Rosh Hashanah Discussion/Study Session
Topic - "Our High Holidays, our history, ourselves in these times" In the Shir Hayam Zoom Room - watch your email for the link.
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Journey to Jewish Rome
Live from Italy in the Shir Hayam Zoom Room on Sunday January 10 2021 10 am - 12 noon Micaela’s Jewish family in Rome goes back 2000 years. A sought after walking tour guide recommended by Rick Steves, she will share her extensive knowledge, interesting stories, and beautiful photographs in a fun and engaging way during this tour of twenty two centuries of Jewish life in Rome. Please RSVP to jjr10RSVP@gmail.com for an invitation to the Special Event Zoom Room.
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SUQUAMISH ELDER BARBARA LAWRENCE
Shir Hayam Zoom RoomWE WELCOME SUQUAMISH ELDER BARBARA LAWRENCE At a time when white nationalism is on the rise, Shir Hayam is ramping up engagement with issues of social justice and diversity at the ground level. One effort underway is outreach to strengthen ties with the Suquamish Tribe, our Indigenous neighbors. On Sunday March 14 at 11 AM Shir Hayam welcomes Suquamish Tribal elder Barbara Lawrence. Barbara was for years the Suquamish Museum’s official story-teller and is currently the Tribe’s Outreach Coordinator. Her talk will feature Suquamish history, geography,...
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Book Discussion/Potluck/Havdalah
Havdalah gathering at the home of Carol Shakow. At 5:00pm, we will have a discussion of the book In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh. There will be a potluck dinner. As evening approaches we will do a Havdalah ceremony.
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Cultural Events – Zaidy’s War
Shir Hayam Zoom RoomPresentation by author Martin Bodek. Link: https://mybook.to/ZRK9S0 My grandfather's story involves serving four armies under wildly unique circumstances, being present for both the largest land invasion in human history and the final battle of WWII, avoiding cannibalism under pain of death, eluding poisoning, surviving to walk 1,600 miles to his home country of Romania, emigrating to Israel, enduring the pummeling of his new community of Haifa during the Six Day War, finally settling in peace in the U.S. where he...