Grantee Work: Spring 2025
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice NW
JCIJ ADVOCACY TRAINING FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION: Monday, February 10, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm PT
Join the Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice for the 3rd annual Take Action for Immigrant Justice: JCIJ Advocacy Training during Legislative Session. Hear immigrant-led WA Immigrant Solidarity Network’s Policy team share about legislative priorities and create action plan for how to take impactful action this legislative session. This is a free virtual event. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice NW
JCIJ ACCOMPANIMENT TRAINING FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS: Sunday, February 23, 2025, 1:00 pm PT
Learn how to accompany immigrant community members to ICE check-ins, biometrics and ankle monitor appointments, and court and asylum hearings. Training will be participatory and practical. You will be ready to volunteer after this training!
Kirva
KIRVA SPIRITUAL IMMERSIVE: BUILDING RESILIENCE FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION: January 5-8, 2025
Join us for a transformative 4-day spiritual immersive designed to nourish and strengthen your spirit, mind, and body for the coming weeks and months of protecting our communities and heightened organizing for justice as we transition into a Trump administration. Together, we will engage in soul practices for justice—physical, mental, and spiritual exercises for all bodies and levels. By immersing ourselves in holistic practice, we will strengthen our ability to combat injustice and dismantle oppressive systems in our communities and the larger society.
Let My People Sing!
SONGS FOR PRAYER & PROTEST: A COMMUNITY SING FACILITATED BY ARIELLE RIVERA KORMAN AND BATYA LEVINE: Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 7-8:15pm EST | 6-7:15pm CST | 4-5:15pm PST
With fascism on the rise, and inauguration drawing closer, we know that we will need to resist, and we know we will need to resource ourselves in the months and years ahead. This community sing is an opportunity to gather, and learn and share songs with each other. The songs we will be sharing and learning in this space will be ones that can be used for protest, for prayer, to channel our joy, heartbreak, and rage. This will be a Let My People Sing! style Community Sing – facilitated by Arielle Rivera Korman and Batya Levine — and co-created by all of us, meaning all who want to are invited to share a song. This offering is free and open to all. RSVP for zoom link. Automated captioning will be provided.
Let My People Sing!
TZAMA NAFSHI / MY SOUL THIRSTS ASHKENAZI MELODIES FOR SHABBOS ZEMIROS WITH BATYA LEVINE: February 3, 10, and 24, 2025
Throughout even the most difficult moments in history, Jews have been gathering around Shabbat tables to eat, bless, and sing with friends and family. Join Batya Levine for this 3-part virtual series as we dive into the practice of communal resourcing, through the rich tradition of singing Askenazi melodies for Zemiros (traditional songs for Shabbat). These songs range from being educational tools for the laws of Shabbat, to emotional expressions of love and yearning. They are convoluted and simple, and everything in between. Zemiros often have many words, and we will be learning them as such, but don’t worry, we got you! This class is open to everyone. Learn these Ashkenazi melodies and bring them into your Shabbos life.
Let My People Sing!
ASHIR SHIRAH: SINGING KABBALAT SHABBAT AND READING TORAH IN MOROCCAN NUSACH: Fridays on zoom | 10:30 am -12 pm EST / 9:30-11 am CST / 7:30-9 am PST /4:30-6 pm CET15 class course, February 7 - June 6 (with two week break for Pessah/Passover, April 11 & 18)
Join Laura Elkeslassy for a 4-month deep dive into the liturgy and melodies for Kabalat Shabbat and Teamei Hamikrah (Torah trope) in Moroccan Nusach. Ashir Shirah is being offered in collaboration between Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Kehilla of NYC and Let My People Sing! and is open to all, with a focus on equipping Sefardi/Mizrahi/JSWANA community leaders on the margins with the skills to lead and participate in prayer in their own communities. In the first phase of the series, we will learn Moroccan Nusach for Shir Hashirim, Psalms, Kabbalat Shabat, and Arvit shel shabbat (Shabat evening prayer). In the second phase, we will learn to decipher and sing Teamei Hamikrah (Torah tropes) in Moroccan Nusach. At the end of the series, participants will have a thorough grasp of Kabbalat Shabbat and will have the opportunity to present a passage of Torah of their choosing sung in Maghrebi Nusach. Come learn in community with others who are invested in this spiritual work! Reading Hebrew recommended, but not required. Sliding scale $150-$540, no one turned away for lack of funds. Email info@letmypeoplesing.org for discount code if cost is a barrier for you. Classes will be recorded for participants. Automated Captioning provided.
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Malchut
GOD FELLOWSHIP LIVE COHORT: January 19-April 9, 2025
God Fellowship is a unique, immersive program designed to guide you in cultivating a direct relationship with the Divine taught by Hadar Cohen. Over 12 weeks, you’ll gain practical tools and frameworks to integrate spiritual teachings into your daily life, laying a strong foundation for ongoing transformation.
Malchut
JEWISH MYSTICAL SCHOOL: Winter/Spring 2025
Malchut’s Jewish Mystical School is a membership-based community that centers on the study of Jewish scriptures and mysticism, bringing ancient spiritual teachings into modern life. Rooted in the timeless wisdom of Judaism, the school creates an inclusive space for learners of all backgrounds to engage deeply with sacred texts, fostering a vibrant community dedicated to exploring the essence of spirituality and its relevance today. Our space is inclusive to people of all genders, identities and faiths. All classes are virtual through Zoom with closed captioning available. They will all be recorded and then uploaded for members to watch at their own time.
R&R: The Rest of Our Lives
WALKSHOPS: January 24, March 7, April 11, and May 16, 2025 at 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
In R&R Walkshops, participants move gently, and slowly at first, then with a quickening of pace. Walkshops are 30-minute sessions where participants call-in from wherever they are in the world. Walkshops ground ourselves in the outside world and help us access the ways in which motion can help us manifest a goal, value or focus point for your board, staff or community. Participants leave Walkshops energized and calm. It’s a mini break in your day. It’s about redefining work and vision. Walkshops are a great mechanism to get people off their computers for a refreshing and creative experience. The experience is built for all bodies and all capabilities.
Shel Maala
THE SLEEPLESS SANHEDRIN: January 31-February 2, 2025, Seattle
Shel Maala, your favorite online queer Yeshiva, is coming DOWN FROM THE CLOUD in Seattle, to offer a weekend of Shabbes, Feasting and shtark Talmud learning in Seattle for our first time ever. The weekend of January 31-February 2, Rosh Yeshivas Xava and Binya will be in your gay Jewish homeland to lead a Shabbes and Sunday of rad Jewish goodness, all in collaboration with Kadima and your new, rad, local beit midrash, Talmidei Talmideihon.
