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• Havdalah Club Series

  • Start
    Saturday, October 02, 2021
  • End
    Saturday, June 11, 2022
  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Outdoors

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  In a typical year, Havdalah Club sessions are held in participants’ homes, always on Saturday evenings, usually from 5-7pm. This year, given Covid considerations and the fact that Havdalah Club students are not yet eligible for vaccines, we plan to begin the year with outdoor meetings whenever weather permits, and we may adjust timing to correspond more closely to sunset.

  Please register by 12pm Friday, October 1, 2021, to make sure you receive location details.

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• Prep & Practice Series

  • Start
    Sunday, October 17, 2021
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  • End
    Sunday, June 12, 2022
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  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Outdoors, Location TBD

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  Click here to read more about Kavana's Prep & Practice program.
  
  Due to Covid, we plan to at least begin the 2021-22 school year by meeting in outdoor locations. Each month, we will announce the location in advance, and we will also be prepared - in the case of inclement weather - to meet instead on Zoom. Hopefully this way we will be able to maximize in-person interaction among both children and parents, foster a sense of community, and also maintain the safety of our group (and particularly our currently-unvaccinated children).

  
  

  
  

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• High School Program

  • Start
    Sunday, October 24, 2021
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  • End
    Sunday, May 22, 2022
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Outdoors

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  The High School program is a student-led program, where the participants partner with the educator to choose the topics of study and activities, and often lead much of the programs. 

  Last year kids focused on contemporary issues, including homelessness, climate change, and democracy and racial justice. We look forward to partnering with this year’s cohort of high school students to select contemporary issues and design activities which can be adapted to virtual and in-person spaces. Even more so in this time of Covid, we are prioritizing Kavana high schoolers’ connection to their community, peers and teachers.
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  Dates for the 2021-2022 School Year

  The High School Program will meet once a month on Sunday evenings, from 5:30-7:30pm on the following dates:
  
  October 24
  November 21
  December 12
  January 23
  February 13
  March 20
  April 24

  May 22

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• Middle School Program - Spring Quarter

  • Start
    Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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  • End
    Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    Queen Anne

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  We are excited to announce that the Middle School Program will return to in-person learning for the Spring Quarter! 

  The program will run from 6 - 8pm and take place at Kavana H.Q. in Queen Anne. We'll start with a pizza dinner and social time and then break into learning groups.  

  This in-person offering is open to students who have been vaccinated and are willing to wear a mask indoors except when eating.

  
  

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• Trans & Non-Binary Book/Torah Club

  • When
    Sunday, May 22, 2022
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    10:00 AM
  • Location
    In Person Outdoors in Wallingford

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  All transgender and non-binary folx are welcome to join us for a second meeting of this new Torah and book study group! We are reading Joy Ladin's book The Soul of a Stranger: Reading Torah from a Transgender Perspective, which explores fundamental questions about how religious texts, traditions, and the understanding of God can be enriched by transgender perspectives, and how the Torah and trans lives can illuminate one another. In the May 22nd meeting, we'll be discussing chapter 2 of Ladin's book together.

  Please note: This group is intended as a space for transgender and non-binary people only.
  

  Here is a summary of The Soul of a Stranger by Joy Ladin:

  Reading some of the best-known Torah stories through the lens of transgender experience, Joy Ladin explores fundamental questions about how religious texts, traditions, and the understanding of God can be enriched by transgender perspectives, and how the Torah and trans lives can illuminate one another. Drawing on her own experience and lifelong reading practice, Ladin shows how the Torah, a collection of ancient texts that assume human beings are either male or female, speaks both to practical transgender concerns, such as marginalization, and to the challenges of living without a body or social role that renders one intelligible to others—challenges that can help us understand a God who defies all human categories. These creative, evocative readings transform our understanding of the Torah’s portrayals of God, humanity, and relationships between them. (Goodreads)

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• Art Makerspace

  • When
    Sunday, May 29, 2022
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Queen Anne (in-person)

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  Join Laurie Reed, Stacy Lawson and Rabbi Jay LeVine for our next Kavana Art MakerSpace session on Sunday, May 29 from 4-6pm in Queen Anne. RSVP for exact location. 

  The Jewish learning and art making will be inspired by the counting of the Omer and Marc Chagall's illustrations of Exodus.  We will be working with a 'draw through technique' that will be explained and demonstrated for those who were not at the last session.

  Supplies will be provided. Bring a yoga mat, strap, yoga blanket if you have one or a beach towel, pen or pencil, journal/sketchbook. If you have any questions, please email Laurie.

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• Annual Camping Trip

  • Start
    Friday, August 12, 2022
  • End
    Sunday, August 14, 2022
  • Location
    North Cascades (near Concrete, RSVP for location details)

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  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!).
  

  The cost of the camping trip is as follows: 
  - Partner Adult: $40
  - Partner Child: $20
  - Non-Partner Adult: $50
  - Non-Partner Child: $25

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