For our final community gathering of the year, adults and kids will come together for a celebration of learning, featuring a service and Stump the Adults trivia game. For more info and a zoom link so you can participate, please email Lidia at info@kahalbraira.org
Approximate Schedule
9:00-9:40 – Students and parents in classes
9:45-10:20 – Whole community chagigah (celebration of learning), featuring Sunday School superlatives and stump the adults trivia
10:20-10:35 – Service (no lifecycle events at this service, but people will have the opportunity to share at our Friday evening service on 6/4.)
10:35 – 10:50 – Schmooze
10:50-11:15 – Announcements & Appreciations
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
KB members are invited to join our book group where we will learn together through reading, self-reflection, and discussion. We will read both non-fiction and fiction (current and historical fiction) and will also share online resources with each other that will support our learning and current experiences. This is a peer-supported group and not led by an expert on the subject. We are on a learning journey and hope you will join us.
For the Zoom link, please email info@kahalbraira.org.
Tentative Schedule
October – initial meeting – discussion / introduction initial self-reflection
November – So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
December – Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
January – The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
February – Movies: 13th and Selma
March – The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
April – The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein [no relation]
May – Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, by Eddie S Glaude, Jr.
June, July, and August – Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
Gaining Ground, the beloved farm we have been going to for many years, is back open for volunteers! Lauren Kopans has reserved Saturday, June 12, from 9-10:30, for a group. Up to 12 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.
KB members are invited to join our book group where we will learn together through reading, self-reflection, and discussion. We will read both non-fiction and fiction (current and historical fiction) and will also share online resources with each other that will support our learning and current experiences. This is a peer-supported group and not led by an expert on the subject. We are on a learning journey and hope you will join us.
For the Zoom link, please email info@kahalbraira.org.
Tentative Schedule
October – initial meeting – discussion / introduction initial self-reflection
November – So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
December – Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
January – The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
February – Movies: 13th and Selma
March – The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
April – The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein [no relation]
May – Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, by Eddie S Glaude, Jr.
June, July, and August – Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
Our summer gathering at Larz Anderson is filled to site capacity! We hope that those of you who did not RSVP will join us next year.
For more info, please email Lidia at Info@kahalbraira.org.
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