5/16 reminder, and more ...

[Rachael Kamel]

• Saturday, May 16, 6:00: "Let's talk about 1948." We're very excited about the discussion we've planned for this Saturday. We'll be gathering at the Germantown Mennonite Church (21 W. Washington Lane) for a potluck & discussion led by Rabbi Linda Holtzman and Pastor Amy Yoder McGloughlin. The evening will conclude with a Havdalah service. (For complete details, please scroll down.)
  

Also coming up:

• Monday, May 18, 7:30: Simone Zelitch's new book, Waveland, will be featured at an author event at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Zelitch's new novel follows a young white volunteer’s experiences during the 1964 Freedom Summer. For more details, please visit the library's website at http://libwww.freelibrary.org/authorevents/index.cfm?ID=51615&type=2.

• Saturday, May 23, 8:00 pm (and through the night): the Chavurah will join the Germantown Jewish Centre, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Mishkan Shalom, and P'nai Or in the Shavuot Night of Study--the Many Faces of Torah. Rabbi Linda will be teaching a study session at 9:15 at GJC and hosting an overnight study from 12:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. at her home in West Mt. Airy (635 Westview Ave.). For a complete schedule please see http://germantownjewishcentre.org/node/565.

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Saturday, May 16: Let's Talk About 1948--For our final Havdalah event of the season, the Chavurah joins with our friends & interfaith partners for an evening of sharing food, thoughts, feelings and personal journeys about 1948--whose events that are known by Israelis as Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day) and by Palestinians as the Nakba (Catastrophe).

Discussion will be co-facilitated

by Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Tikkun Olam Chavurah

and Pastor Amy Yoder McGloughlin, Germantown Mennonite Church

Please bring a dish to share.

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Join us at 6:00 pm for a potluck, discussion, and Havdalah service, where we will explore our different understandings of this event by answering such questions as--

• What stories did you learn about Israel's War of Independence?
• How and when did you learn about the Nakba, the violent displacement of 700,000 Palestinians?
  
• Does your family tell stories about 1948?
• How have you made sense out of this information?
• How has your identity as a Jew, Christian, Muslim, or secular person been shaped by this understanding?
• What is your vision of justice in Israel-Palestine?