I stepped out of Providence this month enjoy the facets of my own mind. I hoped over to Shelburne, MA for a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat. Or as some might say a meditation "expedition." Expedition literally means getting your foot unstuck. In many ways, that is the goal of Vipassana meditation -- get yourself unstuck from old habit-patterns that are unhelpful.
In this vein, Moishe House really helps to live spontaneously and creatively. Here we have a budget and a mandate to engage and interact with the local community of Jews. So we listen carefully to the needs and desires of our community and look to collaborate to create new forms of joyful living.
This month we co-sponsored a birthday party at the beach for one of Jesse's AEPi brothers. What a great way to support the post-college Jewish community. My thanks goes out to the Moishe masters where-ever they might be scattered around the world...
Monday, July 7, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
MHP Rebecca
Lots o' changes goin on over here! We've got people movin out, new kids movin in...and lots of fun gettin started! Currently, I'm spending the week in Florida - gotta love workin for a Jewish non-profit. Personally, I can't wait till we start our new month - it'll be an awesome beginning to MHP 2.0. Hooray!!!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
IT AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS... (??)
B"H
Ok... you must be asking yourself what the hell is this title all about.. well, in one month and a half I won´t be a moishehink anymore.. I´m starting to think about it now already...
you know, I felt this month that we did really a good job in our MH. I hope you guys in Santa Barbara fell the same way.. (:
we had shabat dinners, shabat lunches, those are events that in the end of them you fins yourself washing dishes of 28 people (that the %$% part of it.. but ok..), it a great feeling to see jewish kinds, young adults and so having good time together.
I had my Bday too! twice! (Mazel Tov! thank you guys!, 24 years- i´m getting old.. ;)
these were great events, new people too in these one, you always know new people, well almost always..
we had argentinian kids in our house as well, they were in our house for 4 days (!), now i´m staying in house of one of them, yup, i´m in Buenos Aires now..
And,,we can´t forget the Yom Yerushalaim event, an event that no one saw here, and for us, Israelis (and J) that we´re used to celebrate that day in Israel, in that day, the 28 of IAR, Jerusalem was liberated from the hands of the arabs and was of the Jewish people again..
a very important day!
the last event that i was in it, was the Bday of two friends that we know in Montevideo, Aron and Gabriel, they´re great kids, and it was nice to see their friends that we did´t knew coming and knowing us..
ther´s a lot of work to do, so have fun and do more events!
un Abrazoooooooo
Yonatan Yussim, MH Montevideo!!
Ok... you must be asking yourself what the hell is this title all about.. well, in one month and a half I won´t be a moishehink anymore.. I´m starting to think about it now already...
you know, I felt this month that we did really a good job in our MH. I hope you guys in Santa Barbara fell the same way.. (:
we had shabat dinners, shabat lunches, those are events that in the end of them you fins yourself washing dishes of 28 people (that the %$% part of it.. but ok..), it a great feeling to see jewish kinds, young adults and so having good time together.
I had my Bday too! twice! (Mazel Tov! thank you guys!, 24 years- i´m getting old.. ;)
these were great events, new people too in these one, you always know new people, well almost always..
we had argentinian kids in our house as well, they were in our house for 4 days (!), now i´m staying in house of one of them, yup, i´m in Buenos Aires now..
And,,we can´t forget the Yom Yerushalaim event, an event that no one saw here, and for us, Israelis (and J) that we´re used to celebrate that day in Israel, in that day, the 28 of IAR, Jerusalem was liberated from the hands of the arabs and was of the Jewish people again..
a very important day!
the last event that i was in it, was the Bday of two friends that we know in Montevideo, Aron and Gabriel, they´re great kids, and it was nice to see their friends that we did´t knew coming and knowing us..
ther´s a lot of work to do, so have fun and do more events!
un Abrazoooooooo
Yonatan Yussim, MH Montevideo!!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
MoishePVD Jesse 7/3
The blog is where I say what's on my mind, right? Okay so the question at hand is: where can I have my birthday party? Every year for my birthday in July I have a large party in my yard; PROBLEM, Moishe House PVD where I live now has no yard. None. We have a roof, but we also have serious concerns that it would collapse under the weight of my numerous partygoers. I remember one time, for my 19th birthday, I borrowed someone's yard because I was living in the wrong city for that summer... but so far everyone I know has resisted my attempts to borrow their yard for a day. One friend said her parents would be in town so no large party could occur in her yard that day. Another friend said his yard was in view of too many small-child neighbors from whom he wished to hide his grown-up partying. Yet another friend told me her yard is under construction. Under construction?! Who DOES that?? Arrrrggghh. If I ever start another Moishe House I'm totally gonna insist on having a yard (preferably a back yard, though front yards can be okay too in certain parts of town).
A Haiku for Moishe
June at Moish(e) DC
Shabbat, movie nights, yoga
Birthright loves thee, Moish(e)
Love,
Rivka
Shabbat, movie nights, yoga
Birthright loves thee, Moish(e)
Love,
Rivka
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Busy June
June was a fun and busy month for me...
Besides the nine Moishe events we put on, there was a group of nine kids from the U.S. here the entire month studying Spanish through Hillel Uruguay on a program I helped organize. I spent a lot of time with them and it was fun showing them around Montevideo, especially our Moishe House!
One of our events this month was really incredible. Three of the Spanish Program kids and I went to Punta Colorada (a city in Uruguay about two hours from Montevideo) to help take care of penguins that were harmed by a recent oil spill. It was a bit disgusting cleaning up the penguin poop and shoving fish down their throats, but really an amazing experience to be able to help 140 sick penguins.
Another cool thing was when I went with the Spanish Program students to Buenos Aires for a weekend and a few of us were able to hit up a Moishe House event there. It was awesome to see another house in action, and I want to send a shot out to MH BA for hosting us. Thanks guys! It was a lot of fun.
So June was good and I think July will be an active month for us too. I'm looking forward to it. Take care everyone,
Jay Krefman
MH MVD
Besides the nine Moishe events we put on, there was a group of nine kids from the U.S. here the entire month studying Spanish through Hillel Uruguay on a program I helped organize. I spent a lot of time with them and it was fun showing them around Montevideo, especially our Moishe House!
One of our events this month was really incredible. Three of the Spanish Program kids and I went to Punta Colorada (a city in Uruguay about two hours from Montevideo) to help take care of penguins that were harmed by a recent oil spill. It was a bit disgusting cleaning up the penguin poop and shoving fish down their throats, but really an amazing experience to be able to help 140 sick penguins.
Another cool thing was when I went with the Spanish Program students to Buenos Aires for a weekend and a few of us were able to hit up a Moishe House event there. It was awesome to see another house in action, and I want to send a shot out to MH BA for hosting us. Thanks guys! It was a lot of fun.
So June was good and I think July will be an active month for us too. I'm looking forward to it. Take care everyone,
Jay Krefman
MH MVD
Rehovot
It has been quite some time. MHDC is getting ready for a pretty amazing house retreat in Delaware over the 4th of July weekend. It is the perfect setting for assessing our last 6 months and of course looking ahead to the next 6 months. It will be great to connect with our Moishe House family in a setting far from where we usually meet and work. We will sure to keep you updated on our adventure.
For up to date information on our retreat check out:
moishehousedcgoestorehoboth
delawareforthefourthofjuly.blogspot.com
you can also email us at:
moishehousedcgoestorehoboth
delawareforthefourthofjuly.itshouldbeprettyfun@gmail.com
Best,
CSilvs
For up to date information on our retreat check out:
moishehousedcgoestorehoboth
delawareforthefourthofjuly.blogspot.com
you can also email us at:
moishehousedcgoestorehoboth
delawareforthefourthofjuly.itshouldbeprettyfun@gmail.com
Best,
CSilvs
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