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...Throughout our history, Jewish communities were transient, so the tradition evolved to be portable and easy to take on the road," says Joelle Novey, 26, who founded Tikkun Leil Shabbat, which started meeting every other week in Washington apartments this past summer. "It's the people who gather for a holy purpose who create the sanctuary, not the building," she says. Just as the new minyanim--prayer communities--don't require a specific type of physical structure, they are also open to holding services without rabbis. "Laypeople can lead the service, read from the Torah, give a sermon and take...
...minutes of game time, I was treated to a broad and satisfying taste of the world of sports.Friday night was the start of Penn-Princeton weekend in Cambridge, a big occasion for the Crimson squads in action and the fans that follow them. After a hearty meal at Shabbat 1000, I hurried across the river to catch the tail end of men’s basketball’s always-exciting clash with the Tigers. (I’m so shomer!) I arrived at Lavietes Pavilion just in time for Princeton sharpshooter Kyle Koncz to connect from downtown with...
...What brings me to Shabbat 1000? And I can’t say ‘because I’m Jewish’? Well, you know, I’m really here ‘cause I thought I might find a wife.” While a few dogged interviewees listed the celebration of culture and community as draws to the biggest Shabbat dinner in Harvard history, Adam J. Scheuer ’06 was not alone in his smart-ass sentiment. So many of the students polled by FM offered up some variant of the search...
...It’s exciting to see people from all over Harvard,” Kraemer said. “I think the goal of tonight is to make Shabbat feel more accessible to people who don’t currently feel ownership over it and would like...
...should have Shabbat at least twice a week,” Ben-Shahar said. “Shabbat literally means to rest. I think Harvard students should rest more...