Community Safety Pledge
Community Safety Pledge
February 6, 2025
Our mission is to create an inclusive and thriving center of Jewish spiritual, cultural, and social life in the Lawrence area. We are developing a community safety plan to honor and protect all who enter our doors. LJCC members are Jews and Jewish-adjacent loved ones from a wide spectrum of Jewish experience and multi-layered identities.
We are committed to fostering a culture of reliance on one another in any situation that may arise. We recognize that safety includes not only our physical selves but our minds and souls as well. And we recognize that since members have different physical and mental capabilities, we will make certain we have accessible and respectful policies in place. We will all strive to be non judgemental and continue to learn to nurture a culture of safety for all of us.
We understand that as Jews we can feel targeted. We do not need to outsource all our protection and security to outside entities and authorities. Through empowering our community with the skills and knowledge we need, we can develop a true culture of safety and security. We can also learn from other faith communities. We can add to a feeling of security and trust by alerting anyone present at an event or planning to come when there will be outsourced protection. Then people can make their own decisions about risk.
We understand that reaching community consensus about safety and danger means different things to different people. We will continue to seek out best practices and real-life experiences to refine our plan. We recognize this is an ongoing process. We believe protecting our congregants, visitors, and other members of the Lawrence community is a sacred task.
Our goal is to hear from as many people as possible and to help train those who are willing to be responders who can take the lead during a disruption or when someone exhibits signs of emotional distress. This is a plan that will be developed and enacted over the coming years. We are committed to clear communication, transparency, continued training, and learning from each other and other communities.
With open hearts and minds, we want to learn how to co-create a safer, healthier, and unprejudiced environment in which we can all thrive. Please join us.
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                    Sunday ,
 NovNovember 2 , 202562nd Annual Blintz Brunch & Bake Sale  
 Sunday, Nov 2nd 10:00a to 2:00p
 Join us for the 62nd Annual Blintz Brunch & Bake Sale! Back by popular demand: member-made savory blintzes and fresh-made traditional bagels...and the Silent Auction! Visit BlintzBrunch.org to place your advance orders. Bagels and bake sale goods are only available to purchase the day-of.
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                    Friday ,
 NovNovember 7 , 2025Friday Night Services with Lara Giordano & Ari Linden (Hybrid)
 Friday, Nov 7th 7:00p to 9:00p
 Join us for Friday Night services. Services will be followed by a potluck oneg. Let us know in the notes section what you might bring.
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                    Saturday ,
 NovNovember 15 , 2025Saturday Services with Alyssa Appelman & Jack Winerock (Hybrid)
 Shabbat, Nov 15th 10:30a to 1:00p
 Join us for Saturday Morning services led by Alyssa Appelman & Jack Winerock. This event will be followed by a potluck Kiddush lunch.
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                    Sunday ,
 NovNovember 16 , 2025Board Meeting (Hybrid)
 Sunday, Nov 16th 9:30a to 11:30a
 
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                    Sunday ,
 NovNovember 16 , 2025 The Magic Eye: Healing, Spirit, and Community: A reading and discussion with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg (Hybrid) The Magic Eye: Healing, Spirit, and Community: A reading and discussion with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg (Hybrid)
 Sunday, Nov 16th 4:00p to 5:30p
 The Magic Eye: A Story of Saving a Life & a Place in the Age of Anxiety focuses on the healing power of place and community in unfolding Caryn’s journey through a rare and dangerous eye cancer intertwined with Ken and Caryn finding a way to save the family land where they live after 35 years of effort. This memoir speaks to being part of an eco-community, human community, and especially the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation, which Caryn will read and speak about, highlighting how her story, like many of ours, is also a spiritual excursion into finding new ways to see the world and belong to a community.
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                    Friday ,
 NovNovember 21 , 2025Nosh and Shabbat & Kiddush Limmud
 Friday, Nov 21st 5:30p to 7:00p
 Join us for an early family-friendly nosh and Shabbat & Kiddish Limmud ceremony to welcome the newest students to our Religious School. The LJCC will provide a main. Potluck contributions are encouraged. If possible, let us know in the notes section what you will bring.
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                    Sunday ,
 NovNovember 23 , 2025 Paper Cut Workshop with Dave Loewenstein Paper Cut Workshop with Dave Loewenstein
 Sunday, Nov 23rd 10:00a to 12:00p
 Join local artist Dave Loewenstein for a workshop in creating paper cut art - learn more about this unique medium which will be the basis of the LJCC mural! Please note, this event is adults only and registration is capped at 15. The Religious School kids will hold their own paper cut workshop alongside/during the adult workshop. Unable to register for this workshop? Let Lara know, so we might plan on holding a second workshop with Dave.
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                    Friday ,
 NovNovember 28 , 2025Virtual Candlelighting with Anna
 Friday, Nov 28th 7:00p to 8:30p
 Virtual Candlelighting at home via Zoom
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                    Friday ,
 DecDecember 5 , 2025Friday Night Services
 Friday, Dec 5th 7:00p to 9:00p
 Join us for Friday Night services. Services will be followed by a potluck oneg. Let us know in the notes section what you might bring.
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                    Saturday ,
 DecDecember 13 , 2025Saturday Services With Alyssa (Hybrid)
 Shabbat, Dec 13th 10:30a to 1:30p
 Join us for Saturday Morning services led by Alyssa. This event will be followed by a Kiddish potluck lunch.
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