Calendar

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:

Please join your neighbors, volunteers and Jewish Social Services staff for candle lighting, challah, wine, songs and discussion to usher in Shabbat, along with the opportunity to recite Kaddish. We look forward to spending this special time together with you! We celebrate Shabbat at Capitol Lakes on the first Friday of each month, led by JSS Rabbi Renee Bauer, with assistance from JSS Staff and UW-Hillel student volunteers.

No tickets or registration required – if you have questions on the event, please contact Paul Borowsky at 608-442-4083.

Join us for great food, friends, fun and interesting programs at Lechayim Lunchtime Plus. Meeting at Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street, located on the corner of Mound Street and Randall Avenue, every Monday from 11am to 1:30pm. Lechayim includes a kosher lunch catered by UW Hillel Adamah, yoga from a chair, and interesting programming that changes each and every week! If you would like a meal, contact Jewish Social Services at (608) 442-4083 or email: paul@jssmadison.org by Wednesday preceding the meal. 

Monday, February 5

11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair

11:00 am -12:00 am: Blood pressure screening with Lori Edelstein

11:30 am -12:15 pm: Roasted chicken w/ wine and mushroom sauce, (veg option: Seared tofu w/ mushroom sauce), Basmati rice, snap beans, rugelach & fresh fruit

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Israel trip with Jewish Federation – Alan Klugman, Kai Yael Gardner Mishlove

Please register by February 3. We invite you to arrive by 10:00 am to hear Bojana’s remarks. Register at the Temple Beth El website: https://www.tbemadison.org/event/blockstein2024

Bojana Zorić Martinez, director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs and Wisconsin state refugee coordinator, will deliver this year’s Blockstein Memorial Lecture during brunch. Bojana will be describing her personal refugee experience and commitment to helping refugees and immigrants build their new lives in the United States and how that impacts her current role as the head of refugee and related programs in Wisconsin.

9:30 am brunch begins
10:00 am remarks from Bojana Zorić Martinez

Bojana Zorić Martinez currently serves in two critical roles, one as the director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, and the other as the Wisconsin state refugee coordinator (SRC) representing the interests of the state’s refugee resettlement before local and federal partners with whom she regularly communicates and coordinates service provision. She also serves on the Executive Board of the State Coordinators of Refugee Resettlement (SCORR), the national association of state refugee coordinators, administrators, and managers.

Bojana has been serving in the SRC role for seven years. She started her career in refugee work at Jewish Family Services in Milwaukee in 2000, where she worked on helping refugees who came to Wisconsin from the former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, and other places from around the world. Bojana then continued to build her educational and professional career in leadership, organizational development, and management. She holds a BA in Professional Communication and an MS in Management. Bojana has extensive knowledge and experience working in refugee resettlement, and as a former refugee herself, she is grateful for the opportunity to lead and help shape the programs she once advanced from. She believes that her success lies in effective collaboration with federal and local partners across different programs for benefit of refugees and other vulnerable populations.

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.

Join us for great food, friends, fun and interesting programs at Lechayim Lunchtime Plus. Meeting at Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street, located on the corner of Mound Street and Randall Avenue, every Monday from 11am to 1:30pm. Lechayim includes a kosher lunch catered by UW Hillel Adamah, yoga from a chair, and interesting programming that changes each and every week! If you would like a meal, contact Jewish Social Services at (608) 442-4083 or email: paul@jssmadison.org by Wednesday preceding the meal. 

Join us for great food, friends, fun and interesting programs at Lechayim Lunchtime Plus. Meeting at Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street, located on the corner of Mound Street and Randall Avenue, every Monday from 11am to 1:30pm. Lechayim includes a kosher lunch catered by UW Hillel Adamah, yoga from a chair, and interesting programming that changes each and every week! If you would like a meal, contact Jewish Social Services at (608) 442-4083 or email: paul@jssmadison.org by Wednesday preceding the meal. 

Join us for great food, friends, fun and interesting programs at Lechayim Lunchtime Plus. Meeting at Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street, located on the corner of Mound Street and Randall Avenue, every Monday from 11am to 1:30pm. Lechayim includes a kosher lunch catered by UW Hillel Adamah, yoga from a chair, and interesting programming that changes each and every week! If you would like a meal, contact Jewish Social Services at (608) 442-4083 or email: paul@jssmadison.org by Wednesday preceding the meal. 

Please join your neighbors, volunteers and Jewish Social Services staff for candle lighting, challah, wine, songs and discussion to usher in Shabbat, along with the opportunity to recite Kaddish. We look forward to spending this special time together with you! We celebrate Shabbat at Capitol Lakes on the first Friday of each month, led by JSS Rabbi Renee Bauer, with assistance from JSS Staff and UW-Hillel student volunteers.

No tickets or registration required – if you have questions on the event, please contact Paul Borowsky at 608-442-4083.