The Executive Committee is Kahal B’raira’s leadership and coordinating body. It includes the president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, members-at-large, Sunday school chair and representative to the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Meetings are open to all KB members. RSVP for Zoom link to info@kahalbraira.org
This course involves screening popular American and Israeli movies in order to study a complex
and profound issue in Jewish life today. This issue is the fundamental tension between the lives
and attitudes of modern Jews, and the lives and attitudes of traditional religious Jews (also
sometimes referred to as hareidim, ultra-orthodox, or hassidim). Designed as the first of two
courses (each may be taken separately), this course focuses on films that offer starkly different
depictions of traditional Jewish life. In particular, these films will help us attend to deep conflicts
over issues such as individual self-expression, family, the value of communal life, and the
experience of romance and love. Students will screen the films on their own before class;
important clips will be shown in class. Carefully chosen academic readings, and short stories will
be provided each week, both for background on that week’s film, and to enhance the experience
of viewing it.
Dates: 5 Wednesdays, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Cost: $165, generous financial aid is availableFor more information, contact Marilyn Stern at meah@hebrewcollege.edu
Instructor: Dr. Jacob Meskin
Sponsored by Hebrew College and hosted by Congregation Eitz Chayim, Tremont Street
Shul, and Kahal B’raira, Cambridge
9:00 – Sunday School
Adult Programming
10:30 – Schmooze & Announcements
11:00 – Service
11:30-12:45 – Racial Justice in the Jewish Community and Beyond, with April Baskin
30-40 minute talk, followed by a 30-45 minute Q and A
Kahal B’raira is thrilled to welcome April N. Baskin, an award-winning multi-heritage black Jewish woman who has been a core organizer and movement leader within the Jewish community for nearly 20 years. She’s helped shift institutions toward more equitable outcomes within and outside of the Jewish world and is a faithful advocate of building just, diverse, and inclusive spaces that cultivate belonging and empowerment.
Ms. Baskin will share her thoughtful vision of a path forward on issues of contemporary racial justice in the Jewish community and beyond. A question and answer session will follow her presentation. Come prepared to share reflections and questions in what is sure to be a dynamic and memorable talk and discussion.
For Zoom link, please RSVP to info@kahalbraira.org.
This course involves screening popular American and Israeli movies in order to study a complex
and profound issue in Jewish life today. This issue is the fundamental tension between the lives
and attitudes of modern Jews, and the lives and attitudes of traditional religious Jews (also
sometimes referred to as hareidim, ultra-orthodox, or hassidim). Designed as the first of two
courses (each may be taken separately), this course focuses on films that offer starkly different
depictions of traditional Jewish life. In particular, these films will help us attend to deep conflicts
over issues such as individual self-expression, family, the value of communal life, and the
experience of romance and love. Students will screen the films on their own before class;
important clips will be shown in class. Carefully chosen academic readings, and short stories will
be provided each week, both for background on that week’s film, and to enhance the experience
of viewing it.
Dates: 5 Wednesdays, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Cost: $165, generous financial aid is availableFor more information, contact Marilyn Stern at meah@hebrewcollege.edu
Instructor: Dr. Jacob Meskin
Sponsored by Hebrew College and hosted by Congregation Eitz Chayim, Tremont Street
Shul, and Kahal B’raira, Cambridge
The Executive Committee is Kahal B’raira’s leadership and coordinating body. It includes the president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, members-at-large, Sunday school chair and representative to the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Meetings are open to all KB members. RSVP for Zoom link to info@kahalbraira.org
Gaining Ground, the beloved farm we have been going to for many years, is back open for volunteers! Lauren Kopans has reserved Saturday, May 15 from 9-10:30, for a group. Up to 16 people can join, ages five and up. Wheelchair accessible. Please email Lauren if you’d like to volunteer. Spaces will be available on a first-come first serve basis, but if there’s enough interest, we can organize a second volunteer day.
How can Jewish education be both meaningful and relevant for kids? At Kahal B’raira’s secular Sunday School, students explore how Jewish values can help us create a better world.
- A curriculum that emphasizes collaboration, critical thinking, and decision making skills.
- A space for our students to celebrate the diversity in Jewish culture. Our program is engaging and fun for students of diverse identities, cultures, beliefs, and interests, including from interfaith and LGBTQ households.
- A place where children connect Jewish learning and values with action.
- 9:00-10:00am – Students and parents visit classes
- 10:00-10:30am – Q&A with school director Sophia Brion-Meisels
“Kahal B’raira provides a place for my family to live Jewishly and where I can raise my children in a tradition that is both Jewish and has intellectual integrity.”
Click Here to RSVP, or email Sophia at eddirector@kahalbraira.org.
We’ll kick off our next community gathering with the annual meeting, where members will have a chance to vote an a bylaws revision and on the incoming board slate! Stay tuned for details.
Following the meeting, we’ll have a Shavuot themed service and time for game rooms and an extended schmooze!