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<p>Hello fellow JSU friends,<br /><br />Happy Shabbat!<br /><br />Even though the JSU is not celebrating Shabbat tonight due to Hampshire Halloween, <strong>Torah study will still be happening</strong>! See below for more information:<br /><br />4 PM: Friday: Merrill living room Torah Study Begins with the Creation stories Come chew on the words of Torah and enter into the primal text of the Jewish people. NO Hebrew necessary; atheists welcome! No prereqs! It’s a story! Drop-ins welcome!<br /><br />Why bother re-reading the Torah every year?<br />To participate in a community founded in a shared story.<br />To understand better who we are, and why we behave the way we do.<br />To enter into relationship with a text, constantly revising our understanding of it as we gain life experience.<br />To be humble enough to revisit questions we thought we already answered.<br />Because its fun to read stories together and hear how other students think!<br />We belong to a people who think it worthwhile to revisit one book over and over again, to engage in a shared story and let that story inform our lives and challenge us.<br /><br />And on this day in Jew-ish history:<br />Ben Harper was born October 28, 1969 in Pomona, California to his Jewish mother and African-American father. He grew up to become a multi-genre musician, winning three Grammy Awards and releasing thirteen albums. He is also an activist of a number of movements, including social and environmental. <br />"Music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual." --Ben Harper<br /><br />Have a fun and safe Hampshire Halloween!<br />Much love,<br />the JSU</p>
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