Tish'ah b'Av
Grieving in the Time of COVID-19 and George Floyd
A Tish'ah b'Av Program with Jared Jackon Wednesday, July 29 at 8:00 PM Service & reading of Eicha (Lamentations) after program (approx. 9 PM). Jared Jackson will lead our Tish'a b'Av program this year, focusing on how Black Jews in our community are feeling regarding the responses towards racial injustice. Jared will help us consider
Tish’ah b’Av Service & reading of Eicha (Lamentations)
PLEASE NOTE: Links to services and events are not posted here. 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. To watch on
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.
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.
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
Live Online Panel Presentation (40 Days of Teshuvah)
Join Filmmaker Hannah Roodman, JFREJ organizer and film subject Yehudah Webster, and IOWA Director Rabbi David Jaffe for a live panel presentation on 40 Days of Teshuvah (Zoom link will be given during the 1:00 PM film presentation & discussion.)