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Fifa World Cup Final - (7/11/2010)
Because the World Cup final was held in Joburg, many of us couldn't go, so we decided to have an event at the house, where we watched the match, ate lots of food and had a great time!
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Music and Life - (7/9/2010)
A few of the housemates and friends got together to talk about the meaning of music in our lives. We focused on the World Cup song, 'Waka Waka' and what it means for Africa, as well as how we all felt about it being performed by someone who is not from Africa.
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Theatre Game Night - (7/4/2010)
We got together to play a few film-related games, like charades. We also discussed a few of the latest films and the meaning behind them. We also talked about some of the films shown at the Israeli Film Festival, which was held in Cape Town this month.
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The Three Weeks-Bein ha-Metzarim - (6/30/2010)
In order to commemorate the period of mourning (in honour of the two temples), we invited a few people over to discuss the meaning behind this Jewish custom. We spoke about the impact the destruction of the temples has had throughout history and where it fits in with our lives.
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Kabbalat Shabbat - (6/25/2010)
We invited people over after Shabbat dinner to chill and have some snacks. We also discussed the parsha of the week and the meaning behind it.
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Israel-Diaspora Relations - (6/22/2010)
A group of us got together to discuss the recent Gaza Flotilla Raid. We looked at the reasons behind it, as well as the justifications given by both sides, which brought about a big debate between opposing opinions; and we also looked at the different reactions, worldwide, including that of the leaders of our own community.
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The weekly parasha - (6/17/2010)
One of our "most visiting" Moishe house friend had a birth-day and she asked to run activity related to the parasha. was lovely!
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Italy vs. Paraguay on big screen - (6/14/2010)
The game was here in CT, and not all of us were fortunate to get some tickets, so we arranged a projector and watched the world champion (not anymore) and Paraguay.
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Jewish World cup 2010 - (6/12/2010)
The fact that must of the games in cape town are on friday makes us a bit concern about few of our house members. How is the world cup gonna influence us as Jews, Is it gonna touch as a community? we had a nice activity, followed by a great feast. Have a great World cup!
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2 Days to kick off! - (6/9/2010)
The World cup is here! and we decided, 2 days before the grand opening to the biggest event in the world, to talk on the day after. what's gonna happen, how and mostly how it will effect us, as Jews in SA
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Book club - (5/31/2010)
It's quite nice to have so many traditional in our house.
Book club is one of them.
It wasn't a regular book club, it was more or less about what happen in Israel with the flotilla.
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Moishe house Bring-a-friend dinner - (5/27/2010)
It is traditional in our house to have this dinner every month.
We were lucky to have Jess, David, Kelly and Jordan with us this time.
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Post Shabbat Hang - (5/22/2010)
Our house is a central place in the community. a lot of our friend coming to hang with us, to social and sometimes to learn something new.
we talked over the weekly parasha, and had an exciting quiz
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Omer's Birthday Party - (5/20/2010)
Two of our house mates celebrated their birthday during may. we decided to have a big birthday party for both, but we celebrated it on the day of Omer.. therefor it was officially "Omer's Party"
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Yom Yerushalim Fiesta - (5/12/2010)
It was Yom yerushalim. Kevin came all the way from SF! and we decided to have some fun and enjoy a light different prospective of yom yerushalim, read by Julian. the weather was a bit KAK (in Afrikaans) and from a braai we changed it to a Mexican fiesta! Omer was the chef and we had some great time together. It was great having Kevin with us, it was lovely to meet his friends and we are sure he had a good time with us
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Jewish community- what is this?! - (5/7/2010)
as Moishe House Cape town we think more than once about our lovely Jewish community. what is this "community", what role are we playing in it, id so, and who are our leaders. are we OK with it? because we had some issues lately with couple of people in the community we thought it's nice to have this discussion and maybe to find some answers.
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Lag Ba'Omer bonfire - (5/4/2010)
We decided to celebrate Lag Ba'Omer a bit late so more people will be able to join us, and because of the weather we decided to cancel the bonfire, but to have a nice stand up comedy with a Jewish jokes. was absolutely great!
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The Omer counting- why how and when - (4/29/2010)
Why are we counting the Omer? what is the Omer? why are we spouse to mourning?
this questions and many more regards the Omer were raised in this program
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Book club - (4/26/2010)
We decided to have something a bit different for our monthly book club. we hosted our friend Gavin, who's about to finish his book.
Gavin's book deals with a mixed race love affair during Apartheid. Hearing Gavin was absolutely amazing.
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The weekly parsha - (4/23/2010)
We decided to establish a new routine of having once a month a weekly Parsha in our house.
This week's parsha was Kedoshim Acharei.
This parsha deals with Laws and customs (Mitzvot). we had a nice discussion of this Laws. how are we as Jews refer to them, in the 21st century.
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Moishe Bring-a-friend dinner - (4/21/2010)
As usual we are hosting once a month one of our many friend for supper. In this event we had really amazing dinner. Edelstein's mom made us the food..
wow! that was really delicious!
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Moishe's Third Seder - (4/15/2010)
The Third Seder is a time when we are having our own interpretation of the Pesach Seder. We talked about messages of freedom and the meaning that we can derive from Pesach in the modern day.
The Third Seder was a really successful event and a lot of people came to celebrate with us and to find the specialty of Pesach.
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In Memory of the Holocaust - (4/11/2010)
We got a big group of people together to discuss our feelings and views surrounding the Holocaust. We shared personal family stories and others that we found particularly moving. We also spoke about how important it is to remember what happened and honoured all of the victims and survivors.
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Chametz Dinner - (4/7/2010)
A group of us decided to learn a little bit about being kosher for Pesach and discussed the concept over the breaking of the chag. Everyone brought different types of chametz to share.
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Moishe Brunch - (3/28/2010)
We decided to have some friends over, but it wasn't a regular brunch on Sunday. instead we decided to add the extra flavor into it: Kosher, Koshering and the laws of Kashrut. we discussed how difficult it is to keep kosher, what it means to us and if so, why do we still do it?
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Games night - (3/25/2010)
So we decided to have some fun and play a few games. We ran couple of tournaments simultaneously and had a lot of fun.
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Tikkun Olam Guestspeaker - (3/22/2010)
A guestspeaker from Siyanceda Youth Programme came to talk to us about the crime in Khayelitsha, a township near Cape Town.
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Moishe Bring a Friend Dinner - (3/17/2010)
Each of the housemates brought a friend over and we had a wonderful dinner party!
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Jewish Movie Night - (3/13/2010)
Hollywood and Hebrews. A bunch of us got together to watch a few Jewish movies and video clips.
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Book Club - (3/10/2010)
We invited a few people over to the house where we discussed some of the books that we've read in the past month.
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New Housemate Dinner - (3/7/2010)
We decided to welcome our new housemate Roxanne and organised a delicious dinner at the house!
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House mate dinner - (2/28/2010)
Our 8th event saw us pay a visit to the famous Nona Lina Pizza Pasta joint in the centre of the Cape Town for a delicious housemate meal.
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Purim Ice Cream party - (2/26/2010)
Mordechai and his Ice cream toppings were the order of the day for our Purim ice cream get together on Friday night.
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Israeli Culture Evening - (2/25/2010)
A bunch of us got together to watch a few clips from an Israeli movie and some Israeli comedy.
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Theater Sports! - (2/23/2010)
Everyone loves them! And after popular demand we decided to run it again.
We had a series of games and role playing that everyone enjoyed!
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Moishe Bring-a-friend dinner - (2/18/2010)
We decided to host a dinner the theme was to bring your best friend
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Table tennis comp kick off - (2/16/2010)
We decided that the fact we have an unused table tennis table is a shame!
therefore we launched the monthly Moishe House TTT
Table Tennis tournament
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Nation Talk - (2/12/2010)
The state of the nation address is giving once a year by President Zuma. We decided to have a intellectual talk after hearing the speech. we spoke who it's affect us as Jews living in South Africa.
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Gust Speaker - (2/7/2010)
The President of "Aminu" an American Jewish organization was in SA for a conference so we invited him over to speak with us.
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Is left wing anti-zionism - (1/30/2010)
We thought we would delve into the topic of left wing politics. Does it create anti-zionism? Can we be strong Zionists and left wing.
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Post Shabbat Hang - (1/24/2010)
We invited people after shabbat for a cool chilled night with pizza and friends. It was enjoyed thoroughly.
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Looking through the hour glass - (1/23/2010)
We ran a cool activity where we looked at great Jewish leaders over the last decade. It was really interesting for those who came
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Joining the army - youth in Israel - (1/21/2010)
We discussed the issue of conscription in the Israeli army, and had a discussion about it. We also spoke about the Jewish youth in Israel.
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Bring a friend dinner - (1/19/2010)
We decided to host a big moishe dinner and told everyone to bring a friend.
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Tu BeJanurary - (1/15/2010)
So we're half way through January and what a great time to invite people over for a little snack and chill out.
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Equal Education - (1/10/2010)
An NGO called Equal Education, came to show a presentation on the great work they are doing in South Africa, and telling us how we can get involved in this great project.
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Google your heritage - (1/7/2010)
We decided it will be cool to find out a bit our our ancestory. we brought our laptops and started to Google.
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Help shape the house - (1/4/2010)
To kick off the year we invited people over to help set up the house for 2010.
afterwords we had an amazing meal
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New years kick off - (1/1/2010)
We invited people round to celebrate the new year in true Moishe style.
People came to hang out and it was great to see so many people.
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New years eve braai - (12/31/2009)
had a couple of people over for a New years eve braai
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Book Club - (12/23/2009)
We had our monthly book club, however this week everyone had to bring ingredients and we also cooked a dish for everyone.
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South African History - (12/18/2009)
We watched the movie Invictus and then discussed SA politics and history.
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Cultural Judaism and Music - (12/12/2009)
We looked at expressing ones judaism through different methods, and more specifically through music.
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Book CLub - (11/29/2009)
our monthly get together to discuss what we've been reading since we last met
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Computer Lan - (11/25/2009)
A bunch of people came to the house where we connnected all our computers and networked so we could play cgames, exchange series etc.
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Bring a Friend Lunch - (11/23/2009)
We started this culture of inviting new people or friends to the house to feel special and be indulged in a delicious dinner. This time we decided to mix it up a bit and do a lunch
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Cultural Judaism - (11/21/2009)
We ran a limmud style where different people ran different stations of ways to express ones judaism/ shabbat
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Table Tennis tournament - (11/20/2009)
As usual we held our monthly tournament.
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Waltz with Bashir Movie Night - (11/13/2009)
After the Waltz with bashir discussion held last night, there was great demand to wathc the full movie so we hosted a movie night with snacks etc
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Exam Chill and Birthday - (11/6/2009)
Since everyone was amidst exams we decided to have an exam chill and give everyone a break, as well as celebrate a friends birthday
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Yom Rabin Tekes and Discussion - (11/4/2009)
we held a small rabin tekes and spoke about the conflict, the history and him after
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Halloween Bash - (10/31/2009)
invited people over to enjoy some scary desserts and a movie
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Moishe house member dinner - (10/30/2009)
We went out for dinner with our 4th new member (Kayda) to Saigon
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Waltz with Bashir discussion - (10/28/2009)
we watched clips from waltz with bashir and then had discussions on current issues/ dilemas
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Study Break Dinner - (10/26/2009)
A new trend has taken place where people come to the house to study.. so one night there we were all starving after hours of studying/ working on varisty stuff so we ordered in dinner
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Leadership training: facilitating a discussion - (10/23/2009)
We had a lecturer from Israel named Collin Bulke come speak to us and we had a discussion on different leadership styles and how to facilitate conversations
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Pre Exam Gathering - (10/20/2009)
exams are near and everyones stressed and unable to go out so we organised a chilled get together for everyone just to hang out before we all hibernate with our books!
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Reconnecting With S.A: a look at the Rivonia Trials - (10/16/2009)
We looked at the end of the apartheid and the Rivonia trials and simulated the trial like we were in a court.
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Table Tennis Showdown - (10/14/2009)
We had a table tennis tournament followed by some dinner and laughs
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Post Shministim Dinner and Debrief - (10/12/2009)
There were a group of Refusnicks from Israel that came to speak at a community event so we invited people over for dinner and to discuss the talk we'd just been to
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Shmini Atzeret Karaoke - (10/10/2009)
It was shmini atzeret so we chose to celebrate by inviting people for dinner and enjoy in a bit of karaoke fun
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Sukkot Sleepover - (10/4/2009)
Since it was sukkot we thought we'd build a sukkah and sleep in it, eat in it and just enjoy the event!
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milkshake shakedown - (9/26/2009)
Bunch of people decided to come over and hang out, and we got milk shakes
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Globalization with a twist(er) - (9/25/2009)
We ran an activity on globalization on a twister board
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Movie Night - (9/20/2009)
A large group of people got together to watch the movie district 9
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Doron's Birthday - (9/18/2009)
We had a surprise party for Doron's 25th, so we invited his close friends and his parents arrived from Israel that day so was very special!
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Post Equal Education Campaign Chill - (9/15/2009)
A group us joined a protest/ march for an organisation called Equal Education so we invited people to come back to the house to chill
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Moishe House Joberg Visit - (9/11/2009)
The Johannesburg Moishe House residents were here to visit family and friends so we hosted a large friday night dinner to get together.
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Limmud - (9/9/2009)
We ran a limmud style learning session and discussed various topics
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Itamar Marcus Speaks - (9/7/2009)
Itamar marcus was down from israel and gave us a talk on Israel and Palestinian Media
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Kayda's Birthday - (9/3/2009)
A friend of ours, Kayda, asked if she could have her birthday here, and she is also a potential Moishe Housenik so we of course said yes
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Book Club - (9/1/2009)
a group of us got together and once again discussed the books we'd been reading over a delicious dinner
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Saturday Study Break Lunch - (8/29/2009)
A bunch of people came to hang out for and hour or so as a study break so we cooked lunch
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Social Perceptions and Standards and Conformity - (8/28/2009)
The activity was on social standards and perception and how without even realizing it we conform to these
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Tel Aviv 100 - (8/26/2009)
We had a quiz and dinner to celebrate tel aviv's 100th birthday
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Bayit members dinner - (8/24/2009)
We went to Royal Kitchen for dinner
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Leadership Training Day - (8/23/2009)
We organized a day for people to come and have the opportunity to learn leadership skills to help out in the wider community.
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Israel and Judaism Pub Quiz - (8/21/2009)
We had a quiz with 4 groups on different aspects of Israel and Judaism.
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Monday Blues dinner - (8/17/2009)
It was a cold, stormy misserable day after a fantastic weekend so we sent sms's out to a few people saying that if you'd had a bad day come make it better with a friendly and yummy dinner at Moishe house
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Amazing Race - (8/14/2009)
We all met up at the moishe house and divided up into teams and cars so that we could solve clues and riddles around cape town and try beat the other teams back to the house. Afterwards we all enjoyed milk tarts, biscuits and tea and coffee.
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Moishe House Braai - (8/13/2009)
It was a beautiful week so we organised for a few people to come for sun-downers and a braai (barbeque)
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Equal Education visit - (8/7/2009)
members from the NGO equal education came to run an activity and present their current work for us.
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Moishe Lunch - (7/27/2009)
Lunch time! The best time of day to take a break from what you're doing and come chill at the Moishe House!
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Israel Update with Doron - (7/24/2009)
Doron spoke about Israel and it's current affairs
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Moishe house games night - (7/21/2009)
a few people came around and we just played games and made up a few of our own.
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Moishe bake-a-cake evenning - (7/17/2009)
What we originally thought would be a cheese and wine culture evening, turned out to be an incredible Moishe bake a cake evening.
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SJC Talk (Social Justice Coalltion) - (7/13/2009)
The SJC is a new organization that has formed in South Africa. They do outreach as well as hold marches in Cape Town. We thought we'd have a chat about how we could help out.
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Mid-day moishe house chill - (7/8/2009)
couple of people just came to hang out in our house
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Moishe late night meet up - (7/4/2009)
Seeing as most people had plans on Saturday night, we invited people to come chill, hang out and relax after their respective dinners. What a great way to start off the month!
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Movie night madness - (6/30/2009)
We thought we'd have one of our classic movie nights. Nice and relaxing for all!
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Moishe outreach meeting - (6/28/2009)
We had a meeting over dinner with a few of the key people who are interested in starting up a Moishe house outreach program that will hopefully run every month.
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Limmud - Jewish Humour - (6/26/2009)
Every one loves it, so we decided to run an event on Jewish humor using a limmud style approach. It turned out to be a hilarious and very enjoyable night for all!
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Environmentalism - where is the world heading? - (6/19/2009)
Scientists tell us that all oil and coal will be used up in less than 20 years, while carbon emissions are not decreasing. We decided to invite some people over to have discussion on it.
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Moishe bring-a-friend dinner - (6/16/2009)
As it was such a winner last time, we decided to have another bring-a-friend dinner. And what a great dinner it was!
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Guest Speaker - (6/12/2009)
And who was the mystery guest speaker you ask?? Well it was none other than Mr Kevin Sack, head of the Jewish Youth Council in Cape Town! We had a great event with a great turn out!
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Book Club - (6/8/2009)
The good ol' Moishe Book club! Unfortunately not everyone brought books, as it had just been exam time, but was still a great event!
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Shavuot tikun leili - (5/29/2009)
Explored Jewish text into the night...
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Moishe Dinner - (5/25/2009)
We gathered together for a friendly dinner
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Friday night Israeli update - (5/22/2009)
The guys that came back from an amazing tour to Israel came to speak about their experiences and memories
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A new week chat - (5/18/2009)
invited some friends for a chit chat and start the week in a smile ;)
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Guest speaker - (5/15/2009)
Guest speaker came to talk about an organization called "voices of Rwanda"
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Tikun Olam in Judaism - (5/8/2009)
Exploring the value of Tikun Olam in Judaism and how can we implement it
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SA after the elections - (5/1/2009)
chat about South Africa after Jacob Zuma won the election an our roll as Jews living in the country
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Israel independence celebration - (4/24/2009)
celebrated Israel 61th birthday!!!!
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Sushi yam - (4/23/2009)
chill, talk, fun
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Shabbat breakfast - (4/18/2009)
Gathered friends for shabbat breakfast and discussed the meaning of shabbat
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Book club - (4/11/2009)
chat about our favorite books and an interesting discussion
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Moishe house seder - (4/10/2009)
celebrated a 3rd seder moishe style
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Movie night - (4/6/2009)
We saw a movie
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The meal after the rally - (4/4/2009)
we went for a rally against corruption and injustices in the world and SA came back and hanged out.
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Theater Sports - (3/27/2009)
We thought that it would be a great idea to hold a Moishe House Theater Sports evening! Turns out it was a great idea :)
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Moishe Pizza Lunch - (3/24/2009)
Well we were hoping for a massive lunch! Even though it wasn't that massive, it was still rather fun :)
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Book Club! - (3/16/2009)
Finally the long awaited Moishe Book club has been launched. With one of the guests arriving in a penguin suit this promises to be a great monthly event!
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Zionist Quiz - (3/13/2009)
We thought we'd invite people over to take part in our very own Zionist Quiz!
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Purim Feast - (3/10/2009)
Its that time of year again! Time to dress up put on a mask and enjoy a great purim feast!
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Mini Limmud - (3/8/2009)
We decided to hold a small limmud at our house, where Jews could come and discuss different topics relating to our Judaism and our Jewish culture.
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Moishe Shabbas Dinner - (3/6/2009)
For the first shabat of the month, we thought we'd invite all the moisheniks over for a lovely friday night dinner.
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Jewish Leadership Seminar - (2/25/2009)
We decided to run a little afternoon leadership training seminar. We got in the incredible ex Moishe house member Ilan Strauss to give a talk, followed by some interesting discussions on leadership.
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Moishe Bring-a-friend dinnner - (2/23/2009)
We thought a great way for people to learn about Moishe House was for every guest to bring a friend to our dinner!
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Moishe Cultural Cookout - (2/20/2009)
As Jews living in a very modern time, we thought it would be a great idea to learn a bit about other religions and cultures. And what better a way than doing it than trying out foods from other cultures!
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Moishe Dinner! - (2/16/2009)
We thought since everyone has now settled back into university, now would be a good time to have a quaint dinner together and just catch up on everyone's busy lives.
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Moishe Braai - (2/14/2009)
After postponing it in January, we decided it was time to have the long await Moishe Braai!
(Braai = Barbeque, for all you non South Africans)
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Israeli Elections Evenning - (2/13/2009)
We decided with the current elections happening in Israel, we would hold our own election simulation to see what coalitions would form at take seats in the knesset.
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Tu Bishvat service and herb garden - (2/9/2009)
We decided to hold a small Tu Bishvat service in our lovely house. And in the spirit of the birthday of the trees, we planted a little herb garden at the back of the house for everyone to use.
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Rosh Chodesh Lunch - (1/26/2009)
It's the 1st of Sh'vat 5769. A great opportunity to take time out of our busy weeks, meet up and have a relaxing Rosh Chodesh lunch while taking a look at the up coming week's parsha.
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Jewish Text night! - (1/24/2009)
A few of us gathered to engage with some Jewish texts relating to Social Justice, in order to establish a basis for our activism related to our Jewish identities.
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Moishe House Massive Launch - (1/23/2009)
We decided to launch our Moishe house with a massive Friday night gathering.
It was a really fun night, filled with games and discussions about the year ahead. Everyone stayed late and chilled till early in the morning!
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Moishe House Planning Session - (1/20/2009)
We decided to invite a few of the involved Moishe House event attenders, to help plan what the rest of the year will look like.
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Israeli Moishe Magic Movie Night - (1/18/2009)
So we watched a medley of short Israeli films, which dealt with several of the issues that Israel deals with today.
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Intro to Moishe House - (1/18/2009)
We decided to get everyone together for a little discussion on what Moishe House is, what our aims are and what we will be running throughout the year. All in all a very successful meeting followed by some delicious pizza.
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Keshet Seminar Openning Evening! - (12/16/2008)
Moishe's House CT is proud to host a special summertime seminar for almost 20 young Jewish leaders from all over SA, in ages 15-19, who comes together to explore their Jewish identities and responsibilities as leaders in the SA Jewish community today.
The openning night has it all: Singing, gaems, playing and so much more!
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movie night at Moishe's house - (12/6/2008)
A lasagne evening followed by a screening of Mivza Savta (operation savta), an israeli comedy with a big group of friendly faces.
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minyan in the morning - (12/4/2008)
We had an egalitarian morning service where we shared tunes and songs and alternative readings.
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fondue evening - (12/4/2008)
chocolate madness, with a few party games and catch-up time with old friends.
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shakshuka lunch - (12/3/2008)
On a scaldingly hot day in sunny cape town we had shakshuka in by the pool and walked to a nearby park for some ball games.
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Refugee Relief - (5/23/2008)
If you have been following international news, you may have heard that South Africa has been heavily hit by xenophobic attacks against poor black africans around the country. Moishe House CT has always been proactive in the fight against discrimination, so when friend snd Nobel peace prize nominee Zackie Achmat called us on Friday and told us we needed to make 1000 sandwiches to feed refugees who had fled from there homes around the country, we rose to the occassion. We also made sleepbags for good measure
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Fun and Channukah - (12/10/2007)
We decided to celebrate Channukah with our Israeli friends - definitely a lot of fun!
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Israeli style breakfast - (12/8/2007)
We had some Israeli guests here in cape town, so we thought we'd make them feel at home with a real Israeli style breakfast complete with tomatoes and cucumber... yum :)
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Pizza Party - (11/23/2007)
Lets just say there was pizza people and pfun
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Fun and Games - (11/22/2007)
People came over to chill, relax, play games and chat. Lots of fun!
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Girl's Night - (11/18/2007)
When then boys are away, the girls will play
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Table Tennis Champs round 2 - (11/14/2007)
It's round 2, baby!
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Partial End of Exams Celebrations - (11/13/2007)
Since everyone in the house finished exams on different days, there were many various raucous end of exams celebrations! This was one of them :)
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Table Tennis Championships round 1 - (11/9/2007)
We decided it's definitely time for another Table Tennis Super Championships, so we've called on everyone who thinks they have the skill, talent, speed, endurance, and technique, to step up to the table and show us what they can do with a bat! This was round 1
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Community Outreach Braai - (11/3/2007)
We decided to have a fun braai (barbecue), swim, and chill day to celebrate the end of the year of working with an outreach organization that we've been quite involved with, helping under-privileged children. It was a really great day and everyone had a good time!
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Farewell to Veronica - (10/26/2007)
One of our very good friends, Veronica, is leaving us to return to Israel, so we decided to give her a proper farewell, Moishe House style! There were fun Israel themed games as well as time to chill and everyone got a chance to say good bye
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Chocolate Fondue Night!! - (10/25/2007)
Chocolate fondue, fruit, marshmallows and Thirty Seconds... what more could you ask for??! :)
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Israeli Guest Night - (10/19/2007)
Since we had our very own Israeli, Doron, staying with us for the week, we decided to have a fun, chilled evening where we could discuss some things with him that we might not have known about Israel
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Lunch in the sun(ch) - (10/17/2007)
It's getting close to the end of the year, and varsity and work don't really seem as important anymore, especially since summer seems to have come early, so we decided to have a fun lunch get together where people could take a break from their busy schedules and come and hang out
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House supper with guests - (10/15/2007)
We had two guests staying with us for a couple of days, one from Israel and one from Johannesburg, South Africa. To try to make them feel as comfortable as possible, we cooked up a great meal for dinner then invited some people over later to chill
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All about the Jewish Community, baby! - (10/12/2007)
Even though people are usually pretty exhausted by the end of the week, we were all wide awake enough to have a fun activity and discussion about the South African Jewish community, followed by our trademark bonfire and chilling
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Pizzzzzza - (10/6/2007)
People came over to get the official tour of the new house (while it's still nice and clean), and chill with some pizza and good conversation
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Sukkot and the new house - (10/2/2007)
Not only was it the first event in our brand spanking new house, but also a chance to invite some people over, build a sukkah outside, and celebrate the wonderful festival of tabernacles.
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Good Bye to 5 Pinoak Rd - (9/25/2007)
The final event in our old house *sob*. We invited some people over to chill, chat, and table-tennis for the last time in the house we all came to know and love.
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Our Apples and honey Party of sorts - (9/14/2007)
More of a relaxed evening- we opted not for a massive hardcore party but instead a social, sushi orientated night to give brady an oppertunity to meet and mingle with some South Africans
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Picninc at Kirstenbosch - (9/14/2007)
We ventured to the beautiful and majestic Kirstenbosch gardens for an afternoon picnic. Cards, Backgammon, food and vulturous birds filled the afternoon.
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House lunch With Brady - (9/13/2007)
Fresh from the Airport, Mr. Gill joins us for a delightful afternoon by the seaside.
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Late afternoon hangout - (9/10/2007)
We pulled all the couches outside, brought some packets of chips and snacks and just lazed around and spoke about life, a few jokes and what people's plans are for the upcoming high holidays
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A big Friday night Supper - (9/7/2007)
We invited a good load of folks round for a traditional friday night supper.
Good company...good food...and good moishe was had by all
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Welcome Israelis - (8/31/2007)
There are 2 israelis, male and female who have come to south africa to run zionist seminars for the local school and for some shuls. We invited them to come round and run something for the moishe house comunity for a night...and we offered them a place to stay for a few days
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The friday Plan B - (8/24/2007)
This is an event that by default landed up to be a great night spent telling jokes and swapping stories. It would have been different evening altogether (we had planned on making and sending a video to a friend of ours in Israel who is sick) but Kevin, who was coordinating it ran out of petrol and was late...whoops, sorry guys-kev
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Another late fri night at the MH - (8/17/2007)
It's becoming a cool tradition for people to come to the house Friday nights and socialize, interact and relax after a long week. The Moishe housemates always run something (a discussion or some games or an israeli update..etc)
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Speakers on the occupation - (8/14/2007)
Two very interesting and world reknown speakers, Zackie Achmat, head of the TAC (second visit to MH) and Mikhael Menkin, founder of 'Breaking the silence' came to speak about the occupied territories (West Bank)...But first they join us for supper :)
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Limmud - (8/10/2007)
Jewish learning, and study session, with lectures and debates on all aspects of Judaism and being Jewish.
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Women's Day outreach - (8/9/2007)
A bunch of us went into a all girl homeless shelter and make chocolate balls and arts and crafts with them.
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House Breaks out - (8/6/2007)
We go and ravage a downtown local resturant with our wild Moishe house ways
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Skit night - (8/3/2007)
what a success! 30 or so people came round for a skit night, and afterwards everyone stayed fro some israeli-moish house styled chilling vibes. Turkish coffee was flowing. Humus was everywhere. olives were flying.
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Charades - (8/1/2007)
9 of the most creative minds in the moishe realm get together for an hour of fun and games
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Table Tennis Madness - (7/31/2007)
An epic battle of mass proportions: when the titans of the table tennis championships unite.
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Pre talk Social - (7/29/2007)
A few people were going to see a talk on Israel advocasy in Cape town, and considering how hospitable and welcoming moishe house is, we decided that whoever wanted could come to our place first to go over what we were thinking and expecting.
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Poker Night - (7/27/2007)
What's an emma supposed to do while all the other housemates are out of town for the weekend...Poker Of course!
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The Super House Meeting - (7/26/2007)
We haven't done something as a house in a while, so we thought we'd goof around for an evening...you know, just catching up.
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evening braai - (7/22/2007)
A braai is a barbeque yay. a whole load of people popped over for some moishe house madness. great times were had by all
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lunch social - (7/22/2007)
just a bunch of homies getting together for lunch and good vibes
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Shabbat supper with a Celebrity - (6/22/2007)
Head of the TAC zachie Achmat agreed to come have a shabbat with us. We used all our new cool Judaica stuff! Was such a cool evening. Afterwards Zachie gave a quick talk, then we all just sat around and spoke abit about issues in South Africa and what wec ould do to help
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Soccer time - (6/20/2007)
A small group ranging from sporty to i wish i could walk fast played a friendly game of soccer on a tennis court.
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House Lunch - (6/19/2007)
Just the usual housemates gathering from all corners of the house to go out and have a meal. These house meals are starting to feel really symbolic...we like them
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Youth Evening - (6/18/2007)
We decided to run an Intoduction to Mioshe house to the Jewish high school which is in our area. We put on a great night and inspired the next generationof Moishe house
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Hanging with Moishe - (6/1/2007)
We got a few guys and girls together, and just relaxed and enjoyed each others company
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Darfur Talk - (5/25/2007)
We found these 3 guys who fled Sudan and were willing to give a talk on Darfur and their experiences. It was an eye-opening event. It was really inspiring to hear their journey from Darfur to Cape Town.
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Shavuot Celebrations - (5/23/2007)
We did, we had an incredible shavuot celebration. We had a little Limmud (study session) we had loads of milk tart and cheese, and yes...we even had a bull :)
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House supper Italiano - (5/14/2007)
Just some Moishe house folk, having a good meal together...awwww Daanie was sick and couldn't come.
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Talk on Education - (4/30/2007)
We managed to get hold of this amazing guest speaker, who came and gave a talk on the current educational crisis South Africa is currently facing. As Jews, knowledge and education have been the backbone of our culture for thousands of years, it's important for us to be invovled and know what is going on in our country, and how we ourselves can help. People stayed behind afterwards as late as 3am talking, debating and socializing. This was an unbeleivablly good event.
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Talking 'bout issues - (4/15/2007)
The house went to a Yom Hashoa service held at the jewish cemetry and aftrwards we told everyone that whoever would like to come back to our place and just chat was welcome to.
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The 3rd Seder - (4/13/2007)
A 3rd Seder? 4 days after Pesach has ended? You guys must be crazy!- that's what most people said when we told them about our grand plans to have a freedom seder after pesach and combine it with a fantastic and meaningful evening.
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Book club (a book can also be used as a hat) - (4/12/2007)
Yes oh yes, here are where those who appreciate the written word can gather and find appreciation in each others reads
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Moishe Goes Grey - (4/8/2007)
So Emma has an obsession with Grey's Anatomy...and as it turns out so do a few of her friends. Emma decided to give Grey's a moishe spin and have everyone gather round for an episode
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Fish, Chips and Moishe - (4/3/2007)
Just invited a small group to mess around with. we had loads of fun
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Olmert Visits! - (4/1/2007)
Check the photo link: We got a surprise visit from a celebrity!
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Jews, Genetics and Morality - (3/23/2007)
Jodi (a friend of MH) really wanted to have a debate about new genetic discoveries and the moralaty of it all. (it appears that they can isolate and enhance the gene responsibly for IQ) Was a very cool evening. People got pretty heated about it.
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House Goes Chinese - (3/19/2007)
We thought we needed a bit of house bonding. We decided to all dress up and go to this place on the otherside of town which is known for it's superb meals
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St Patties Party - (3/17/2007)
Ah the Irish. Not only was it St. Patricks Day but the irish also beat the Pakistanis at Cricket. Any excuse to celebrate...
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After Shabbat Israel Chat - (3/16/2007)
Best event so far- It was a crazy Idea hatched up one night. Since people in cape town are very family orientated for shabbat meals, why not have people over AFTERWARDS.
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A book can also be used as a hat - (3/13/2007)
There are these things called books, right, and what some folk do is get together and chat about their recent reads...Moishe house Cape town tries it out...
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Strauss's crazy noodle delight - (3/7/2007)
Strauss has this recipe that he loves. so he called up a few of our moishe house pals and spontaneously hosted a 13 man dinner.
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Simpsonian Delight - (3/5/2007)
a few people came round to enjoy the greatest series known to mankind.
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