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SUMMARY:Book Club - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Story by James McBride
DESCRIPTION:In 1972\, when workers in Pottstown\, Pennsylvania\, were digging the foundations for a new housing development\, the last thing they expected to uncover was a human skeleton. Who the skeleton was and how it got buried there were just two of the long-held secrets that had been kept for decades by the residents of Chicken Hill\, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side\, sharing ambitions and sorrows. \nChicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store\, which served the neighborhood’s quirky collection of blacks and European immigrants\, helped by her husband\, Moshe\, a Romanian-born theater owner who integrated the town’s first dance hall. When the state came looking for a deaf black child\, claiming that the boy needed to be institutionalized\, Chicken Hill’s residents—roused by Chona’s kindess and the courage of a local black worker named Nate Timblin—banded together to keep the boy safe. \nAs the novel unfolds\, it becomes clear how much the people of Chicken Hill have to struggle to survive at the margins of white Christian America and how damaging bigotry\, hypocrisy\, and deceit can be to a community. When the truth is revealed about the skeleton\, the boy\, and the part the town’s establishment played in both\, McBride shows that it is love and community—heaven and earth—that ultimately sustain us. \nNew CHJ participants are always very welcome; All CHJ members are invited. \nLet rhonarobbin@yahoo.com know if you are planning to attend\, or if you want to be put onto the CHJ Book Club mailing list.
URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/book-club-the-heaven-and-earth-grocery-story-by-james-mcbride/
LOCATION:Fairfield
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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-9/
LOCATION:TBA
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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-29/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T190000
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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-11/
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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-12/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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