Welcome to the moishe house tel aviv blog. For those of you who missed the foundation flash, you might not know about our little operation out here. Our Moishe house serves primarily to house/feed/hang out with lone soldiers, or people serving in the Israeli Army with no family in Israel. We converted our bomb shelter into a comfortable space that sleeps up to 3, we keep food in the fridge and fresh sheets and towels around for these guys when they get out of the army on weekends. Basically, we cater more to the M-16 holding crowd, and are looking in to purchasing a nice gun rack for the bomb shelter/lone soldier room. But its not all guns and bombs out here in the holy land. Our house is more about hummus and hookah and giving these guys some time unwind and hang out in one of the most crackin’ cities in the world: Tel Aviv.
While the usual event here consists of Shabbat dinners and casual slumber parties, we are planning a Lone Soldier thanksgiving, consisting of a football game in the park(ing lot), or the “Turkey Bowl” as we are starting to call it here, and hopefully some Pilgrim, costumes and a turkey outfit. Because most soldiers wont be able to get here until Friday, we are going to fuse Shabbat dinner with Thanksgiving and have the first ever “Shabbiving”
On another note if the lone soldier who “borrowed” my running shoes and didn’t return them is reading this blog, please feel free to drop the shoes off any time.
PS check out our videos, we got a good one about a British lone soldier shaving his head before returning to England.
-signing out, Dave from Moishe House Tel Aviv
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Zvi Bellin Silver Spring WhooHoo!
Hey Moishnik Fans!
This is getting really excited with houses sprouting up across this globe. Our house is coming together. We are getting into a groove of keeping things organized and in order. The events are flowing and we are learning what works and what does not work. Always room to grow and growing we are.
Personally... I am moving through this Yoga training, and loving every twits and bend. School is still kicking my butt, and my internship counseling is getting more busy. Silver Spring is getting chilly and darker! Oh I am ready for the Light of Hannukah!
Peace you all!
This is getting really excited with houses sprouting up across this globe. Our house is coming together. We are getting into a groove of keeping things organized and in order. The events are flowing and we are learning what works and what does not work. Always room to grow and growing we are.
Personally... I am moving through this Yoga training, and loving every twits and bend. School is still kicking my butt, and my internship counseling is getting more busy. Silver Spring is getting chilly and darker! Oh I am ready for the Light of Hannukah!
Peace you all!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Hope Buddies & Mormons [MHSS]
London: Just read a couple of your blogs & the newspaper article about you guys -- fantastic! Welcome to the Moishe House crowd!
Just had my first true phanfare / Mintranet experience -- how thrilling! I am now one of the Mintranet elite, I suppose.
November has been good to us so far, though I continue to wonder how we can grow & have yet to produce a viable solution.
. . .
Making Hope Buddies was fun, and was possibly the most intellectual camp craft experience ever: Discussions about literature, strategy games, & other subculturous hobbies introduced me to worlds of creative cerebral pursuits I had never known to exist.
Word of the day: ___-punk
(Clearly, I don't remember it all that well. I had never heard of this apparently well-known term used to denote all things neo-Victorian / Victorian in the Computer Age. I hadn't known there *were* things of this kind that necessitated a term to bind & unite them into one category. It seeems the intricate antique typewriter case mod is included in this department. You never know what you are going to learn.....)
Our Interfaith event with Mormons was excellent, I think! We got to explain a lot about who & what we are. I love situations in which I can help shed light on what Judaism is and what it means to be Jewish / a Jew -- if only from one perspective [my own], however limited. (I always make a point to let people know that there is WAY more content out there & that they should look for other reputable sources of information besides / in addition to myself.) I also learned about a few aspects of Mormonism that I just had no clue about previously. Building bridges & creating common places of understanding, searching for similarities & appreciating & learning from differences is so important to the happy survival of individuals & nations & this world, I think. I look forward to another meeting in which we can explore more in-depth and possibly tackle some of the more touchy subjects pertaining to our faiths.
Our most persistent challenge is establishing & maintaining a solid, strong, committed community -- that is, people who not only say they're going to attend an event (though we could use more of those as well), but actually show up. Zvi & I have brainstormed a bit on this one. We're all at a loss. Any ideas???
Looking forward to the rest of the November events, & to what we have in store for December. Especially looking fwd to those of our events in conjunction w/ other groups -- most especially our next Interfaith nights.
Happy Moishe-ing!
Just had my first true phanfare / Mintranet experience -- how thrilling! I am now one of the Mintranet elite, I suppose.
November has been good to us so far, though I continue to wonder how we can grow & have yet to produce a viable solution.
. . .
Making Hope Buddies was fun, and was possibly the most intellectual camp craft experience ever: Discussions about literature, strategy games, & other subculturous hobbies introduced me to worlds of creative cerebral pursuits I had never known to exist.
Word of the day: ___-punk
(Clearly, I don't remember it all that well. I had never heard of this apparently well-known term used to denote all things neo-Victorian / Victorian in the Computer Age. I hadn't known there *were* things of this kind that necessitated a term to bind & unite them into one category. It seeems the intricate antique typewriter case mod is included in this department. You never know what you are going to learn.....)
Our Interfaith event with Mormons was excellent, I think! We got to explain a lot about who & what we are. I love situations in which I can help shed light on what Judaism is and what it means to be Jewish / a Jew -- if only from one perspective [my own], however limited. (I always make a point to let people know that there is WAY more content out there & that they should look for other reputable sources of information besides / in addition to myself.) I also learned about a few aspects of Mormonism that I just had no clue about previously. Building bridges & creating common places of understanding, searching for similarities & appreciating & learning from differences is so important to the happy survival of individuals & nations & this world, I think. I look forward to another meeting in which we can explore more in-depth and possibly tackle some of the more touchy subjects pertaining to our faiths.
Our most persistent challenge is establishing & maintaining a solid, strong, committed community -- that is, people who not only say they're going to attend an event (though we could use more of those as well), but actually show up. Zvi & I have brainstormed a bit on this one. We're all at a loss. Any ideas???
Looking forward to the rest of the November events, & to what we have in store for December. Especially looking fwd to those of our events in conjunction w/ other groups -- most especially our next Interfaith nights.
Happy Moishe-ing!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Three Lefts Don't Make a Right
For the past few weeks I have been meeting with other members of the Boston Moishe House Community at the Workman's Circle for a class on the history of the Jewish Left. It has been truly inspirational to learn about organized Jewish movements for social change in Europe and the Middle East, while spending quality time with Jewish activists and organizers in the Boston area. Taking this class has remined me of the incredible power of our history, and forces me to ask, where are we going now?
I hear lots of people talk about tikkun olam, but then I look at what the Jewish community is doing and I wonder, are we really making a difference? So, I put it out to you moishenicks, how can we build a movement for social change?
I hear lots of people talk about tikkun olam, but then I look at what the Jewish community is doing and I wonder, are we really making a difference? So, I put it out to you moishenicks, how can we build a movement for social change?
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Noam Reisner MHSS 11.06
October was a very eventful month, as I write this it's actually hard to remember when exactly everything happened, it's all such a blur. Movie night was fun, as usual, and it also followed the oscillating trend, with 7 people showing up. That means next time the turnout won't be so high, but there is always the possibility of breaking the pattern. We tried our first Moishe House outing to the Maryland Rennaissance festival, and unfortunately the turnout didn't quite happen the way we expected, but Margo and I went anyway and had a good time. It was about as perfect a day as you could hope for in October . Our Shabbat dinners were a big success, as per usual, and Shabloween was a bunch of fun. I'm looking forward to November, Thanksgiving is always a day to look forward to. The Moishe House is running smoothly with all of our regularly scheduled programs humming along and our one-time events keeping things exciting. Between school, work, and Moishe House, life is keeping me busy, but busy can be good. That's all for this month.
--Noam Reisner
--Noam Reisner
S to the outh African Moushe house Blog (Captain's log #326)
Hey guys,
So this last month has been a real kicker. We've been busy like crazy donw here in our little slice of Moishe house pie.
We've now officially moved in and gotten into a healthy swing of things- Yes, the shopping schedules are up, the house dinners are being cooked and the vibrant centre of CT (our house) is thriving. Yes...life is back on track.
I'd like to Focus My blog on one event we ran recently that really stuck out for me as being something soooo positive Moishe house is doing. One of our friends has been organising weekly visits into the townships (squatter camps) and underpriveledged areas. The housemates have been main supporters of these visits and we've pretty much been essential to it's development.
So back to the event right? right. We invited 30 something of the kids to come to our house for a ceremonial end of year party! we had a Braai (BBQ) and the kids loved it. We swam, ate nice food and spoke a little about the past year and what we've achieved.
That's it from me hombres.
Kev
MHSA
So this last month has been a real kicker. We've been busy like crazy donw here in our little slice of Moishe house pie.
We've now officially moved in and gotten into a healthy swing of things- Yes, the shopping schedules are up, the house dinners are being cooked and the vibrant centre of CT (our house) is thriving. Yes...life is back on track.
I'd like to Focus My blog on one event we ran recently that really stuck out for me as being something soooo positive Moishe house is doing. One of our friends has been organising weekly visits into the townships (squatter camps) and underpriveledged areas. The housemates have been main supporters of these visits and we've pretty much been essential to it's development.
So back to the event right? right. We invited 30 something of the kids to come to our house for a ceremonial end of year party! we had a Braai (BBQ) and the kids loved it. We swam, ate nice food and spoke a little about the past year and what we've achieved.
That's it from me hombres.
Kev
MHSA
Moishe House South Africa - Summer time and the Living aint easy
The sweat drips from my brow as I whipe this e-mail, I feel like a slave being wipped to do the daily grime that I neither care for nor enjoy - yes I am talking about exams. For those of you whod not know we have exams here in November as our academic year is from Feb-Nov. I have 1 exam left before I graduate then Im off to Israel for a Jew conference - will be very cool.
Other than that our new house is amazing, swimming poool, you name it! keeping it clean is the talk of the house but we will do it...one day. People have been coming over to relax and recline - my favourite new house guest being this guy who places stand up double bass at university and he played here the yesterday, was so soothing and soft (while I was studying Maths), was amazing.
Decmeber we have some very cool stuff planned. A reform (*gasp*) Zionist movement is coming to run some activities with us in December at the House and should be really cool, as for some December time our house will be empty due to camping obligations (ahhhhhh)
Otherwise....what can I say.Mbeki has recently confirmed that he still is an AIDS denialists and only went hush hush because of cabinet and political pressure.
wish everyone well from the other moishe houses.
peace,
Strauss
Other than that our new house is amazing, swimming poool, you name it! keeping it clean is the talk of the house but we will do it...one day. People have been coming over to relax and recline - my favourite new house guest being this guy who places stand up double bass at university and he played here the yesterday, was so soothing and soft (while I was studying Maths), was amazing.
Decmeber we have some very cool stuff planned. A reform (*gasp*) Zionist movement is coming to run some activities with us in December at the House and should be really cool, as for some December time our house will be empty due to camping obligations (ahhhhhh)
Otherwise....what can I say.Mbeki has recently confirmed that he still is an AIDS denialists and only went hush hush because of cabinet and political pressure.
wish everyone well from the other moishe houses.
peace,
Strauss
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