I guess it’s that time again. Hmm, an update for Moishe House Dallas, where to start. Well, we started the year with a football game as we cheered on our beloved Longhorns with pride. Several of our guests were UT alum, and it was nail biting until the very end. To our delight, Texas ended up beating Ohio State, and our event was a success!
Our second event was my favorite. We had a huge Shabbat dinner and were very surprised with the number of people who attended. As Sima said, it got a little crazy with the planning and last minute changes. We had never cooked for such a large amount of people, but it turned out fabulous. Hopefully, we will be able to host another one soon, as people said they really enjoyed it. It was great to have everyone together at Shabbat and to have it be very easy going at the same time.
We rounded out the month with a happy hour at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants. They gave us a nice space in the corner, where we had ample room to sit together and enjoy each other’s company..all while enjoying margaritas :)
We already kicked off February with a Superbowl party and are very excited about the number of people coming to our house. Hopefully February will continue to be a success. Nice hearing all of your ideas. Hopefully we can meet someday.
Til February, peace out.
~Shana
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
MHSS Alan loves Shabbat
One of my favorite events at Moishe House Silver Spring is our monthly "open shabbat" - we provide a kosher, vegetarian-friendly home-cooked dinner for over 20 young people in our community. Friends and soon-to-be friends show up knowing they'll have some good eating and a very relaxing friday night. We don't eat at a formal table - we eat on chairs and cushions and couches all over the house, in talking laughing chilling groups.
Before the meal we have what we call "living-room style" Kabalat Shabat services where nobody leads and everyone sings and slows down from their busy weeks.
It's not unusual to have folks staying around until all hours of the night. I love the feeling that my home is full of well-fed, happy people.
Before the meal we have what we call "living-room style" Kabalat Shabat services where nobody leads and everyone sings and slows down from their busy weeks.
It's not unusual to have folks staying around until all hours of the night. I love the feeling that my home is full of well-fed, happy people.
Feeling proud
Last month, our community helped organized a big vigil calling for an immediate ceasefire and a lasting peace in Israel/Palestine. We canvassed to protect tenants in danger of being evicted due to the growing foreclosure crisis in Boston. Our first Shabbat after the new year was jam-packed. We re-painted our prayer space, which now looks beautiful, signed folks up as potential bone marrow donors, and participated in a rally for a transgender equality bill.
This community is on the map, and it's a powerful thing we've got going on. I'm proud of the work happening at the Moishe/Kavod House, and I'm excited for where we're going next.
This community is on the map, and it's a powerful thing we've got going on. I'm proud of the work happening at the Moishe/Kavod House, and I'm excited for where we're going next.
St. Louis MH
So the winter here is slowly but surely coming to a close, but not before it has caused several snow days considering my car slides on a half inch of snow. I wanted to post about a recipe that we used for Shabbat that led to great success both with people liking the meal and the fact that we were able to get dinner on the table prior to 9:00. The recipe is here. It does consider it to be an intermediate recipe, but I would not consider it as such. It does have quite a few ingredients so it might be a bit hard to make it kosher. Good luck with it and as always great to be an MHer.
Ross
Ross
Winter Event Recipe
Ingredients:
1 Snow Covered City
Handful of People Staring at You and Laughing
Dash of Whimsy
Instructions:
1. Find a particularly slippery spot of pavement
2. Ignore the danger to life and limb such spot poses
3. Walk gingerly over such spot
4. Slip
5. Take pictures to ensure reimbursement
Adam in DC
1 Snow Covered City
Handful of People Staring at You and Laughing
Dash of Whimsy
Instructions:
1. Find a particularly slippery spot of pavement
2. Ignore the danger to life and limb such spot poses
3. Walk gingerly over such spot
4. Slip
5. Take pictures to ensure reimbursement
Adam in DC
Super Bowl: Moishe House Style
There are some things that can only happen when you are a member of Moishe House.
-You get to feel like you live in a frat house at 23.
-You get monthly conference calls with the indomitable Jeremy Moskowitz.
-You spend an inordinate amount of time on Facebook at work (well maybe that one is not so unique).
But nothing is as Moishe Housey as the pre-Super Bowl Costco run. One of my secret desires has always been to win an all-expenses paid shopping spree, one of those ones where you just run through the aisles and throw as many items into your cart as you possible can... well that is what Costco was like this weekend!
Potstickers? Check... Chicken sausage? Check... Ross taking a ride in the Escalade built for a 5 year old? Double check... 5 lbs of honey bbq wings? Let's make it 10!
I know, I know, Moishe House is all about building community and the food and whatnot is all secondary. And we certainly built commuity this weekend, with Shabbat dinner on Friday night and the Super Bowl on Sunday. But for me, learning how to shop for 50... just as valuable.
Now if only we could get a delicious dinner on the table Friday nights before 9:30, we'd really be in business!
Posted by Dave, St. Louis
-You get to feel like you live in a frat house at 23.
-You get monthly conference calls with the indomitable Jeremy Moskowitz.
-You spend an inordinate amount of time on Facebook at work (well maybe that one is not so unique).
But nothing is as Moishe Housey as the pre-Super Bowl Costco run. One of my secret desires has always been to win an all-expenses paid shopping spree, one of those ones where you just run through the aisles and throw as many items into your cart as you possible can... well that is what Costco was like this weekend!
Potstickers? Check... Chicken sausage? Check... Ross taking a ride in the Escalade built for a 5 year old? Double check... 5 lbs of honey bbq wings? Let's make it 10!
I know, I know, Moishe House is all about building community and the food and whatnot is all secondary. And we certainly built commuity this weekend, with Shabbat dinner on Friday night and the Super Bowl on Sunday. But for me, learning how to shop for 50... just as valuable.
Now if only we could get a delicious dinner on the table Friday nights before 9:30, we'd really be in business!
Posted by Dave, St. Louis
Masha, Moishe House Seattle, January 2009
The New Year started off slow, with people slowly trickling in from out of town. Traditionally, Russians spend the New Year with their families, but in the States, they often see them during the first part of the evening and go out afterwards. I meant to do that, but I the friend I relied on go get me to the party didn't call me back in time, so I just got stuck with my family. It was actually a nice evening where we did another traditional thing - watch the Russian New Year's entertainment program. It's basically an evening full of singers, comedians and other celebrities doing their thing, and watching the show on NY eve is nostalgic of my childhood, so it wasn't a bad night. I fell asleep in front of the TV around 1:30, so it was very mellow. :)
Speaking of Russians, I strarted a new monthly Russian Shabbat night, which has finally gotten the attendance it deserves! There were so many people that I had to scounge up a "kid's table." There were people that I knew but haven't seen from 12 years ago, and also some new faces, and everyone had a great time. I think I'm onto a good thing here with this program. I hear that there are two Russian-speaking houses on the East Coast, and I'm very curious to see what they'll be doing. And frankly, it's about time this is happening. :)
Speaking of Russians, I strarted a new monthly Russian Shabbat night, which has finally gotten the attendance it deserves! There were so many people that I had to scounge up a "kid's table." There were people that I knew but haven't seen from 12 years ago, and also some new faces, and everyone had a great time. I think I'm onto a good thing here with this program. I hear that there are two Russian-speaking houses on the East Coast, and I'm very curious to see what they'll be doing. And frankly, it's about time this is happening. :)
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