From eml6 at williams.edu Tue Apr 3 11:40:12 2018 From: eml6 at williams.edu (Lezberg, Emma) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:40:12 -0400 Subject: [Jewonthis] Joy Ladin, 4pm and 7pm TODAY Message-ID: Hi, and hope everyone had restful breaks! Reminder that *Joy Ladin*, the first only openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution, will be speaking *tonight!* You'll have two chances to catch her: *4:00pm:* Poetry & Memoir Reading - JRC (24 Stetson Court) *7:00pm:* Lecture - Paresky Auditorium (39 Chapin Hall Road, Lower Level) Professor Ladin will explore the intersections and collisions of trans and Jewish identity through her personal experience and her work on theorizing trans identities in relation to religious traditions. Professor Ladin will give a reading from her memoir and two recently published poetry collections, followed by a lecture on her forthcoming book on reading God and Torah from a transgender perspective. This event is co-sponsored by WCJA, the Chaplains' Office, the Dively Committee for Human Sexuality and Diversity, the Lecture Committee, and the Oakley Center for Humanities and Social Sciences with support from the English Department and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Best, Emma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eml6 at williams.edu Wed Apr 4 11:34:28 2018 From: eml6 at williams.edu (Lezberg, Emma) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 11:34:28 -0400 Subject: [Jewonthis] Passover food in the JRC! Message-ID: Hey all, Does everyone know that there is ample Passover food free for the eating in the JRC? If not, now you do! Feel free to come in anytime to cook and eat (just make sure to follow kashrut). WCJA board members will be on hand 12-2pm each day for lunch and 6-8pm each evening for dinner if you have any questions about the kitchen or kashrut rules. I myself will be heading there in half an hour... Happy Pesach! Emma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tsa1 at williams.edu Mon Apr 9 14:47:56 2018 From: tsa1 at williams.edu (Aizenberg, Tamar) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 14:47:56 -0400 Subject: [Jewonthis] Various Announcements Message-ID: Hi Everyone, I'm writing with some announcements about WCJA events this week and some MinCo-related information I was asked to pass along: 1. In observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, April 12, WCJA will be organizing the reading of names of those who perished in the Holocaust from 11am-3pm on Paresky steps. If you are interested, you may sign up to read names for half an hour at this link . There will also be other programming occurring at the same time, including memorial candles available for lighting and informational signs. 2. On Thursday, April 12 at 7:30 pm, Urooj Arshad, the Director of International LGBTQ Youth Health and Rights Programs at Advocates for Youth will be giving a talk entitled *Invisibility and Visibility: Queer Muslim Identity in the United States. *Arshad is an expert on the intersection of Islamophobia and homophobia/transphobia, as well as reproductive justice in the global south. This event is sponsored by: Minority Coalition Steering Board, Feminist Collective, Muslim Student Union, Davis Center, and Dively Committee. There will also be free pizza and a Doddrich tab! 3. The MinCo steering board is accepting self-noms for the 2018-19 board. The self-noms are due on April 12 to the current MinCo co-chairs, Amina Awad (ama4 at williams.edu) and Zeke Phillips (ejk2 at williams.edu). The following positions are open: *Co-Chairs * As co-chairs, your responsibilities include running meetings of the Minority Coalition General Committee (GenCom), encouraging MinCo affinity group collaboration, keeping open lines of communication with members of other student organizations and faculty/staff in the administration, and acting as a liaison between the Minority Coalition, the Davis Center, and the dean of students. *Students may run as a pair (highly recommended) or individually (students elected individually must serve as a single chair).* *Secretary* As secretary, your responsibility is to maintain organizational structure and record institutional memory, which includes doing roll-call and taking minutes at each GenCom and board meetings, presiding over and counting votes, distributing minutes and other archival information, and maintaining an updated list of all MinCo groups and their recent activities/updates given at meetings. *Treasurer* As Treasurer, your responsibilities include holding Funding Committee (FunCom) meetings, compiling MinCo group audits to help form their budgets, and managing & allocating the Minority Coalition?s yearly budget (currently $57,000). *Communications Director* As communications director, you will be responsible for coordinating publicity on behalf of MinCo through posters, WSO, daily messages, and social media. You will also help to draft official communications from the MinCo (when needed) and manage a weekly newsletter of events and the MinCo calendar. The communications director acts as a liaison between MinCo and the social/publicity directors of various MinCo groups. *Historian* As historian, you are expected to attend all-campus inter-coalition events hosted by MinCo and its members, and record and distribute photographs of the event. You will also collaborate with the communications director in managing MinCo's PR, and augment Archives to make the College's history more accessible to the community. Feel free to reach out to me at tsa1 at williams.edu with any questions. Best, Tamar Aizenberg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ak27 at williams.edu Tue Apr 10 21:53:37 2018 From: ak27 at williams.edu (Koltun-Fromm, Ariel) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 21:53:37 -0400 Subject: [Jewonthis] Announcements, Announcements Message-ID: Hi all, Here are some more announcements that have recently come to our attention for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy: 1. This is a reminder again that In observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, April 12, WCJA will be organizing the reading of names of those who perished in the Holocaust from 11am-3pm on Paresky steps. If you are interested, you may sign up to read names for half an hour at this link . There will also be other programming occurring at the same time, including memorial candles available for lighting and informational signs. 2. The Davis Center Award Nominations: The Davis Center is pleased to recognize community members with relation to their efforts in working towards creating an inclusive environment. *Award nominations are due on April 23rd. *Complete this form to nominate or self-nominat e 3. Liberation Seder: Wednesday, April 11th, 5:00-8:30pm, Faculty House The Jewish holiday of Passover celebrates freedom from slavery and oppression. We re-tell the story each year, asking why we as a society are still not yet free. Join us for a special Passover-inspired program in which we'll hear from three local activists committed to ending oppression and injustice in Berkshire county in the realms of immigration, racial justice, and food security over a free, delicious three-course meal. All are welcome to engage and learn how to get involved in the fight for justice in our community. Come when you can, leave when you have to! See facebook event for details on speakers: https://www.facebook.com/events/ 165220114293288 Happy Tuesday, Ariel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ak27 at williams.edu Wed Apr 18 12:55:39 2018 From: ak27 at williams.edu (Koltun-Fromm, Ariel) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 12:55:39 -0400 Subject: [Jewonthis] Mistake in Daily Messages Message-ID: Hello all, As some of you might have seen, there was a mistake in the daily messages sent out today. The Israel ice cream and film event for yom ha'atzmaut is *tomorrow *evening, not tonight. Due to issues with distribution rights, we will also be showing a different film, *Children of The Sun*, a film documenting the first generation of kibbutz children and their strange lives as the unknowing subjects of a large scale social experiment. Again, this is *tomorrow *night at 7:30pm in the Jewish Religious center. Tonight, however, please join us at 8 for our keshet training webinar on creating LGBTQ inclusive religious spaces. Anyone is welcome to join, and we would be happy to have you. This is from 8-10 pm tonight at the JRC. Happy Tuesday, Ariel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: