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		<title>Ballot With Bullethole Wings: What Now for DC Voting Rights?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My introduction to tonight's Rapid Responsa.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=16thstreetj.wordpress.com&blog=2664550&post=1160&subd=16thstreetj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sway Machinery Comes to the Jewish Music Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine David Bowie channeling Robert Johnson as your Cantor. Better than that. Imagine your cantor kicking it old-school, which means the old Ashkenazi Hebrew (with the "t" sounds pronounced like "s" and the "a" pronounced "oy") backed by a funked-up horns section, blues guitar and a bass line that recalls the religious origins of the word "awesome" (Expressive of awe or terror). Imagine rock 'n' roll percussion crashing on-top of it all creating a tension that always seems ready to break into chaos but never does, like rocking backwards on a chair that never quite falls. I could wax poetic for another twelve paragraphs and never capture in words the unique sound of The Sway Machinery: traditional Hebrew liturgy chanted over urgent music that (dare I say it) combines the transcendant potentials of both rock and prayer.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=16thstreetj.wordpress.com&blog=2664550&post=1148&subd=16thstreetj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Weekend of the Jewish MusicFest: Saturday Night with the Kinsey Sicks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America's foremost Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet happens to have a considerable Jewish repertoire. Jews, already outsiders in some respects, are not an unusual sight amongst other marginalized groups -- think Harvey Milk, Allen Ginsberg, Emma Goldman. Then think cross-dressing a capella singers.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=16thstreetj.wordpress.com&blog=2664550&post=1137&subd=16thstreetj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pope&#8217;s Visit and Our Own to the Holy See</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 22:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Pope Benedict XVI completed an eventful trip to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan -- the reviews, one could charitably say, were mixed to negative. One thing that is clear, if it weren't already, that the current Pope does not enjoy either the personal charisma nor the magic touch with the press of his predecessor. From pleading ignorance a few months ago after un-excommunicating a rebel Bishop who denies the Holocaust, to the Pope's own spokesman in Jerusalem incorrectly asserting that the Pontiff was never a member of the Hitler Youth (he was), Benedict constantly seems to be getting in his own way. Add to that, the harsh reactions of the Israeli public to the Pope's statement at Yad Vashem, his endorsement of a Palestinian state and criticism of the security wall  and you have the ingredients for what could have been an awkward evening at the Nunciature of the Holy See last Wednesday as part of the Washington DCJCC's Insider Embassy series.

While the Pope was still in the Holy Land, a group of us walked past the permanent protester on Massachusetts Avenue and into the Vatican's official diplomatic mission to the United States. Amidst portraits of bishops, popes and saints we were received warmly by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Apostolic Nuncio (Ambassador) to the United States.  After we were given a tour of the Nunciature's gorgeous mansion (circa 1938) we settled down for a conversation.

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		<title>Letters. We Get Letters.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adas Israel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the Washington DCJCC's oldest and most important programs is seldom seen by most of the public. In part, this is because the program doesn't take place in the building at 16th and Q -- it in-fact, pre-dates our move back to the building in 1997.  The program is the Behrend Adas Senior Fellowship which for years we have operated out of space generously provided by Adas Israel Congregation with a hot kosher lunch provided daily through a third partner agency and the DC Office on Aging.  Between 30 and 60 seniors gather daily for a hot kosher lunch -- we provide the lunch for free although we ask for a $2.50 suggested donation for District residents, and $5 for non-residents.  The meal costs somewhere north of $6. It is the only program of its kind in the District.

More than the food though, the program provides community, activity and intellectual stimulation for the seniors who attend regularly. Different DCJCC staff members lead the seniors in activities that include appropriate exercise, art, music and Jewish learning. A partnership with the Jewish Social Service Agency makes a professional social worker available on a regular basis and Shabbat entertainment is generously funded by the Adas Israel Sisterhood. One of the best parts of my job is when I get to go over to their Shabbat or holiday lunches and see for myself the friendships and vitality on display. 

The program went through a mini-crisis this past winter when that third partner, as part of a reorganization, decided to cease its participation in the lunch program at Adas. It looked for a brief moment as if the program might have to close and the District would be left without a kosher nutrition option for low-income seniors.  This was distressing not just because of the implications for some of the seniors' health, but also because of the intangible value of the community that has been built at the program. Luckily, thanks to an emergency grant we received from the DC Office on Aging the program has been able to continue and looks likely to survive for years to come. But for those tenuous days when we did not know if the program could be saved, the magnitude of its importance to the seniors who use it loomed large. For many seniors, this is their only chance to socialize and escape the isolation that comes from advanced age and difficulty leaving home -- particularly in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer.

When you sit in an office, you know intellectually that your programs make a difference in someone's life, but sometimes it is hard to touch that reality. Receiving the following letter this week, helped make that real:

Washington DCJCC
attn: Board of Directors
1529 16th Street NW 
Washington, DC

Subject: My Letter of Appreciation

Gentlepeople,

Thank you very much for stepping in and taking over the Adas Senior Fellowship when IONA dropped the group. As a participant of the fellowship, I appreciate your rescue very much! The JCC is to be commended for going the extra mile. Your wonderful center has created the possibility to keep the fellowship continuing.
Sincerely,
Beatrice N.
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		<title>Jewish MusicFest, Family Shabbat with ShirLaLa (aka Shira Kline)</title>
		<link>http://16thstreetj.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/jewish-musicfest-family-shabbat-with-shirlala-aka-shira-klein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 23:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let's face it. Most kids' music sucks. Sure you got your Dan Zanes (former Del Fuegos frontman) and They Might Be Giants (former They Might Be Giants)  making kids' music that doesn't make you want to stab your eardrums out with a mechanical pencil. Laurie Berkner's not my cup of tea, but she has her proponents. And then you have... well, its a pretty short list. Narrow your search results further by affixing "Jewish" to "kids' music that doesn't suck the life force from parents" and the list gets even shorter. Which is why ShirLaLa is so awesome and why we're offering a special Family Shabbat Service and Dinner with her on Friday, June 5 during the 10th Anniversary Washington Jewish Music Festival.

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		<title>Spotting the Jewish in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter</title>
		<link>http://16thstreetj.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/spotting-the-jewish-in-the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 23:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not that The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is what you could call a Jewish book. But Carson McCulllers clearly had a thing for Jews, or if not actual Jews, what Jews represented to her -- a combination in different parts of wisdom, suffering and quintessential outsider status.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=16thstreetj.wordpress.com&blog=2664550&post=1082&subd=16thstreetj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer in DC &#8211; Unextreme Home Makeover</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that Randy Bacon and Adam Levine have the best jobs at the Washington DCJCC.  Don't get me wrong, I like my job. More to the point, I couldn't do their job. Randy is the director of Behrend Builders, our year-round shelter repair program, and Adam is our Fellow from Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps. Together they run volunteer projects for the Morris Cafritz Center for Community Service that perform needed improvements in homeless shelters, schools, low-income housing and community organizations all around the District of Columbia.

I am going to tell the following story, not because it is extraordinary, but because it is very, very ordinary. The kind of story that could be told any day of the week simply by asking Randy and Adam, "So, what are you up to?"

The referral came from Neighborhood Legal Services.  Peggy turned to them when a city inspector showed up at her house citing her for various code violations, fining her, and giving her seven days to make the repairs. Peggy, a senior who earns less than $12,000 a year, didn't have the money. And seven days later the inspector would show up once more, and fine her again for the repairs which Peggy was unable to make. The next week, same story. The bill kept getting larger. This went on until Peggy had accrued $9500 in fines. More than 75% of what her total income for the year is.
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		<title>Jewish MusicFest Opener, Andy Statman- Bluegrass, Jazz and Klezmer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 13:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What more perfect way could we choose to kick-off the 10th Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival than with Andy Statman, a giant in the alt-neu Klezmer movement. His return to perform at the Festival is more than an opening night, it also serves as a keynote to the other performers that make up this year&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=16thstreetj.wordpress.com&blog=2664550&post=1040&subd=16thstreetj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last Thing I&#8217;m Gonna Say About JTA&#8217;s List of Influential Jewish Orgs on Twitter&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[and then I'm gonna shutup.

Not to beat a dead horse, and the folks at JTA who made the list have already graciously copped to overlooking us, but below is an illustration of why lists are silly. On top is our Twitalyzer score and below that is one of the Jewish organizations that (unlike us) made the list.

That said you should already being following us on Twitter. Really. We're full of "personality without smarmy stupidity."
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