditation before coming to this group.
Please be on time, as we will start at 7.35pm
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This will be an opportunity to sample the benefits of meditation in a group; experienced meditation teachers say it is most valuable to do so.
The group will not be method-specific, so whichever practice you engage in can be used, as long as it is silent. There is already some interest from a few people who practice Zazen and Vipassana Buddhist meditation techniques who would like to join the group. It will also be an opportunity to compare and discuss different techniques, which is not always possible.
This event is organised and facilitated by Daniel Gigi.
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Moishe House Chanukah Party! - (12/15/2009)
1, 2, 3 -
I am a latke,
I'm a latke
And I'm waiting for Channukah to come!
Yes, back with latkes and cheesy tunes aplenty we announce the Moishe House Channukah Party!
We'll be putting our all in to celebrating the
rather -minor-festival-oh no-we've-had-to big-it-up-in competition-with-something-else -going-on-at-this-time-of-year
of Channukah!
Board Games, dreidling, eating, drinking, performance and anything else we think of!
Have an idea for the party? Make it happen yourself! If you fancy performing in any way shape or form drop us a line and we'll help make it happen. And remember kids, there can only be one Mother Channukah, so if you want the role you'll need to get in quick!
See you there!
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House of Learning - (12/14/2009)
Our regular and fabulous Bet Midrash. This week's main teacher - Kabbalist Rabbi Menachem Kallus.
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Daniel & Bronya's engagement party - (12/12/2009)
Original MoHoLo resident Daniel Silverstein has got engaged to the lovely Bronya Gorney, and we're hosting their engagement party! Should be huge...
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Open Mic - (12/3/2009)
Musicians, singers, poets, creative thinkers, wordsmiths, story weavers, actors, professionals, enthusiasts, jokers, spectators, participants, and the people who get up to read a random section from a book on our shelves... All come together for our the return of our creativity and performance mash-up.
Bring your good souls ready to share in and appreciate the evening's creative magic.
If you'd like to have something to drink, please bring some to share!
Come 7.30pm for an 8pm start.
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House of Learning - (11/30/2009)
Our regular and fabulous Bet Midrash!
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Us Time - (11/29/2009)
An opportunity for the House Mates to spend some much needed bonding time together!
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Hang Out at the House - (11/25/2009)
Moishe House London, together with the JCC, hosts a monthly evening of socialising with our Darfuri neighbours, as there is no specific community centre for them to meet up at.
And anyway, it's always nice to hang out with friends and neighbours, eh?
This is purely a social event for people to relax, snack, get to know each other, share a joke and occasionally assist more recent arrivals with CV writing and English conversation.
This month we're also quite likely to be celebrating this month's wonderful news:
http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSL3231523
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Rosh Chodesh Kislev - Dance Midrash - (11/18/2009)
Special guest facilitator Jacqueline Waltz leads you into the Hebrew month of Kislev with her unique brand of Dance Midrash. Through this approach to Torah texts through dance, she contributes her own dynamic link in the chain of Jewish interpretative tradition.
In this session, we'll explore themes of renewal, the phases of the moon and tensile patterns in space, through movement and discussion.
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Jacqueline Waltz is an American modern dancer and dance movement therapist. She lives in London, where she was privileged to study with Hilde Holger.
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There is a �5 suggested donation for this event
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House of Learning - (11/16/2009)
Our regular and fabulous Bet Midrash!
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Mitzvah Day in Association with Brondesbury Park Synagogue - (11/15/2009)
We are coordinating this event with the local synagogue to encourage alot of MoHoLo regulars to get involved. We have arranged a timetable of volunteers to make boxes and put in gifts for Barnados (a childrens charity) and also to collect food outside the nearby supermarket for local homeless shelters. It looks like it will be a roaring success!
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Silent Meditation - (11/12/2009)
The fifth in our monthly opportunity to meditate in a group environment.
The evening will consist of two half-hour sittings, with a five-minute break between and a space to share experience afterwards.
NB: This group is most suitable for those with some experience of meditation as no instruction will be included during the session, though there will be an opportunity to ask questions before if you arrive early and some basic instructions can be given. You should be able to sit in meditation for at least 30 minutes.
If you are a complete beginner to meditation it is advisable for you to practice/attend introductory classes on meditation before coming to this group.
Please be on time, as we will start at 7.35pm
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This will be an opportunity to sample the benefits of meditation in a group; experienced meditation teachers say it is most valuable to do so.
The group will not be method-specific, so whichever practice you engage in can be used, as long as it is silent. There is already some interest from a few people who practice Zazen and Vipassana Buddhist meditation techniques who would like to join the group. It will also be an opportunity to compare and discuss different techniques, which is not always possible.
This event is organised and facilitated by Daniel Gigi.
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Reb Zalman Schacter-Shalomi: Heavenly Days Right Here on this Earth - (11/8/2009)
This is a join-event with New London Synagogue and the Ruach Chavurah. The venue is New London Synagogue.
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Throughout his life Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi has studied deeply, both his own Hasidic heritage and the spiritual teachings of all religions. Having spent a lifetime working with fellow spiritual seekers ranging from Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach to the Dalai Lama, he is universally recognised as one of the most important Jewish spiritual teachers of our time.
Together with his wife, Eve Ilsen, he has always campaigned for a greater respect for our planet. This lecture will examine the special role that faith can play in helping us to protect our environment.
ADMISSION: £7 (£5 concessions)
Tickets can be booked, but not paid for, in advance. Cash only on the door.
To reserve your place or for more info email: rebzalmaninlondon@gmail.com
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House of Learning - (11/2/2009)
Our regular and fabulous Bet Midrash!
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End-of-apple-harvest social - (10/29/2009)
Moishe House London hosts a local apple picking group for their celebration to mark the end of the harvest. Building bridges and creating community!
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Hang Out At The House - (10/28/2009)
Moishe House London, together with the JCC, hosts a monthly evening of socialising between Londoners and asylum seekers, refugees and new citizens from Darfur.
A relaxed social event for people to get to know one another, and an opportunity for an informal cultural exchange. These regular events are always lovely evenings
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Victorian Tea Party - (10/18/2009)
Ladies and Gentlemen, please don your Sunday finest as Sebastian Sopwith-Smythe cordially invites you to the Moishe House for a Victorian Tea Party with a twist. Devour delightful tea-time delicacies on china trays, and drink the finest (fairtrade) tea from the best tea cups this side of the Orient.
In return, Sebastian simply asks for your attention, as we inform you about a new challenge for tea-drinkers everywhere...we’ll be talking PG Tips and Tetleys, and how every single lover of tea can make a jolly good stand for Fairtrade.
Dress: 1889. Golly gosh.
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This event is brought to you by Moishe House London, the JCC for London, Tzedek and the Jewish Social Action Forum. And Sebastian Sopwith-Smythe.
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Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan - (10/15/2009)
Feeling adrift after the High Holy Days? At our Rosh Chodesh gathering, we'll explore the month of Cheshvan, help you anchor your experiences and embark on the new year ahead. Tea and biscuits provided.
This event is brought to you by Jemma Lerner and Kerry Lambeth.
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Silent Meditation - (10/14/2009)
The fourth in our monthly opportunity to meditate in a group environment, without an instructor.
The evening will consist of two half-hour sittings, with a five-minute break between and a space to share experience afterwards.
NB: This group is most suitable for those with some experience of meditation as no instruction will be included during the session, though there will be an opportunity to ask questions before if you arrive early. You should be able to sit in meditation for at least 30 minutes.
If you are a beginner to meditation it is advisable for you to practice/attend introductory classes on meditation before coming to this group.
Please be on time, as we will start at 7.35pm
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This will be an opportunity to sample the benefits of meditation in a group; experienced meditation teachers say it is most valuable to do so.
The group will not be method-specific, so whichever practice you engage in can be used, as long as it is silent. There is already some interest from a few people who practice Zazen and Vipassana Buddhist meditation techniques who would like to join the group. It will also be an opportunity to compare and discuss different techniques, which is not always possible.
This event is organised and facilitated by Daniel Gigi.
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House of Learning - (10/5/2009)
The second in our Autumn season of the Beit Midrash run in association with Jeneration.
The guest teacher will be Rabbi Hulbert talking on:-
Sweetness and Light: Honey and bees in Bible, Mishnah and Talmud.
Turn your sukkah into a hive of activity and learn about the place of bees and honey in Judaism.
Rabbi Hulbert is the rabbi of Bet Tikvah synagogue in Barkingside and has kept bees for over ten years.
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Sukkaka - (10/4/2009)
Join us in our Sukkah to eat, celebrate and make music. We'll also be saying goodbye to our housemates Daniel Lichman and Lianna Hulbert, who are leaving the Moishe House.
Please bring some vegetarian food to share, any musical instruments that you play and much joy!
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Sukkot: Zman Simchatenu - Our Joy in the Sukka and in Life - (10/1/2009)
Sukkot: Zman Simchatenu - Our Joy in the Sukka and in Life
Come study with and hear from Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb as he runs this session with us. This will be a great way to get yourselves fully prepared for Succot and study with a great teacher.
Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb is the director of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He is a graduate of Harvard College, Columbia Law School and received his M.H.L. and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He worked, for 25 years, as an attorney for Israel’s Ministries of Justice and Finance and in private practice in Jerusalem before joining the Yeshiva in July 2000.
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Hang Out At The House - (9/30/2009)
We will be once again hosting the guys from Darfur, to eat and discuss ideas and continue our ongoing interfaith and race relationships. As part of the Hang Out we will include them in our Succah building event that will be running side by side.
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House of Learning - (9/21/2009)
Our regular Bet Midrash, only this time with Jackie Waltz teaching DANCE MIDRASH!
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Silent Meditation - (9/16/2009)
The third in our monthly opportunity to meditate in a group environment, without an instructor.
The evening will consist of three half-hour sittings, with five-minute breaks between and a space to share experience afterwards.
NB: This group is most suitable for those with some experience of meditation as no instruction will be included during the session, though there will be an opportunity to ask questions before if you arrive early. You should be able to sit in meditation for at least 30 minutes.
If you are a beginner to meditation it is advisable for you to practice/attend introductory classes on meditation before coming to this group.
Please be on time, as we will start at 7.35pm
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This will be an opportunity to sample the benefits of meditation in a group; experienced meditation teachers say it is most valuable to do so.
The group will not be method-specific, so whichever practice you engage in can be used, as long as it is silent. There is already some interest from a few people who practice Zazen and Vipassana Buddhist meditation techniques who would like to join the group. It will also be an opportunity to compare and discuss different techniques, which is not always possible.
This event is organised and facilitated by Daniel Gigi.
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BARAKA SCREENING - (9/13/2009)
We had this showing in June and had many people ask to have the opportunity to see it as they missed out.
Baraka is an incredible nonverbal film containing images of 24 countries from 6 continents, created by Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, with music from Michael Stearns and others. The film has no plot, contains no actors and has no script. Instead, high quality 70mm images show some of the best, and worse, parts of nature and human life. Timelapse is used heavily to show everyday life from a different perspective. Baraka is often considered a spiritual film.
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Grassroots Jews Consultation Forum - (9/8/2009)
Grassroots Jews has been formed out of various associated groups, including Wandering Jews, Carlebach Minyan Belsize Park and MoHolo. This is the 2nd of 2 consulation sessions regarding the ambitions of GJ, to hold Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services for like minded people outside of the traditional services on offer by the synagogues.
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Sukkat Shalom Shabbatluck - (9/4/2009)
Moishe House & Sukkat Shalom present: a Shabbat service and potluck at Burning Man! Bring a (non-meat) dish to share & celebrate Shabbat in good company!
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Pre-High Holy Days Reflection - (9/2/2009)
Ever get to the High Holy Days and wish you'd taken a little time to prepare yourself or think about what it means to you this year?
Please join us as Elie Jesner and Jeremy Beider lead an evening of reflection on the meaning and possibilities of the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe (or as Anglo Jewry calls them, the High Holy Days). We'll be sharing personal ideas and insights, looking to learn from each other, and also having a look at some of the traditional liturgy to try to hear how voices from the past have understood and developed these days.
We'll start at 8pm - please try to be on time.
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More on Grassroots Jews:
Grassroots Jews – High Holiday services from the people who bring you some of London’s best loved grassroots groups – Wandering Jews, Carlebach Minyan Belsize Park and MoHoLo. This is for people of all ages from children to grandparents. Location: a lovely house in NW3. Tickets and more info: http://grassrootsjewishnewyearproject.wordpress.com/
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Judaism & Nature - Theory and Practice - (8/31/2009)
This will be a last chance to learn with two amazing Jewish nature educators, fresh from Limmud Fest, before they return to Israel and America.
As summer wains, we'll be making good use of our beautiful garden, using our senses to experience the awe and wonder of Creation. And we'll be learning together inside, discussing the connection between revelation and wilderness-nature that began at Sinai.
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Rabbi Mike Comins is a rabbi and Israeli desert guide, the founder of TorahTrek Spiritual Wilderness Adventures and author of 'A Wild Faith: Jewish Ways into Wilderness'; 'Wilderness Ways into Judaism' and the forthcoming 'Making Prayer Real: Leading Jewish Spiritual Voices on the Difficulty of Prayer and What To Do About It'.
Josh Lake has spent the last fourteen years leading Jewish nature programming for Jewish communities throughout the United States, Canada and Israel. He’s a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary and has continued his education by trekking and meditating through our amazing world, bringing Jewish traditions alive as a hike becomes a walk through creation.
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Learn the Carlebach Friday night service with Yossi Chajes - (8/24/2009)
Moishe House London, the Carlebach Minyan and Yossi Chajes present a very special workshop on the Friday night service, and an opportunity to explore the the practice and philosophy of the "Carlebach dovening".
As we learn the melodies and words for the Friday night service, we will be joined by Yossi Chajes, long-time student & accompanist of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, currently professor of Jewish thought at the University of Haifa.
If you would like to learn how to lead or just join in, if you want to get inside prayer Carlebach-style, or if you just fancy a really good sing-song, this session is for you.
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Yossi Chajes was a founding member of the Leader Minyan in Jerusalem and frequently served there as chazan. He is also a founder of the Yakar "upstairs minyan" in Jerusalem.
Yossi is a professor of Jewish History at the University of Haifa. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and has been a Fulbright, Wexner, and Hartman Fellow, as well as a Visiting Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and at the University of Pennsylvania.
His book on spirit possession in Judaism, "Between Worlds," was a Koret Jewish Book Award Finalist for best book in Jewish History in 2004.
Yossi has long been active as a Jewish folk musician and informal educator. He was an accompanist of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and he frequently tours in Israel, the United States, and the former Soviet Union performing a mixture of niggunim and other Jewish "soul music."
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Big Lunch with neighbours - (8/23/2009)
Coming together with the residents of our neighborhood, to meet and share a meal and some conversation with the people who share our street! Because everybody needs good neighbors :-)
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Silent Meditation - (8/19/2009)
The second in our monthly opportunity to meditate in a group environment, without an instructor.
The evening will consist of three half-hour sittings, with five-minute breaks between and a space to share experience afterwards.
NB: This group is most suitable for those with some experience of meditation as no instruction will be included during the session, though there will be an opportunity to ask questions before if you arrive early. You should be able to sit in meditation for at least 30 minutes.
If you are a beginner to meditation it is advisable for you to practice/attend introductory classes on meditation before coming to this group.
Please be on time, as we will start at 7.35pm
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This will be an opportunity to sample the benefits of meditation in a group; experienced meditation teachers say it is most valuable to do so.
The group will not be method-specific, so whichever practice you engage in can be used, as long as it is silent. There is already some interest from a few people who practice Zazen and Vipassana Buddhist meditation techniques who would like to join the group. It will also be an opportunity to compare and discuss different techniques, which is not always possible.
This event is organised and facilitated by Daniel Gigi.
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Murder Mystery Evening - (8/12/2009)
We will have 12 people taking part in a dinner party and Murder 0ystery evening set in Medeival times. This is a programme to bring in people that know of the Moishe House but have never been and have been on our radar a long while.
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Open Talmud Project Day 4 - (8/2/2009)
An Extraordinary egalitarian Jewish learning experience, the first of its kind in London.
Talmud, Tanach, Midrash, Jewish Philosophy
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Open Talmud Project Day 2 - (7/31/2009)
An Extraordinary egalitarian Jewish learning experience, the first of its kind in London.
Talmud, Tanach, Midrash, Jewish Philosophy
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Open Talmud Project Day 1 - (7/30/2009)
An Extraordinary egalitarian Jewish learning experience, the first of its kind in London.
Talmud, Tanach, Midrash, Jewish Philosophy
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Hang Out at the House - (7/29/2009)
Moishe House London, together with the JCC, hosts a monthly evening of socialising between Londoners and asylum seekers, refugees and new citizens from Darfur. Purely a social event for people to relax and get to know each other.
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Silent Meditation - (7/22/2009)
An open session for experienced mediators to meditate together
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House of Learning - (7/20/2009)
Corrected Date Version
Our regular house of learning, this time with guest speaker Adam Kraus
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Book Group - (7/14/2009)
We chose a book last month and then set a date to discuss it. There were 12 people who had the book. 8 showed up for a debate and bbq, it started raining so we continued inside.
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Moishe Fest!!! - (7/12/2009)
Willesden rocks.
On Sunday 12th July Moishe House London are very excited to bring you the very first Moishe Fest, a day-long festival of music, theatre, comedy, art and story-telling.
Bands, DJs, wandering maggids, face/body painting, food and more throughout the event.
Put it in your diaries and be sure to come for all or some of the day.
LINE-UP (so far - watch this space as more acts are confirmed):
- Yair Schleider and Avivit (http://www.myspace.com/avivit)
- David Dan and Arkologyx (http://www.myspace.com/daviddan7)
- Clive Selwyn (http://www.myspace.com/tallbabyband)
- Danny Raphael (http://www.myspace.com/dannyraphael)
- Jen Charlton (http://www.myspace.com/jencharlton)
- Rachel Rose Reid (http://www.rachelrosereid.com/)
and more...
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Beit Midrash - (7/6/2009)
Welcome to the 2nd session of our Summer Term.
This week the guest teacher is Moshe Lavee of Haifa University who will looking at:
An Indigestible Heritage? : Reflections on Matzos, Dead Fathers and Old Mothers
In this session we will discuss contemporary Jewish creativity in light of some old weird Talmudic stories. The stories, telling about sages wondering from and towards their half-dead parents will be read and discussed in light of the renewal of Jewish culture in the current generation in the states and the UK. We would consider the relations of past and present, as well as that of Israeli and non-Israeli modes of contemporary Jewish identity, and the various routes and paths between them. Can the Talmudic narratives serve as an archetype for our concerns?
Dr Moshe Lavee is a lecturer in Talmud and Midrash in the University of Haifa. Alongside to his academic teaching and studies he was involved in Jewish Education, bringing together texts and people from diverse orientations. Moshe was a Lecturer in Leo Baeck College and taught in various communities and events in the UK, including including Limmud, NNLS and LSJS.
This month we are excited to present the following regular sessions during the first hour:-
Stewart Brookes
on
Jonah, Elijah, and Samson: Three Death Wishes and a Funeral.
Three sessions. Three well-known biblical figures. Three new readings.
Stewart Brookes has a PhD in medieval literature and is currently
teaching at University College London. His research interests include
biblical adaptation, midrash, and Hebrew manuscript art.
Ellen Goldberg
on
Democracy, Refugees and Pollution: Issues in Modern Israel
Ellen Goldberg has worked for New Israel Fund for 8 years, 6 of which in Israel, and as Executive Director in the UK since 2007. She has 20 years’ experience developing social and health services in Israel, especially for Israel’s immigrants, elderly and children at risk. Prior to that Ellen worked in the US with migrant farm workers and in the planning and evaluation of America’s social welfare programmes.
and
Eiran Davies
on
Talmud Bavli: Masechet Megillah
We are contiuing our fabulous study of tractate megillah, with the great rabbinic Jeweller Eiran Davies. Working through the text in the original, with the help of dictionaries, we always seek to find the deeper ideas behind the legal arguments, studying the aggadah as well as the halachah, and focusing on the theme of the sanctity of text. You need not be a talmudic scholar though some knowledge of hebrew/experience of text study is helpful.
Coming soon we have:
20 July Adam Kraus on Our Moral Compass
The Torah tells us that – under certain circumstances – we should stone our disobedient children. Are we the only ones who sometimes find the Torah difficult to swallow? Does our own gut reaction mean anything at all? The Rabbis, in their varied responses to this text, show us that our moral compass has a part to play. An interactive text-based session for all.
Adam Kraus read Hebrew Studies at Oxford University and is an alumnus of Hebrew University and Yeshivat Haetzion (Gush). He has taught across the community; a regular Moishe House visitor, Adam is an exciting, engaging teacher of texts.
Shavua tov to you all and hope to see you at an event soon!
BDJJLR
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Stewart Brookes will be looking at:-
6 July:
"Prophet and Loss: Elijah and the Rhetoric of Gesture"
When we set a place for Elijah at the Seder table, or invoke him in
the context of the merry little jingle "Eliahu HaNavi" at Havdalah,
Elijah presents a figure of comfort and consolation. His story in the
Book of Kings is a much darker one than this, however: a story of
loss, trauma, and pained personal responsibility. In this session we
will examine that narrative, in search of insight into this complex
biblical figure.
20 July:
"Samson and the Temple of Doom"
Is there more to Samson than his hair? Is this a story of hope or
despair? And what do the musical notes in the Tanakh have to tell us
about the narrative? Drawing on midrash, Josephus, David Grossman, and
the rippling muscles of Victor Mature, we will ask "Why? Why? Why?
Delilah?".
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Ellen Goldman's sessions will be on:-
6 July:-
The Future of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Foreign Workers in Israel –
Will Jewish or humanistic values lose out to xenophobia? Is it really a win-lose situation?
20 July:-
How Does the ‘Chosen People’ Pollute Its Promised Land?
The struggles and achievements of Israel’s environmental movement - preserving natural resources for the future and safeguarding the health of all Israelis.
Come to one or come to them all. Become a player in Jewish tradition.
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We provide intense, challenging opportunities to get together, learn, pray and travel.
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Jeneration is open, inclusive and passionately pluralistic. We’re connected to our Jewishness, and want you to be too, in a way that’s right for you.
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Hang Out at the House - (6/24/2009)
Our monthly social event with Darfuri refugees
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Beit Midrash - (6/22/2009)
The first in the new series - groups on state and religion in Israel, Talmud and Ketuvim. Keynote lecture from Avieleh Berkeley on Nidah and the Torah of Feminism.
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'Us' Time - (6/21/2009)
A midsummer's afternoon gardening together, making our space look wonderful!
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Film Screening of 'Baraka' - (6/16/2009)
We showed the film Baraka using a projector and big screen. This film is an inspirational journey through earth and it's people, with amazing music and soundscapes.
It was the sunniest day and a beautiful evening, as you are probably aware, we don't have reliable weather here. So even though we had 12 people who said they were definitely coming and 59 maybes, the total who showed was 3! I think we need to do more film nights as it will work really well in the space, but have decided we will do more in the winter!
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Sustainable living Community - (6/14/2009)
Eiran Davies who has recently finished semicha, comes to discuss and talk about the interest in setting up a rural Jewish community
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Open Mic Night - (6/11/2009)
Our usual Open Mic, when we invite people to come and share poetry, stories, music to the moishe masses!
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Beit Midrash w/Divorah Brown - (6/1/2009)
Divorah Baum is our special guest for Beit Midrash, which is the last in the series. An academic from the University of Southampton specialising in continental philosophy and Derrida particularly, her talk is on "Jews and Nothing"
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Hang Out at the House - (5/28/2009)
Our monthly collaborative event with the London Jewish Community Centre, providing social space for local Darfuri refugees and members of the Jewish community
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Kabbalah Yoga Experience - (5/26/2009)
The Kabbalah Yoga Experience is a brand new series of workshops being taught by Marcus J Freed. These powerful yoga sessions will refresh your body and uplift your soul as we connect with deep Jewish wisdom through a dynamic practice. Come along to all the sessions or just try out one of them - we'll go through a dynamic journey through the sefira-energies that link Pesach with Shavuot, as we truly understand the verse "in my flesh I shall see God" (Job 19:26).
26th May - RETURN OF THE KING (Malchut)
COST: Pay-what-you-can (recommended donation of £10)
RESERVATION: Essential! Only five places left! (email marcus@bibliyoga.com)
WEAR: Appropriate loose clothing
BRING: A smile. And a great attitude.
BIBLIYOGA?!?!?
Bibliyoga is a system for connecting to Jewish spiritual wisdom through powerful and dynamic yoga. Marcus J Freed began developing Bibliyoga as a result of wanting a spiritual experience that was thoroughly physical and authentically Jewish. Bibliyoga has been taught in 15 countries worldwide and is a phenomenonal method. Come and join the Bibliyoga community and experience freedom for the body and soul.
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Activist letter writing and cake - (5/21/2009)
Write letters on issues that matter to you, from human rights to climate change. Template letters from Amnesty International, Friends of the Earth and more will be available for inspiration.
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Shoshana's Shiur - 5 of 5 - (5/20/2009)
What they didn't teach you in cheder: The back-story on the Jewish Holidays
How can ancient stories from the Bible illuminate our lives and help us in our search for meaning? How do the Jewish festivals reflect the values, concerns and conflicts we struggle with today?
This week, the last of 5, will be on – Shavuot - Outliers and the Messiah.
8-9:30pm every Wed between 22nd April and 20th May
What they didn't teach you in cheder: The back-story on the Jewish Holidays
How can ancient stories from the Bible illuminate our lives and help us in our search for meaning? How do the Jewish festivals reflect the values, concerns and conflicts we struggle with today?
This week, the final one in the series will be on - Shavuot - Outliers and the Messiah.
8-9:30pm every Wed between 22nd April and 20th May
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand has spent most of her career teaching texts about Jewish leadership in pluralist settings. She is passionate about the way in which diverse groups of people can came together to study our shared texts. Shoshana engages in serious text study, without it being rigid and authoritarian. She creates an open, critical, and warm dialogue with those in the room, the text and generations of teachers and Rabbis.
This event is run in association with Jeneration.
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Beit Midrash House of Learning - (5/18/2009)
Our Spring season continutes!
Half the evening is taken up with small, facilitated study groups, the subjects of which change every 8 weeks. The second half is a session led by guest teachers, who hail from all corners of the Jewish Community.
First Half sessions
* Talmud led by Eiran Davies. We are contiuing our fabulous study of tractate megillah, with the great rabbinic Jeweller Eiran Davies. Working through the text in the original, with the help of dictionaries, we always seek to find the deeper ideas behind the legal arguments, studying the aggadah as well as the halachah, and focusing on the theme of the sanctity of text. You need not be a talmudic scholar though some knowledge of hebrew/experience of text study is helpful.
* Jules Goldberg: Footsteps in Eternity: Grappling with Time and Transformation.
Continuing his exploration of naturalistic philosophy and ethics, inspired by the visions of Spinoza, Einstein, Sagan and others, Jules will be exploring our ever-expanding understanding of the natural world, and asking what it means for us, and for the future of religion.
Topics will include:
'Billions and Billions: Evolution, the cosmos, and everything' and 'A Call for a Cosmic Religion: Can Einstein's vision of 'a cosmic religion of the future' be fulfilled?
* Food, Kashrut, and the Omnivore's Dilemna led by Zahavit Shalev. Michael Pollan begins The Omnivore’s Dilemma, with the question “What should we have for dinner?” His book is a long and involved answer to this seemingly simple question. We Jews have a comprehensive set of laws determining what we may consume, so it should be easy for us to answer this question, and yet we’re also part of the vast global industrial food chain Pollan describes which makes tracing the food on our plates incredibly complex. Join us in figuring out what we are eating and ascertaining whether it is actually fit to eat.
And in the second half...
'Duties of the Heart'
we welcome Rabbi Dr Michael Shire, Vice-Principal and Director of the Department of Jewish Education at Leo Baeck College, London. Born in the UK, he studied extensively in the U.S. with Jewish professional posts in New York and California. He has published widely in the field of spiritual education and authored four books on creative liturgy upon which he lectures and teaches in academic and communal settings
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House Date - (5/17/2009)
'Us' time: Exercising our large intellects at the Prince Albert Pub Quiz.
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Challah baking the second - (5/14/2009)
Missed out on last months challah baking? Don't worry, there's a second chance to mix, knead and bake your own loaf this month. All ingredients provided.
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Shoshana's Shiur - 4 of 5 - (5/13/2009)
What they didn't teach you in cheder: The back-story on the Jewish Holidays
How can ancient stories from the Bible illuminate our lives and help us in our search for meaning? How do the Jewish festivals reflect the values, concerns and conflicts we struggle with today?
This week, the fourth of 5, will be on – Tisha B'Av - Alternative Stories of Destruction and Rebuilding
The final shiur the week after will be:-
Shavuot - Outliers and the Messiah http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?guests&new&m=2&eid=62782951143#/event.php?eid=62782951143
Come to 1 or come to 5.
8-9:30pm every Wed between 22nd April and 20th May
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand has spent most of her career teaching texts about Jewish leadership in pluralist settings. She is passionate about the way in which diverse groups of people can came together to study our shared texts. Shoshana engages in serious text study, without it being rigid and authoritarian. She creates an open, critical, and warm dialogue with those in the room, the text and generations of teachers and Rabbis.
This event is run in association with Jeneration
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Cannabis Chassidis - (5/12/2009)
Moishe House London presents: Yoseph Leib, author of Cannabis Chassidis and THE *rebbe* on the subject. Followed by a Lag B'Omer bonfire in our garden.
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“Seven years ago, I came to Jerusalem,
just out of high school,
looking for an authentic Jewish tradition
for how to smoke marijuana
rightly, helpfully, more effectively
and more meaningfully.
What I found additionally and instead
was a living culture, wrestling with the mystery
of how to incorporate the ecstatic; and the
mystery of the causes for it's repression,
along with a lot of brilliant guidance and terrible truths about the nature of religion, law, idealism and drugs.”
Cannabis Chassidis ran as a weblog from January 2005 to May 2007, detailing the question and it's exploration: How could it be that something as inherent to modern life as Marijuana, something with a rich history of human usage, has no tradition in Torah, a guidance system that I was raised to understand as encompassing everything good that one should know? There are answers for what IS there in the tradition, rich allusions to herbs and smokes used in different capacities, and the more interesting answers and questions are about what there isn't in the tradition, and why.
And along the way, the spectrum of an experience of Judaism's living mystical subculture is explored, and the romantic idealization and redemptive potential of both Psychedelia and Judaism are touched and felt deeply, in the context of outstanding communities and individuals who have experienced the glories and the failures of both.
Yoseph Leib has been living in Jerusalem, letting the big questions introduce him to all kinds of fascinating people and perspectives. And soon, he's coming to Great Britain, B"H, in the hopes of Connecting.
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7pm - Yoseph Leib
9pm - Garden Party and Lag B'Omer Bonfire
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Shoshana's Shiur - 3 of 5 - (5/6/2009)
What they didn't teach you in cheder: The back-story on the Jewish Holidays
How can ancient stories from the Bible illuminate our lives and help us in our search for meaning? How do the Jewish festivals reflect the values, concerns and conflicts we struggle with today?
This week, the 3rd of 5, will be on – Purim - Leadership without Authority
Upcoming shiurim will be:-
May 13
Tisha B'av - Alternative Stories of destruction and Rebuilding
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?picture&eid=159564970088&created&new&m=1#/event.php?eid=159564970088
May 20
Shavuot - Outliers and the Messiah
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?guests&new&m=2&eid=62782951143#/event.php?eid=62782951143
Come to 1 or come to 5.
8-9:30pm every Wed between 22nd April and 20th May
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand has spent most of her career teaching texts about Jewish leadership in pluralist settings. She is passionate about the way in which diverse groups of people can came together to study our shared texts. Shoshana engages in serious text study, without it being rigid and authoritarian. She creates an open, critical, and warm dialogue with those in the room, the text and generations of teachers and Rabbis.
This event is run in association with Jeneration.
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Hang Out At the House - (4/29/2009)
Come and hang out with Darfuri refugees who are now living in London. This week, we will be cooking, and eating, a traditional Darfuri dinner.
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Shoshana's Shiur - (4/29/2009)
What they didn't teach you in cheder: The back-story on the Jewish Holidays
How can ancient stories from the Bible illuminate our lives and help us in our search for meaning? How do the Jewish festivals reflect the values, concerns and conflicts we struggle with today?
This week, the 2nd of 5, will be on – Hanukah - Shining a New Light
Upcoming shiurim will be:-
May 6
Purim - Leadership without Authority
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?guests&new&m=2&eid=63026678119#/event.php?eid=63026678119
May 13
Tisha B'av - Alternative Stories of destruction and Rebuilding
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?picture&eid=159564970088&created&new&m=1#/event.php?eid=159564970088
May 20
Shavuot - Outliers and the Messiah
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?guests&new&m=2&eid=62782951143#/event.php?eid=62782951143
Come to 1 or come to 5.
8-9:30pm every Wed between 22nd April and 20th May
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand has spent most of her career teaching texts about Jewish leadership in pluralist settings. She is passionate about the way in which diverse groups of people can came together to study our shared texts. Shoshana engages in serious text study, without it being rigid and authoritarian. She creates an open, critical, and warm dialogue with those in the room, the text and generations of teachers and Rabbis.
This event is run in association with Jeneration.
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Faith in Leadership - (4/26/2009)
Interfaith Leadership Course
This is a chance to learn about this highly-rated leadership programme, endorsed by the leaders of the UK's major faiths. Generous financial support from a number of sources means that the programme is free to participants, although £3500 is invested in the development of each emerging leader.
In addition, former participants of the Faith in Leadership Programme will offer:
a) Mumbai and Gaza: International Conflicts and their Repercussions in the UK
Faith in Leadership graduates will facilitate discussion on the above theme.
b) You, Me and the BNP.
As the European elections approach, activists from different faith and ethnic communities will talk about what they are doing to stop the far right making gains, and what you can do to help them.
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How to Yom HaAtzmaut - (4/26/2009)
Yom HaAtzmaut is considered a permanent fixture in the Jewish festival calendar. But should we celebrate it-and if so how?
We will explore a number of questions about how to mark the day, looking at the religious and political implications of different ways in which the occasion has been marked inside and outside the Jewish community.
It will all be in time for you to mark the day in whichever way you choose a few days later.
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Make Your Own Challah - (4/23/2009)
Challah making and baking workshop - mix challah dough, knead, and bake pre-risen dough while learning more about this favourite Jewish bread
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Shoshana's Shiur - (4/22/2009)
What they didn't teach you in cheder: The back-story on the Jewish Holidays
How can ancient stories from the Bible illuminate our lives and help us in our search for meaning? How do the Jewish festivals reflect the values, concerns and conflicts we struggle with today? Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand has spent most of her career teaching texts about Jewish leadership in pluralist settings. She is passionate about the way in which diverse groups of people can came together to study our shared texts. Shoshana engages in serious text study, without it being rigid and authoritarian. She creates an open, critical, and warm dialogue with those in the room, the text and generations of teachers and Rabbis.
This event is run in association with Jeneration.
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House of Learning - (4/20/2009)
Our regular and fabulous House of Learning returns with an ALL-NEW set of Spring sessions.
Half the evening is taken up with small, facilitated study groups, the subjects of which change every 8 weeks. The second half is a session led by guest teachers, who hail from all corners of the Jewish Community.
First Half sessions
* Talmud led by Eiran Davies. We are contiuing our fabulous study of tractate megillah, with the great rabbinic Jeweller Eiran Davies. Working through the text in the original, with the help of dictionaries, we always seek to find the deeper ideas behind the legal arguments, studying the aggadah as well as the halachah, and focusing on the theme of the sanctity of text. You need not be a talmudic scholar though some knowledge of hebrew/experience of text study is helpful.
* Jules Goldberg: Footsteps in Eternity: Grappling with Time and Transformation.
Continuing his exploration of naturalistic philosophy and ethics, inspired by the visions of Spinoza, Einstein, Sagan and others, Jules will be exploring our ever-expanding understanding of the natural world, and asking what it means for us, and for the future of religion.
Topics will include:
'Billions and Billions: Evolution, the cosmos, and everything' and 'A Call for a Cosmic Religion: Can Einstein's vision of 'a cosmic religion of the future' be fulfilled?
** Food, Kashrut, and the Omnivore's Dilemna led by Zahavit Shalev. Michael Pollan begins The Omnivore’s Dilemma, with the question “What should we have for dinner?” His book is a long and involved answer to this seemingly simple question. We Jews have a comprehensive set of laws determining what we may consume, so it should be easy for us to answer this question, and yet we’re also part of the vast global industrial food chain Pollan describes which makes tracing the food on our plates incredibly complex. Join us in figuring out what we are eating and ascertaining whether it is actually fit to eat.
Guest Teacher for April 20
Guest teacher Rabbi Herschel Gluck will be teaching on 'The Omer: Walking The Walk, Internalising Redemption'
Rabbi Gluck (pictured) is a prominent and well-regarded spokesperson for the Orthodox community and served for many years as Rabbi of Walford Road Shul in Stoke Newington. In 2003 he co-founded the Muslim Jewish Forum with Imam Ismail Amaan. He is the director of Ohr Avrohom , an outreach organisation involved in Jewish community development and Jewish education in Europe, and in international humanitarian work. Rabbi Gluck has coordinated peace and reconciliation talks and initiatives, in the Balkans, the Middle-East and the Sudan.
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Mimouna - (4/16/2009)
Mimouna is a traditional North African Jewish celebration held after the conclusion of Pesach.
Come celebrate the return of Spring, and chametz, into our lives
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Birkat HaChamah - The Blessing of the Sun - (4/7/2009)
According to the Talmud, once every 28 years, the sun returns to the exact position it held when it was created, on the fourth day of the Creation.
Thus the rabbis instituted a very special mitzvah, only possible once every 28 years.
This year it falls at dawn on April 8th, which also happens to be Erev Pesach!
This Erev Pesach, bring your last crusts of chametz (in a sealed plastic bag) and greet the dawn with us. We will perform the Birkat HaChamah ceremony before burning our chametz.
The ceremony will be followed by a short study session and a special celebratory breakfast which, according to Jewish law, exempts first born children from the traditional Fast of the First Born.
As dawn is at 6.20am we invite you to stay over at Moishe House London the night of Tuesday 7th April.
Tuesday 7th April 9.35pm onwards:
- Sleepover at Moishe House London
Wednesday 8th April:
- 6:20am Blessing of the Sun in our garden
- 7am Burning of Chametz
- 7:30am Study and Special Siyyum Breakfast
- 8am Off to work or hang around at the Moishe House!
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Open Mic: Filling the House - (4/2/2009)
Musicians, singers, poets, creative thinkers, wordsmiths, story weavers, actors, professionals, enthusiasts, jokers, spectators, participants... All come together for our bimonthly creativity and performance mash-up.
Bring your good souls (and your bad ones) ready to share in and appreciate the evening's creative magic.
Come 7.30pm for an 8pm start.
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Bibliyoga with Marcus Freed - (4/1/2009)
4 of 4 special yoga classes at Moishe House London: enlightenment for body and soul!
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Bibliyoga with Marcus Freed - (3/31/2009)
3 of 4 special yoga classes at Moishe House London: enlightenment for body and soul!
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House of Learning - (3/30/2009)
Moishe House presents cutting edge Jewish learning and thought. Come and become a player in the tradition, not just a spectator....
For the first hour you will have the choice of four groups studying a diverse range of Jewish topics.
In the second half of the evening our guest teacher Maureen Kendler will be teaching:-
‘Eighty Years of Four Sons: Why are these four sons better than those four sons?’
Maureen is Head of Educational Programming at the London School of Jewish Studies.
Come join the last of our regular sessions:-
What does it mean for a society to be just? This four part series, led by Political Theory masters student Eliana Zur-Szpiro, will explore this question using John Rawl’s seminal work A Theory of Justice. No previous knowledge of philosophy is required.
Jonathan Schneider, thinker, poet and musician explores Maimonides, and his notion of the temple. Going beyond history and archaeology, we will explore the mystical and spiritual concepts buried in Maimonides’ ideas.
Talmud Jamming- led by the UK’s only rabbinic jeweller Eiran Davies, we will study Tractate Megillah in the original Aramaic and Hebrew, using dictonaries. We aim to build up skills, and to examine the philosophical, political and religious ideas that underpin the tractate.
American fiction and Jewish identity: Join Daniel Lichman looking at how the short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Bernard Melamud, Philip Roth and Nathan Englander interogate discourses of Jewish identity.
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Is it Because I'm Black? The Challenges of Being Black and Jewish in Israel - (3/26/2009)
A report carried out by the Bank of Israel in 2006 demonstrates the Ethiopian Aliyah are a socially excluded group in the population:
- The incidence of poverty amongst Ethiopian families is estimated at about 51.7% compared with 15.8% in the general Israeli population.
- The rate of participation in the labor market is about 65.7% amongst adults compared with about 82.5% in the general Israeli population.
- The monthly income per capita is estimated at about 1,994 New Israeli Shekels amongst Ethiopians compared with about 3,947 New Israeli Shekels in the general Israeli population.
- About 21.7% of Ethiopian immigrants are holders of high school and higher education, compared with about 49.2% in the general Israeli population. About 20.4% of Ethiopian immigrants are not holders of a basic education, compared with about 0.9% from the general Israeli population.
- In the 2002-2003 school year, the rate of criminal charges brought against 12-20 year old Ethiopian immigrants was 4.6%, twice as high as the number of criminal charges brought against the equivalent age group from the remainder of Israeli society.
Come and hear about some of the work being done in Israel seeking to further the rights of the Ethiopian Israelis. Sarah Lewis, a UK educated Sabra Israeli, will provide an inside look at the legal issues facing the Ethiopian Aliyah. A lawyer based in Beer Sheva - a city with one of the largest concentration of Ethiopian Olim -, Sarah has done a lot of work with Ethiopian Olim through LACO - the Legal Aid Centre for Olim. LACO is a project run by the Israel Religious Action Centre, an organisation that fights for the legal rights of non-Orthodox Jews and other prejudiced groups in Israeli Society.
Run in coordination with Pro-Zion, the Progressive Zionist organisation.
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Hang Out at the Moishe House - (3/25/2009)
In association with the JCC: monthly social evening with Darfuri refugees and asylum seekers.
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Bibliyoga with Marcus Freed - (3/24/2009)
2 of 4 special yoga classes at Moishe House London: enlightenment for body and soul!
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Bibliyoga with Marcus Freed - (3/17/2009)
1 of 4 special yoga classes at Moishe House London: enlightenment for body and soul!
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House of Learning - (3/16/2009)
Moishe House and Jeneration present cutting edge Jewish learning and thought. Come and become a player in the tradition, not just a spectator....
In the second half of the evening we are delighted to have Jacqueline Nicholls as our guest teacher. Her session will be:
'For the blood is the life: Playing with the red thread'
Jaqueline Jacqueline is an artist and Jewish educator. She uses art to explore traditional Jewish ideas in untraditional ways.
In the first half you are welcome to join the 3rd and penultimate session in this series. The groups at the moment are:
What does it mean for a society to be just? This four part series, led by Political Theory masters student Eliana Zur-Szpiro, will explore this question using John Rawl’s seminal work A Theory of Justice. No previous knowledge of philosophy is required.
Jonathan Schneider, thinker, poet and musician explores Maimonides, and his notion of the temple. Going beyond history and archaeology, we will explore the mystical and spiritual concepts buried in Maimonides’ ideas.
Talmud Jamming- led by the UK’s only rabbinic jeweller Eiran Davies, we will study Tractate Megillah in the original Aramaic and Hebrew, using dictonaries. We aim to build up skills, and to examine the philosophical, political and religious ideas that underpin the tractate.
American fiction and Jewish identity: Join Daniel Lichman looking at how the short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Bernard Melamud, Philip Roth and Nathan Englander interogate discourses of Jewish identity.
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Towards a Jewish Theology - (3/11/2009)
Marc Ellis; the top name in Jewish Liberation Theology, comes to Moishe House! This is his only Jewish event in London.
Is there a Jewish theology of liberation and if so what does it look like? In a meaningful way, the people Israel begins with liberation; as Jews we are commanded to reenact this yearly. At the same time, Jews explore the needs of the time in which we live: What do we need to be liberated from? Where would our liberation lead us? The obvious issues to discuss are the Holocaust, Israel and the Palestinians, all of which lead to question of Jewish identity today. What does it mean to be Jewish in our time?
Liberation Theology is a movement in Christianity, particularly Catholicism, that began in the late 1950s, that looked at religion from the perspective of the poor. Fusing Christian doctrine with socialism, and Marxism. As grassroots led movement, with strong roots in South America it placed at the heart of Christianity political activism, especially about social justice, poverty, and human rights. Its theologians consider sin the root source of poverty, recognizing sin as exploitive capitalism and class war by the rich against the poor.
Marc Ellis began as a holocaust theologian in the tradition of Richard Rubenstein and Emil Fackenheim, discussing what theological implictions to dram from the shoah. He later became interested in Liberation Theology, and began to apply its teaching to Judaism, particularly in relation to Israel/Palestine. He called for a 'return to the prophetic' in advocating a Palestinian state, at a time, in the 1970s, when it was hugely controversial to do so. His understanding of liberation theology has caused him to critique 'constantine Judaism' ie religion in defence of state power, and calls for a return to jewish values of justice. Famously, and controversially, he once commented
"Because of our abuse of power, should the Torah reside somewhere else, at least for the time being? When the Ark is opened, instead of the Torah, perhaps we should find placed there a helicopter gunship. The congregation will revere it. We will admire its power. And bow before it."
Marc Ellis is University Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books including Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation and this year, Judaism Does Not Equal Israel.
His work is a meditation on what can be learned and retained from his encounters with the Catholic Worker movement, post-Holocaust theology, Latin America Liberation Theology, engagement with the Palestinian cause, and acknowledgment of Israeli violence.
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Purim Party - (3/9/2009)
Moishe House London's Purim party will be a spectacular and unpredictable night of performances, talks, encounters and interactive events.
For each area in the house there will be time slots throughout the night, time slots waiting for YOU.
Do you have a performance, a character, something you want to share, debate or lead? Please message us as soon as you can and we'll schedule you in to one of our areas.
And, yes, it's a COSTUME PARTY. What did you expect? It's Purim. So come in fancy dress.
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Moishe House Beit Midrash - (3/2/2009)
Moishe House and Jeneration present cutting edge Jewish learning and thought. Come and become a player in the tradition, not just a spectator....
For the first hour you will have the choice of four groups studying a diverse range of Jewish topics.
Following that our guest teacher, Yoni Sherizen, will be teaching on '‘Tzedakah: Camden, Khartoum or Kiryat Malakhi’.
Yoni is the Executive Director of Jewish Chaplaincy, coordinating university chaplains across the country.
Our regular group sessions at this time are:-
This will follow the first of our group sessions. For the first hour choose between:-
What does it mean for a society to be just? This four part series, led by Political Theory masters student Eliana Zur-Szpiro, will explore this question using John Rawl’s seminal work A Theory of Justice. No previous knowledge of philosophy is required.
Jonathan Schneider, thinker, poet and musician explores Maimonides, and his notion of the temple. Going beyond history and archaeology, we will explore the mystical and spiritual concepts buried in Maimonides’ ideas.
Talmud Jamming- led by the UK’s only rabbinic jeweller Eiran Davies, we will study Tractate Megillah in the original Aramaic and Hebrew, using dictonaries. We aim to build up skills, and to examine the philosophical, political and religious ideas that underpin the tractate.
American fiction and Jewish identity: Join Daniel Lichman looking at how the short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Bernard Melamud, Philip Roth and Nathan Englander interogate discourses of Jewish identity.
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Jews on Film - (3/1/2009)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) sends up the Middle East conflict. Adam Sandler plays Zohan Dvir, an Israeli Special Forces Soldier who fakes his own death so he can re-emerge in New York City to fulfill his dream as a hair stylist. Unfortunately, for him he is tracked down by a Lebanese terrorist, the Phantom (John Turturro).
We will explore the representation of Jews on recent film. Where does this film fall in terms of the 'queer' Diaspora Jew or the 'tough' Zionist? What can this film tell us about American Jewish self-perceptions today? Is this a sign of confidence or crisis? And is the Middle East a valid subject for comedy?
Dr. Nathan Abrams is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Bangor University and Director of the Centre for Film Studies. He is author and editor six books, including Studying Film (2001). He also teaches a course entitled 'Midrash and the Movies' at the London School of Jewish Studies.
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Hang Out at the House - (2/25/2009)
Moishe House London, together with the JCC, hosts a monthly evening of socialising between Londoners and asylum seekers, refugees and new citizens from Darfur.
Imagine coming to a country and having a social life that involves lawyers, council representatives and people on the tube. Depressing isn't it? Many of our Jewish ancestors were fortunate to have a community here waiting for them when they arrived in the UK. Under the current system, and with fewer established cultural groups, it is often harder for refugees and asylum seekers to find friends and with them all of the happy interactions we all appreciate.
You won’t be asked to write any letters or sign any petitions - this is purely a social event for people to relax and get to know each other. Donations would be welcome to help cover the travel costs of the Darfuri visitors.
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Jewish Superstition - (2/17/2009)
A talk by folklorist Del Reid.
From the Exodus through to the shtetls of Europe and into the urban world of today there are superstitions we have created ourselves and superstitions we have collected along the way.
From the Ayin Ha Horrar, and the Blud Shtruff, the Kamayah and spitting three times; there are evils in the world that superstition and its surrounding rituals protect us from... or so we would believe.
The talk will last apx 45mins with space for questions and discussion at the end. If you know of a Jewish superstition you would like explained Del will help you to understand it.
Raised in the East End, Del Reid is a Folklorist, lecturing and advising on the superstition, music, symbolism, folktales and culture of Eastern European Jewry. He has a great fascination for revelation through research, and has also worked as a poet, storyteller and archivist. Del was the chairman of the UK Society for Storytelling from 2000-2006 and is now co-ordinator of National Storytelling Week, which occurs over the last week of January and the first week of February.
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Bet Midrash Relaunch! - (2/16/2009)
4 teachers, 4 choices, 4 weeks, plus a guest speaker. This week's guest speaker, Eli Jesner on 'Faith'.
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An Introduction to Spinoza - (2/11/2009)
Baruch Spinoza is one of the most important and interesting thinkers to have emerged from the Jewish people. Born into the Amsterdam Jewish community in 1632, a community formed in the wake of the Spanish Inquisition, Spinoza received an intensive Jewish education from a young age. However, he rebelled against the ideas he was taught, and at the age of 23 was excommunicated from the community in the harshest possible terms.
Spending his adult years working as a lens grinder, Spinoza went on to become one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the Western tradition, laying the foundations for The Enlightenment, and deeply inspiring minds as great as Albert Einstein. It has been said that “all philosophy after him is permeated with his thought”.
Spinoza championed reason, and rallied against superstition. His book, The Ethics, presented a grand rational system that attempted to explain everything from the nature of reality to human psychology. Central to his philosophy is that idea that all things are modes or attributes of a single substance, which he termed “G-d or Nature”.
Despite being one of history’s most famous Jewish heretics and Bible critics, in some ways Spinoza is also a quintessentially Jewish thinker. He formed a universalist, religious world-view, with a bold conception of “God” at its core, with its own means of understanding and dealing with the sufferings of the Jewish past.
Come to this session for an introduction to Spinoza’s life and ideas.
The session will be led by house regular Jules Goldberg
Some quotes about Spinoza:
“The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers.” Betrand Russell
"The rebel Jew who gave us modernity" Rebecca Goldstein
"A g-d-intoxicated man” Novalis
“Spinoza is the Christ of philosophers, and the greatest philosophers are hardly more than apostles who distance themselves from or draw near to this mystery.” Gilles Deluze
"How much do I love that noble man
More than I could tell with words
I fear though he'll remain alone
With a holy halo of his own." Albert Einstein
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Tu Bishvat Seder - (2/8/2009)
The perfect companion to our afternoon's event!
PLEASE BRING: some fruit and some white or red wine (marked veggie / kosher if possible) for use in the Seder. Juice will be provided for those who prefer it!
Help us turn the room around from chaos to calm, and from swapshop to ceremony.
The Tu B'Shevat Seder was developed by scholars of Mystical Judaism and is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the natural world with which we are inextricably connected.
The ceremony will be interactive and so it will be possible for all guests to find a connection of their own within the experience, regardless of spiritual or religious affilliation.
R. Yochanan said: One day [Honi the Circle-maker] was journeying on the road and he saw a man planting a carob tree. He asked him: How long does it take for this tree to bear fruit? The man replied: Seventy years. He then further asked him: Are you sure you will live another seventy years? The man replied: I found [full-grown] carob trees in the world. As my ancestors planted them for me, so I will plant them for my children. —Babylonian Talmud, Taanit 23a
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Supersweet Jumble/Jam Swap Shop - (2/8/2009)
They say the best things in life are free, so start your 2009 on a happy eco-note with MoHoLo's free shop!
BRING: Unwanted clothes, shoes, scarves, books, DVDs, CDs, jewellery, wintery gifts etc…
FIND: Some new- vintage delights
PLUS:
Jam in the music corner
Fix broken clothes in the fix-it corner
Make suggestions for Moholo in 2009
Free Reiki taster sessions will be available
Find out more about Transition Networks, Freecycle and other sustainability projects, as well as Jewish organisations which focus on the environment.
All leftover goods at the end of this event will be donated to charity.
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Open Mic - (2/5/2009)
Our regular opportunity to hear and share creativity in our community. Join in with first-time performers and full-time professionals players.
If you can think of nothing to bring then there will be poetry books readily available for you to read out to us and soothe our souls!
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Hang Out at the House - (1/28/2009)
Moishe House London, together with the JCC, hosts a monthly evening of socialising between Londoners and asylum seekers, refugees and new citizens from Darfur.
Imagine coming to a country and having a social life that involves lawyers, council representatives and people on the tube. Depressing isn't it? Many of our Jewish ancestors were fortunate to have a community here waiting for them when they arrived in the UK. Under the current system, and with fewer established cultural groups, it is often harder for refugees and asylum seekers to find friends and with them all of the happy interactions we all appreciate.
You won’t be asked to write any letters or sign any petitions - this is purely a social event for people to relax and get to know each other.
Donations would be welcome to help cover the travel costs of the Darfuri visitors.
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House Date - (1/26/2009)
Farewell to Gideon, Hellooo to Daniel Number 2!
With the help of some pizza.
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Artist's Way Week Final Celebration - (1/25/2009)
A festive meal to celebrate the completion of our 12-week creativity course
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Adam Kraus: 'What Is Oral Torah?' - (1/22/2009)
Adam returns to MoHoLo, following his successful, thoughtprovoking and entertaining visit to us in 2008.
"One of the most important tenets of Judaism is that, alongside the written Torah, there also exists an ‘Oral Torah’ - but what is it? Contrary to popular opinion, the Rabbis of the Talmud offer us a surprising variety of answers, with crucial consequences for the Judaism of today."
There will be plenty of time for questions and interaction.
Adam Kraus read Hebrew Studies at Oxford University. He is an alumnus of Yeshivat Har Etzion (Gush) and the Hebrew University and has taught across the community. He aims to make Jewish learning relevant, useful and accessible to all.
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Gaza: Listening to Each Other - (1/20/2009)
Emotions on the situation in Gaza are running high. There is pressure to have an opinion, to take a stance, to campaign...
Away from all that, this event is a space to speak and be heard, to listen and be listened to, without fear of condemnation or escalation.
We will use a technique known as 'deep listening' to give each participant their own time to express their feelings & thoughts on the conflict in Gaza.
This is not a forum for political debate or contesting 'who is right'. PLEASE DO NOT COME WITH THE INTENTION OF CHANGING OTHERS' VIEWS.
It is an opportunity to further your understanding of other perspectives, while adding your own in a space big enough to hold everyone's opinions.
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House of Learning - (1/19/2009)
Out regular Beit Midrash
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Artist's Way Week 12 - (1/18/2009)
The (almost) final week of our creativity course.
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Artist's Way Week 11 - (1/11/2009)
Latest installment of our 12 week creativity course
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House of Learning - (1/5/2009)
Beit Midrash with Rabbi Deborah Kahn Harris on the Book of Lamentations
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Artist's Way Week 10 - (1/4/2009)
Our weekly creative unblocking group
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Maleva Malkah - (1/3/2009)
Musical gathering to see out Shabbat and take us into the week
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Chanukah Party - (12/21/2008)
Fire. Music. Doughnuts.
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Bet Midrash - (12/15/2008)
with Ariel Kahn
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Artist's Way Week 7 - (12/14/2008)
Our unblocking creativity course continues.
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Artist's Way Week 6 - (12/7/2008)
Our weekly course in unblocking creativity
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Birthright Reunion - (12/7/2008)
Peeps from recent Birthright trips getting together, chewing the cud...
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Moishe House Party - (10/18/2008)
debauchery.
and bass.
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SleepOut with ReneCassin - (6/21/2008)
The House is proud to host a second event led by human rights organisation RenéCassin.
To mark Refugee Week, we are holding a Sleep-Out. Join us in the garden (bring warm things!) for a night of story-telling & music - please bring either to share, whether your own or from another writer, real or fictional.
Share stories with asylum seekers and refugees;
Raise funds for the New North London Asylum Seeker Drop-in Centre; and get campaigning.
RenéCassin is dedicated to promoting universal human rights from a Jewish perspective. The organisation works to provide a Jewish voice in the human rights world and to promote human rights within the Jewish community.
www.renecassin.org
Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities. Refugee Week 2008 will take place from 16th to 22nd June.
www.refugeeweek.org.uk
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Post-Limmud Shabbaton - (12/29/2007)
A Shabbat lunch and Havdalah to chase those post-Limmud blues away. Keep the flames burning a little longer!
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Moishe House London does Limmud - (12/23/2007)
Three of the house mates will be at Limmud Conference in Warwick for the next five days, running sessions, performing and promoting The House.
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Merkavah Theatre - Yeshivah of the Absurd Preview - (12/20/2007)
A chance to experience the brand new interactive performance piece from Merkavah Theatre, ahead of their performance at Limmud.
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House Night Out (Ice Skating) - (12/19/2007)
Going ice skating at Somerset House as our monthly house night out for December. Plus a visit to the Circle Community - a local environmental and community group living in our area: making a connection for future collaborations and events.
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Danny Shine - Healing the Self - (12/19/2007)
Continuing reflective discussion and workshop.
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Beit Midrash Opener - (12/17/2007)
Event postponed until January to enable us to secure a top speaker.
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Young Jewish Art - A Public View - (12/13/2007)
Launch night, reception and public view of a brand new art exhibiton at The House. Featuring a selection of works from the finest up and coming London Jewish artists. Join us, the artists and guest curator, art critic Ella Levitt, for wine, nibbles and a view of some art on our very own Willesden walls.
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Engagement Party - (12/12/2007)
We hosted an engagement party for Susie and (appropriately) Moshe.
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Rosh Chodesh Tevet - (12/10/2007)
A bunch of friendly and hopefully nicely-odoured people will sit about sharing ideas and aspirations for the coming month, assisted by some relevant readings/singings/meditatings/biscuits.
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Chanukah Party - (12/5/2007)
It's second night Chanukah and you're thinking, "I wish there was a great big house in Willesden Green with lots of lovely people getting together to have fun and celebrate." Funny that, because, praise be, The House is throwing a party to mark the Festival of Lights. And we want you to come.
What can we entice you with? A dreidel room (oooh), latkes (aaah), a special room on winter light festivals in different cultures and religions (mmmm), some drinks, games, singing (if you like) and optional text (yeah).
Oh it's a Chanukah party at The House. See you there.
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Music, Poetry & Performance NIght - (11/29/2007)
Open mic night with a wide variety of performances from house members, friends and guests - music, poetry, comedy and more.
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Merkavah Theatre Rehearsal - (11/26/2007)
Moving towards the final piece. Most of the actors present for this rehearsal.
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Healing the Self - (11/21/2007)
Regular Danny Shine healing discussion event. The group continued discussions on the topic of 'money'.
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Alex Stein Dinner - (11/15/2007)
Alex Stein, the Chayal Boded (Lone Soldier), Guardian (Comment Is Free) writer and old time friend of the House, is in London for two weeks, having moved to Israel last year. We are having him round for dinner next Thursday 15th November and would like the company of eight more lovely people. Alex will speak ('How to Change Your Mind with Conviction') and we'll all have a glass of wine and a good meal in his honour. It's a chance too to spend some more time with us in a more personal setting.
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Merkavah Theatre Rehearsal - (11/13/2007)
About half our cast came round to continue improvisations in preparation for Yeshivah of the Absurd. We also had a rehearsal of 3 actors (2 residents, one guest) the following evening.
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Rosh Chodesh experimental shacharit - (11/11/2007)
Join us for the new moon & the new month. A Rosh Chodesh Shacharit service with live drumming and music, meditation and readings on the flavour of the new month. For all those who seek creative prayer and meditation as well as those who wouldn't go near a synagogue......... All are welcome, irrespective of gender, knowledge or a host of other attributes!
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Merkavah Theatre Rehearsal - (11/6/2007)
Latest rehearsal of 'Yeshivah of the Absurd' - small scale, this week split over two consecutive days due to actor schedules.
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Merkavah Theatre Rehearsal - (10/29/2007)
Continued work, improvisation and exploration on the Yeshivah of the Absurd for the upcoming Limmud Conference.
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A peaceful Shabbat lunch - (10/27/2007)
Guests and residents sharing shabbat together...
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Cake & Curiosity / Questions & Suggestions Evening - (10/25/2007)
Relaxed Evening for people to come and share their ideas for the house or let us know if they'd like to run / have us run anything in particular.
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Healing the Self - A Series of Encounters - (10/24/2007)
We will meet on a fortnightly basis on a Wednesday evening, from Wed 24th October, with sessions facilitated by Danny Shine.
We will explore the nature of healing and create a space for our healing, using various different springboards and areas of life, e.g healing through relationships.
We will use humour, drama, meditation, philosophy, theology, psychology, music, body movement and anything else that we bring to the evening.
Our first meeting on Wednesday 24th October will be an exploration into the nature of the self and the nature of healing.
Danny Shine Bio
Danny Shine experienced a spiritual awakening in 1995, and then immediately forgot everything revealed to him. Danny has founded no organizations, isn't the author of any books, and hasn't got a black belt in a martial art. Nor does he live with his spiritual partner in the mountains of Crete. (His wife wouldn't agree).
What people are saying about Danny and his workshops:
"He seems a bit full of himself to me".
“It was alright.”
"Danny Who?".
Future Meetings
Healing Using Jewish practise, Prayer and Meditation
Healing The self – using the question - Who am I ?
Healing The Self – using relationships.
Healing The Self – death
Healing The Self – Forgiveness
Healing the Self – Career
Healing the Self – Physical Illness
Healing the self – Parenting and dealing with our parents
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Merkavah Theatre Rehearsal - (10/21/2007)
The second rehearsal for 'Yeshivah of the Absurd', a new theatre piece to be performed by Merkavah Theatre company in December 2007.
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Grand Opening Party - (10/20/2007)
200 people over the course of the night! One big party, with space for people to write suggestions on posters, chill in an indoor tent, dress up using our costume section, and dance to live DJing and sax.
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Chanukat HaBayit - House Dedication - (10/20/2007)
Havdalah followed by discussion on the concept of mezuzah and the idea of sanctifying space. We then toured the house and put mezuzot up by all the bedrooms and the front door.
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Merkavah Jewish Theatre Rehearsal - (10/14/2007)
The first meeting and rehearsal of a new Jewish theatre group that we're running through the House, preparing for a performance at the Limmud festival in December 2007.
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