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Bankito festival activist meeting - (7/27/2010)
Next week Moishe house, Marom, Siraly and many of our fiends, NGOs will move to Bánk for a weekend. We had a big meeting for the organizers who all work on a voluntary basis for this unique social initiative. Check more at: bankisnotdead.org
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Contemporary Jewish issues - (7/26/2010)
Next week there will be a workshop on the Bankito festival about contemporary Jewish issues. We have discussed issues related to the topics of this workshop.
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Kabbalath shabbath - (7/23/2010)
This week, after Anna Eszter and Ariel were back to the minyen, as well.We had a newborn as our guest, as well! She is 8 week old! We had a nice kabbalath shabbath, with broccoli cream soup, ice cream and watermelon in the end. It was extremely hot.
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Kabalat Shabat - (7/16/2010)
We had this week a very international event with guests from Kanada, France, and also a future member of the MH Portland who is actually a Hungarian girl. We had a long discussion about the weekly Torah portion led by our "saliah tzibur" Adam.
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Kabbalat Shabbat - (6/25/2010)
we had a calm and familiar kabbalat shabbat after my flatmates left for Erec. the supper we made with my boyfriend. we thought we would eat it all the week but our guests was hungary and they liked what we cooked :)
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Spiritual faces - exhibtion finissage - (6/23/2010)
The summer started, the power-puff girls are having holiday and our famous exhibition moved to a gallery for the summer.Our walls are empty totally empty...We really dont like that, we hope someone wants to continue what we started and we'll have soon an another exhibition in our living room. we desperately waiting for that!!bye bye spiritual faces....
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Kabbalat Shabat - (6/18/2010)
This week we had an interesting discussion about the red cow (the actual Torah portion) and had lots of fun!
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Social Action groups closing session - (6/17/2010)
The group gathered to evaluate the year. We disucced about identity and the relation between Judaism and social justice. We made some plans for the summer, as well.
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Dor Chadash - Kabbalath shabbath - (6/11/2010)
We have continued this week with the parasha interpretation that is always done by one of us. This week it was especially vivid and funny. We had guests from Berlin: Dóri, who works as a volunteer in the Oraninenburger Synagogue, and four American students who are shlichim on Berlin. We ate the remaining ice cream from the previous day and had some delicious cakes, as well.
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Social Action Closing session 1. - (6/10/2010)
We gathered to discuss about the conference we organised for our American and Israeli partners. To make this event more preasent ee ate some ice-cream - which was a really good idea in this heat!
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Kabbalat Shabbat - (6/4/2010)
After last week busy days this friday we had a familiar Shabbat. and also one of our community members just got back from South-Africa and we welcomed her with warm hugs!:)
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Havdalah and closing session with the Social action exchange group - (5/29/2010)
We spent a wonderful week together, with many exciting programs about Jewish identity in Hungary and social justice issues within the frames of the Social Action exchange. Seduah shlishit and havdala was a perfect closing of this week - we also had some time for reflection. Many of us went out to party after the event...
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Israeli culture through music - (5/28/2010)
As part of the Social Action exchange we had Eran El Bar, the educational director of the JAFI to come and talk about modern israeli music through analysis of lyrics.
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Kabbalath shabbath with the social action exchange group - (5/28/2010)
We had a special international kabbalath shabbath with Israeli - American and Hungarian yound adults, whoa re part of the Social Action Exchange program and of course rabbi David Lazar!
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Events with the social action exchange group - (5/24/2010)
Over the week we had 26 people from Jerusalem and New York who also participate in the Social action exchange program. We had the program opening in the Moishe house with games, we provided kosher breakfast for them every day, we had Eran El Bar, educational director of the JAFI make a lecture for them, we celebrated kabbalath shabbath together, and we closed the event with evaluation and havdala in the Moishe house, as well. Som of the students still did not leave the Moishe house, as they stayed longer in Hungary :)
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Kabbalath shabbath with David Lazar - (5/21/2010)
Dor Chadash special kabbalath shabbath with David Lazar and many new people
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Social Action Exchange - conference planning - (5/20/2010)
The group has met to plan the upcoming conference - the last details, we divided the tasks!
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Shavuot - night study - (5/19/2010)
We have studied with Andrea Sturovics, teacher of Hebraistics and rabbi David Lazar. Andi has prepared excerpts from the talmud. David has spoken about the story of Ruth. Of course we also had some delicious cheese cake thanks to Anna!
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TGIF Club - (5/14/2010)
It was a nice kabbalath shabbath with several new faces, in a nice atmosphere.
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Spiritual faces - exhibtion opening - (5/13/2010)
Moishe House Budapest has just opened its first exhibition by the name "Spiritual faces". The photos depict over 200 women and were made by András Szirtes film driector over the last 4 years. We had some music and food on the opening that has turned into a spontatous singing in Anna's room, who had birthday!
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Focus group discussion - Jewish identity - (5/12/2010)
We have organised a focus group discussion about Jewish identity. It was a closed program, by the initiative of one of our friends who writes her theses about new Jewish identities.
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Kabalat Shabat - (5/7/2010)
Besides that we had a nice dinner prepared by one of our very active (boy!)member, we had a nice settings: the walls of the living room of the Moishe House was covered on Friday with round 400 photos. We are looking forward to the official opening of the exhibition on Thursday!
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Art therapy - (5/6/2010)
Art therapy is a way of helping people, and since HELPING is the major focus of our Social Action group we have invited someone who studies and applies art therapy. We had the task of drawing something that we think about "giving-receiving". After having drawn your picture we needed to pass it on to the person sitting next us, who had two minutes for drawing. At the same time you got the drawing of the person sitting next to you, and needed to add somehtig to it. Then you passed it on again, until you got back your original drawing - of course totally changed! As a finalization of the session people have told their experiences when drawing into other people's pictures and the owners of the drawings have told what they felt when they got their "distorted" drawings back. It sounds naive and simplistic, but it is a very powerful method - especially with a group like ours, that meets regularly and has strong connection!
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Apartment Theather - (5/3/2010)
The company already played in our apartment in november, and the director loved it so they come back with an another play, this time it was an improvisation evening. funny and relaxing....to be continued in the fall, hopefully!
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Kabbalat Shabbat - (4/30/2010)
This week the 'old' community members dissapeared somehow for one night but we had a lot of new guests. our religious life is blooming i think, and its gorgeous!!:)
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Kabalat Shabat - (4/23/2010)
This week we hade the chance to taste the home-made lasagne and other nice dishes prepared by a member of us who studies to be a professional cooker. Also we had a large number of people some new people and a lot of old members.
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Visit of the psychologist of approved school for young criminals - (4/21/2010)
We had two guests this evening: the psychologist of a foster home, and a lawyer, who is assigned to young criminals who get suspension from the court. The lawyers task is to control and to help these people in reintegration into society. Her job is called "patron" and she is alos working together with the approved home clients. She talked about a project where high school students meet young criminals from the institution, and they have workshops together. There is a possibilty to sign up for such meetings voluntarily.
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Visit of Beth Tikvah Synagogue of Toronto - (4/19/2010)
We had a 30 people's group form the Beth Tikvah Syangogue in Toronto. We told them about life in the Moishe house, about projects and work of Marom Budapest and we discussed with them about the political situation in Hungary.
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KabShab incl. a Eszter's birthday and 6 young slovenian Jew - (4/16/2010)
This week we could have a regular Kabalat Shabat except that it was interesting to welcome some young people from a neighbouring country where there are not so many Jews and also beacuse we celebrated Eszter's birthday.
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Election party - (4/11/2010)
we dont want to talk about it....we wathced the tv together and we cried together....after it we went to siraly the pub, and countinued....
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Kipa-crocheting creative workshop - (4/10/2010)
we countinued studying desperatey to be a good housewife :)
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Kabbalat Shabbat - (4/9/2010)
We survived the kosher le pesach passover and this friday we ate so much bread as we could :) our young study to be rabbi member taught us about the weekly parasha portion. great mind, good discussion!
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Social Action Group Meeting - (4/8/2010)
On this meeting we had two presentations by members of the group. One of them was by Zoli, who used to teach in an afterschool, where children come from socially disadvantaged families, most of them are gipsies. He talked about the challenges of working with such children, on such a place.
Flora has presented the "Waldorf" school system that is an alternative educational system based on the theory of Rudolf Steiner.
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Kabbalat Shabbat - (4/2/2010)
After the two seder nights we had a quite kabbalat shabbat and anna made a delicious food from matzah again :)
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Social Action Group Meeting - (4/1/2010)
In the previous two weeks we have visited the social educational theatre sessions of the "Kava theatre" NGO.(www.kavaszinhaz.hu) There was one about the elderly people, and an other one about aggression among peers. Kata works at "Kava" and has written many case studies based on former sessions and interviews with teachers and students who participated. We have read four of her case studies and have discussed about the methodology, and challenges of such work.
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Seder Nite - 2. - (3/30/2010)
Second Seder nite
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Seder Nite - 1. - (3/29/2010)
First Seder Nite
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Kabbalath shabbath - (3/26/2010)
We have decided three weeks ago that every Firday evenings someone else prepares some thoughts about the weekly parahsah. This week it was Gabi who speak very eloquently about kashrut. we have discussed some detials also about the upcoming Pesach holiday.There were many new faces!
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Kipa-croching creative workshop - (3/20/2010)
This saturday afternoon one of our member from the community organized a kipa-croching workshop for us. we thought it would be easier but at least we were together and it was fun:) to be continued....
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Kabbalath shabbath - (3/19/2010)
This kabbalath shabbath we had a guest from Israel: Udi Givon - the founder and former director of Marom from Israel. He gave a short lecture about Pesach, and explained about the origins of the song "Dayenu".
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Deviances of the Hungarian educational system - (3/18/2010)
On this occasion we had Márton Obláth, school-researcher as our guest in the social action exchange program. He has introduced us in the history of education in Hungary since the 19th century, through the xears of socialism. When describing the system today he has focused on the "helpers" within the school system. We talked about the system of nursery, kindergarten, schools with specialization and special aid for children. According to his reseraches in many cases to say someone has "behavioural disorders" are based racial problems (i.e. not being able to say he is gipsy). Moreover, in many cases the parents are involved, as well, as they receive special financial aids if they have children with such illnesses. After the lecture there was an interesting discussion about different topics raised during the lecture.
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Kabalat Shabat - (3/12/2010)
This week finally active members gathered and prepared a fine dinner for us. Moreover we had a special guest, from the masorti and zionist mouvement.
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Social action group evaluation - new beginning - brainstorming - (3/11/2010)
On this session we have evaluated our lat months of common work. We close the topic of poverty and start with our second main topic: education.We also had some brainstorming about what we can do in the next weeks.
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We will be dreamers - conference in London - (3/8/2010)
Eszter and Zsofi has participated on the Masorti conference in London, called " We will be dreamers". We have visited the Moishe house in London which was great. It was very inspiring to see it! Our participation was supported by a scholarship of the Moishe House for which we are thankful!
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Kabbalat Shabat - (3/5/2010)
It was a calm kind of Friday evening after the last,exstatic weekend of Purim. We had a nice dinner prepared partly by the members. We already started to organize Passover. Indeed will do both nights at Moishe House Budapest..
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Homelessness and activism - panel discussion - (3/4/2010)
The social action group has organised a round table discussion about homelessness in Sirály. Participants were: director of the homless-theatre AHA; a homeless squatter, a representative of the AVM -the city is for everyone - civic initiative, including homeless and not homeless people, "Without cover" - homeless newspaper and "VAGYUNK" (i.e. we are), group of homeless artists. The discussion was special, because these groups have never met in one circle before.
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Lecture with David Lazar - (3/2/2010)
This Thursday we had an open lecutre with our visiting rabbi from Israel in Siraly the Jewish community center and pub next to our house. The topic was "Inclusivity and Exclusivity". Hard words, hard topic but we had an ispiring discussion about it!
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Shabbath meditation and learning - (2/27/2010)
This was a new program in the Moishe house: we have never invited people for shabbath before, but since David Lazar rabbi was here for the weekend we thought, we should give it a try and our good experiences prompt us to do it again - perhaps once a month. We started around 10.30 with a prayer-meditation which was a very powerful experience and most of us did it for the first time in our life. Afterwards we prayed, we learned about the Purim custom of drinking and its interpretations over the centuries. Of course we also had a delicious shabbath lunch - including tshulent!
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Kabbalath shabbath with David Lazar rabbi - (2/26/2010)
Just before Purim we had a very special kabbalath shabbath where we had a special guest: David Lazar, masorti rabbi who came from Israel as our future visiting rabbi. He gave a short dvar torah and a complete lecture, as well, both of which were very enjoyable and realted to the upcoming Purim. Last but not least David has sung during the prayer very beautifully and thought us new melodies as well.
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The city is for everyone - homeless activism - (2/25/2010)
Our social action group has met Tessa, a key figure of the initiative "The city is for everyone". She has talked about their work that aims to empower the 20 000 homeless people in Budapest. She has shown a short movie and explained about the controversies of the homeless support system.
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Hitchkock-another moovie night - (2/20/2010)
We choose this time some funny and scary films we haven't seen yet of Alfred Hitchkock who is one of the directors we like all.
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Just do it! TGIF club - (2/19/2010)
Shabbath - just do it! This Friday evening we have some Israeli guests who will provide for Israeli style food!
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Social support system for the homeless - (2/18/2010)
We have invited Péter Győri, a founding member of the support system for the homeless in Hungary. He has been working with the homeless for the last 20 years. Originally his occupation is economist. He introduced us the basic system in the first 20 minutes and after that we have been asking questions about the homeless situation in Hungary. It was especially interesting to hear it, after that we have organised the food giving out for the homeless in December.
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Poverty and ethnicity - (2/15/2010)
We have invitied Júlia Szalai sociologist to talk about the social support system for the poor. she has sent us two articles - or rather studies - to read in advance. From the writings we have learned that the discrimination of the Roma is encoded in the social support system of Hungary. On the lecture in the Moishe house we have discussed about these topics. We have also spoken about the fact that many second and third generation Jews are dealing with Roma issues in Hungary, and why it is like that.
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Kabbalat Shabbat - (2/12/2010)
This week we had some special guests a rabbi student with his family coming from New York but studying in Israel.
He spoke about the weekly Torah portion and we had a nice dinner afterwards.
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The welfare system of Hungary - (2/10/2010)
This monday the social action group has finished the presentations about Israel, and started to work on a text written by Julia Szalai, sociolgist. The text is about the welfare system of Hungary. It shows the changes after communism and how discrimination is encoded in the system. Next week we will have the author of article as our guest in the Moishe house!
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Movie screnning - (2/6/2010)
We watched the movie 'The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl' and after the long film with the stayers we had a small discussion about it...it was quite heavy for a saturday night movie screnning...
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Kabbalat Shabbat - (2/5/2010)
After Tubisvat we had a calm Friday evening together. But we had a special guest from Vienna. This night was dedicated to the lover of cheese because we had a lot of different type of cheese for supper...
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Israel Experiences - (2/4/2010)
The members of the social action group have prepared a ten minutes presentation about issues, problems of Israeli society and institutions dealing with them on the basis of what we have encountered in Israel. We also had Eran El Bar among our guests, the educational director of the JAFI.
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Movie screening - (1/31/2010)
We have watched a Serious man by the Coen brothers and had a discussion about it.
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Visit of Jewish quarter tour group - (1/30/2010)
The time has come that no only we have just been interviewed by one of the chief Hungarian radio stations (and a weekly magasin before) we are now also a unique location in the Jewish quarter. A group of young people working for the Foreign ministry and NGOs have visited Moishe house this shabbath to learn about our venture in the frame of an alternative city tour organised by a friend of us. We have told them the concept, some of our funniest stories and offered them tea and cakes. It was a very nice and interesting event, a good discussion, and many of the participants gave very positive feedback tour our tourguide-friend.
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Shabbos incl. TuBiShvat Seder - (1/29/2010)
This week we not simply welcomed the holiday of Shabbat, but the one of the New Year of the trees as well. Even though momentarily in Budapest it has been snowing for days and it's now already round 20cm high, we tried to celebrate the nature. This time lots of people brought sg. so we had more than 20 different fruits and similar stuffs to eat. Our "haggadah" was based on kabbalistic stories and others from the Midrash mixed with a reflection on the protection of the environment.
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Memories of Israel - (1/28/2010)
This was a meeting of the social action group to sum up the experiences in Israel, in able to present it on the 4th February for other people. We made posters of photos and played out the problems of Israeli society we learned about, and how we think they can develop.
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Shabbos with discussion - (1/22/2010)
This week not only we could enjoy a great meal prepared by one of our members, but we could talk afterwards to Perczel Anna. She is an architect and a main activist of the group Óvás,fighting for the reconstruction for the jewish quarter instead of building new houses. We talked about the street where MH takes place and which was full of shops and prayer's room for Jews.
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Talking session with Israeli peace activists - (1/21/2010)
A friend of us studying at the CEU (Central European University) invited 2 israeli students who are active members of one of the organisations called Taayush. Joseph Dana and Mairav Zonszein showed us videos made during these actions in the West Bank and explained their viex about the conflicts of actual Israel. It was on the other hand a good opportunity to invite new people (mainly CEU-studens) to the house.
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Kabbalat Shabbat - (1/15/2010)
after the trip in Israel everybody got back safe thanks G-d and we were happy to celebrate together the Shabbat again...
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Kabalat Shabat on New Years Day - (1/1/2010)
"All is quiet on New Years day" -says U2, and indeed it was quite hard to sing along during the service as we had a long night before..however we prepared a lentil soup which is to be eaten on the first day to be wealthy throughout the year. We had a special guest from Israel, too!
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New Years at Moishe house - (12/31/2009)
New Years warm up party in the Moishe house. To begin the evening in a calm and communial way, we started this evening at home with some friends. As usual, at midnight we drank champagne, and wished the best even for the non-religious new year. Later on, we left the house to join other parties throughout the city. The first was ont of the longest nights of the year..
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Social Action in Israel - (12/28/2009)
We had organised a session for our social action group about social justice in Israel. We have invited Mircea Cernow, who have worked in the social sphere in Israel for over 10 years, and has been also director of the JDC Social Foundation in Hungary. He has given a very good summary of the development of Israeli socitey, about the basic challenges Israeli society faces and about the social support system in Israel.
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TGIF Club Xmas edition - (12/25/2009)
We gathered for our regular kabbalat shabbath on the day of Xmas. We had some new guests coming, and since many people went on holidays this time we were a bit less people and could enjoy a more intimate atmosphere. We sat together to have dinner in the end. We listened to a small lecture about non-canonized chassidic customs and their origins that are supposed to be performed on the day of Xmas.
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Chanukkah and Kabbalath shabbath - (12/18/2009)
We were celebrating Chanukkah with our regular minyen and a lot of international guests (from Australia, from Sweden and from Israel / US) After the prayer we had a nice dinner and then a discussion about Jewish humor.
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Food and clothing distribution for Chanukkah - (12/17/2009)
We have been collecting clothing for the last three weeks and gave it out to homeless people. We have cooked some food and made some tea for them as well. It was a very good event, even though we have realised food is never enough! Next time we should prepare more!
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Meeting the Dorot fellowship - (12/16/2009)
We have organised a small round table discussion in the Moishe house with one representative of Dor Chadash, masorti egalutarian minyen, with the wife of a neologue rabbi and one of the leaders of the reform movement. Some 20 young Americans could listen to their presentation of Jewish religious life in Budapest and could ask questions. We also talked about the Moishe house with them.
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Chanukkah at TGIF Club - (12/11/2009)
This was one of our most successfull Kabbalath shabbaths - on the first night of Chanukkah. We had many new people visiting and after the kiddush many of them stayed for the English langugage discussion about "Space-identity-Jewish district" with Ruth Ellen Gruber, an American journalist. We also had some special Chanukkah doughnuts prepared by Zsófi, one of our friends!
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Social Action Group - (12/10/2009)
OUr social action group met on this day to learn about traditional Jewish texts. We had a very good lecturer who showed the principles of the texts, mostly wirtten in middle ages. The most heated debate was about the question if we should "donate more" to the rich if they lose their property, than to a regular person...
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Clothes exchange party - (12/6/2009)
As during Chanukkah Moishe House will take part in a food and cloth spreading event for homeless people, we decided to begin collecting clothes by exchanging those which are not very suitable for this kind of charity event.
At least we have now some stuff fo the next carnival/Purim time!
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TGIF Club - (12/4/2009)
We celebrated our regular kabbalath shabbath in a smaller circle, but with lot of enthusiasm. We also had a special guest, from on of the leading newspapers, and he will publish a short article about the Moishe House!
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Moishe relax! - (12/1/2009)
This day is a celebration of our last three months of functioning and great success! We decided to dine out in the Italian restaurant and sum up our experiences as well as to plan our future.
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TGIF Club - (11/27/2009)
Egalitarian kabbalath shabbath. We had some special guests for kiddush: young Jewish leaders from around Europe who were here for a conference.
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Social Action - common learning - (11/26/2009)
We dedicated our social action session to one countryside village where there are many gipsies and many of the live - or used to live in caves. One of the members of the group has been working with this village and some families as a cultural antrhopologist since over 10 years. She gave us articles and also told about her experience. It was a very important experience for all of us.
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Apartment theatre - (11/25/2009)
We have hosted the play called "Surprise party" in the frame of the Contemporary drama festival. It was very funny, because the actors have reacted on the Moishe house in the play. Also, it was fun to see the translator sitting in our bathroom with a little screen.... it was a great performance, only our apartment is not really big enough to have 50+ people + a theatre play :)
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Video workshop - (11/22/2009)
This weekend we have invited the author of a blog that was very popular among young Jews in the last 2 years, until it finished this year. He have give us tasks - we neede to shoot some material - and then he showed us how to make a really nice video from any crap that you shoot - with some effects.
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Apartment -restaurant - (11/20/2009)
On this Friday we have invited the so-called apartment restaurant to show their expertize in cooking. The menu was gorgeous!Red lentil soup, lamb, and pumpkin pie. Who would think this tastes so good. And what is good is that the guys said they wanna come to cook in the future as well!
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Social Action - meeting for Chanukah action - (11/19/2009)
ON this meeting we have discussed the details of our CHanukah actions. We have started to collect clothes and will continue until the 17th December. We will give it to homeless people with wamr food and drink on the 17th December. The remaining clothes we will give to poor gipsy families on the countryside.
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Micve day - (11/15/2009)
We met in Sirály with the Social action group where we heard a lecture about the custom of Jewish burials, mourning, grave stone symbolic and some midrash and biblical stories that are related to the topic. After that we went to the "Farkasrét" Jewish cemetery and helped cleaning up the leaves. we had a great weather and a great time together!
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TGIF Club - (11/14/2009)
Kabbalath shabbath in Moishe house Budapest
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Social Action meeting - (11/13/2009)
The social Action group met and have planed Micve day, and the course of the following year and played funny games.
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TGIF Club - (11/6/2009)
Kabbalath shabbath at moishe house Budapest
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Halloween party - (11/1/2009)
Halloween is not a very common celebration in Hungary but it is getting more and more popular.
We decided to invite some of our friends, who participated as volunteers in the summer Jewstock festival, and dress up a bit. Afterwards we went out together to a bar nearby.
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Kabbalat Shabbat with 3 rabbis incl. - (10/30/2009)
Tonight we had special guests from Israel and from New York. One of the rabbis gave the droshe the other one made the Kiddush. And her beautiful 4 years-old daughter enjoyed clapping during the songs. We had a very familiar evening!
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Movie night - Waltz with Bashir - (10/28/2009)
This night we had a cultural program: we watched the shocking,controversal, israeli, film: Waltz with Bashir. So we had a discussion about it afterwards.
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Kabbalat Shabbat on the occasion of Hungarian national holiday - (10/23/2009)
This Friday was particular because Shabbat was on the same day as the national holiday commemorating the uprise of 1956 against the soviet invasion. For that occasion we had a special guest who talked about Hungarian anti-semitism after the 2nd world-war.
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Social Action training - (10/17/2009)
We have asked our friend - a professional trainer, and spokesperson to make a training for us, to be able to understand more about how the Social Action program can be successfull. As he is a green activist we talked a lot about sustainability in respect to modern society and the "social turn" that is now taking place in the world. We have looked into the issues of "migration", how it can be the solutions of global problems. We have also talked about the criteria of economical success within the EU, with a critical view on the term "GDP". After receiveing a broader picture we have also examined excerpts from the Talmud and some aggadot to understand how the Jewish texts can be a guidance in the social questions of nowdays.
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Special Kabbalat Sabbath-Moroccan Night - (10/16/2009)
For this Friday we invited a well-known gastroblogger to cook together a typical moroccan jewish dinner for Sabbath eve. Many of our friends were involved in preparing the food. We had so many guests that they could only sit on pillows and we had the youngest guest ever: the 5 years old son of our cooker. He could join us in singing the songs.
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Sukkoth learning incl. Kabbalat Shabbat - (10/9/2009)
Unfortunately our balcony is not big enough to build up a Succa there so instead we went first to the nearest synagogue to pray there. Then we had service here and during the dinner we had a precious conversation not only about Succoth, but about Simchat Torah and the cycle of the Torah portions. It was to prepare for the next days special Torah Reading performance in Sirály, a well-known (and mostly jewish) cultural pub next to our house. At the end of the dinner some israeli friend of Zsofi studying here joined us and they were impressed by the activity of Moishe House.
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Fast-breaking - (9/28/2009)
Moishe House Budapest started it's 25 hours of fasting by spending Kol Nidre in a tiny synagogue nearby. On Sunday we started already preparing the meals, based on soups and vegetables.On the afternoon of Yom Kippur we got together and studied Maimonides. After the Neila we finally broke the fast. As usual this is the night when the most of food disappears in the less of time.A s a resident said: this is the night when it is thankful to be a hostess:)
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Social Action - (9/24/2009)
We have gathered our friends who are interested in doing social activism and discussed our ideas. We also heard a short lecture about the tradition of social activism in Judaism. We have talked about our experience in doing social work and we have decided that we will develop ideas for own projects and that we will volunteer at an organisations doing social work.
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Rosh Hashana supper - (9/18/2009)
We tried to begin 5770 as sweet as possible. We had our usual Kabbalat Shabbat with studying included about redemption (tsuva). The dinner was again not only prepared by the residents but some people helped us and some dishes were brought by friends. New year-new staff- we inaugurated our new napkin, new cutlery and new dishes.
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Warm up and mezuzah affixing party - (9/12/2009)
We were celebrating the opening of the Budapest Moishe House - our new -beautiful home and community space - together with our friends this Saturday. We met around 8 p.m. and affixed three mezuzot in the apartment. After and before we talked and had fun with our friends, explained about our plans in the Moishe House and informed them about this month's events. we asked people to bring furniture. The party was nice and friendly, and we managed to control the sound, in order to keep a good relationship with our future neighbors.
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Kabbalath shabbath - (9/11/2009)
We had our first event in our new home - a Kabbalath shabbath with our egalitarian minyen called Dor Chadash. We went to the market together and cooked some food for the guests together with one girsl who came to help us in the kitchen. We have discusss the Moishe house plans for the future and had a nice time together.
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