Shabbat Shalom!
KI Community Kabbalat Shabbat (KICKS)
KICKS Events:
Davening this week: 5:30pm in person and on Zoom
Community Events:
The Base Midrash
CSS Security Training
Fashion and Fiction: 2-Part Lecture Series for Hadar in Boston March 8 and 15
Davening this week: 5:30pm in person and on zoom!
Join KICKS starting with Kabbalat Shabbat at 5:30pm. We'll sing, share words of Torah, and prepare to welcome Shabbat together. We’d love to see you in person or online!
IN PERSON: In the Main Sanctuary
ZOOM: Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Here, Download a Siddur to follow along
Notes for in person services: We hope you join us!
We expect those in attendance to be fully vaccinated (including booster) against Covid-19 as soon as eligible.
Masks are mandatory inside for all campus gatherings, ideally KN-95, N-95, or double surgical masks, given the infectiousness of the current Covid-19 variants.
If you are not feeling well, please stay home
Singing is very much encouraged!
View KI’s up to date Covid-19 guidelines here. We deeply appreciate everyone’s patience and ongoing careful Covid-sensitive conduct as we work together to keep our spaces open.
View this week's full schedule of online davening, learning, and community building at KI.
The Base Midrash
Multiple Dates and Times | In-person at KI
Round 1: For Basers
Mondays and Wednesdays - 7:00-9:00PM
February 28, March 2, March 7, and March 9
Round 2: Intergenerational
Sundays and Tuesdays - 5:30-7:30PM
March 20, March 22, March 27, and March 29
Since its creation, the Talmud has been the most persistent and influential text shaping Jewish culture and ideas. It is structured as a conversation, layering voices of many generations and perspectives over each other as they discuss the most essential of human questions. In this SVARA-style two-week intensive, led by Talia Laster, we will learn how to participate in the Talmudic process and claim it as our own. The Base Midrash will be fun for many types of learners. As long as you know your Aleph Bet, you're ready for this class! (If this is a problem for you, let us know! We may be able to help.) RSVP HERE.
CSS's Entry Point training sessions
March 13, both at 7:30PM. These one-hour, virtual trainings are about the basics of security and how to help protect our campus community. No background in security is required and all are welcome to join us. Both trainings are identical; select one from the two dates.
Topics covered include: Security awareness, Identifying security threats, Recognizing suspicious activity, Reducing and responding to threats, & How to contribute to overall safety. When registering for Feb. 16, please use the following information, as exactly written:
INSTITUTION NAME: KEHILLATH ISRAEL WEBINAR CODE: 88973481948 RSVP HERE.
Fashion and Fiction: The Clothing We Wear and the Tales We Tell on Shabbat
2-Part Lecture Series for Hadar in Boston with Dena Weiss
Tuesday, March 8, March 15 at 7:30-8:45 PM Eastern
Shabbat is so much more than the labor we can't do and the rituals we must do. The
beauty and power of Shabbat lies in the ability it has to change our identity, if only for a
day. Join Dena Weiss and fellow Boston-area independent minyanim for a pair of
classes on the ways we shape and understand ourselves on and through Shabbat. In
particular, we’ll focus on the external by asking what is important about special “Shabbat
clothing” and the internal by exploring how our perception of self on Shabbat relates to
who we really are and who we want to become. RSVP HERE.
KI’s Care Team
Do you have extra time on your hands? Are you eager to help others by schlepping groceries, making a video call to someone in need, or providing another type of support? Sign up here to volunteer through KI's Care Team. If there is something you need, an errand, grocery run, or know of someone we should reach out to - please contact Shari Lecker or Eliza Katz.
Looking forward to sharing Shabbat with you,
The KICKS Leadership Team:
Stephanie Berkowitz
Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen
Talia Laster
Deb Laufer
Brian Meyers
Elizabeth Perten
Harvey Tuch
Please email us with questions, comments, feedback, and to sign up for the listserv: KIKabbal...@gmail.com
Congregation Kehillath Israel
Website: https://kicks.community/
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KICKS is a warm community of spiritually engaged Jews that strives to create soulful, energetic Friday night t'filah and nourishing, inclusive communal activities. We cultivate a traditional-egalitarian davening atmosphere that is committed to powerful prayer experience, within the broader communal fabric of Jewish learning and socializing in Brookline and Boston. We welcome new faces and seasoned ones; people of all ages, backgrounds, genders, and orientations; and encourage everyone to join us in taking responsibility for the group experience.