(FIRST DRAFT)
Midwest Jewish Artists Laboratory 2020 reUnion EVENT
DATE and TIME TBA (sundown)
Milwaukee, Madison, Minneapolis, Chicago, Kansas City and Cleveland USA
If you participated in one of the 5 city Lab projects at any time during this 9 year project year PLEASE JOIN US!
Where we are so far...
"REUNITE2LIGHT" is imagined as a performative collaborative interactive engagement
Monday at 7pm Central time there will be a small planning meeting hosted by Bev Richey and Helene Fishman (both social engagement artists and from the Milwaukee LAB Unit) with the support from Director Jody Hirsh (MJAL's founder and director) to share some ideas and provide space to imagine this One NIGHT only.. lab-artist engagement-focused event for the entire MJAL Community.
My vision (Bev) involves starting the event with a short prayer related to togetherness focusing on the value of creating and sustaining relationships.
Then I am imagining the performative action of united lighting of our menorahs.
with ALL VOICES saying CANDLE LIGHTING prayers together.
(and a couple of songs also with the focus on united voices)
I will take some screenshots of the group with their lit menorahs... to share with the group
(if possible a short video recording for others to have and or to share..)
Then using the time that the candles are burning..for party-type socializing!
We can encourage people to have their favorite Chanukah food treats to enjoy during the event.. for a touch of eating together...
This is a rough draft form. Your thoughts, feelings, and creative impulses are important to all of us.. so share them with us on the Facebook post or if you are not a Facebook user here on this blog post... in the comments or better yet join the Monday evening at 7pm Central time... MEETING to stARTthe reUniting!... the meeting link will be posted here in the FB post..
Front: Helene Fishman, Marc Tasman, Back: Peter Goldberg, Marge Eiseman Milwaukee Lab PC: Bev Richey
Is the supply of knowledge limited? If so, to be wise would be to master a body of information.
Judaism teaches that life is dynamic and growing. The world is infinite, evolving, as yet unfinished. Therefore, what we know today is but a fraction of what there is to know. Whatever wisdom we accrue can guide us—but cannot account for all that is new and emerging. What is wise in one situation may be foolish in another. To attain wisdom, then, is to know our limits.
Wisdom is a process, not an answer. The wise man knows how much he does not know, so he constantly seeks to learn new things. The wise woman has developed understanding by listening to and learning from others.
Who is honored? One who honors others.
The direct pursuit of honor cannot produce successful results. In grasping for honor, in trying to impress others of how worthy we are, we are tempted to do the dishonorable. We exaggerate our own importance and minimize that of others, thereby diminishing ourselves.
Like happiness, honor is often the outcome of a process that involves others. Bringing goodness into the world, working constructively, or loving in a meaningful relationship are all keys to both happiness and honor. The best way to obtain happiness or honor is to give it to others.
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Pirkei Avot
Pirkei Avot (literally "Chapters of the Fathers" but usually translated as "Ethics of the Fathers") is a section of the Mishnah. Unlike most of the Mishnah, which deals with Jewish law, this is mainly a compilation of ethical sayings by rabbis mentioned in the Talmud.