Helloooo Hello! So this will be my very FiRsT Moishe House blog entry...actually, my very first anything blog entry... doubleee exciting ;-) ! So Shana and I have officially completed our very first month as the Dallas Moishe House ... With the new move into our fabbbulous new apartment, trying to finish up this semester at UTD, unpacking for 3 and 1/2 weeks, finishing furniture shopping, and working 24/7 like crazy..I can easily say that this has been the craziest, most hectic and stressful, jam packed month ever!! ... buttt..Ive truly enjoyed every day of it!!
So far, the news of the Moishe House "idea" has slowly been getting around town, and we are getting more and more responses/feedback to it every day! All of our events went well overall, with the exception of an uncontrollable/unfortunate mishap occuring with our pipes bursting and having to cancel/reschedule our house warming/ MH grand opening party at the end of the month... But! we ended up "fixing" the situation by planning to have a double celebration-chanukah/house warming party in the end of December, so we are looking forward to that! I know once this month is over and my schedule eases up a bit, we will be able to focus a lot more on MH and event planning!
Well..I guess thats really about it for November! Hopefully this month will go over well and we will finally be fully settled in and ready to roll!! ill keep y'all (<~~~ YAAA Texas Baby!) posted ;-)
Best wishes to everyone !!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Moishe Luv from Zvi in Silver Spring
Yo yo Moisheniks.
Life in Silver Spring is booming! I am just about to finish my last coursework semester before going on my dissertation journey!! My topic is meaning in life and I will be interviewing people about personal meaning and flushing out the more spiritual dimensions of meaning. I will probably be hitting some of you up for participant referrals.
Anyway ... sad that we will not be getting together in January, but such is life. GO OBAMA! Sorry Einstein from Hoboken. Don't move to Canada. Who will save us from the zombies.
We had a great shabbat, Sfardi style in November! We each made a great delicious sfardi dish. I made Mechshi, which is a Moroccan take on stuffed veggies. I made stuffed zucchini ... We also had other homemade traditional food, made veggie (!) like cubana (yeminite bread) lachmajin (sweet lentil pizza), and LOTS of Lindsay stew.
My job just changed. Now I work mostly in a day program with chronic mentally ill people. I love doing group work with them. I also will have more opportunity to work with staff as a wellness contact. When Moishe House gets back on $$ track, I will gladly love to work on burnout consultations for housemembers, helping MHnicks create a Holistic wellness plan for themselves ...
Take care for now.
Zvi
Life in Silver Spring is booming! I am just about to finish my last coursework semester before going on my dissertation journey!! My topic is meaning in life and I will be interviewing people about personal meaning and flushing out the more spiritual dimensions of meaning. I will probably be hitting some of you up for participant referrals.
Anyway ... sad that we will not be getting together in January, but such is life. GO OBAMA! Sorry Einstein from Hoboken. Don't move to Canada. Who will save us from the zombies.
We had a great shabbat, Sfardi style in November! We each made a great delicious sfardi dish. I made Mechshi, which is a Moroccan take on stuffed veggies. I made stuffed zucchini ... We also had other homemade traditional food, made veggie (!) like cubana (yeminite bread) lachmajin (sweet lentil pizza), and LOTS of Lindsay stew.
My job just changed. Now I work mostly in a day program with chronic mentally ill people. I love doing group work with them. I also will have more opportunity to work with staff as a wellness contact. When Moishe House gets back on $$ track, I will gladly love to work on burnout consultations for housemembers, helping MHnicks create a Holistic wellness plan for themselves ...
Take care for now.
Zvi
New to the MHSF scene!
Hi everyone,
First wanted to say hello to all the people out there in my new Moishe House community. I moved into the SF house in November and so... this is my first blog post. Anyway, here goes nothing:
As the leaves changed and the last memories of summer faded away, much more happened for me than just the usual shifting from tank tops to sweatshirts. After living in NYC for 3+ years, I had made the big decision to 'come home' and move back to CA. I spent October in preparation -- quitting my job, saying goodbye to friends, packing up. Lots of insecurities popped up as I stared into the face of a big, new, unknown. Would I like my job, would I be able to find a room near my friends, would I jump right back into friendships I had lazily let simmer over my years away?
While ruminating over all these questions, and others, things started to fall into place. Somehow, miraculously, I got connected to MHSF and ... they picked me! to be their newest (well, now actually technically not newest since Danny moved in a few days ago) roommate.
Of course I'll miss my tiny yet adorable railroad apartment in Brooklyn, and the 24 hour bodegas on every corner, but after just over a month here, I can truly say I'm sure I made the right decision. My new housemates are wonderful, have welcomed me with open arms, and have been patient with my millions of questions. I've met tons of new people through MHSF events this last month, and was even able to bring some friends to events and contribute a few new faces to the scene. I've unpacked and am acclimating to a house about 8x the size of my previous living space!! I'm loving San Francisco, and am so happy to be a part of such a wonderful group of people both in SF and in the larger international MH community.
Hope to meet many of you soon!
~Sarah
First wanted to say hello to all the people out there in my new Moishe House community. I moved into the SF house in November and so... this is my first blog post. Anyway, here goes nothing:
As the leaves changed and the last memories of summer faded away, much more happened for me than just the usual shifting from tank tops to sweatshirts. After living in NYC for 3+ years, I had made the big decision to 'come home' and move back to CA. I spent October in preparation -- quitting my job, saying goodbye to friends, packing up. Lots of insecurities popped up as I stared into the face of a big, new, unknown. Would I like my job, would I be able to find a room near my friends, would I jump right back into friendships I had lazily let simmer over my years away?
While ruminating over all these questions, and others, things started to fall into place. Somehow, miraculously, I got connected to MHSF and ... they picked me! to be their newest (well, now actually technically not newest since Danny moved in a few days ago) roommate.
Of course I'll miss my tiny yet adorable railroad apartment in Brooklyn, and the 24 hour bodegas on every corner, but after just over a month here, I can truly say I'm sure I made the right decision. My new housemates are wonderful, have welcomed me with open arms, and have been patient with my millions of questions. I've met tons of new people through MHSF events this last month, and was even able to bring some friends to events and contribute a few new faces to the scene. I've unpacked and am acclimating to a house about 8x the size of my previous living space!! I'm loving San Francisco, and am so happy to be a part of such a wonderful group of people both in SF and in the larger international MH community.
Hope to meet many of you soon!
~Sarah
Thanksgiving
Potluck Thanksgiving in Beijing was great. We somehow managed to cram 30 people into our apartment, including our next door neighbors. We had originally invited them over just to defuse any irritation that they might have about there being 30 foreigners next door, but they actually took us up on it! I think that they enjoyed themselves. A mother and her young daughter brought over a bag of beer and vacuum sealed worms (for real), and an older couple brought over home made dumplings. The dumplings were a hit, but I don't know how many people sampled the worms. I know that I didn't. In case you're interested, photos are here.
Of course, Thanksgiving isn't a particularly Jewish holiday (Pilgrims, anyone?) but Jews celebrate it, and it's hard to find a place to celebrate Thanksgiving with your friends in Beijing. This was my first time hosting a Thanksgiving, and it was very rewarding to receive so many "thank you"s from people the next day.
Do you know what else is rewarding? A fridge full of leftovers. Yes.
Of course, Thanksgiving isn't a particularly Jewish holiday (Pilgrims, anyone?) but Jews celebrate it, and it's hard to find a place to celebrate Thanksgiving with your friends in Beijing. This was my first time hosting a Thanksgiving, and it was very rewarding to receive so many "thank you"s from people the next day.
Do you know what else is rewarding? A fridge full of leftovers. Yes.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Dave - MHSF - Thanks Moishe!
Cliche is cliche. And if there's anything that this time of year is good for, it's the cliche of thanks. Besides seeing how many times I can use cliche in this paragraph, I want to express my sincere thanks to everyone involved in my Moishe life this past year, as well as in years past. As much as I've put in the time to make Moishe work in SF, the people who have made those events fun and successful are too numerous to count, but not too numerous to appreciate.
Dave C- The man behind it all. Making things happen at the source. Schmoozer, doer, facilitator, planner, serious all-business(most of the time)-man. Thank you!
Summer- Supporting our every move, listening to all the complaints, on our side. Once our bridge to the Fo-Fo, now our bridge to the foundation version 2.0. Thank you!
The behind the scenes folks- I have never met most of you, but it's your dedication that helps put a roof over my head and a smile on my face. Thank you.
My roommates- The 7 of them over the past 2 1/2 years have put up with me more than they've had to, and made this experience great. Countless house meetings. Need I say more. Thank you!
The SF community- They show up, open, optimistic, and ready to roll strong each and every month. Makes me proud to be a Friscan. Thank you all!
Happy December!
Dave C- The man behind it all. Making things happen at the source. Schmoozer, doer, facilitator, planner, serious all-business(most of the time)-man. Thank you!
Summer- Supporting our every move, listening to all the complaints, on our side. Once our bridge to the Fo-Fo, now our bridge to the foundation version 2.0. Thank you!
The behind the scenes folks- I have never met most of you, but it's your dedication that helps put a roof over my head and a smile on my face. Thank you.
My roommates- The 7 of them over the past 2 1/2 years have put up with me more than they've had to, and made this experience great. Countless house meetings. Need I say more. Thank you!
The SF community- They show up, open, optimistic, and ready to roll strong each and every month. Makes me proud to be a Friscan. Thank you all!
Happy December!
MHSS Compost, Cookies & Cocoa
What an amazing sustainable & fulfilling day. Not only did we set up a compost which creates food from 'waste' and reduce the amount of 'waste' our house creates, but we filled our bellies with delicious spicy cocoa & cookies. Two community members spoke to us about the cycle of life & how composting provides Keva & Kavannah (structure & intention) to our life. It was rewarding to set up our outdoor compost with an excited group and then look at an indoor worm compost & learn about compost tea.
This event has now added something new to not only the members of the Moishe House Silver Spring, but also to our community. Now we put our compostable scraps into the compost, scraps from our every day dinner & also from our larger MH events. It is also an opportunity to introduce more people to composting and how it works. Who knows, maybe they will leave and set one up in their house. And this 'new' technique of reducing waste will spread to more people.
This event has now added something new to not only the members of the Moishe House Silver Spring, but also to our community. Now we put our compostable scraps into the compost, scraps from our every day dinner & also from our larger MH events. It is also an opportunity to introduce more people to composting and how it works. Who knows, maybe they will leave and set one up in their house. And this 'new' technique of reducing waste will spread to more people.
Oath
I solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of an attorney and counselor at law to the best of my knowledge and ability.
When I said that this afternoon I was definitely excited to have completed all the hurdles required to practice law in California, but it also made me wonder about other kinds of oaths that we make in our lives. Of course not all of them follow the formality of the one above, and most are not orally expressed in such a concise manner, but I think we all make oaths throughout our lives. Many of us have made somewhat of an oath to Moishe House by accepting discounted rent and a programming budget to create events and communities for others. I wonder what that oath would sound like if we had to put it in a couple sentences. When people ask what Moishe House is all about, or the goals of the organization, I find it hard to put them into words accurately expressing what I'm thinking. For me the understanding of Moishe House just comes with time, just like most things. I hope all of you have found your understanding of Moishe House, and if you haven't, that you stick with this until you have.
And come to San Francisco, and stay at our place. I'll show you a great time, I promise. - Ari
When I said that this afternoon I was definitely excited to have completed all the hurdles required to practice law in California, but it also made me wonder about other kinds of oaths that we make in our lives. Of course not all of them follow the formality of the one above, and most are not orally expressed in such a concise manner, but I think we all make oaths throughout our lives. Many of us have made somewhat of an oath to Moishe House by accepting discounted rent and a programming budget to create events and communities for others. I wonder what that oath would sound like if we had to put it in a couple sentences. When people ask what Moishe House is all about, or the goals of the organization, I find it hard to put them into words accurately expressing what I'm thinking. For me the understanding of Moishe House just comes with time, just like most things. I hope all of you have found your understanding of Moishe House, and if you haven't, that you stick with this until you have.
And come to San Francisco, and stay at our place. I'll show you a great time, I promise. - Ari
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