Friday night dinner Make Your Own Shabbat
Over 135 people attended the pilot "Make Your Own Shabbat"! Guests included Israeli students, soldiers, and young professionals, Olim living in Israel for a year or two and olim who arrived just two days earlier on the Nefesh b'Nefesh flight, tourists visiting from across the globe who saw posters hanging on the street, recent Birthright Israel participants extending their trip, Presentense and ROI fellows, and Pardes and Hebrew University students.
The dinner was held at the newly renovated Jerusalem Community Center - Beit Yehudit! We were encouraged to meet new people and strengthen our ties with Jerusalem. Volunteers led a large group ice breaker, board games were placed on tables througout the room, and Livnot songbooks kept everyone on the 'same page' throughout the evening! Following a delicious meal catered by Mervad Haksamim and wine donated by Tishbi Winery, we were invited to stick around and mingle for an Oneg Shabbat!
On Shabbat day our Make Your Own Shabbat map brought us to local synagogues, yoga and meditation in a park, and a fascinating historical walking tour the Jerusalem neighborhood, Rehavia.
The dinner was held at the newly renovated Jerusalem Community Center - Beit Yehudit! We were encouraged to meet new people and strengthen our ties with Jerusalem. Volunteers led a large group ice breaker, board games were placed on tables througout the room, and Livnot songbooks kept everyone on the 'same page' throughout the evening! Following a delicious meal catered by Mervad Haksamim and wine donated by Tishbi Winery, we were invited to stick around and mingle for an Oneg Shabbat!
On Shabbat day our Make Your Own Shabbat map brought us to local synagogues, yoga and meditation in a park, and a fascinating historical walking tour the Jerusalem neighborhood, Rehavia.
To Discuss and Exchange
Our Tisha B'av event, held under the breathtaking skies and views of the Cinemateque, brought us all together.
We spoke about Jerusalem, our Jewish identities, mutual and social responsibilities and much more. Both the Hebrew and English panels were popular and it was a meaningful experience. 
 | Green Volunteering
We shlepped and moved dirt. We extended the space for a community garden which provides shade, flowers, and vegitables for a needy neighborhood in Talpiot. We had fun and made a difference.
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