The best place to stay up to date on all events and programming at JSS! This calendar is always up to date and includes all the information you need to get involved.
Nov
3
Thu
The JSS Russian Series presents events to the Russian-speaking community on a variety of engaging topics. Oftentimes the events are lead by seniors, and they are always conducted entirely in the Russian language. RSVP required – contact JSS Director of Family and Senior Services, Maya Garbuz for more information and to register. This week:
Three Russian Jewish seniors will talk about their experiences during the WWII to the Russian-speaking community.
Nov
4
Fri
Nov 4 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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 or Hillel Rabbi Andrea Steinberger, with assistance from JSS Staff and UW-Hillel student volunteers.
Nov
7
Mon
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. This week:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Braised balsamic chicken, (veg option: Balsamic tofu), Basmati rice, roasted market vegetables (zucchini, squash, red onion), fudge brownies & fresh fruit
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Program: Dementia and the Aging Brain, Ellen Taylor – Dementia Care Specialist, Aging and Disability Resource Center
Nov
12
Sat
Several Madison women rabbis will describe their professional work in a variety of roles outside of leading a congregation, including JSS Director of Spiritual Care Rabbis Renee Bauer! Bonnie Margulis, and Andrea Steinberger will also participate in the panel discussion, which will be moderated by David Kopstein. More information at the Temple Beth El website here: https://www.tbemadison.org/event/swarsenskydvar
Nov
14
Mon
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. This week:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Lemon-Rosemary chicken, (veg option: Lemon-Rosemary tofu), roasted red potatoes & challah rolls, garlic green beans, fudge brownies & fresh fruit
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Monarch Butterflies and their Journey: Karen Oberhauser
Nov
17
Thu
Jewish Social Services refugee resettlement staff will present at the 2022 Our City of Nations Conference (OCON)! We are excited to have Case Managers Stephanie Taylor, Benjamyn Deneen, Mohammad Din Hajizada, and Gilbertine Harerimana talk about the JSS model for supporting new refugee community members in Madison. Executive Director Kai Mishlove will also present on her Tables Across Borders initiative, which aims to build community and conversation through food. Please visit their website if you are interested in joining virtually. More about the event can be found below:
Together: Honoring Struggle, Celebrating Success, and Healing Forward
While the pandemic created many challenges across our communities and multidisciplinary fields, it also offered opportunities to adapt, engage in new ways, and build on the strengths of refugee and immigrant communities and their partners.
Our next conference will be hybrid and offered in-person at the UW-Milwaukee Zilber School of Public Health or, virtually via Zoom events. Let us share how we have built and continue to build stronger networked, services, and communities and where we are headed as we walk together.
Nov
18
Fri
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.
Nov
20
Sun
6:00 – 7:00 pm Community Resource Fair
7:00 – 8:00 pm Interfaith Service
JSS is honored to help co-sponsor the Interfaith Trans Day of Remembrance, hosted by Temple Beth El. Our Director of Spiritual Care, Rabbi Renee Bauer will help lead the interfaith memorial service. Please find additional details of the event below:
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance honoring the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. We gather to remember, and we will continue to gather until we are all accepted for just being us, human beings. The Temple Beth El community shares this solemn day of remembrance with many interfaith partners and is proud to be the host congregation for this event this year.
Transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith started this tradition in 1999 in memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who had been killed the previous year. It became an annual tradition to honor all transgender people who lost their lives to violence because of who they were.
Please review TBE’s in-person guidelines https://www.tbemadison.org/inperson before attending this event in person.
To view this event on livestream, go to YouTube at http://www.tinyurl.com/TBEYTLivestream.
Nov
21
Mon
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. This week:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Braised balsamic chicken, basmati rice, roasted market vegetables, fudge brownies and fresh fruit
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Program: Dementia and the Aging Brain, Ellen Taylor – Dementia Care Specialist, Aging and Disability Resource Center