Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, Be happy! This week begins the hebrew month of Adar. Adar shares its etymology with the Hebrew word Adir (strength) and is associated with joy, rejoicing, and redemption. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, This past Sunday we held our annual membership meeting where several dozen Moishe Kavod Members got to voice their choice over the strategic direction of our organization. This has gotten a fair amount of air time in this space lately, so we’d like to share something a little different with you all this week. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, We have entered into the solar month of February as well as the Hebrew of Shevat. This week’s Parsha or Torah Portion, Beshalach is quite a recognizable one. Read More »

…February 25, 7pm-9pm…for a night of dancing, sustainably sourced hors d’oeuvres from the Moishe Kavod House Farm to Shul team, and stories about our work together to build inclusive Jewish community and work for change in the Boston area. Read More »

This space in the weekly e-mail often serves as place for us to share spiritual insight, thoughts on Torah, and timely information about local grassroots social justice efforts. Read More »

This past Sunday and Monday, several of us had the opportunity to take part in the 2 nd annual Arts Team Retreat. It, as you probably could have guesses, was about 30 hours or art and retreating which is to say taking time away from the everyday business of the world and making space to create. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, This week’s parsha or Torah portion is Vayeishev. Near the end of the book of Genesis, this portion, tells the story of Joseph’s betrayal by his brothers’ in which he is thrown in a pit, sold into slavery, and presumed dead by his father (thanks to a little bit of creative story telling from his brothers). Read More »

Check it out! Thursday the 22nd , MKH will be cosponsoring the Radical Chanukah Dance Party with Workmen’s Circle and Keshet. Event runs 6-10 pm at AllAsia in Cambridge. Musical guests feature DJ Tree Fingers and DJ Ross of Love. Check out the Facebook Event for More Details. http: //www.facebook. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, We are now in the middle of the Hebrew month of Kislev and coming up on Chanukah, the festival of lights. At this time we find ourselves at an interesting cross roads in the Torah Reading cycle. We are nearing the end of Genesis in which the early formative years of the Jewish people take shape. Read More »

On a warm Sunday in September, the Moishe Kavod House Board was hard at work holding our first annual kickoff retreat.  There, we went over how our board works. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks , As some of you probably know, writing timely and relevant exegesis this time of year can be diificult as the Jewish calendar is devoid of special occasions between  Sukkot and  Chanukah . However given the events of this past weekend a particular verse in this week’s  parsha or Torah portion caught our collective eye. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, The Torah portion or  Parasha for this week is  Lech L’cha . This is one of the Tanach’s most momentous passages as it is in this piece of text that we read about God speaking to Abraham for the first time and telling him to pack up his things, camels and all, and head to the land of Canaan. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, First we would like to issue a correction to last week’s e-mail. Due to clerical error, this week’s Rosh Chodesh/New Moon Gathering was listed last week as being on Thursday October 27th. In fact it is being held tomorrow at Occupy Boston’s Faith and Spirituality Tent. Now that that matter is settled, on to this week. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, We are in the midst of the festival of  Sukkot, a holiday that celebrates the harvest and also as mentioned last week often affords us an opportunity to shift the focus of our personal energies from personal introspection outwards into the world. Read More »

GBIO Healthcare Webinar, Tikkun on Tap: October, Community Sukkot Party Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, We hope all of you had a meaningful Yom Kippur and a delicious Break the Fast this past weekend. As you all may have noticed, if you’ve been reading these e-mails the days leading up to Yom Kippur are generally a time set aside for self reflection. Read More »

Well Moishe Kavodniks, This is it. Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe. Last chance to be written down in the book of life before it gets sealed til next year. For some of you, this means that God is literally writing down your name. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks, It’s time to dust off your rams’ horns and finish perfecting your honey cake recipe because Rosh HaShana begins this Wednesday at sunset! Yes the wait is over and the new year has officially arrived! Tremble, shake, and gasp, for Days of Awe are upon us!!! Ah, but that’s so serious and even sort of scary in its tone. Read More »

Greetings Moishe Kavodniks , Welcome to Fall at Kavod House! I (new housemate Aaron Gunning) am very excited to be writing to you all with my first Moishe Kavod Weekly e-mail at such a hopeful time on the Jewish Calendar. The lunar month of of Av is passed and Elul has just begun. Read More »

Greetings! We hope you have survived Hurricane Irene, and enjoyed the copious opportunities this past weekend for hunkering down, urban homesteading, or bonding with the people stuck with you wherever you were. We send our blessings to those in hard hit areas. Read More »

Thanks so much for your contribution to Moishe Kavod House! If you have questions, email moishekavoddevelopment@gmail.com. Read More »