BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Congregation for Humanistic Judaism X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Congregation for Humanistic Judaism REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250503T183421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T183421Z UID:10000210-1747422000-1747423200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-30/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T120000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250503T185046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T185503Z UID:10000215-1747562400-1747569600@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Visitation and Memorial Service for Ellie Shafer DESCRIPTION:Long-term member\, Ellie Shafer\, passed away peacefully at home on April 5th. A visitation and memorial service will be held on May 18th in Fairfield from 10AM to Noon. The Congregation wishes to express our extreme sadness at her passing and convey our condolences to her family for her loss. May her memory be a blessing. Her obituary can be viewed here. \n  \nOpen to those who knew her and her family. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/visitation-and-memorial-service-for-ellie-shafer/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ellie.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250503T183545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T183545Z UID:10000211-1748026800-1748028000@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-31/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250503T183707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T183707Z UID:10000212-1748631600-1748632800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-32/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T170000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250507T023752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T040748Z UID:10000216-1748782800-1748797200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:RSVP for CHJ 2025 Annual Meeting DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, June 1\, 1:00-5:00 PM\nBridgeport\, CT \nOpen to all CHJ Members \nA catered luncheon will be served. \nSee the website directory or your downloaded PDF for Marilyn’s address. \nPlease RSVP below for an approximate number of attendees: \n\n\n \n Person One\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email One\n \n Person Two\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email Two\n \n NumberPlease enter a number from 1 to 5.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/rsvp-for-chj-2025-annual-meeting/ LOCATION:Marilyn Brownstein’s Apartment Building CATEGORIES:Featured Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/annual-mtg-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250601T154645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T154645Z UID:10000219-1749234600-1749237600@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-33/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T093000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250522T171744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T171744Z UID:10000217-1749375000-1749375000@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Men's Rap DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for kibbitzing and noshing. \nNoshing starts at 9:30am. \nMeeting at 10am. \nRSVP – danapreis@gmail.com \nWatch the liserserv for venue. \n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/mens-rap-6/ LOCATION:Member’s residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Men-chatting-photo-by-Flickr-Jly-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250601T154837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T154837Z UID:10000220-1749839400-1749842400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-34/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T150000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250429T153937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T154906Z UID:10000208-1749907800-1749913200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Jewish Journeys - Modigliani and Soutine ****CANCELED********** DESCRIPTION:********************CANCELED********** URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/jewish-journeys-modigliani-and-soutine-in-paris/ LOCATION:Brooks Place\,Westport Library\, Westport\, CT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T103000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250522T192558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T192805Z UID:10000218-1749983400-1749983400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Book Club - Trust by Hernan Diaz DESCRIPTION:All CHJ members are invited to discuss Trust by Hernan Diaz at a member’s residence. See listserv for address \nThere are four sections to “Trust\,” a novel by Pulitzer Prize winning author Hernan Diaz. The first is a novel itself\, a fictionalized life of a legendary and enormously successful 1920’s financier in New York City and his wife. The second is an unfinished memoir by the financier presumed by everyone to be featured in the novel. The third is the memories of the unknown young woman hired to help the financier write his memoir. The last is a short story about a woman who could be the wife. Each of them explores the human cost of wealth\, especially in the reality-bending world of capitalism. \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/book-club-trust-by-hernan-diaz/ LOCATION:Member’s residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/trust.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T170000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250616T222704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T222740Z UID:10000227-1750060800-1750093200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Book Club - Table for Two by Amor Towles DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Table for Two by Amor Towles. \nThe author writes of this book: \nTable for Two includes six short stories and a novella which I wrote in the last ten years. The six stories\, all set in New York\, mostly take place around the turn of the Millennium. So\, unlike my novels\, they represent a time and place that I have witnessed firsthand\, albeit through the eyes of a fabulist. \n————– \nWhen I finished assembling the collection\, it occurred to me that in most of the pieces\, a critical moment involved a pair of family members or strangers facing each other across a kitchen table to confront some new reality in their lives. I wasn’t conscious of this while writing the stories\, but it must have sprung from a conviction in my subconscious that our lives can often change materially due to a single conversation at a table for two. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/book-club-table-for-two-by-amor-towles/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Table-for-Two-UK-lr-678x1024-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250601T155036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T155036Z UID:10000221-1750444200-1750447200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-35/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T183000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250601T225747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T231557Z UID:10000224-1750530600-1750530600@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Havdalah at the Beach DESCRIPTION:Bid Shabbat farewell at the beach with fellow members\, friends and guests on Saturday June 21\, 6:30 p m at the Compo Beach in Westport as usual. \nDesserts\, drinks and parking compliments of CHJ\, bring your chairs and dinner. \nPlease RSVP programming@humanisticjews.org  in order to plan for desserts and drinks. \n Ask for CHJ parking at the gate. See you there. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/havdalah-at-the-beach-3/ LOCATION:Sherwood Island Park Westport ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/havdalah-at-beach-2023-scaled-e1688312436141.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250601T155158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T155158Z UID:10000222-1751049000-1751052000@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-36/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T123000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250420T222228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T182214Z UID:10000206-1751193000-1751200200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Women's Rap DESCRIPTION:  \nCome join other CHJ women to talk about a topic to be chosen at the meeting. It’s a great way to get to know one another. \nRSVP: rcfnpl2@gmail.com \n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/womens-rap-4/ LOCATION:Member’s Residence Fairfield ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rap.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T150000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250602T154939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T194738Z UID:10000213-1751203800-1751209200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Forum on Israel and Anti-Semitism DESCRIPTION:These groups are organized by Loretta Jay\, Michelle Tomarkin and Jessica Wolf for CHJ members to have a safe place to talk about Israel\, anti-Semitism and other related topics and how we are affected. George Rockmore\nhas volunteered to serve as a back-up facilitator.\n\nSee listserv for venue.\n\n\n\n\nRSVP  forum@humanistcjews.org. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/forum-on-israel-and-anti-semitism-10/ LOCATION:Fairfield ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/israel.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250704T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250704T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250625T163243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T163321Z UID:10000230-1751653800-1751656800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-37/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T190000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250630T144737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T144757Z UID:10000234-1752001200-1752001200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:We will begin work on the year’s programs and any activities of specific interest. \nPlease send me subjects of interest you wish the Board to consider in order to prepare the agenda.  \nOpen to all CHJ members. Request the Zoom link from Previn Patel.\n\n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/board-meeting-13/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/board-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T190000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250721T213830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250721T213830Z UID:10000236-1752001200-1752001200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:We will begin work on the year’s programs and any activities of specific interest. \nPlease send me subjects of interest you wish the Board to consider in order to prepare the agenda.  \nOpen to all CHJ members. Request the Zoom link from Previn Patel.\n\n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/board-meeting-14/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/board-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250627T010201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250627T010213Z UID:10000231-1752258600-1752261600@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-38/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250712T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250712T103000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250625T162847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T162910Z UID:10000229-1752316200-1752316200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Book Club - Table for Two by Amor Towles DESCRIPTION:Join a discussion of  Table for Two by Amor Towles \nMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. \nThe New York stories\, most of which take place around the year 2000\, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. Told from seven points of view\, “Eve in Hollywood” describes how one of Towles’s most beloved characters\, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility\, crafts a new future for herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets\, bungalows\, and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/book-club-table-for-two-by-amor-towles-2/ LOCATION:Member’s residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Table.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250627T010417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250627T010417Z UID:10000232-1752863400-1752866400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-39/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250627T010635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250627T010635Z UID:10000233-1753468200-1753471200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-40/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T180000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250601T230416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T031037Z UID:10000225-1753552800-1753552800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Havdalah at the Beach ****NEW VENUE**** DESCRIPTION:Bid Shabbat farewell at the beach with fellow members\, friends and guests on Saturday July 26\, 6:00 p m. at the Sherwood Island State Park. Parking is free for CT residents as long as your car has a CT license plate. \nWe will meet at the Pavilion.\nWe ask those coming from out of state to contact local residents to arrange car pooling to avoid the parking fee.\nDesserts\, drinks and parking compliments of CHJ; bring your chairs and dinner. \nPlease RSVP programming@humanisticjews.org  in order to plan for desserts and drinks. \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/havdalah-at-the-beach-4/ LOCATION:Sherwood Island State Park\,Westport ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/havdalah-at-beach-2023-scaled-e1688312436141.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T123000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250625T161430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T161430Z UID:10000228-1753612200-1753619400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Women's Rap DESCRIPTION:  \nCome join other CHJ women to talk about a topic to be chosen at the meeting. It’s a great way to get to know one another. \nRSVP: rcfnpl2@gmail.com \n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/womens-rap-5/ LOCATION:Member’s Residence Fairfield ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rap.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250730T195417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T195417Z UID:10000242-1754073000-1754076000@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-41/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250730T195625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T195625Z UID:10000243-1754677800-1754680800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-42/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250809T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250809T103000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250730T201628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T201822Z UID:10000247-1754735400-1754735400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Book Club - My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki DESCRIPTION:A cross-cultural tale of two women brought together by the intersections of television and industrial agriculture\, fertility and motherhood\, life and love. Ruth Ozeki’s mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and reviewers worldwide. When documentarian Jane Takagi-Little finally lands a job producing a Japanese television show that just happens to be sponsored by an American meat-exporting business\, she uncovers some unsavory truths about love\, fertility\, and a dangerous hormone called DES. Soon she will also cross paths with Akiko Ueno\, a beleaguered Japanese housewife struggling to escape her overbearing husband. Hailed by USA Today as “rare and provocative” and awarded the Kirayama Prize for Literature of the Pacific Rim\, My Year of Meats is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle for fans of Michael Pollan\, Margaret Atwood\, and Barbara Kingsolver. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/book-club-my-year-of-meats-by-ruth-ozeki/ LOCATION:Member’s residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/meats.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T190000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250730T202715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T202739Z UID:10000249-1755025200-1755025200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:We will begin work on the year’s programs and any activities of specific interest. \nPlease send me subjects of interest you wish the Board to consider in order to prepare the agenda.  \nOpen to all CHJ members. Request the Zoom link from Previn Patel.\n\n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/board-meeting-15/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/board-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250815T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250815T192000 DTSTAMP:20260417T222447 CREATED:20250730T200904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T200904Z UID:10000246-1755282600-1755285600@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-45/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR