Our next "Mussar for Your Soul" series -starting 5/20
Phone a Buddy
Resources for At Home Volunteer Opportunities
Takeout dinner options to support those who supported Mishkan
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Shabbat Services "From Our Home to Yours"
Join us this Friday, May 15, during Kabbalat Shabbat Services as we honor and offer our thanks and appreciation to DEBBIE KARDON as she begins her new role as Executive Director at Action for Post-Soviet Jewry
Friday, May 15 6:00 PM Kabbalat Shabbat Services Please join Rabbi Plumb and Cantor Elana Rozenfeld for a virtual "From Our Home to Yours"
Saturday, May 16 9:30 - 10:30 AM Shabbat Morning Services Please join Rabbi Plumb, Rabbi Lev Friedman and Rose Spitzer reading Torah for a virtual "From Our Home to Yours"
The next series of "Mussar for Your Soul" Wednesdays, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 6 sessions - starting May 20
Introducing the new Silverlining Buddy Program project manager Wendy Handler
It seems odd to introduce myself having been a longtime member of CMT for the past 25 years, but the CMT of today is different than the CMT of yesteryear and there are many new members.
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Wendy Handler. I have been involved at Mishkan Tefila over the years in both professional and volunteer capacities. I’m best known for my involvement in youth activities and family programming. If there’s one thing I can say with certainty, it’s that I am passionate about Jewish education, learning, community and connection.
I was recently hired as the project manager to coordinate the activities of the Silverlining Buddy Program. If you receive information from me about the program, I am not necessarily recruiting you. I am hoping that you’ll join me in promoting this program. I’d be grateful if you would share this incredible opportunity with some of the young people in your lives…your college age children, your young professionals, your grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other family members and friends. The Silverlining Buddy program pairs young adults (high school juniors and seniors, college age students and young professionals) with older adults, for weekly telephone conversations. This win-win scenario allows our young adults to hone their communication skills, while easing the social isolation that many older adults may be feeling during this challenging time. This is an incredible opportunity to create meaningful connections! Share this information. Have your family and friends go to mishkantefila.org and sign up to be a Silverlinings Buddy today!
The position of project manager for the Silver Lining Buddy Project has been generously funded by the CJP Covid Emergency Fund to help relieve isolation for our members and Boston wide seniors.
Sign-up is on-going! Phone A Friend Silverlining Buddy System
Resources for At Home Volunteer Opportunities
Are you interested in doing volunteer social justice/social action work? Interested in volunteering to get us all through the Coronavirus time period? Listed below you will find resources for all of this work. The organizations listed cover all of the state, as well as Brookline and Newton specifically. Thank you to Leslie Friedman for putting together this resource list for us!
Massachusetts
JALSA (Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action) (501c3) https://www.jalsa.org/ Sign up for JALSA's weekly action alerts. They are devoted to promoting civil rights, protecting civil liberties and achieving social, economic, environmental and racial justice.
JALSA Impact (501c4) engages the progressive Jewish community of MA in electoral organizing ahead of the 2020 elections. If you would like to send postcards to unregistered voters in states across the country, learn about the issues and how they connect to Jewish values, contact david@jalsaimpact.org.
JCRC (Jewish Community Relations Council) https://www.jcrcboston.org/covid-19/ Sign up for their weekly email with virtual and in-person volunteer opportunities, as well as ongoing social action/justice issues they work on.
Brookline Food Pantry (multiple sites; must be on site) Contact Chanin, Director of Operations, chanin@brooklinefoodpantry.org In email, please let her know how you would like to help (have car for deliveries, can lift, cannot lift but can hand out food, etc.)
The owners and chefs of these restaurants have supported and shown kindness to the Mishkan community and now we can show our support to them. If you are enjoying take-out, please consider supporting the following eateries: (Please note not all are kosher)
Thursday, May 14, 8:00 PM Join the Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC and Israel’s Diplomatic Missions across the United States for a special broadcast that will feature top Israeli artists and many more surprises! Registration is required - to RSVP, please click here.
Mobile Mishkan is going strong! Check out the calendar to stay up to date.
