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Dorshei Derekh Quarterly Meeting
Dorshei Derekh Quarterly Meeting
If you need the Zoom link to Dorshei Derekh's quarterly meeting, please email Ruth at rcloew@gmail.com.
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Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Prayer is for every day, and GJC supports a weekday minyan service. The Rabbi gives a short teaching at the end of each service to provide food for thought for the day. The minyan provides a relaxed and welcoming environment in which to pray, to learn prayer skills, and, for those in mourning, to recite
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Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Prayer is for every day, and GJC supports a weekday minyan service. The Rabbi gives a short teaching at the end of each service to provide food for thought for the day. The minyan provides a relaxed and welcoming environment in which to pray, to learn prayer skills, and, for those in mourning, to recite
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Shalvah
Shalvah
One of the ways the Hebrew word shalvah can be defined is "equanimity." Equanimity is being aware of what's happening, challenges and all, and meeting it with open awareness. Equanimity is maintaining your center while things are uncertain and unstable. We cultivate equanimity in meditation by sitting and returning to open awareness of all we are feeling
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Kabbalat Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat
This spirited service is led by GJC rabbis who lead us in singing the psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat. The spirit of the singing along with the warmth of the community make this a wonderful way to make the transition from the workweek to Shabbat. The Rabbi offers a short teaching before we move on to
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Charry Service
Charry Service
This weekly service, held in the Charry Sanctuary, puts an emphasis on learning, with a shorter Shacharit prayer service and a longer period for study, led by the Rabbi and the Assistant Rabbi. The Charry Service often hosts special Shabbatot with guest speakers, B’nei Mitzvah services, and other celebrations. Members of all ages often take
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Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Prayer is for every day, and GJC supports a weekday minyan service. The Rabbi gives a short teaching at the end of each service to provide food for thought for the day. The minyan provides a relaxed and welcoming environment in which to pray, to learn prayer skills, and, for those in mourning, to recite
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HAZAK Book Group
HAZAK Book Group
HAZAK programs are planned for our seniors (age 55+) and are geared to both reflect common interests and get us to “stretch” to try new activities as well. This well-attended book group meets monthly all year long on the second Thursday of the month to discuss great books - BYO tea and nosh to the
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Charry Service
Charry Service
This weekly service puts an emphasis on learning, with a shorter Shacharit prayer service and a longer period for study, led by the Rabbi and the Assistant Rabbi. The Charry Service often hosts special Shabbatot with guest speakers, B’nei Mitzvah services, and other celebrations. Members of all ages often take roles reading Torah & Haftarah
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Trauma, Bodies and Reading Eicha: Tish’ah b’Av with Dr. Tamar Kamionkowski
Trauma, Bodies and Reading Eicha: Tish’ah b’Av with Dr. Tamar Kamionkowski
In this talk, Dr. Tamar Kamionkowski will present an interpretation of Eicha that is informed by trauma theory in biblical studies. She will pay particular attention to the embodied experiences of Zion, of the narrator, and of contemporary readers of this liturgical text. Dr. Kamionkowski is Professor for Biblical Studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
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Tish’ah b’Av Morning Service
Tish’ah b’Av Morning Service
PLEASE NOTE: Links to services and events are not posted online. Rather, daily and weekly schedules with links are emailed to our member listserv. If you are not a GJC member but would like to receive these emails, please contact Program & Membership Director Kate Lawn at program@germantownjewishcentre.org to be added to our list.
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40 Days of Teshuvah Film Screening & Discussion
40 Days of Teshuvah Film Screening & Discussion
sponsored by Tikkun Olam@GJC, and facilitated by Rabbi Tamara Cohen and Gary King Alongside filmmaker Hannah Roodman and IOWA Ovdim cohort member and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice organizer Yehudah Webster, The IOWA Project has been creating a short film about last summer's 40 Days of Teshuva protest. This action is a powerful example of