A Friday erev Shabbat service led by Rabbi Renee Bauer, with assistance from additional JSS staff. Join us as we light candles, eat Challah, say Kiddush, and sing songs around the table, every third Friday of the month. For April 21st, there is a one time change in location to room TO-13 – Tabor Oaks Conference Room.
Lechayim
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Kosher lunch catered by UW-Hillel Adamah catering
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Program TBA
Lechayim
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Kosher lunch catered by UW-Hillel Adamah catering
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Jazz duo: Jakob Heinemann (double bass) and Paul Hastil
Lechayim
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Kosher lunch catered by UW-Hillel Adamah catering
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: First Website – Thought and Design – Ken Lax
Lechayim
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Kosher lunch catered by UW-Hillel Adamah catering
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Classical Music for Violin and Piano: Tyrone Greive and Michael Keller
Passover Seder at Oakwood Village
Join JSS Rabbi Renee Bauer and additional volunteers and staff for a Passover Seder at Oakwood Village West in the Nakoma room.
Liesl M. Blockstein Memorial Lecture with Francesca Hong
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM – Swarsensky Social Hall – register online here: https://www.tbemadison.org/event/blockstein2023
Francesca Hong, Wisconsin’s first Asian American state legislator and a professional chef and restaurant owner, will deliver this year’s Blockstein Memorial Lecture during brunch.
9:30 am brunch begins
10:00 am remarks from Francesca Hong
Remembering the social activism and public service record of Liesl M. Blockstein, Temple Beth El and Jewish Social Services annually co-sponsor this lecture honoring the accomplishments of a Wisconsin woman who has made a significant impact on our community and our state.
Please register by February 8.
Refugee Shabbat with Kai Mishlove
JSS Executive Director Kai Mishlove will be speaking at a shabbat service at Beth Israel on Saturday, February 18th. Part of a HIAS Initiative, Refugee Shabbat is a moment for congregations, organizations, and individuals in the United States and around the world to dedicate a Shabbat experience to refugees and asylum seekers. From HIAS:
“The fastest-growing European refugee crisis since World War II is still ongoing. People seeking asylum are being turned away at borders around the world. And this year, for the first time ever, the total number of displaced persons globally is over 100 million. This is a critical moment for all of us to reaffirm and redouble our support for refugees and asylum seekers.”
Oakwood Shabbat and Hanukkah Celebration!
A Friday erev Shabbat service led by Rabbi Renee Bauer, with assistance from additional JSS staff. We will also celebrate Hanukkah on this day! Join us as we light candles, eat Challah, say Kiddush, and sing songs around the table, every third Friday of the month.
JSS Quarterly Consultation
Our Quarterly Community Consultation on Refugee Resettlement in the Madison area will take place at 3pm on Wednesday, December 14th, via Zoom. If you know someone else who would like to be invited to this quarterly meeting, please let Jakob know and he can add them to the list.
AGENDA
1. Welcome and introductions (typed into the chat)
2. JSS Update: Update – Immigrant Town Hall, MHPSS Groups, Aljirani Madison program
3. Outreach efforts – Asylees and other populations, eligibility for family reunification
4. Update on Refugee Reception and Placement, FY 2023 capacity, CARA, Co- sponsorship models
5. FY2023 arrivals, demographics, case size, and where refugees are coming from, approved placement numbers.
6. Updates from the State Refugee Coordinator’s Office, Bureau of Refugee Programs
7. Participants’ updates, capacity to serve number of arrivals: suggestions, input.
8. Challenges Service provision – Gaps we are seeing and how this group can work to address them
9. Aspects of integration to support refugee participation in civic life
10. Planning and implementing a community strategy to support refugee integration.
11. Break-out group activity: Brainstorm on solutions to a specific challenge
12. Review of QC dates, times, and locations
13. Your questions, comments, and suggestions to JSS Refugee Resettlement regarding services.