2015
December 2015
Friday 4 December 2015
Fri 4 Dec to Sat 5 Dec. Leela Corman and Najmah Nour are hosting the beautiful and graceful Roshanna from Miami for a day of workshops on Decemeber 5. On December 4 there will be our bi-monthly Hafla featuring Roshana at Market Street. Market Street Pub, 112 SW 1 Avenue, Gainesville, 32601. Leela Corman, 718-687-7433. Belly Dance with Leela - [more][website][email][events]
Fri 4 Dec, 6:30-9:30 pm. 6:30pm Chanuka Service with Holiday Music Menorah Lighting with Secular Humanistic Candle Blessings Be sure to bring your own menorah and candles. Free Pizza and Latkes. Jelly Donuts. 8:00pm Trivia NIGHT. An annual event. Please RSVP by Dec. 2 so we’ll know how much food and drink to order. A $15 donation for adults and $10 donation for kids will be much appreciated to help defray our costs for this special evening. St. Johns, 81 Christopher St., New York, NY, 10014, New York, 10014. Amy Stein, (212) 213-1002. $15. The City Congregation - [website][email][events]
Fri 4 Dec, 7:30-9 pm. Kahal B'raira offering a nontheistic alternative since 1975. Celebrate Shabbat with a Humanistic Service followed by a presentation by Rabbi Chalom: What They Don’t Teach in Sunday School. We will end the evening with a dessert buffet. 765 Concord Avenue, Fresh Pond, (Share building w/ Fayerweather School), Cambridge, 02138. 617-431-3994. FREE. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]
Fri 4 Dec, 7:45-11 pm. Instruction provided. No partners needed. Beginners welcome. All ages. Not every week. Check for dates. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34 Street, Gainesville. Jack Seltzer, 352-359-2903. $3. Gainesville International Folk Dancers - [email][events]
Fri 4 Dec, 8 pm. Free lesson from 8-9 pm followed by open dancing. All ages welcome. No partner necessary. Please wear comfortable shoes and bring a water bottle. Unified Training Center, 809 W University Avenue, Gainesville. Free. Gainesville Swing Dancing - [website][events]
Saturday 5 December 2015
Sat 5 Dec, 9 am-12 pm. From many gods to monotheism; Second Temple Jewish Pluralism; destruction of Jersualem Temple and birth of rabbinic Judaism; medieval poetry, philosophy and mysticism; the varieties of Jewish culture with Humanistic Rabbi Adam Chalom. Register on website. 765 Concord Avenue, Fresh Pond, (Share building w/ Fayerweather School), Cambridge, 02138. 617-431-3994. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]
Sat 5 Dec, 1-4 pm. The price of freedom; the power of new ideas; the emergence of Jewish religious denominations; modern anti-Semitism and Jewish responses; secular Jewish responses; Zionism and Yiddishism with Humanistic Rabbi Adam Chalom. Register on website. 765 Concord Avenue, Fresh Pond, (Share building w/ Fayerweather School), Cambridge, 02138. 617-431-3994. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]
Sat 5 Dec, 8:16-11:59 pm. Recreational Israeli Dancing, limited to Israeli Dances from the 20th century. No teaching. Participants should have at least some Israeli Dance experience. Anisa's School of Dance, 14252 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, 91423. Louis, 818-881-7494. $6. Vintage Israeli Dance - [website][email][events]
Sunday 6 December 2015
Sun 6 Dec to Tue 22 Dec. A charming and festive holiday tale for the whole family. PO BOX 16155, St. Paul, 55116. 651-647-4315. $20-$32. Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company - [website][email][events]
Sun 6 Dec, 9-10 am. The transformation of Jewish life in the 20th century; the Jewish labor movement; the Holocaust; the shortcomings and successes of Zionism and the State of Israel. Why be Jewish today, and tomorrow?Part of the Limmud conference: see limmudboston dot org. Location TBA. 617-431-3994. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]
Sun 6 Dec, 4-7 pm. 2:45 Waltz. 3:30 Beginners lesson, a half hour before the contra dance starts. No partner needed. Please wear clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the floor. Thelma Bolton Recreation Center, 516 NE 2nd Avenue, Gainesville. Susie, 352-466-9150. $8, $5 under 21. Gainesville Oldtime Dance Society - [website][email][events]
Friday 11 December 2015
Fri 11 Dec, 7:45-11 pm. Instruction provided. No partners needed. Beginners welcome. All ages. Not every week. Check for dates. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34 Street, Gainesville. Jack Seltzer, 352-359-2903. $3. Gainesville International Folk Dancers - [email][events]
Saturday 12 December 2015
Sat 12 Dec, 6:30-9:30 pm. Holiday Music, Menorah lighting w/ Secular blessings, Catered dinner with latkes, trivia night. Reservations for dinner are required with credit card payment by noon Thursday, Dec. 11. $18/adult, $12/child (ages 4–13). St. Josephs, 371 6th Ave, New York, NY, New York, 10024. Amy Stein, (212) 213-1002. The City Congregation - [website][email][events]
Sunday 13 December 2015
Sun 13 Dec, 1-5 pm. Enjoy social group activities with other young adults (ages 18-30 years) with intellectual or developmental disabilities at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center (333 Nahanton Street) in Newton. Participants will meet one Sunday afternoon per month from September 2015 through June 2016 to engage in community outings/activities which may include a visit to the zoo or a trampoline park, and social action projects. Group members will determine the monthly activity. For more information, contact inclusion or 617-558-6508. Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton, 02459. JCCs of Greater Boston, 617-558-6508. $160. Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston - [email][events]
Sunday 20 December 2015
Sun 20 Dec, 9:15 am-12 pm. Kahal B'raira offering a nontheistic alternative since 1975. Join us for a morning that includes our school Pre-K through 7th graders, a humanistic service for adults, and Klezmer concert for all. 765 Concord Avenue, Fresh Pond, (Share building w/ Fayerweather School), Cambridge, 02138. 617-431-3994. FREE. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]