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BULLETIN
June 20, 2013 / 12 Tammuz 5773
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Kadima Community School Tzedakah Report
This year, Kadima students, pre-K through 7th grade, pooled the tzedakah funds they collected throughout the year to make a Kadima Community School tzedakah contribution to Heifer International. Contemplative and educational discussions in each class were followed by a vote for their preference of the contribution to be made.
 The collective decision yielded a purchase of three Flocks of Chicks, two Flocks of "Hope," and a share of a goat. (A Flock of Hope may include chicks, ducks and/or goslings, depending on cultural, climate and dietary differences among peoples. In almost no time, egg production will begin!) Heifer International's mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the poverty and care for the Earth.
 Additionally, the students of Team Keshet, 4th and 5th grades, voted to send $70 of their class' tzedakah funds to the Sister Schools organization. Sister Schools is dedicated to giving children a better understanding of the world in which they live and helping them experience the life-changing effect of personally giving to people less fortunate than themselves.
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 The Early Bird Special tuition discount offer expires June 27!School Registration Is Open for 2013-14 Early Bird Special: Enroll by June 27 and receive $30 off your tuition costs (per family, not per student) Pre-K, Judaic Studies, Hebrew, and B'nei Mitzvah programs Download an Enrollment and Registration form. Kadima offers... Modern Conversational Hebrew Classes For 3rd-8th grades. Twice Monthly Sunday School Classes for Grades K-7 and a B'nei Mitzvah Program Visit our website for more information about our Sunday School and B'nei Mitzvah program, or contact Sharron Lerner, Education Director, at slerner@kadima.org or (206) 547-3914. Pre-Kindergarten Program For children 4-5 years old. Developing Jewish identity and kindergarten readiness skills. The Pre-K program will serve as an introduction to Jewish songs, stories, traditions, and progressive Jewish values. The class meets Sundays, twice monthly, 10 to noon at Kadima House. View or download the Pre-K flyer. Contact Sharron Lerner for more information. |
Please join us for MEPC 2013
August 17th - 18th!
If you did not receive the MEPC "save the date" postcard in May, and would like to receive future mailings, please notify us with your current address. The MEPC will hold a weekend family camp this summer, with the goals of strengthening our multi-generational community and collectively creating the camp's future mission. Your whole family is invited! Join us for a weekend of field games, nature walks, arts and crafts, cook-outs, discussion, singing and dancing, and more. There will be scheduled activities for campers and counselors throughout the two days, as well as adult centered programming. Counselors will supervise campers and lead activities on Saturday before the dinner celebration and on Sunday.
Campers are welcomed even if their parents cannot attend, and we encourage adult members of our community without children to attend as well! Counselors have the option of staying in chaperoned cabins on Saturday night.
Hours:
Saturday, August 17: 10am - 8pm
Saturday Dinner Celebration: 6pm - 8pm
Saturday - Sunday Chaperoned Counselor Overnight: 8pm - 10:30am
Sunday, August 18: 10:30am - 3pm
At Camp Long Environmental Learning Center -
5200 35th Ave S.W., Seattle
Please find a registration form here, or on the MEPC website at: www.middleeastpeacecamp.org. We would very much appreciate your RSVP by July 15, 2013; an email or phone call would be great while you work on your registration form! You can call our Registrar, Denise, at (206) 524-6191 to let us know you are planning to attend, or email Denise or info@middleeastpeacecamp.org with any questions or your RSVP.
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BULLETIN BOARD
Teen Opportunities in Israel
DLHS is a new study abroad program in Israel for teens. Here's a description of the program. Dror Leadership High School is semester-long program in Israel for 10th and 11th grade students. Its mission is to help its students become leaders in their Jewish communities, develop a passion for social justice, and build a lifelong connection to Israel and Jewish peoplehood. The weekly schedule includes learning Hebrew, attending an Israeli school with a diverse group of Israeli peers (while maintaining a separate English-speaking class), and a service-learning project which will focus on tikun olam and developing leadership skills. The program also includes seminars, trips, and hikes throughout Israel, including a seminar on co-existence in the Galilee. The school will be located in the Northern town of Karmiel, which will allow students to interact with Israelis on a daily basis in school and around town. The students will live in dormitories on a nearby kibbutz. Along with certified teachers at school, the group will have experienced counselors with them on kibbutz and during trips. Responsible for activities outside the classroom, the counselors will help students understand Israeli society better and help students create a safe space and positive, fun community where they can gain confidence and build lifelong friendships. The goal is to combine the academic rigor of high school with the best of Jewish camping. Throw Israel in the mix and you have a life-changing experience that will build lifelong friendships and help students come back more independent, responsible, and socially active in their communities. If you're interested or have questions, please visit the DHLS website or contact George Stevens, educational director. _________________________________________________
Audio and Video of Rabbi Brant Rosens's Talk
Watch a YouTube video of Rabbi Brant Rosen's talk at University Friends Meeting in Seattle on May 6. Rabbi Rosen is a congregational rabbi, author, and activist in Evanston, Illinois. Kadima was a co-sponsor of the event.
You can also hear Rabbi Rosen's talk, which aired on radio KBCS 91.3.
_________________________________________________ The 85th Street Big Band performs at the Ballard locks
Sunday, June 30, 2 - 4 pm
Kadimanik Larry Greenberg plays bass in this 18-piece swing band. Freed, Greenberg, and Greengage Are Skateboarding Instructors
Kadima grads Brennan, Alex, and Corey are skateboarding instructors with Seattle Youth Employment Skateboarding (YES). YES is offering FREE Skateboarding Drop-In Programs for kids ages 12 and under (weather permitting) from July 7 through August 25, 10 to noon, at the skate spots listed below. Visit skatelikeagirl.com for way more info. Drop-in programs are open to girls AND boys! Judkins Park, Thursdays Roxhill Park, Fridays Delridge Community Center, Saturdays Sea Sk8 (Seattle Center), Saturdays Lower Woodland Park, Sundays Jefferson Park, Sundays.
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Jewish Reconstructionist Movement PEARL Calls
(Providing Education and Resources for Leadership)
The Jewish Reconstructionist Movement holds a series of PEARL calls each year. PEARL (Providing Education and Resources for Leadership) is a distance-learning program designed to provide meaningful information and strategies for congregational leaders, members, clergy, educators, and staff. Expert speakers partner with Reconstructionist movement professional staff and lay leaders to help strengthen congregations and chavurot, foster leadership, deepen Jewish spiritual life, and continue tikkun olam/social justice work.
PEARL sessions for 2013 are finished, but you can listen to more than sixty calls from 2008-2012 at www.jewishrecon.org/pearl. You can register for future PEARL calls at that link. Watch jewishrecon.org/pearl for the 2014 schedule (which had not been posted as of June 19).
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Kadima Social Justice Group!
If you are interested in joining the Social Justice Group's listserv please contact Sima Kahn via office@kadima.org. The listserv will keep people apprised of opportunities for engagement in various areas in which the Social Justice Group is interested.
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Seattle's premier progressive Jewish Community integrates celebration, study, and work for social justice, through programs, holidays, Shabbatot, education for all generations, activism for a just, peaceful and healthy world, and many avenues to a warm Jewish community. Think of Kadima as your "Jewish Salon," a comfortable setting for the free exchange of ideas and experiences!
Kadima's Women's Torah Project has completed the first Torah in history to be scribed and completely embellished by an international community of women, and to be sewn together in community.Kadima is a co-founder of the Middle East Peace Camp for Children, which has been held every summer for more than ten years.
Contact Kadima!
(206) 547-3914 |
Make Kadima House a sanctuary filled with learning, celebration, activism, spirit and warm community!
HOW TO DONATE
Donate via NetworkForGood, where Kadima is a non-profit client · Send a check: Kadima, 12353 8th Ave. NE, Seattle WA 98125 · Call the office, (206) 547-3914, with credit card info · Members may call to add a donation to their account.
THANK YOU! |
Kabbalat Shabbat & potluck dinner
Late July
The Haseley residence
August 17-18
Camp Long Environmental Learning Center
Regarding leading, attending, chanting Torah and/or helping with Shabbat services, contact the Kadima office.
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JEWISH COMMUNITY EVENTS If an event title is underlined you can click on the title to open a link to more information. Sunday, June 23 · 9 am- Noon · Island Crust Cafe (7525 SE 24th, Mercer Island) Distant Replay: A Collection of Stories of Washington's Jewish Sports Heroes Come see the Distant Replay installation and enjoy good food and friends at Breakfast of Champions. Mimosas, cinnamon orange French toast, bagels and lox and much more! Ten percent of the proceeds goes to the Washington State Jewish Historical Society. $18/adult $12/child. More info and purchase tickets here. RSVP due today! Endless Opportunities: A community-wide program of educational, social, recreational and volunteer opportunities for adults age 60+. Open to the public. Thursday, June 27 · 10:30 am - noon · Temple De Hirsch Sinai (3850 156th Ave SE, Bellevue) Classical Guitar Concert with Michael Parrington Michael Partington, Director of the UW Guitar Program, has been praised by Classical Guitar Magazine for his "lyricism, intensity and clear technical command." Come enjoy a classical concert featuring a variety of Spanish composers. RSVP to Ellen Hendin or Wendy Warman by June 20: (206) 461-3240 or endlessopps@jfsseattle. Thursday, June 27 · 7:30 pm · Temple De Hirsch Sinai (1441 16th Ave, Seattle) A conversation with Israeli Knesset Member Adi Koll
Join J Street Seattle for a conversation with Yesh Atid MK Adi Koll as she talks about the new Knesset. With a new political party, Yesh Atid, in the Knesset and a refocus on peace negotiations, the political landscape in Israel is changing. Discover what these changes mean for Israel, the U.S., and the peace process. facebook.com/jstreetseattle
Friday, June 28 · 6:30 pm · Hillel UW (4745 17th Ave NE, Seattle)
Join Jewish Family Service and other community partners (Kadima included) in celebrating LGBTQ Jews, friends, allies and families. For more info: contact Leonid Orlov, (206) 861-8784 or familylife@jfsseattle.org. 
Sunday, June 30 · 12:30 pm · Seattle Center
Stop by the Jewish Family Service info table at Fisher Pavilion for a chance to win cool prizes! More info: Leonid Orlov, (206) 861-8784 or familylife@jfsseattle.org. Mondays, July 1, 15, 28 and August 12 · 6 - 9 pm · Confidential location Creativity & Healing Workshops for People Who have Experienced Intimate Partner Abuse
Join Project DVORA for these art and discussion workshops. Participants' experiences will be transformed into healing and growth by exploring Jewish themes, including,
Shalom: wholeness
Maggid: sharing stories
Shabbat: bringing in the light
Tikkun Olam: repairing the world.
FREE. Limited childcare is available upon advance request. Please register at least one week before each workshop. For more info and to register, call Project DVORA, (206) 461-3240.
Thursday afternoons, July & August · Noon - 6 pm · SJCC Mercer Island (3801 East Mercer Way)
Fresh Organic Fruit Stand at the J This Summer Get organic fruit for your family all summer at the J. Healthy, convenient and delicious!
Apricots, cherries, cucumbers, nectarines, peaches, plums, squash, strawberries, tomatillos, tomatoes! Everryone--SJCC neighbors, friends and community--is welcome to drop by the Fruit Stand and visit the Kesher Community Garden. Sundays, July 14 and 21 · 10 am - 12:30 pm · Hillel UW (4745 17th Ave NE, Seattle)
From Partners to Parents Keep your relationship strong while becoming a great parenting team! Adapted from Bringing Baby Home, create a caring, supportive home for you and your baby. Advance registration required. Financial assistance available.
Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org. Jconnect Seattle encourages Jewish/interfaith young couples to join in by offering a subsidy. Interested? Register for this class through Elise Peizner at (206) 527-1997 x 220 or by email. Wednesday, July 17 · 10 - Noon OR 7 - 9 pm · Jewish Family Service (1601 16th Ave, Seattle) Guide children through life's ups and downs in a way that builds confidence, resilience, and strong relationships. Advance registration required. Financial assistance available. Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org. Thursday, July 25 · 6 pm · Jewish Day School field (15749 NE 4th St, Bellevue) Outdoor Community Concert with Sasson A free, family-friendly concert at the Jewish Day School Bellevue campus. Seattle's premier Jewish music group, Sasson, will perform and the PJ Library will host a fun story time for young children. Pack a picnic and enjoy the fun. Contact Amy Adler for more info.
August 18 · 6 pm · SJCC Mercer Island (3801 E Mercer Way) Gardening Workshop Register now:
The Fall Garden: Eat Your Veggies, Put Your Beds to Rest
Wednesday, August 18, 6 pm. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ COMMUNITY EVENTS If an event title is underscored you can click on the title to open a link to more information.
Now thru June 30 · ACT--A Contemporary Theatre (700 Union St, Seattle)
The public and private mythology of an iconic Republican family is challenged when their "black sheep" liberal daughter announces that she's planning the publication of a memoir dredging up a pivotal emotional crisis in their shared past. Playwright Jon Robin Baitz, author of The Substance of Fire and creator of the hit television series Brothers and Sisters, compellingly examines the many faces of truth and the tangled ties that bind in this incendiary Tony Award-nominated drama. YouTube video.
Various dates, June 21 thru September 14 · Intiman Theatre (201 Mercer St, Seattle)
Theatre: We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!
Nobel prize winner Dario Fo wrote We Won't Pay, We Won't Pay! as a hysterical piece of comic activism. This farce is a playful romp full of heart and high jinks, ultimately illuminating the buoyancy and resiliency of the human spirit as it comes up against everyday life struggles. Think Lucy and Ethel, Laverne and Shirley, Roseanne and Dan, and you'll know what to expect when you meet this cast of buffoons. Directed by Jane Nichols. Purchase tickets.
Sunday, June 30 · 12:30 pm · Seattle Center
Stop by the Jewish Family Service info table at Fisher Pavilion for a chance to win cool prizes! More info: contact Leonid Orlov, (206) 861-8784 or familylife@jfsseattle.org. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
 
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