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Check out Downtown Jewish Life This Week with Makom
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August 28, 2014
3 Elul, 5774
Hi Friend of Makom,

You’ve only got 1 day left to win a jar of RAW, LOCAL HONEY from Shoresh's bees at Bela Farm for your sweet New Year.  How?  Buy your High Holiday ticket by this Friday night to be entered into the honey raffle and SAVE $25!  After Friday, ticket prices go up and you won’t have a chance to win the sticky good stuff.  See below and here for more info about High Holidays with Makom.
 
We need your smiling face to tell folks what you love about Makom at our booth at Ashkenaz Festival this Sunday and Monday.  Please email Aharon to volunteer.
 
Hope to see you at Ashkenaz!
Aaron & the Makom Leadership Team (Andrea, Felicia, Louise, Miriam, and Ruth)

Makom @ ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL

This Sunday & Monday, Aug. 31-Sept. 1
@ Harbourfront Centre – 235 Queens Quay W.
 
Don’t miss one of the largest festivals of global Jewish music and culture, right in our own backyard: the Ashkenaz Festival!  While you’re there, participate in Makom’s programs for all ages in the Community Tent (details below) and come say hi at our booth in the Marketplace and enjoy some apples 'n honey for a sweet New Year.
 
What Do You Wish for the New Year? Creative Programs for All Ages with Makom
Sunday & Monday, 1-3pm @ Community Tent
Deepen your Rosh Hashanah through hands-on activities with Jen and Rabbi Aaron.
1-2pm   All Ages: Create a family or personal scrapbook of wishes for 5775. 
2-3pm   Kids: Make your own apple plate and honey bowl. 
2-3pm   Adults: learn about symbolic Rosh Hashanah food traditions and discuss how we express our hopes.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!  We need friendly folks to tell others about Makom at our Marketplace booth.  Please email Aharon to sign up for an hour on Sunday or Monday, 12-6pm.

ROSH HASHANAH + YOM KIPPUR with Makom!

September 25-26 & Oct. 3-4
Only 1 Day Left to Save $25 per Ticket & Enter Honey Raffle! 
Purchase Your Tickets Today












Join us for soulful and song-filled High Holiday services, along with chanting, meditation, kids' programming, and full childcare!  We’ll be gathering in beautiful Hart House for Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 25-26) and Emmanuel College for Yom Kippur (Oct. 3-4) to meet the Yamim Nora’im as a community with joy and awe.  We hope you’ll be there!
 
Reserve your seat now by making a tax-deductible donation to Makom for your ticketRegister by Aug. 29 and save $25 per full ticket and be entered in the raffle for a jar of RAW, LOCAL HONEY from Shoresh's bees at Bela Farm for your sweet New Year! 
 
Tickets sales help cover the costs of putting on High Holiday services.  That said, we don't want anyone to be unable to attend services due to financial constraints. If the cost of tickets is financially prohibitive, please speak with Rabbi Aaron (416-546-6043) in confidence before purchasing tickets and do so before prices go up after Aug. 29.
 
Please see here for details and contact us if you have any questions.

We need your help with important volunteer roles!  Please let us know how you can help.

Ha-Bimah (The Stage) – Hebrew Theatre Workshop for TEENS

Weekly sessions start Fall 2014

Love Acting?  Speak Hebrew?

Makom presents Ha-Bimah, a youth theatre program in Hebrew.  Play improv games, learn acting techniques, and perform a complete play – all in Hebrew! 
 
For students in grades 7-12: day-school graduates, native Hebrew speakers, anyone comfortable playing and performing in mid-level Hebrew.  A fun, full-year, weekly program starting downtown in Fall 2014.
 
Interested?  Contact Jen.

DOWNTOWN JEWISH PLAYSCHOOL Now Enrolling for Fall 2014!

Now enrolling for fall 2014, Makom's Downtown Jewish Playschool is an innovative, inclusive after-school program for children in JK through Grad2 from 3:30 to 5:30pm during the school year, with two locations (College/Spadina and Bathurst/Davenport).  

Children can attend four days a week of play-based Hebrew immersion (arts & crafts, outdoor play, drama, games, etc., all in Hebrew), one day a week of pluralistic Jewish learning, or all five days.  For more info, see our website and slideshow and contact Jennifer Turack, Director of Education & Family Programming.

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Makom – meaning place or space in Hebrew – is a joyous, grassroots, downtown Jewish community integrating art, activism, spirituality, and learning.

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Save the date


MUSICAL Friday Night Services + Potluck Kiddush
Friday, Sept. 12
 
DAYS OF AWE SONGS, Potluck Seudah Shelishit (light meal) + Havdalah
Saturday, Sept. 13
 
Organic APPLE PICKING for ALL AGES + Programs for Kids & Adults
Sunday, Sept. 14
 
ROSH HASHANAH
Sept. 25-26
 
Lakeside TASHLIKH Programs for Kids + Adults
Sunday, Sept. 28
 
YOM KIPPUR
Sept. 3-4
 
SUKKAH DECORATING
Sunday, Oct. 5
 
Friday Night Service in the SUKKAH
Friday, Oct. 10
 
SUKKOT AFTER DARK + MUSICAL HAVDALAH
Saturday, Oct. 11
 
SIMHAT TORAH EVE Services + Dancing
Thursday, Oct. 16

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