Hey everyone

[Noah Hansen]

Hi chaverim

This is an article by JJ Goldberg about Nelson Mandela, but it's also a personal reflection about growing up in Habonim and trying to fight for justice. Very worth reading because his personal life dilemmas are relatable to ours.

We're having a cozy shabbat in Haifa. It's raining and the Chag HaChagim--Holiday of Holidays, a Jewish-Christian-Muslim holiday festival that lasts all of December--just started. We had a shabbat dinner--chicken, mashed potatoes and sufganiyot. It was also the first shabbat with a 58 siddur that we just began compiling. 

I'm sharing the siddur as a google doc with everyone, so feel free to add texts, pictures, songs, etc. Don't worry about the organization, I'll handle that. Just cut and paste stuff that you want in there. The siddur should ideally reflect all of our combined shabbat traditions--but it's a a document that makes us a statement about who we are as 58. So only put really awesome stuff in it.  

And seriously read the thing by JJ.

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http://blogs.forward.com/jj-goldberg/188864/memories-of-mandela-from-a-zionist-childhood/

[Matan Naamani]

This looks so great! I'm so happy to see it and will be adding some (awesome) stuff asap. Its kind of fuzzy on the google doc, is that because it uploaded weird or is that just how it is? 

Thanks for putting this up online, looking forward to collaborating on its growth!

Love,

Matan

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Matan Naamani

University of Michigan School of Public Health

MPH Candidate: Health Behavior and Health Education