Tikkun Olam" refers to repairing the world. The Tikkun Olam Committee group publishes the monthly "Tikkun Olam Calendar" to the B'nai Or mailing list at the beginning of each month. Contributions of interesting local events welcome. The group has organized B'nai Or events relating to Middle East peace, interfaith understanding, and environmental awareness.
Contact David Grinstein
davidg@kronos.com
Sunday, MARCH 2
A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH RABBI OR N. ROSE
2 - 4 PM in the Community Room of Temple Beth Zion (Brookline)
Co-editor of "Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice"
Rabbi Or Rose, Dr. Leonard Fein, Rabbi Stephanie Kolin
and Father Walter Cuenin
will lead us in a discussion about the intersection of Jewish social
justice and spirituality and how Tikkun Olam - repairing the world - is
a spiritual undertaking.
Note from Carol Goldman - this is the book that will be discussed this
year in the B'nai Or book group - see March 30, below for info about its
first meeting.
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Sunday, Monday MARCH 2, 3
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Development (IPCRI) Speaking
Tour
IPCRI serves as a joint Israeli-Palestinian think-tank and "do-tank,"
Gershon Baskin, the Israeli Co-Director, co-founded IPCRI following
years of experience facilitating Jewish-Arab relations within Israel.
Hanna Siniora, a member of the Palestinian National Council since 1990.
He is the founder and publisher of the Jerusalem Times, a weekly
English-language Palestinian paper, and founder and co-chair of the
Israeli-Palestinian radio station "All for Peace."
March 2
7:30pm, Boston University, Boston Kenmore Classroom Building, 565
Commonwealth Ave. Room 101 Sponsor: Boston Chapter of Brit Tzedek
v'Shalom
Co-sponsor: Students for Peace and the Palestinain Israeli Peace
alliance at Boston University
For more information, contact Yoni Vendriger by email at
yonivendriger@hotmail.com
March 3
1:15-2:10pm. Hebrew College, Room 105, 160 Herrick Rd, Newton Center
For more information or to RSVP, please email orose@hebrewcollege.edu
7:30pm, Temple Israel, 477 Longwood Avenue, Boston
For more information, contact the Boston Chapter by email
boston@btvshalom.org
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Various dates March 1 - April 20
Film at Museum of Fine Arts - on the Religious-Environmental movement -
"Renewal"
Tickets: Members, seniors and students $8; general admission $9.
Discount matinee prices (weekday until 5 pm; weekends until 12:30 pm)
are $6, $7. To purchase please call the box office at 617-369-3687 or
online at www.mfa.org/film.
Sat, Mar 1, 2 pm
Sun, Mar 2, 3:45 pm
Sun, Apr 20, 12:30 pm
"Renewal" by Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller (2008, 90 min.).
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Wednesday, MARCH 5
film "CONSTANTINE'S SWORD" followed by Q&A session with JAMES CARROLL,
7 PM. This important film deals with Christian history in relation to
Judaism and Islam. Morse Auditorium, Boston University, 203
Commonwealth Ave., Boston
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Wednesday, MARCH 12
Talk "The Reality if Islamophobia in America Today: Challenges and
Opportunities".
7:30 - 9 PM. Dr. Lazzouni is a Visiting Scholar of Islamic Studies at
the Department of Arts and Humanities at Boston College. At "The Barn"
(Josiah Smith Tavern) opposite the Weston Town Green, 358 Boston Post
Road, Weston. Sponsored by Weston Wayland Interfaith Action Group.
[Personal note from David G. - I've heard Dr. Lazzouni speak, and he's
wonderful. He builds rapport with the audience, and is both erudite and
spiritual.]
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Saturday, MARCH 15
B'nai Or event - "Roots and Branches - the Jewish Roots of Christianity"
Reb David Zaslow with special guest storyteller, Devorah Zaslow. The
evening will combine music, teaching, and storytelling to inspire
Christians and Jews alike. Cosponsored by Harvard Epworth United
Methodist Church. At Harvard Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555
Mass. Ave., Cambridge. www.harvard-epworth.org. More info
617-244-5311.
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Sunday, MARCH 16
Johannah Segarich, one of the Muslim women who visited B'nai Or, and
co-organized the Mosque visit in January, has invited interested B'nai
Or members to dinner at her house, in Malden, Sunday, March 16. Further
details coming soon. Please respond to David Grinstein
(davidg@kronos.com / 781-642-9328) if interested (space is limited to 20
people).
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Sunday, MARCH 30
Tikkun Olam book group. Potluck lunch and discussion of the new book
"Righteous Indignation" co-edited by Rabbi Or Rose, at Lois Rosenfeld's
house 69 Concord Road, Acton.
We'll discuss short selections from part 1 "Judaism, Justice, and
American Life". Further details coming soon. This book is available
from Kolbo and elsewhere.
2 - 2:30 PM - Greetings (Beverages and snacks)
2:30 - 4 PM - Guided discussion
4 - 5 PM - Pot luck Supper and socializing
RSVP to Lois at rsnfld@hotmail.com / 978-264-4746.
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GOOD NEWS:
On a journey to Aleppo in 2006, Rabbi Marc Gopin was invited to be a
guest of honor in the central mosque in Aleppo by his friend the mufti
of Syria. After the mufti gave the Friday speech at the mosque he
pointed out one man in the audience, an Iraqi refugee who had been
tortured by American soldiers in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. In
front of 2000 people, Marc Gopin made a gesture of apology as a
religious leader from America, to this man. The mufti asked his
followers to record this moment. It was recorded on people's cell phones
and broadcast all over Syria. The leader of Syria responded that was
more important as a gesture of reconciliation than any speech by the US
president.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3: Sunday's Bread
From Yana:
Dear Chevre: We are asked to help at Sunday's Bread on January 3rd. The task involves preparing and serving meals to those in need. The time is 12:30-4:00pm. The location is at the Church of St John the Evangelist on Bowdoin Street near boston's Government Center. We are asked to provide four or five volunteers Please contact me at 617-232-8726 /yanasherman@aol.com to volunteer or get more info.
B'Shalom, Yana Sherman
