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• Havdalah Club Series

  • Start
    Saturday, September 29, 2018
  •  
    (PDT)
  • End
    Saturday, June 08, 2019
  •  
    (PDT)
  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Participants' homes

  Register

  Havdalah Club is a once a month, Saturday evening program for children in grades 3, 4 and 5. The goals of this program are: to help children develop critical thinking skills in a Jewish context, to teach kids how to grapple with life's questions and problems using Jewish texts and values, and to provide a fun environment in which to meet other Jewish kids.

  A note about the Series registration option:
  We encourage families to register for the series (rather than individual sessions) as ongoing participation helps build a sense of community among this cohort. As series participants, we assume that your child will attend each session, unless you tell us otherwise. Please email Maxine Alloway if your child will not be attending the upcoming session. 

  Location: 
  In order to provide an intimate environment, hosting responsibility will rotate to different kids' homes.  You will have the opportunity to host, if you'd like to.

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• Prep & Practice Series

  • Start
    Sunday, October 21, 2018
  •  
    (PDT)
  • End
    Sunday, June 02, 2019
  •  
    (PDT)
  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Ballard Location
  • Registered
    44 registrants

  This monthly program is for families - parents and kids all together. This year, we'll be structuring the program to have three breakout groups (one for parents, younger children and older children) to ensure that the P&P program is appropriate for families with children ranging from preschool through elementary. 
  

  A note about this Series registration option: We encourage families to register for the series (rather than individual sessions) as ongoing participation helps build a sense of community among this cohort of families. As series participants, we assume that your family will attend each session, unless you tell us otherwise. Please email Maxine Alloway if your family will not be attending the upcoming session. 

  (Note: There is an option to sign up for individual sessions if you can't commit to the series. Email us for the individual registration page.)
  

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• High School Program

  • Start
    Sunday, October 21, 2018
  •  
    (PDT)
  • End
    Sunday, June 02, 2019
  •  
    (PDT)
  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Participants' homes

  Register

  Following extensive input from participants, Kavana's High School program begins this year with a new model. The program is a collaboration between the participants and Rabbi Josh, in which students will explore contemporary issues and themes and build community through Jewish teachings, discussion with peers, social action, creative projects, and fun. 

  This multi-modal program will meet once a month on Sunday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30pm, from October through June, with the location changing based on the activity for each gathering.

  
  

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• Shabbat Morning Minyan

  • When
    Saturday, April 27, 2019
  •  
    9:30 AM - 2:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    New Queen Anne Location
  • Registered
    7 registrants

  Register

  All are welcome to join Kavana's monthly Shabbat morning minyan. Please RSVP for each service so that we can have a heads up on how many people to expect and set up for.  

  Want to read Torah, lead part of the service or give a d'var torah?  We'd love to have you - just contact us.

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• B'nai Mitzvah Family Liturgy Learning

  • When
    Sunday, April 28, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Home in Queen Anne

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  Come learn about the structure and content of Shabbat services, to enhance the meaning of your own bar/bat mitzvah experience!

  Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum will be teaching this workshop, designed specifically for families (parents and kids) who are in the process of planning a bar/bat mitzvah service. This is a great opportunity to learn about the prayer service, and to connect/reconnect with other Kavana families over brunch.

  
  

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• Kavana's Environmental Clean-Up Team Spring Event

  • When
    Sunday, April 28, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    RSVP for details

  You're invited to join Kavana's Green Team! Four times a year (come to one event or all!), we will gather to help clean up our environment, in accordance with Judaism's belief that we are the stewards of the earth. 
  

  Come get your hands dirty as we work with Green Seattle Partnership on Sunday, April 28th to help restore a local park! The work will be physical but will be appropriate for all ages and abilities (including children).  

  Please note: RSVP's and logistics are being managed by Green Seattle Partnership, so please click here to RSVP directly with them. No need to go any further on this form!

  
  

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• Post-Passover Potluck with Northlake Village Residents

  • When
    Sunday, April 28, 2019
  •  
    4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Northlake Village Tiny Home Community

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  In the spirit of Passover, join us for a Kavana community potluck meal with the residents of the Northlake Village! All are welcome to participate in this meal as we build community with our homeless neighbors.

  
  

  
  

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• Yom HaShoah Commemoration with author Karen Treiger

  • When
    Wednesday, May 01, 2019
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Belltown Locatoin

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  Yom HaShoah Commemoration – with local author, Karen Treiger, as she shares her new book – My Soul is Filled with Joy: A Holocaust Story 

  Join Kavana friends for a poignant evening commemorating Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Karen Treiger, a friend of the Kavana community, will be sharing the powerful wartime experiences of her in-laws, Sam and Esther Goldberg.  As she writes: "The dead of Poland speak loudly from the ashes, but the living find new voices."  Refreshments and book signing to follow. 7:00-8:30pm at a Belltown location.

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• Friday Night Shabbat Service

  • When
    Friday, May 03, 2019
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Queen Anne Location - RSVP for details
  • Registered
    1 registrant

  Register

  End your busy weeks and celebrate Shabbat at Kavana with an experience designed to relax and renew. Each month, we welcome Shabbat with a liberal, multi-generational service that is musical, joyful and accessible. This service will be led by Rabbi Josh Weisman and musician Traci Marx. All are welcome. 
  

  We'll gather from 6:30-7pm for a little post-workweek nosh, with the service beginning at 7pm at a Queen Anne location.
  

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• Camp-Style Family Shabbat Service

  • When
    Saturday, May 04, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Queen Anne Location
  • Registered
    Be the first

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  Are your kids feeling camp-sick this time of year? Or do you just love a joyous, guitar-led service to get you into the Shabbat spirit?  Join Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum and song-leader Orin Reynolds for an uplifting, camp-inspired Shabbat morning service, complete with prayer highlights, great melodies, and an engaging Torah story. We’re planning the service with camp-aged kids (ages ~8-15) in mind as the target audience, but all are welcome, including younger kiddos and also adults who feel like kids at heart. 

  The service will be followed by a potluck kiddush lunch (vegetarian/dairy/fish ok) and the chance to build community. 

  
  

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• Shabbat as Spiritual Retreat

  • When
    Saturday, May 04, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Queen Anne Location - RSVP for details
  • Registered
    1 registrant

  Register

  Join us for a Shabbat morning offering designed to help you experience Shabbat menucha -- rest -- through contemplative practices. Shabbat as Spiritual Retreat is a multi-modal Shabbat morning experience including optional meditation, yoga, and chanting, offering a soulful way to engage with Shabbat. We hope this will feel like a mini-retreat -- some time out of time, just as Shabbat is meant to be. We rarely hear about Shabbat as a spiritual practice, but in fact it is one of Judaism's core spiritual practices, and probably one of Judaism's greatest innovations. 
  

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• Havdalah Club May Session

  • When
    Saturday, May 04, 2019
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Participants' homes

  Register

  NOTE: This is the registration page for the May H.C. Session. 

  Havdalah Club is a once a month, Saturday evening program for children in grades 3, 4 and 5. Activities include:

  - Eating dinner together (it's a pizza party, every time!)
  - Discussions and debates around Jewish ethical questions, from the serious to the silly
  - Games, art projects, etc.
  - A short Havdalah ceremony to end Shabbat together

  The goals of this program are: to help children develop critical thinking skills in a Jewish context, to teach kids how to grapple with life's questions and problems using Jewish texts and values, and to provide a fun environment in which to meet other Jewish kids.

  Program Structure & Schedule:
  Havdalah Club will meet once a month on Saturday evenings for two hours, usually between 5-7pm (unless otherwise noted). Pizza will be provided for dinner. 
  
  Location: 
  In order to provide an intimate environment, hosting responsibility will rotate to different kids' homes.  You will have the opportunity to host, if you'd like to.
  
  Registration Deadline:
  Please be sure to register by 12pm on the Friday before each session, as we'll be offline during Shabbat and therefore might not have enough time to send along location details to you. Thanks for your understanding!

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• Annual Partner Meeting

  • When
    Sunday, May 05, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Queen Anne Location
  • Registered
    45 registrants

  Register

  Calling all Kavana Partners! 

  We ask that at least one member of each household attend this important meeting -- it's always a really nice opportunity to catch up with other members of the community, and to have the chance to think about some big picture topics as a collective group. 

  Kavana will provide childcare and a tasty brunch spread of bagels, coffee, fruits and other snacks. Please RSVP in advance so that we can plan accordingly. We'll be in touch soon with the agenda for the meeting. 

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• Shabbat Morning Minyan

  • When
    Saturday, May 18, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    New Queen Anne Location
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  All are welcome to join Kavana's monthly Shabbat morning minyan. Please RSVP for each service so that we can have a heads up on how many people to expect and set up for.  

  Want to read Torah, lead part of the service or give a d'var torah?  We'd love to have you - just contact us.

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• Book Club

  • When
    Sunday, May 19, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (PDT)
  • Location
    Lake Forest Park
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  Our next book is a novel called, “Barren Island” by Carol Zoref. 

  WINNER OF THE AWP AWARD FOR THE NOVEL

  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION LONGLIST

  Told from the point-of-view of Marta Eisenstein Lane on the occasion of her 80th birthday, Barren Island is the story of a factory island in New York's Jamaica Bay, where the city's dead horses and other large animals were rendered into glue and fertilizer from the mid-19th century until the 1930's. The island itself is as central to the story as the members of the Jewish, Greek, Italian, Irish, and African-American factory families that inhabit it, including those who live their entire lives steeped in the smell of burning animal flesh.  

  All are invited to join us for this discussion. Participants take turns hosting these gatherings, so please be sure to RSVP in order to receive location details. 

  
  

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• Prep & Practice: Lag B'Omer

  • When
    Sunday, May 19, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Ballard Location (Register for Details)
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  This monthly program is for families - parents and kids all together. This year, we'll be structuring the program to have three breakout groups (one for parents, younger children and older children) to ensure that the P&P program is appropriate for families with children ranging from preschool through elementary. 
  

  This is the option to sign up for the May/Lag B'Omer P&P session. 

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• Prep & Practice: Shavuot

  • When
    Sunday, June 02, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Ballard Location (Register for Details)
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  This monthly program is for families - parents and kids all together. This year, we'll be structuring the program to have three breakout groups (one for parents, younger children and older children) to ensure that the P&P program is appropriate for families with children ranging from preschool through elementary. 
  

  This is the option to sign up for the June/Shavuot P&P session.

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• Friday Night Shabbat Service

  • When
    Friday, June 07, 2019
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Queen Anne Location - RSVP for details
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  End your busy weeks and celebrate Shabbat at Kavana with an experience designed to relax and renew. Each month, we welcome Shabbat with a liberal, multi-generational service that is musical, joyful and accessible. This service will be led by Rabbi Josh Weisman and musician Traci Marx. All are welcome. 
  

  We'll gather from 6:30-7pm for a little post-workweek nosh, with the service beginning at 7pm at a Queen Anne location.
  

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• Havdalah Club June Session

  • When
    Saturday, June 08, 2019
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Participants' homes

  Register

  NOTE: This is the registration page for the June H.C. Session. 

  Havdalah Club is a once a month, Saturday evening program for children in grades 3, 4 and 5. Activities include:

  - Eating dinner together (it's a pizza party, every time!)
  - Discussions and debates around Jewish ethical questions, from the serious to the silly
  - Games, art projects, etc.
  - A short Havdalah ceremony to end Shabbat together

  The goals of this program are: to help children develop critical thinking skills in a Jewish context, to teach kids how to grapple with life's questions and problems using Jewish texts and values, and to provide a fun environment in which to meet other Jewish kids.

  Program Structure & Schedule:
  Havdalah Club will meet once a month on Saturday evenings for two hours, usually between 5-7pm (unless otherwise noted). Pizza will be provided for dinner. 
  
  Location: 
  In order to provide an intimate environment, hosting responsibility will rotate to different kids' homes.  You will have the opportunity to host, if you'd like to.
  
  Registration Deadline:
  Please be sure to register by 12pm on the Friday before each session, as we'll be offline during Shabbat and therefore might not have enough time to send along location details to you. Thanks for your understanding!

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• Mini Camp

  • Start
    Monday, June 24, 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM (PDT)
  • End
    Friday, June 28, 2019
  •  
    3:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Kavana H.Q.
  • Spaces left
    7
  • Registered
    8 registrants

  Register

  Kavana's Mini-Camp is geared for our preschool set (ages 3-5). The program will feature all of the usual fun camp stuff -- arts & crafts projects, games in the park, water play, and even challah-baking on Friday -- all in Hebrew!

  This camp will run from 9am - 3pm the week of June 24-28 at Kavana H.Q. on Queen Anne.

  If your child has not participated in our Gan (Hebrew Immersion Preschool) or in last year's Mini Camp, please be sure to send us a quick note before registering so that we can make sure this week long camp will be a good fit for your kiddo.

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• Shabbat in the Park

  • When
    Friday, July 26, 2019
  •  
    5:30 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Park in Wallingford
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  Join Rabbi Rachel and Rabbi Josh and other members of the Kavana community for this lovely summertime gathering -- a short but engaging and music-filled Shabbat service and catered communal meal at a beautiful local park.  These gatherings are always well attended, and are a great way to get to know other members of the community, in a low-key and meaningful way.  
  
  **Registration will close at 9AM on the day of the event to allow for enough time to finalize the catering order and to pack and purchase the rest of the supplies. Thanks for your understanding!**
  

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• Shabbat in the Park

  • When
    Friday, August 16, 2019
  •  
    5:30 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Park in Wallingford
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  Join Rabbi Rachel and Rabbi Josh and other members of the Kavana community for this lovely summertime gathering -- a short but engaging and music-filled Shabbat service and catered communal meal at a beautiful local park.  These gatherings are always well attended, and are a great way to get to know other members of the community, in a low-key and meaningful way.  
  
  **Registration will close at 9AM on the day of the event to allow for enough time to finalize the catering order and to pack and purchase the rest of the supplies. Thanks for your understanding!**
  

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• Annual Camping Trip

  • Start
    Friday, August 23, 2019
  • End
    Sunday, August 25, 2019
  • Location
    North Cascades (near Concrete, RSVP for location details)
  • Registered
    4 registrants

  Register

  This annual camping trip is geared towards everyone in the Kavana community -- kids and adults alike.  If you're newer to Kavana, or looking to get to know other members of the community that you might normally not cross paths with, then this is the trip for you! There will be a nice mix of scheduled meals and activities in addition to a lot of down time for games, hikes, s'mores, etc.   
  

  Some answers to our FAQ to help you determine if this trip would be up your alley:
  - Showers and restrooms are conveniently located near the group site. 
  - For those of you coming with kids, you might like to know that there's a playground near the group campsite, and this is a great park for riding bikes/scooters too. 
  - The group shelter even has electrical outlets, so technically you could bring a coffee-maker or other small appliance (although then we'd have to call it "glamping" rather than camping!).
  - We have reserved one cabin that currently has three open beds for anyone that might be interested. Please email Liz (info@kavana.org) for more details.

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