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SUMMARY:BJ Teen Winter Retreat
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to share that we will be taking BJ Teens in 8th-12th grade out of the city for Shabbat\, Dec 3-5\, 2021. Our teens will have a chance to rejuvenate\, reconnect\, and have a blast together! \nRegister Now\nWe will be leaving at 2:00PM to arrive at the retreat before Shabbat. We will arrive back at BJ Sunday afternoon.  \n  \nWhat are our Covid Protocols for this trip? \nThis plan has been formulated based on guidelines from the CDC\, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)\, and our peer programs\, building upon BJ’s Re-entry Task Force August report and campus operations plan. These guidelines are based on the conditions on the ground today. As such\, they are subject to change if conditions change. \n\nAll participants are required to submit proof they are fully vaccinated (two weeks after JJ shot or second Pfizer or Moderna shot) before participating in-person programming. No exceptions. \nAll participants\, whether vaccinated or not\, must provide proof of negative PCR test results within 3 days of departure for the trip.\nThe staff and drivers with our partner organization are all vaccinated. Beyond that\, we will follow all protocols put in place by the hotels and museums and will let you know what those are\, if any\, closer to your trip as things will change between now and then.\nStudents will be in shared hotel rooms for the trip\, as well as busses. When with their hotel pod\, they are allowed to be unmasked\, but as of now\, all group travel will be masked.
URL:https://bj.org/event/bj-teen-winter-retreat/
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SUMMARY:Shabbat Morning In-Person Service (K-2nd grade)
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to bring back this lively service for one Shabbat in December. This service\, led by Michelle Geisler\, features songs\, stories\, and more for families with children in K through 2nd grade.  We are hoping to have the K-2nd grade Service on a regular basis once more families attend. \nRegister Now
URL:https://bj.org/event/shabbat-morning-in-person-service-k-2nd-grade/
LOCATION:Reception Room\, 270 West 89th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Services
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SUMMARY:Kulanu
DESCRIPTION:Kulanu means “all of us” in Hebrew\, and this Shabbat morning service really is for everyone! Kulanu is a fun\, welcoming\, and engaging space for 3rd-6th graders and their families. Kulanu will be led by Rabbi Becca Weintraub\, Music Educator Michael Harlow\, and members of our family life and learning team.  \nRegister Now\nThis event will also be streamed to the Family Life & Learning Facebook page.
URL:https://bj.org/event/kulanu-2/2021-12-04/
LOCATION:Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel\, 270 West 89th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sparks of Creation: A Creative Arts Lab for Hanukkah
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we bring the Shabbat of Hanukkah to a close for an interactive evening of the arts as a vehicle for exploring light\, creativity\, and Hanukkah! We’ll gather in person for arvit and havdalah and the lighting of the Hanukkah candles\, and get a sneak peak at the BJ Theater Company’s Hanukkah play before breaking off into workshops to explore the themes of the season through a specific creative arts process.  \nRegister now to join one of these workshops with our extraordinary guest faculty: \n\nMovement and Dance with Hadar Ahuvia\nMusical Workshop for Children and Families with Shira Averbuch\nVisual Art with Rebecca Katz\nCreative Writing with Joy Ladin (available both in person and on Zoom)\nHarmony and Communal Song with Deborah Sacks Mintz\nImprov Comedy with Leanne Velednitsky\n\nSee below for more information about these workshops and the guest instructors. \nLooking to join us remotely? No problem. Register to join us remotely for the candle lighting and then experience the creative writing workshop on Zoom! No matter how you’re joining us\, register now to reserve your place at this truly unique Hanukkah celebration! \nRegister Now\n\nWorkshop Descriptions\nMovement and Dance with Hadar Ahuvia\nIn this workshop\, we explore how text\, ideas\, and questions can be activated in the body. We will have the joy of moving with and witnessing each other. No prior dance experience is necessary. Please bring a water bottle\, a notebook\, your favorite writing utensil\, and wear clothing in which you feel comfortable moving. \nHadar Ahuvia is an independent dancer\, choreographer\, Jewish educator and service leader weaving her love of movement\, song\, and Jewish community in NYC/Lenapehoking for the past ten years. Her choreographic work has been supported by Baryshnikov Arts Center\, the 14th Street Y\, Danspace Project\, Yaddo and Gibney Dance among others. Her essay on choreographing a diasporic Israeli identity beyond Zionism is featured in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook on Jewishness in Dance. Ahuvia is a recipient of a Bessie nomination for Outstanding Breakout Choreographer\, was one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch in 2019\,” and a 2020 New Brooklyn Culture Fellow with Tatyana Tenebaum. She will make her BAM debut with Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group in January. Learn more at hadarahuvia.com. \nMusical Workshop for Children and Families\nJoin BJ artist in residence Shira Averbuch for a musical workshop of song and connection geared specifically for families. We will dive into our inner light and come together in communal light though mindful music meditation\, movement\, drumming\, and song. Our workshop will culminate with writing our very own song of light as a group. \nShira Averbuch is a NYC-based Israeli-American singer-songwriter and serves as the artist in residence at B’nai Jeshurun. Born in upstate NY to Israeli parents\, Shira split her time growing up between Israel and the States. After finishing her service in the Israeli Army Band\, Shira moved to NYC. She graduated from the New School with a BFA in Musical Theater with a minor in Music Therapy and found her place sharing her healing song in both the Jewish world and the world at large. \n“Golden-voiced singer”—New York Times  \n“Shira presents an authentic narrative of longing for places we call home\, as we head toward new frontiers — a metaphor we can all relate to right now.”—Americana Highways \nLearn more at shiraofficial.com. \nVisual Art with Rebecca Katz\nWhat do you want to illuminate in your life? In this intergenerational workshop\, light up your creativity and explore the meaning of Hanukkah using the Jewish Studio Process methodology. No artistic experience necessary—just an openness to playing with new materials.  \n \nRebecca Katz is an artist and educator from Brooklyn\, NY. She’s spent the past decade working in the Jewish social justice movement with teens through adults. Rebecca operates from a foundational belief that everyone is creative. She’s focused on bringing the creative process to all aspects of movement building and as a space for people to reflect on their connection to social justice\, identity\, and place. You can currently see her comics and illustrations published in Lilith magazine. \nCreative Writing with Joy Ladin\nIn this workshop\, we will use writing prompts—open-ended jumping off points for you to explore in any way you are inspired to—to kindle new ways of thinking about light in our lives\, and beyond. Bring your imagination\, memories\, longings\, sparks\, and something to write with.  This program is available in person and on Zoom. \nJoy Ladin has published nine books of poetry\, including The Book of Anna\, recently reissued by EOAGH Press; a memoir\, National Jewish Book Award finalist Through the Door of Life; and Lambda Literary and Triangle Award finalist\, The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective. Links to her writings\, readings\, interviews and talks are at her website\, joyladin.wordpress.com.  \nHarmony and Communal Song with Deborah Sacks Mintz\nHow do we harness the expansive layers of harmonies and unearth the potential textures of sound to create communal melodies in the real-time act of communal song and prayer? In this experiential session\, we’ll explore strategies and tools for realizing this potential in our own voices—as individuals and as communities—and weave together new melodies through a co-created collaborative process. \nDeborah Sacks Mintz is an educator\, practitioner\, and facilitator of Jewish communal music\, supporting those who seek to deepen their practice of empowered song and connective prayer.  As a musician\, Deborah has partnered creatively with a diverse array of voices in the Jewish soundscape; in addition to collaborating on over two dozen albums\, she released her debut record of original spiritual music\, The Narrow and the Expanse\, in 2020 on Rising Song Records. Beloved ongoing artistic projects include Rabbi Josh Warshawsky’s Chaverai Nevarech\, New Moon Rising with Elana Arian and Chava Mirel\, and Joey Weisenberg’s Hadar Ensemble. A candidate for rabbinic ordination and an MA in Women and Gender Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary\, Deborah serves Hadar’s Rising Song Institute as an artist\, consultant\, and teacher. An alum of B’nai Jeshurun’s Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellowship\, Deborah is honored to continue to serve BJ through music and prayer. Learn more at deborahsacksmintz.com. \nImprov Comedy with Leanne Velednitsky\nImprov is about making things up. Full stop. The truest and purest form of creating something from absolutely nothing. We’re gonna be silly\, we’re going to laugh\, we’re going to be spewing nonsense! The divine light of creation is meant to celebrate and inspire every little moment. And in improv\, we learn to not judge our creativity and instead say “YES\, And…” Come join in on the fun and connect with your inner goof! \nLeanne Velednitsky is a New York based actor\, writer\, comedian\, dancer\, producer\, and shower-singer. You may have seen her Off-Broadway in Puffs\, performing comedy all over the city or at her sold out comedy variety show\, Backyard Show. You can learn more about her at leannevelednitsky.com or talk to her at the Creative Arts Lab! She’s very friendly and has a firm handshake you don’t want to miss. \n  \n\nRegister now to join one of these workshops with our extraordinary guest faculty. \nRegister Now
URL:https://bj.org/event/sparks-of-creation/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 257 West 88th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
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SUMMARY:Family Havdalah on 88th and West End Avenue
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Family Havdalah the first Saturday of each month as we bid farewell to our sacred day and transition to a week of hope. To participate\, you will need to wear a mask for the entirety of the event and keep a 6ft distance at all times. \nRegister Here\n*If there is inclement weather\, Family Havdalah will take place on the B’ani Jeshurun Facebook page.
URL:https://bj.org/event/family-havdalah-on-88th-and-west-end-avenue/2021-12-04/
LOCATION:Family Life & Learning Facebook Live
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