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CHILDREN’S PROGRAM WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO A.J. HESCHEL: A SPECIAL GUEST TEACHER: TEACHER FOR OUR TIME STORYTELLER JOSH CONESCU AND RABBI TOM ALPERT RABBI NAOMI LEVY CANTOR KEN RICHMOND Enjoy captivating Jewish SONGS OF REVELATION & RENEWAL: THE BEST SELLING AUTHOR, FOUNDER Folktales and Stories with MESHING OF LITURGICAL AND SECULAR OF NASHUVA AND A UNIQUE AND wonderful storyteller, Josh MELODIES TO LIFT THE SOUL Conescu, and delight in the RABBI LISA EIDUSON/CANTORIAL SOLOIST JODI PASSIONATE RABBI IN THE music of Cantor Ken Richmond, BLANKSTEIN as we all celebrate CONTEMPORARY JEWISH together. NO BAKE CHEESECAKE - HOW AND WHY COMMUNITY WE MAKE IT RAV SHIRA SHAZEER

SHAVUOT STORY SLAM JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON

WHAT ‘WISE AGING’ MEANS IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 ELIZABETH DAVID & MARJORIE RASKIN

TANGLED UP IN : EXPLORING REDEMPTION THROUGH ZENTANGLE ART *Bring crayons, markers and AT HOME paper to help bring your LEAH LEVINSTEIN AND JENNIFER STEVENS imagination to life as Josh and Cantor Ken delight us with GREATER BOSTON PFLAG: SUPPORTING stories and song. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS ZACHARY ROE AND TRACY MCKAY

SOIL AND CLIMATE: PUTTING THE CARBON BACK WHERE IT BELONGS DEB NAM-KRANE

DANCING TO THE MOUNTAIN JOANIE BLOCK AND JULIE LEAVITT RABBI NAOMI LEVY

SHAVUOT- THE NEGECTED HOLIDAY NASHUVA.ORG CARL CHUDNOFSKY 8:00PM 9:00PM 10:00PM

MILK & HARMONY: SHAVU'OT AND THE RECEIVING TORAH IN LOVE FESTIVAL EVENING SERVICE AND RABBI DAN LIBEN MUSIC OF THE FEINGOLD FAMILY READING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS RABBI LOUIS POLISSON AT OUR VIRUTAL MT. SINAI.

RUTH: SEXUAL SUBVERSION AS A MEANS STRANGE NEW WORLDS: THE TORAH TOWARD REDEMPTION AND (RE)CREATION RABBI SHARON L. SOBEL RABBI JOSH BREINDEL

EVERY PERSON WANTS TO CLIMB - EMERGING FROM A PANDEMIC IN MUSSAR AT THE MOUNTAIN RABBI ERIC GURVIS RABBI DANNY BURKEMAN

"IF IT DOESN'T KILL YOU..." JEWS AND TATTOOS RABBI KATY ALLEN RABBI ALLISON POIRIER

RUTH, SHAVUOT, & YOU VIRTUAL TOUR OF ISRAEL CANTOR KEN RICHMOND HIBUR STUDENTS ZACH AND ANNIE

DREAMING OUR WAY TO SINAI AKDAMUT: SHAVUOT'S SPECIAL 11:00PM YAEL LINDA SCHILLER CANTOR WENDY J. SIEGEL CHEESECAKE IT IS! BRING YOUR WHEN THE HOLOCAUST CAME TO THE HEBREW CALENDAR: IT’S ABOUT TIME AMERICA: THE FORT ONTARIO STORY DALLAS C KENNEDY OWN AND CELEBRATE TOGETHER NORMAN H. FINKELSTEIN VIA ZOOM!

MOVING INTO EASE "THE TURN: DANCING WITH LIGHT" MARA YALE LINDA J. HIRSCH

LET'S CELEBRATE WITH CHEESECAKE! CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS: USING MONA DOLGOV STORYTELLING TO TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS THEA IBERALL STANDING AS JEWS IN THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE KAREN BLUMENFELD Class Descriptions - 6:00-6:45pm

AN INTRODUCTION TO A.J. HESCHEL: SOIL AND CLIMATE: PUTTING THE SUPPORTING FAMILY AND FRIENDS A TEACHER FOR OUR TIME CARBON BACK WHERE IT BELONGS OF LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS RABBI TOM ALPERT DEB NAM-KRANE ZACHARY ROE & TRACY MCKAY TEMPLE ETZ HAYIM, FRANKLIN JEWISH CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK GREATER BOSTON PFLAG Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the This sessions would cover some of the In this session, Zach and Tracy will be giving greatest Jewish thinkers and activists of the basics of how soil can sequester carbon an introduction to Greater Boston PFLAG: 20th century. Join Rabbi Tom Alpert as we and help reduce the levels of carbon in how it started, where it is today, and the begin to learn what he taught, what he did, the atmosphere. The second half of the support it offers to family and friends of and why he matters today more than ever. program will focus on what individuals LGBTQ+ people. Tracy will also be sharing and communities can do. the story of her journey as the mother of three, including two transgender daughters. DANCING TO THE MOUNTAIN There will also be time for questions after JOANIE BLOCK & JULIE LEAVITT SHAVUOT- THE NEGECTED HOLIDAY and information available for those interested in finding support or CONGREGATION BETH EL, SUDBURY CARL CHUDNOFSKY volunteering. We will use movement to tell our communal TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM, FRAMINGHAM story of coming to the Mountain. No Shavuot was the day when God revealed experience necessary. Fun will happen. himself on Mt. Sinai and presented the Ten WHAT ‘WISE AGING’ MEANS IN THE Commandments to the children of Israel. AGE OF COVID-19 Shavuot is the commemoration of the Divine SONGS OF REVELATION & RENEWAL: Revelation. Why is one of the greatest ELIZABETH DAVID & MARJORIE RASKIN THE MESHING OF LITURGICAL AND events in Jewish History not observed and CONGREGATION BETH EL, SUDBURY remembered with deep faith and SECULAR MELODIES TO LIFT THE SOUL compassion in the Jewish world especially The purpose of this workshop is to affirm RABBI LISA EIDUSON & within the Reform and Conservative our strength and resilience in the face of Movements? the coronavirus healthcare crisis. We are CANTORIAL SOLOIST JODI BLANKSTEIN more vulnerable due to our age, and CONGREGATION B'NAI TORAH, SUDBURY paradoxically, more capable of modeling how to cope from the life lessons we have We will imbue topical songs by artists such TANGLED UP IN TORAH: EXPLORING learned over the years. Although these are Fleetwood Mac, Cyndi Lauper, Bob Marley, REDEMPTION THROUGH ZENTANGLE challenging and frightening times for Paul McCartney, Sarah McLachlan, Joni many of us, as “elders of the tribe,” we Mitchell and others into our program that ART AT HOME have wisdom and inner skills to draw from. mirror and preserve the significance of LEAH LEVINSTEIN & JENNIFER STEVENS Come join us in the discussion and learn many of the prayers in our liturgy. In from each other how we face and cope addition to serving as a tool for teaching CONGREGATION BETH EL, SUDBURY with the challenges. the meaning behind many of our blessings, Using the Zentangle® method as our the intention of these songs of revelation guide, we will experience our study of and light will leave you humming for days. Redemption using materials you likely have NO BAKE CHEESECAKE - HOW AND at home - paper, pen, and pencil. The WHY WE MAKE IT Zentangle method is an easy-to-learn, RAV SHIRA SHAZEER, SHAVUOT STORY SLAM relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF images by drawing structured patterns. As METROWEST JEWISH DAY SCHOOL GREATER BOSTON a meditative art, you may find this Make delicious no-bake cheesecake and practice can reduce stress, increase focus learn why we eat cheesecake on Shavuot. Join teens from Greater Boston to hear and creativity, and inspire new ideas and We'll be trying a classic no-bake recipe and share your own stories of resilience. creations. Materials needed: a piece of and a vegan variation. This session is Participants will be encouraged (but not paper, a pen (preferably black), and a great for teens, tweens, families, and required!) to share their own stories. sharpened pencil everyone who loves cheesecake. Class Descriptions - 8:00-8:45pm

WHEN THE HOLOCAUST CAME TO DREAMING OUR WAY TO SINAI STRANGE NEW WORLDS: THE TORAH AMERICA: THE FORT ONTARIO STORY YAEL LINDA SCHILLER AND (RE)CREATION NORMAN H. FINKELSTEIN CONGREGATION BETH EL, SUDBURY RABBI JOSH BREINDEL TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM, FRAMINGHAM There is a long history of attending to CONGREGATION BETH EL, SUDBURY In 1944, at the height of World War II, nearly dreams in Jewish tradition. This workshop Our mystic tradition teaches that the Torah a thousand Holocaust survivors were looks at some of these sources, explores is the blueprint for Creation. Together, we'll brought to Fort Ontario in Oswego New a way of understanding dreams as one explore texts from the Zohar, Isaac Asimov York, where the only refugee shelter on would read Torah through the Pardes and Neil Gaiman that weave together our American soil was set up by President system, and lets us dream-journey to ancient traditions with modern speculative Franklin Roosevelt. Who were these people? Sinai together as a tribe. fiction. Where did they come from? What happened to them after the war ended? With millions perished in Europe, what does this "too "IF IT DOESN'T KILL YOU..." LET'S CELEBRATE WITH CHEESECAKE! little, too late" event in Holocaust history RABBI KATY ALLEN MONA DOLGOV tell us about the human will to survive. MA'YAN TIKVAH, WAYLAND TEMPLE SHIR TIKVA, WAYLAND Let's make some delicious mini- MILK & HARMONY: SHAVU'OT AND THE You've probably heard the expression, “If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger,” cheesecakes for Shavuot! So easy to MUSIC OF THE FEINGOLD FAMILY or maybe you've even said it yourself. prepare, and perfectly portioned, too! For RABBI LOUIS POLISSON Using both traditional and modern texts, those interested, this recipe is gluten- we will explore this concept. Is it true? free, too!! CONGREGATION OR ATID, WAYLAND What does it actually mean? What is it Join Rabbi Louis Polisson as he shares a mix that allows us to be able to not only EVERY PERSON WANTS TO CLIMB - of music, including original music written by survive chronic toxic stress and acute his father-in-law David Feingold, original trauma but continue to be productive and MUSSAR AT THE MOUNTAIN music composed by Rabbi Polisson and his well-adjusted? What keeps us going? RABBI ERIC GURVIS wife Gabriella Feingold, and some Hasidic Explore tools for resilience and reconnect and other Jewish music for Shavu'ot - the with those you already have but may have SHA'AREI SHALOM, WAYLAND holiday of Torah, Milk, and Harmony! forgotten about. There will be time for We call Shavuot - Z'man Matan Torateynu - discussion, sharing and exploring. the Time of the Giving of our Torah. It is an STANDING AS JEWS IN THE FIGHT FOR ongoing process, which we join by being a part of this evening's Tikkun Leyl Shavuot. In RACIAL JUSTICE VIRTUAL TOUR OF ISRAEL this session, we will accompany the Mussar KAREN BLUMENFELD ZACH SCHWARZWALD AND ANNIE WIENER master, Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe zt"l as he shows us a Mussar path as we climb the CONGREGATION BETH EL, SUDBURY HIBUR mountain to celebrate Torah in our lives. Are you sometimes afraid to talk about We will be sharing stories, pictures, and race and racism? You're not alone. Using impressions from our recent trip to Israel MOVING INTO EASE video excerpts from PBS’s “Race: The as part of HiBuR - Boston-Haifa's Power of an Illusion,” we’ll explore MetroWest student exchange program we MARA YALE questions such as: does race have a participated in. We will also share CONGREGATION BETH EL, SUDBURY biological basis? what stories do we tell information about the program itself, as about the meaning of race? how do we it was so important to us and had a huge, Join us for gentle guided movement, learn benefit from racist institutions without lasting impact. how to breathe easier, feel more personally being racist? Together we’ll grounded, and connect to yourself and begin to explore our beliefs about race, others, even at a distance. Mara teaches privilege and justice.The facilitator, Karen nervous system regulation based on the Blumenfeld, facilitates workshops for work of Moshe Feldenkrais, Peter Levine, White People Challenging Racism: Moving and Stephen Porges. From Talk to Action. Class Descriptions - 9:00-9:45pm

RECEIVING TORAH IN LOVE CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS: JEWS AND TATTOOS RABBI DAN LIBEN USING STORYTELLING TO TALK ABOUT RABBI ALLISON POIRIER TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NATICK THE CLIMATE CRISIS TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM, FRAMINGHAM On Shavuot, we commit ourselves to THEA IBERALL What's the big deal with Jews and receiving Torah, both that which was JEWISH CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK OF tattoos? Why are they so taboo? Is there revealed at Sinai, and the unfolding Torah any such thing as a Jewish tattoo? We'll of our experience. Sometimes, because it is MASSACHUSETTS explore the traditional text, and some natural to turn away from the unpleasant It’s easy to talk about the science behind modern takes on Jews and permanent and difficult, we fail to see what needs to the climate crisis, but does it inspire body art. be seen. This meditation will focus on God's people to change and act? More loving Presence, which both holds us, and effective is through emotional stories that helps us hold what is emerging, even during open people’s hearts. Storyteller Thea difficult times. Iberall will share reflections on a range RUTH, SHAVUOT, & YOU of climate crisis topics, including CANTOR KEN RICHMOND spending Yom Kippur with the Pope. AKDAMUT: SHAVUOT'S SPECIAL TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NATICK PIYYUT Why do we read the story of Ruth on CANTOR WENDY J. SIEGEL Shavuot? What connections do they have? RUTH: SEXUAL SUBVERSION AS A How can these connections influence how TEMPLE EMANUEL OF MARLBOROUGH MEANS TOWARD REDEMPTION we experience and celebrate the holiday? Akdamut is a special piyyut (poem) recited RABBI SHARON L. SOBEL We’ll study and discuss midrash, Hasidic only on the first day of Shavuot. Let us sources, and medieval and modern explore the answers to: What is it? Where TEMPLE BETH AM, FRAMINGHAM commentaries. did it come from? What is the melody? What Ruth and Naomi use sexually subversive does it mean? means to save themselves literally and ultimately to redeem the Jewish people. Ruth becomes the great grandmother of "THE TURN: DANCING WITH LIGHT" King David, from whom the Messiah will LINDA J. HIRSCH descend. CONGREGATION BETH EL, SUDBURY I will introduce and then present a 9-min. EMERGING FROM A PANDEMIC IN multi-media piece which illustrates how TALMUD click here to multi-media collaboration can link mind, body and soul to evoke a sense of RABBI DANNY BURKEMAN dynamic and wholeness. TEMPLE SHIR TIKVA, WAYLAND sign-up and receive Shimon bar Yochai spent a long time in isolation (quarantine?) in a cave and so Zoom invitations THE HEBREW CALENDAR: IT’S ABOUT perhaps this could be an appropriate text TIME for us to study at this time. How did he DALLAS C KENNEDY, emerge and how might we emerge? TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NATICK Overview of the Hebrew calendar and other calendars, relation to astronomy and holidays (loose reprise of 2018 presentation)