For the fifth year in a row, attendees of this event will be transported into a ridiculous, hilarious, and probably uncomfortable family living room by way of our 2021 event! Not your typical Chanukah party, Master Debater is a no holds barred show where two teams of Jews face off in three rounds of high school style debate. The teams, made up of shrewd comedians, witty rabbis, nerds, normies, and more, argue the most pressing issues of our tradition. Previous topics include: NY Jews vs. LA Jews, Plagues: Real or Fake, Circumcision: yay or nay, and many more. This year is extra special as we’ll be incorporating live musical elements, a giant menorah candle lighting, and special VIP cocktail hour!

Join East Side Jews as we reinterpret the “Meal of Moshiach”, end-of-Passover seder, and decide what our own communal liberation journey looks like. Pulling from history lessons, Passover stories, wise ancestors, and our favorite haggadot, we’ll honor where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we are going.

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THIS WEEK:

Our conversation will be informed by a piece from Jewish Currents Fall 2020 Housing Issue.

"Welcome to Lammville"

This week’s article takes roughly: 30-60 minutes to read.

Please read the article prior to this meeting, or just come excited to hear people discuss it!

As an extension of our Political Education offerings, the East Side Jews Activist Collective will be running an adapted GOTV and democracy defense training from #CountOnUS & Frontline democracy defenders. This training, based on the social view of people power, will highlight the stakes of this moment, breakdown the theory of non-cooperation, and make sure you know WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW. This workshop will prepare individuals to take action on November 3rd, and after: Whether that’s day-of-election text banking, pressuring your representatives, showing up to polling places to protect the ballot box, or participating in a general strike with millions of others to defend democracy.

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Hosted by East Side Jews Activist Collective (ESJAC)

Our conversation will be informed by a piece from The New Yorker:

“What Can You Do If Trump Stages a Coup?”

Please read the article prior to this meeting, or just come excited to hear people discuss it!

Hosted by East Side Jews Activist Collective (ESJAC)

Questions?

Email Eastsidejews@sijcc.net

Our conversation will be informed by a piece from Jewish Currents, written by Dove Kent: “The Soros Myth”

Please read the article prior to this meeting, or just come excited to hear people discuss it!

Questions?

Email Eastsidejews@sijcc.net

We’ll be discussing a piece from Tablet Mag, “The Festive Meal: When Yom Kippur was a time to eat, drink, and be merry” by Eddy Portnoy. Join us as we begin to discuss the decadent (and literally riotous) Yom Kippur balls of the past, and whether there’s anything we can learn today from these unique expressions of Judaism. ESJ will also be offering a Yom Kippur afternoon panel specifically about Yom Kippur balls of the past and present. To attend that workshop, please Register here for High Holiday related events with SIJCC.

Please read the article prior to this meeting, or just come excited to hear people discuss it!

We’ll be discussing a piece in The New Yorker - “My Grandmother, the Nazis, and the Shadow of the Olympics” by Molly Lambert, (2017).

Please read the article prior to this meeting, or just come excited to hear people discuss it!

We’ll be discussing Bennett Muraskin's short essay, "The Jewish Role in the Industrial Workers of the World."

Please read the article prior to this meeting, or just come excited to hear people discuss it!

We’ll be discussing Seth Rogen’s recent and controversial podcast interview, and Jewish critique of Israel. To hear the original podcast interview with Rogen tune in here, minutes 26-40. The reading for discussion is Mondoweiss article, "How Seth Rogen’s serious concerns about human rights and Zionism have turned into dispiriting Jewish shtik".

We’ll be using a resource from Central Synagogue to discuss… “Jews and Whiteness: Why is it so Important to talk about race in Jewish spaces?”. This conversation primarily centers around white jews and relative privilege but all are welcome to join.

We will be discussing James Baldwin’s essay, “Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They're Anti-White” — All ages and backgrounds are encouraged to join!

We will be discussing a short reading, “Beyond the Color Line: Jews, Blacks, and the American Racial Imagination”, and planning potential, upcoming, community events. All ages and backgrounds are welcome to join!

We will be discussing a short reading, “Meditations in an Emergency”, and planning potential, upcoming, community events. All ages and backgrounds are welcome to join!

Join East Side Jews as we reinterpret the “Meal of Moshiach”, end-of-Passover seder, and decide what our own communal liberation journey looks like. Pulling from history lessons, Passover stories, wise ancestors, and our favorite haggadot, we’ll honor where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we are going.

Co-Hosting with JQ International, East Side Jews presents Shebrew Shabbat, a special Purim themed Shabbat with women and queers from our LGBTQ+ and ally community.

Join us for our first ever, informal, Tu B'Shvat snacking seder! An afternoon of hangtime, and exciting conversation about all of the possibilities for East Side Jews in 2020.