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| Join fellow Judea Members as we walk and raise money to fight hunger here in Durham and around the world. The 45th Durham CROP Hunger Walk will be Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 2:30 pm. Last year more than 1,500 walkers raised $158,800! |
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Help us meet or exceed our goal of raising $7500 by donating or signing up to walk and/or seek additional pledges! >>More Info
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Families Moving Forward - April 10
Families Moving Forward (FMF) offers a temporary home to families with children in the crisis of homelessness. FMF creates a path to stability and self-sufficiency through personalized services and ongoing community support. At its downtown Durham facility, FMF provides emergency shelter and supportive services to 21 families at a time. The case management staff meets with every family to set family goals that address educational, vocational, health and emotional needs.
Three local congregations (Judea Reform Congregation, Immaculate Conception, and Westminster Baptist) partner to provide meals and childcare for one week per quarter (Monday-Thursday). This volunteer effort enables FMF to provide essential programming to both current residents and after-care families.
Join us in the mitzvah of providing dinner and helping with childcare so FMF resident parents can attend classes. Our next night is Wednesday, April 10. We need to provide dinner; assist with set-up, serving and clean-up; and provide child care during the adult programming from 5:30-7:30. Please sign up to join us! Questions? Please contact lay leader Tina Prinstein.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d45a4ac2da5fe3-fmfvolunteer2
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REFUGEE APARTMENTS
Help furnish two homes to provide a warm-welcome to newly arriving neighbors here in Durham. Please go to http://bit.ly/AprilApartment to see how you can help. Sign up for needed items, and get important details on special pick-up and drop-off instructions (note that we will not be accepting or collecting donations at the temple.)
This mitzvah is sponsored by JRC’s Social Action and Refugee and Immigrant Justice Committees, in partnership with Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and the Watts Hillandale Neighborhood. Please feel free to share the signup with local friends who may want to help. For more information, please contact me via marian.abernathy@gmail.com.
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JRC & Habitat
We have TWO opportunities to participate in coming weeks:
For info on our regular monthly Build (See below)
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Habitat Inclusion Build: May 5
Judea is partnering with the JCC and other area synagogues in the 2nd Annual Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Inclusion Build. On May 5, 2019, from 9:30 am to noon, volunteers of all abilities will work on a variety of tasks in helping to build a new home for a low-income family.
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Our Monthly Build
The Habitat for Humanity Crew participates in a build in Durham on the third Thursday of the month from 12:30 to 3:30 pm. No experience is necessary; tools provided. Join us!
If you're more interested in Demo - Habitat has an opportunity Mar 9-16! Click HERE for more info Sign up for a Thursday Build:
- Visit http://www.durhamhabitat.org/volunteer;
- Enter reservation code JR;
- Click on the month listing and the specific date will pop up;
- Register by signing in!
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Download and use our 5779 Haggadah Supplement
to support the stranger in our midst:
As we prepare for Pesach, and reflect on our people's liberation from bondage, the news of the day - far away and close at home here in North Carolina, the story feels very immediate. Include Refugees and Immigrants in your Seder with our downloadable Haggadah insert: http://bit.ly/5779Pesach
And subscribe to our Refugee/Immigrant Justice Newsletter for additional ways you can support our neighbors. |
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March-April Tzedakah Box
On the anniversary of the Parkland massacre, our Social Action Committee voted unanimously to dedicate March and April contributions to the Tzedakah Box to the March for Our Lives. |
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Learn More: Workshops, Films, Discussions
April 5: Pre-Shabbat Racial Justice Potluck Our Racial Justice Working Group invites community members who're interested in fostering connections among those already involved in this work in the area to a pre-services potluck dinner on Fri April 5, 6pm.
April 14 Delegation meeting for Consultation on Conscience JRC Delegates will meet to plan our strategy for participation at the upcoming sold-out Consultation on Conscience.
April 14: Dismantling Racism: Once Conversation at a Time
Hosted by Kehillah Synagogue, co-sponsored by Judea Reform and the Community Church of Chapel Hill Dr David Campt will lead an interactive, skills-based workshop which will provide participants with specific tools for for honest and more effective conversations about race with white friends, relatives and neighbors.
For tickets and more information, go to: http://tinyurl.com/white-ally-toolkit. 1200 Mason Farm Road | Chapel Hill, NC 27514
April 17 The Chance to Live (Documentary Film & Discussion)
Join us for an engaging documentary short on a single day in the lives of one NC Triangle Area family who sought asylum in the States from violence in Colombia. Screening followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Grace Beeler. Free and open to the community. Hosted by The Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill and The Levin JCC and co-sponsored by JRC's Refugee and Immigrant Justice Committee
Screening & discussion of the documentary film about civil rights activist, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, “I Shall Not Be Silent” co-presented by the Adult Education and Social Action Committees and Triangle Interfaith Advocates for Refugees & Immigrants. His son, Rabbi Jonathan Prinz, will introduce the film and join us for a discussion following the screening. http://www.prinzdocumentary.org/
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