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UPDATE
August 8, 2013 / 2 Elul 5773
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Please join us for MEPC 2013
August 17th - 18th!
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 -- Snack provided for the kids; bring your lunch!
Saturday Dinner Celebration: 6pm - 8pm -- Hallal and kosher meat provided; bring sides and desserts; coolers available
Saturday - Sunday -- Chaperoned Counselor Overnight: 8pm - 10:30am
Sunday, August 18: 10:30am - 3pm -- Bring your lunch!
At Camp Long Environmental Learning Center (5200 35th Ave S.W., Seattle)
Please find a registration form here, or on the MEPC website. Please call our Registrar, Denise, right away at (206) 524-6191 to let us know you plan to attend.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.
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 The Month of Elul
Renewing Ourselves and Our Visions in the Month of Elul
By Tamara Cohene
The Jewish month of Elul is traditionally a time for personal reflection and spiritual preparation for the New Year. It offers a structured opportunity to examine what is holding us back from being who we really want to be. If we use the period of Elul to take concrete steps towards becoming advocates for change, together we can make a difference! Continued.
Click here to see other articles and information about Elul.
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KADIMA
HIGH HOLY DAYS SERVICES
We invite all Kadima members and friends to join us in celebrating the High Holidays. We look forward to enjoying a wonderful High Holy Days together.
Readers wanted! Readers needed! If you want to read from the Machzor during any service you attend, email us so we can assign readings and prepare our readers' spreadsheet! Services will be held at Prospect Church 1919 East Prospect St., Seattle 98112
(on Capitol Hill, one block north of East Aloha St.)
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, September 4
Erev Rosh Hashanah service, 7:30 pm
Thursday, September 5
Rosh Hashanah morning service, 10:00
Children's morning service, 10:00-11:00
Vegetarian potluck lunch following the service
Tashlich at Madrona Park, 2:15 pm
Friday, September 13
Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre service, 7:30 pm
Saturday, September 14
Yom Kippur morning service, 10:00
Children's morning service, 10:00-11:00
Yizkor, 5:00 pm
Ne'ilah, 6:00 pm
Break fast vegetarian potluck, 7:00 pm
RSVPs requested for children's services and childcare (to help us plan): office@kadima.org or (206) 547-3914.
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BULLETIN BOARD ___________________________________________________If you are performing, teaching, creating, competing, or receiving accolades, let us know! We will be delighted to share your news on the Bulletin Board. ___________________________________________________ Be'chol Lashon July NewsletterEvery four years, the Maccabiah Games, the world's third largest sporting competition following the Olympics and FIFA, are held in Israel. Continued.Five years ago D-Black was a hip-hop artist rapping about the violence, gang activity and drugs of his African-American 'hood. Today he's Nissim Black, an Orthodox Jew davening in a Sephardic shul in Seattle and writing songs he describes as rap/urban alternative that "speak a message of hope and inspiration." Continued.___________________________________________________ Piano Lessons
for Children and AdultsClassically-trained pianist (by Ruth Swan of USC; various staff at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; and Martin Buff of UW and The Piano Studio Seattle), Kadimanik, and experienced public school teacher and adult educator is offering beginning private piano lessons to children ages 6+ and adults in the student's home.
Learn to read music.
Learn music theory.
Ear training.
Learn proper piano technique.
Learn to play music at the student's level.
Children's lessons are $30 for 30 minutes, plus books and materials.Adults' lessons are either $30 for 30 minutes, or $40 for 45 minutes, plus books and materials.
Discount for two or more children in a family who have lessons one after the other, or two friends who share lesson space and have lessons one after the other.
Interested? Send reply to suzannethepianoteacher@gmail.com, or by calling the Kadima office: (206) 547-3914. __________________________________________________ 
Kadimanik plays lead role in
The Secret Garden at the
Kitsap Forest Theater
Jasmine, daughter of Kadima teacher Deb Harrick and a Kadima student, plays Mary in the Mountaineers Players production of The Secret Garden at the Kitsap Forest Theater in Bremerton. Performances are on various dates through August 18. See more information about the theater and play here. _________________________________________________  "Life has gotten extremely busy in a very good way"
On July 13, three of Kadimanik Lois Gaylord's pieces were included in a new show that opened at the Center for Spiritual Living. There is some lovely work on display. Most of the show is on the second floor. Now through August 25. Free admission. The Center for Spiritual Living is located at 5801 Sand Point Way NE in Seattle. (206) 527-8801. Lois had some professional photographs taken of her new challah covers. She posted one of them on the Ceremonial Cloths page of her website. The covers come in three color-ways, and Lois plans to put them on her Etsy site. If you want one sooner, just let Lois know.
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Free Skateboarding Lessons!
Ages 12 and under
Sundays, 10 - noon through August 25
Kadima grads Brennan, Alex, and Corey are skateboarding instructors with Seattle Youth Employment Skateboarding (YES).
YES is offering FREE skateboarding drop-in lessons for kids ages 12 and under (weather permitting) on Sundays, 10 am to noon, now through August 25.
Locations:
- Judkins Park -- 2100 So Judkins St
- Roxhill Park -- 2850 SW Roxbury St
- Delridge -- 4458 Delridge Way SW
- Sea Sk8 -- SW corner of Seattle Center
- Lower Woodland -- 5201 Green Lake Way No
- Jefferson Park -- 3801 Beacon Ave So
Visit skatelikeagirl.com for dates, times, and locations. The drop-in schedule is at the bottom of the page. The drop-in programs are open to girls AND boys!
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Registration Is Open for 2013-14 Sunday School starts on September 22 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. |
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 watch for the 2014 PEARL schedule and register for future calls at the same link.
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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!
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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.
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KADIMA CALENDAR
Middle East Peace Camp
August 17-18
at Camp Long Environmental Learning Center
High Holy Days Services Rosh Hashanah
September 4 & 5
Yom Kippur
September 13 & 14
at Prospect Church
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.
Thursday afternoons in August · Noon - 6 pm · SJCC Mercer Island (3801 E Mercer Way)
Fresh Organic Fruit Stand at the J Get organic fruit and vegetables for your family all summer at the J. Healthy, convenient and delicious! Everyone--SJCC neighbors, friends and community--is welcome to drop by the Fruit Stand and visit the Kesher Community Garden. Sunday, August 18 · 3 - 4:30 pm · JFS Capitol Hill (1601 16th Ave, Seattle)
Ice Cream Social & Book Reading with Ronni Sanlo
Dr. Ronni Sanlo will read from her memoir The Purple Golf Cart: The Misadventures of a Lesbian Grandma and share stories of loss, love, and her Bat Mitzvah ring. Bring the whole family to JFS' outdoor patio to enjoy unlimited servings of kosher ice cream as you listen to Dr. Sanlo! $7/person, $10/family. Financial assistance available. RSVP by August 14 to get an Early Bird special! Contact Leonid Orlov at (206) 861-8784 or familylife@jfsseattle.org. 
Sunday, August 18 · 6 pm · Seattle Jewish Community School (12351 8th Ave NE, Seattle) SJFF BEST OF FEST continues with a community-wide celebration and family film, co-presented by Jewish Junction. The event kicks off with a nosh and schmooze followed by an an encore of the delightful, all-ages movie, Hava Nagila. Activities for the little ones throughout. Elvis sang it, so did Chubby Checker. With humor and heart, this documentary traces 150 years of Jewish history, Jewish roots and connection to this ubiquitous Bar Mitzvah song. Packed with celebrity interviews and lighthearted pop culture references, director Roberta Grossman delivers an immensely entertaining, toe-tapping celebration of Jewish jubilance and upbeat resilience. $5; children 6 and under free. Purchase tickets. 
August 18 · 6 pm · SJCC Mercer Island (3801 E Mercer Way) Gardening Workshop -- The Fall Garden: Put Your Beds to Rest Register. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ COMMUNITY EVENTS If an event title is underscored you can click on the title to open a link to more information. Various dates, now thru Sept. 12 · Cornsh Theatre (formerly Intiman Theatre) (201 Mercer St, Seattle)Make love, not war! Lysistrata is a woman on a mission, rallying the women of her community to put an end to a senseless war by denying their husbands their most basic desires. It's the ultimate battle of the sexes! Aristophanes' audacious story of an anti-war sex strike is brimming with innuendo and bawdy fun that has soul stirring insights into the folly of war and the struggles between the sexes. Purchase tickets. Various dates, now thru Sept. 14 · Cornish Theatre (formerly 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. Purchase tickets. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
 
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