[Jewish] Fwd: Register for Women's Gathering: Exploring Jewish Culture April 30

Tue Apr 25 09:54:56 EDT 2006

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> From: "Dyan Wiley" <Dyan at HGF.org>
> Date: April 25, 2006 9:41:58 AM EDT
> To: "Jewish Initiative \(E-mail\)" <Dyan.Wiley at hestia.hampshire.edu>
> Subject: Register for  Women's Gathering: Exploring Jewish Culture  
> April 30
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> April 30
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> Exploring Jewish Culture: For Women of All Ages
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> Springfield JCC
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> 12:30 – 5:15
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> Are you planning to attend?  This half-day conference of art,  
> music, food, film, movement, and more invites teen girls and women  
> across the region to explore Jewish culture, identity, and  
> creativity.  Artists and educators lead workshops, discussions and  
> demos – session descriptions follow and a registration form is  
> attached.  Highlights: New York’s Golem Girls perform at lunch and  
> Penina Adelman, author of the acclaimed “JGirl’s Guide: The  
> Young Jewish Woman’s Handbook for Coming of Age” leads 2  
> sessions. 12:30—5:15pm at Springfield JCC.  For more information  
> call 413-567-0299 or email Hadassah_springfield at hotmail.com       
> Detailed brochure with registration form at http://www.hgf.org/ 
> culture_connect/events.php#69
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> SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
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> Opening to Life through Movement - a Jewish Approach to Healing –  
> Deliah Rosel
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> It is easy to feel overwhelmed and exhausted by all that is  
> happening in the world and in our personal lives. Join us as we  
> experience an energy-gathering practice comprised of gentle  
> movements and visualizations that enhance our connection with the  
> healing energy of the Infinite Divine-- supporting our individual  
> nourishment and vitality as we continue tikkun olam, repairing the  
> world. (Wear loose clothing –open to all physical abilities)
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> Art as a Mirror to the Soul: Looking at Ourselves through Collage ~  
> Nancy Katz
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> In this safe environment, using a mirror frame as our blank canvas  
> and a wide range of contemporary magazines, art papers, and  
> personal objects, we will explore and reveal our individual and  
> collective images and identities as Jewish women. Hands-on art  
> workshop. Art phobics (and creativity buffs) welcome for this  
> intimate yet playful experience. (materials provided.)
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> Embodying Our Prayers ~ Rosalie Eisen & Amelia Ender
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> Our tradition provides us with the liturgy and form to enter  
> consciously into a new day through the Birkot Hashachat (Morning  
> Prayers). Using teachings, discussion, meditation, movement and  
> chanting, we will explore these prayers, deepening and expanding  
> our understanding of
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> and relationship with Jewish prayer.
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> Divine Imagination: Conversations with Our Mothers ~  Ellen Kaplan
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> What do our Mothers * the women of the Hebrew Bible * teach us  
> about ourselves, our personal journeys, our inner lives?  
> Imagination lets us brings these powerful women into our lives, and  
> to understand more than our rational, everyday selves can grasp.  
> Using Living Image, Free Writing, Poetry,and Role Play, we delve  
> into the stirring, beautiful stories of
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> our Mothers.
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> IT’s NOT MADONNA’S JUDAISM! Coming of Age in the 21st Century ~  
> Penina Adelman (for women and girls, 9 and up)
>
> How is coming of age different today from what it was like in your  
> mother's or grandmother's generation? Women and girls will have an  
> opportunity to learn from each other in this
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> workshop about becoming a Jewish woman. Through discussion,  
> storytelling, drama and text study, participants will explore what  
> it means to be a strong, active Jewish woman.
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> Hadassah College Short Films
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> ~ A Dream of Mother     Director – Chava Schein
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> The film follows Dasesh’s story. Dasesh is a 19-year-old Ethiopian  
> girl living in Israel with her father and stepmother. For five  
> years she has been dreaming of the arrival of her biological mother  
> from Ethiopia. We join her as she anticipates the reunion and  
> finally gets to embrace  her mother again. The intensely emotional  
> reunion finally takes place at Ben Gurion airport in Israel.  
> However, after her dream is realized, great difficulties await the  
> relationship.  The time lapsed and the cultural gaps stand as  
> obstacles between the two. (Documentary 2000, 27 minutes)
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>
>
> ~ Ud: Director - Uri Shapira
>
> An Israeli music band of three musicians are driving together to a  
> concert in the Jordan Valley at the beginning of “El Aksa”  
> riots. The driver decides to take a different route and they Back  
> Off! - Personal Safety for Women and Teens Want to recognize  
> dangerous situations and avoid harm?  Looking to increase your  
> awareness and feel capable in crisis? Integrity Martial Arts'  
> Janice Morton will teach a personal safety workshop for Women and  
> Teens. Learn some basic self defense techniques to keep you safe.  
> (No special dress or ability level is required.)
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>
>
> Women & Tallitot: Exploration & Discovery ~ Nancy Katz
>
> The relationship of a Jewish man to his tallit is a historic one.    
> In general, the relationship of a Jewish woman with tallitot has  
> been complicated and has been changing over time.  Together we will  
> look at our own relationship to this iconic Jewish ritual object.  
> Slideshow, Discussion, Hands-on.
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>
>
> Klezmer Jam Session with GOLEM GIRLS
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> An intimate hour of music with the girls of Golem You will learn  
> several rollicking klezmer tunes and be introduced to the  
> traditional rhythms and ornamentation which make Yiddish music  
> unique. Bring an instrument, or just come sing, clap along, or  
> listen. Drums welcome.
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>
>
> Making The Mystical Accessible ~ Yocheved Adelman
>
> Who are you? No, really! Our body is home to our mind, our heart  
> and our soul. Are they all the real me? How do they work together?  
> What happens when they don't work together? This interactive  
> workshop will take us on a journey of self discovery, through the  
> eyes of the Kabbalah, the Mystical dimension of Torah Judaism, that  
> will shed new light on who we are, where we are going and why!
>
>
>
> Passing the Torch from Generation to Generation ~ Penina Adelman  
> (for women)
>
> Do you have a "Torah" you want to pass on to the next generation?  
> How can you make this happen? What if you are struggling with how  
> to articulate your "Torah"? When you think about Jewish tradition,  
> what are the things you want to ensure will continue? Discussion  
> and text study of biblical role models.
>
>
>
> Mame Loshn/ Mother Tongue: Yiddish Language, Yiddish Culture and  
> the Story of the National Yiddish Book Center ~ Jane Gronau
>
> Yiddish or “Jewish” was the spoken language of more than three- 
> quarters of the world’s Jews for the past thousand years. For  
> Ashkenazic Jews, although Hebrew was loshn koydesh, “the holy  
> tongue,” Yiddish was mame loshn, the “mother tongue,” the  
> idiom of the women’s sphere and the spoken language of the home,  
> the marketplace and everyday life. This lively workshop is an  
> opportunity to learn the amazing story of Yiddish culture and of  
> the National Yiddish Book Center just up the road in Amherst and  
> its achievement as the "the greatest cultural rescue effort in  
> Jewish history.” We’ll also have a chance to remind ourselves of  
> just how
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> much Yiddish we already know – including the scores of words that  
> have made their way into English, words like shmooze, shlep, and  
> bagel.
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>
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> 5:00 – 5:15 p.m. Special Closing Session – Auditorium
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