August with Moishe House Rogers Park

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At Moishe House Rogers Park we are getting excited for the house to fill back up in August. Tova is returning from the Yiddish School in a couple weeks and we will also welcome a new resident toward the end of the month. Claire will be leaving us as she heads off to Princeton for grad school and we will all have a chance to say goodbye before she go. For now Beki and Amir are holding down the fort and we look forward to seeing you all soon.

Moishe House Rogers Park

Kiddush on a Monday
Monday, August 3, 6:30 PM
Taste Food and Wine: 1506 W. Jarvis
Join Moishe House for a wine tasting with bottles of wine, cheese, and chocolate. Weather permitting, we'll engage in the Taste tradition of eating samosas on the beach and possibly going for a swim.

MH Shabbat August
Friday, August 7, 6:30 PM
Moishe House Rogers Park, email for address
We just had Shabbat at Moishe House last night and it was fabulous. Join us again in two weeks for davening at 6:30 or dinner sometime after 7:30. We’ll provide an entree, you bring the sides or drinks to share. We are looking forward to another spirited evening.

Bike Ride
Sunday, August 9, 9 AM - 3 PM
Moishe House Rogers Park, email for address
We’ll be going on our fourth Moishe House ride of the summer and this time we are being even more ambitious with our longest ride yet.  We bike west from Moishe House till we reach the river where will turn north following the North branch trail up through the suburbs all the way to Glencoe where will cut over to the Greenbay Trail and and head south back to Rogers Park. Somewhere along the way will stop for a bite to eat and a bit of rest before we pedal home.  

Claire’s Going Away Bonfire
Saturday, August 15, 8 PM
Moishe House Rogers Park, email for address
Join Moishe House in bidding farewell to Claire as she heads off to graduate school. We’ll have s’mores, pizza, and maybe some tears.

Learn a bisl Yiddish
Wednesday August 19, 6:30 PM
Moishe House Rogers Park, email for address
Nu, vilstu lern zich a bisl yiddish? (Well, want to learn a little Yiddish?) Come by Moishe House to learn some Yiddish words, sing some Yiddish songs, and chat about Yiddish’s role in contemporary Jewish and secular culture and social movements. In addition to linguistic and ideological nourishment, there will be a vegetarian dinner.


Movies at Their Place
A viewing and discussion of The House I Live In (2012)
Wednesday August 27, 6:30 PM
Not at Moishe House, Email for the Rogers Park address
Our favorite Rogers Park neighbors are hosting a second “Movie at Their Place,” a film screening and discussion program addressing current social issues. A vegetarian dinner will be provided. This month David Frankel is hosting; here’s his introduction to the film:

President Obama has recently made prison and sentencing reform a major pursuit for the last years of his administration.  It is now more important than ever to learn the facts and gain the vocabulary necessary for participating in this crucially important conversation which has the potential to save millions of lives and change the way we think about non-violent drug crimes.  The House I Live In (dir. Eugene Jarecki) provides not only an understandable presentation of the prison industrial complex but also a glimpse into the lives of real prison guards, judges, police officers, and most importantly, the once-free people who sit in prisons around America today...so we don't have to.

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