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Thursday ,
JanJanuary 30 , 2025

Healthy aging, lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition (Hybrid)
Thursday, Jan 30th 7:00p to 8:30p
The novelist and poet Wendell Berry once commented that “people are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.” The new field of lifestyle medicine is changing that, getting back to the basics that are so important in maintaining health and well-being. Dr. Friedman, a board-certified geriatrician and lifestyle medicine physician, will discuss the pillars of lifestyle medicine – especially whole-food plant-based nutrition – and how they promote healthy aging.
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Friday ,
JanJanuary 31 , 2025

Friday Night Services (Hybrid)
Friday, Jan 31st 7:00p to 9:00p
Judy Roitman & Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg lead with a potluck oneg to follow. Let us know in the notes section what you can bring.
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Saturday ,
FebFebruary 8 , 2025

Saturday Morning Services (Hybrid)
Shabbat, Feb 8th 10:30a to 1:00p
Join us for Saturday Morning services led by Jack Winerock & Susan Elkins. This event will be followed by a Kiddush lunch potluck in honor of Jack's 80th birthday. Please indicate in the notes section what you plan to bring.
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Thursday ,
FebFebruary 13 , 2025

Tu Bishvat Celebration
Thursday, Feb 13th 5:30p to 7:00p
This year, we are celebrating the new year of the trees with a vegan Seder, kids' arts activities and games, and a tree seedling fundraiser!
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Friday ,
FebFebruary 14 , 2025

Be the LJCC's Valentine: Shabbat out on the Town at Oriental Bistro
Friday, Feb 14th 6:00p to 8:00p
Join us at the Oriental Bistro for a casual dinner and candlelighting.
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Friday ,
FebFebruary 21 , 2025

Nosh & Shabbat (Hybrid)
Friday, Feb 21st 5:30p to 7:00p
Our monthly family-friendly service! We'll nosh at 5:30pm with services to begin an hour later. It's potluck-style with the Family Programming Committee providing a baked potato bar. Let us know in the notes section what you can contribute to the smorgasboard.
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Saturday ,
FebFebruary 22 , 2025

3rd Annual Telling Our Stories Through Food with author-illustrator Marilyn Naron (Hybrid)
Motzei Shabbat, Feb 22nd 7:00p to 9:00p
I Do Not Want Your Sympathy: Shiva, Snacks, and the Art of Remembering - What is comfort? What do mourners need, and is memory really a blessing? Join us for an evening of art and discussion with local author-illustrator (and former pastry chef) Marilyn Naron. The LJCC will exhibit Marilyn’s recent art commissioned for the Kansas Book Festival, including the central piece “I Do Not Want Your Sympathy,” a triptych painted and collaged entirely from sympathy cards her family received after the death of her sister in 1996. Marilyn is currently at work on an illustrated memoir, “How to Draw a Sister,” and her talk will explore how food, sympathy, memory, and Jewish death rituals come together in that project.
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Friday ,
FebFebruary 28 , 2025

Refugee Shabbat (Hybrid)
Friday, Feb 28th 7:00p to 9:00p
Jack Winerock and Susan Elkins will lead this special service devoted to the plight of refugees. A potluck oneg will follow. Please let us know in the notes section, if possible, what you will bring.
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Saturday ,
MarMarch 8 , 2025

Saturday Morning Services (Hybrid)
Shabbat, Mar 8th 10:30a to 1:00p
Join us for Saturday Morning services. This event will be followed by a vegan Kiddush lunch.
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Friday ,
MarMarch 14 , 2025

Pi Day Purim Party!
Friday, Mar 14th 5:00p to 8:00p
Join the LJCC for a celebration of Purim...and Pi Day! Come dressed in your best math-themed costume to nosh on pizza pie and dessert pies. Bring your homemade hamantaschen to share. Come for the revelry - stay for the spiel!
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Sunday ,
MarMarch 16 , 2025

Services 101: A workshop for new service leaders & perplexed participants / Session 1: The Structure of Services
Sunday, Mar 16th 3:00p to 5:00p
The narrative arc of services, how to receive an aliyah and lead Havdalah, and a brief introduction to reading Hebrew and Aramaic.
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Friday ,
MarMarch 21 , 2025

Friday Night Services (Hybrid)
Friday, Mar 21st 7:30p to 9:00p
Join us for Friday Night services led by Sam Brody. Services will be followed by a potluck oneg. Let us know in the notes section what you might bring.
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Friday ,
MarMarch 28 , 2025

Nosh and Shabbat (Hybrid)
Friday, Mar 28th 5:30p to 9:00p
Join us for an early family-friendly nosh and Shabbat. We'll Nosh and then Shabbat with services starting at 6:30pm. 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 ,
AprApril 6 , 2025

Services 101: A workshop for new service leaders & perplexed participants. Session 2 Topic - Prayer
Sunday, Apr 6th 3:00p to 4:30p
Understanding keva (doing it right) and kavannah (feeling it) through close readings, deep engagement, and thinking through how to make the text your own.
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Sunday ,
MayMay 4 , 2025

Services 101: A workshop for new service leaders & perplexed participants - Topic 3: Cycles
Sunday, May 4th 3:00p to 4:30p
A look at the daily prayer cycle, the weekly liturgical cycle, and the annual cycles of Torah readings and holidays.
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Thu, January 30 2025
1 Shevat 5785

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Thursday ,
JanJanuary 30 , 2025

Healthy aging, lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition (Hybrid)
Thursday, Jan 30th 7:00p to 8:30p
The novelist and poet Wendell Berry once commented that “people are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.” The new field of lifestyle medicine is changing that, getting back to the basics that are so important in maintaining health and well-being. Dr. Friedman, a board-certified geriatrician and lifestyle medicine physician, will discuss the pillars of lifestyle medicine – especially whole-food plant-based nutrition – and how they promote healthy aging.
Register Now

MORE INFO
Friday ,
JanJanuary 31 , 2025

Friday Night Services (Hybrid)
Friday, Jan 31st 7:00p to 9:00p
Judy Roitman & Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg lead with a potluck oneg to follow. Let us know in the notes section what you can bring.
Register Now

MORE INFO
Saturday ,
FebFebruary 8 , 2025

Saturday Morning Services (Hybrid)
Shabbat, Feb 8th 10:30a to 1:00p
Join us for Saturday Morning services led by Jack Winerock & Susan Elkins. This event will be followed by a Kiddush lunch potluck in honor of Jack's 80th birthday. Please indicate in the notes section what you plan to bring.
Register Now

MORE INFO
Thursday ,
FebFebruary 13 , 2025

Tu Bishvat Celebration
Thursday, Feb 13th 5:30p to 7:00p
This year, we are celebrating the new year of the trees with a vegan Seder, kids' arts activities and games, and a tree seedling fundraiser!
Register Now

MORE INFO
Friday ,
FebFebruary 14 , 2025

Be the LJCC's Valentine: Shabbat out on the Town at Oriental Bistro
Friday, Feb 14th 6:00p to 8:00p
Join us at the Oriental Bistro for a casual dinner and candlelighting.
Register Now

MORE INFO
Friday ,
FebFebruary 21 , 2025

Nosh & Shabbat (Hybrid)
Friday, Feb 21st 5:30p to 7:00p
Our monthly family-friendly service! We'll nosh at 5:30pm with services to begin an hour later. It's potluck-style with the Family Programming Committee providing a baked potato bar. Let us know in the notes section what you can contribute to the smorgasboard.
Register Now

MORE INFO
Saturday ,
FebFebruary 22 , 2025

3rd Annual Telling Our Stories Through Food with author-illustrator Marilyn Naron (Hybrid)
Motzei Shabbat, Feb 22nd 7:00p to 9:00p
I Do Not Want Your Sympathy: Shiva, Snacks, and the Art of Remembering - What is comfort? What do mourners need, and is memory really a blessing? Join us for an evening of art and discussion with local author-illustrator (and former pastry chef) Marilyn Naron. The LJCC will exhibit Marilyn’s recent art commissioned for the Kansas Book Festival, including the central piece “I Do Not Want Your Sympathy,” a triptych painted and collaged entirely from sympathy cards her family received after the death of her sister in 1996. Marilyn is currently at work on an illustrated memoir, “How to Draw a Sister,” and her talk will explore how food, sympathy, memory, and Jewish death rituals come together in that project.
Register Now

MORE INFO
Friday ,
FebFebruary 28 , 2025

Refugee Shabbat (Hybrid)
Friday, Feb 28th 7:00p to 9:00p
Jack Winerock and Susan Elkins will lead this special service devoted to the plight of refugees. A potluck oneg will follow. Please let us know in the notes section, if possible, what you will bring.
Register Now

MORE INFO
Saturday ,
MarMarch 8 , 2025

Saturday Morning Services (Hybrid)
Shabbat, Mar 8th 10:30a to 1:00p
Join us for Saturday Morning services. This event will be followed by a vegan Kiddush lunch.
Register Now

MORE INFO
Friday ,
MarMarch 14 , 2025

Pi Day Purim Party!
Friday, Mar 14th 5:00p to 8:00p
Join the LJCC for a celebration of Purim...and Pi Day! Come dressed in your best math-themed costume to nosh on pizza pie and dessert pies. Bring your homemade hamantaschen to share. Come for the revelry - stay for the spiel!
Register Now

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Thu, January 30 2025 1 Shevat 5785

Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation

917 Highland Drive

Lawrence, KS 66044

785.841.7636

lawrencejcc@gmail.com

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