Announcement from #SpinozaHavurah (an international online Humanistic Jewish community):

Join us on Saturday, January 25th at 10 am Eastern (4 pm UK) for a #Farbrengen (Jewish discussion session) led by @jmb.

We will start our together with a short niggun and maybe a special song to listen to, but then will transition into some of time of discussion on the topic of Self-Care during hard times from a Humanistic Jewish perspective. Along the way we will have a few interactive activities (including some light stretching) and of course some breaks for a drink (alcoholic or not, as is your custom), and finally close with our #Humanistic version of the Mourner's #Kaddish.

To register, please go to: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/dfd24crFRi-yhx6FWX7XrA

#HumanisticJudaism #Farbrengen #Shabbat #Havurah #Mazeldon

https://forward.com/culture/643863/trans-frum-orthodox-bintel-brief/?utm_source=The+Forward+Association&utm_campaign=927f37ffe5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12_01_04_25_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1323d6a1cf-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Very thoughtful response to this query in The Bintel Brief (advice column from #TheForward).

My favorite part is this quote, "“I do think you can find your place in Jewish community, but you might not find everything you’re looking for in one community,"

This has definitely been my experience. I would be very unhappy if I was forced to choose one Jewish Community to belong to exclusively. I need my #humanistic #havurah for fellowship, inspiration, and intellectual engagement with fellow non-theists, but I also need my local brick and mortar #Reform synagogue for the experience of being part of a large pluralistic community, as well as all of the in-person opportunities for community engagement (and of course all of the programming they provide for my son).

And... I also need my non-Jewish spiritual community, my lovely quirky progressive #Mennonite church where I remain an associate member. I need to be in a space sometimes where I can be unapologetic about prioritizing #peace above all other values.

#HumanisitcJudaism #Mazeldon

#Intro We are a #Havurah (aka a small Jewish community) that meets online.

We are #International with our leadership team coming from both North America and Europe, with regular attenders from South and Central America, Australia and Asia.

We are part of the movement of #HumanisticJudaism which means we do our best to use #NonTheistic liturgy in our services.

We also seek to be an #Inclusive community, including for #LGBTQ people and non-Ashkenazi Jews.

#Mazeldon @mazeldon
#Introduction

https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-366-michael-strassfeld

Very excited about this new episode of the #JudaismUnbound podcast, an interview with Michael Strassfeld, one of the co-authors of the #JewishCatalog, to discuss his new book "#Judaism, disrupted." The discussions was broad and included unpacking #Liturgy, #JewishMusic, #Deconstuction, #Havurot, and #Synagogues.

Look for thoughts in response to this episode on ep, #2 of the #JewishAlmanac podcast this weekend.

#Mazeldon #Havurah @mazeldon @lexaphus
@JewishAlmanac

About #converting to #Judaism: Judaism is not a religion, it is a #kehillah (tribe/family.) One can't "identify" as a Jew. One must go through #gerut ("conversion) to Judaism by

1. A course of study with a rabbi & Jewish teachers
2. Fulfilling the #mitzvah of #tevilah (immersion in a mikveh)
3. For men, circumcision or hatafat dam brit.
4. Joining a (real world, not social media) #synagogue, #havurah, kehillah

http://convert.org/

What's something meaningful that your rabbi taught you?

@judaism
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#Jewdiverse #Mazeldon #Jewniverse
#Jewish #Judaism #Jews
#Torah #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #ReformJudaism #Masorti #coffeehousetorahtalk #havurah #beitmidrash

An intermarried couple joins a synagogue. What are the boundaries for participating in Jewish prayer services? The answer varies significantly among Jewish denominations

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2017/08/18/the-role-of-non-jews-in-the-synagogue/

@judaism
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#Jewdiverse #Mazeldon #Jewniverse
#Jewish #Judaism #Jews

#Torah #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #ReformJudaism #havurah #beitmidrash #intermarriage #synagogues #interfaith

When's the last time your synagogue or Hebrew School taught about the prophet Jeremiah? Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) study is just as important as Talmud

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/tanakh-study/

#Jewish #Judaism #Torah #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #ReformJudaism #Masorti #coffeehousetorahtalk #havurah #beitmidrash #Jeremiah #Tanakh #Bible #HebrewBible #HebrewSchool #synagogue

Jewish people aren't indigenous to New York, Poland, or Iraq. Click and read this quote - please pass it on

#Jewish #Judaism #Torah #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #ReformJudaism #Masorti #coffeehousetorahtalk #havurah #beitmidrash #indigenous #Israel #Zion #Zionism #AshkenaziJews #Ashkenazi #Sephardic #SephardicJews #Mizrachi #MizrachiJew