Memizrach Shemesh – Our tradition of social responsibility

Come celebrate the launch of Memizrach Shemesh’s Collection of Lesson Plans: “”Let them be for signs, and for seasons” (Genesis 1): Jewish holiday traditions through a Social Justice lens.

When: Wednesday, March 17th 19:00-22:00

Where: Memizrach Shemesh Offices, 99 Jaffa Street, Clal building 10th floor, Jerusalem, Israel

What: Bsisa Ceremony*, Study Session on Passover, Food, Music and more…

*a Libyan and Tunisian Jewish minhag celebrated on Rosh Hodesh Nisan, where family members mix together different cereals, sugar and fruits together with the key to their house, a ceremony that blesses the home and begins a new year with open-door symbols…

Memizrach Shemesh, is a Beit Midrash (House of Study) and Center for Jewish Social Activism and Leadership in Israel. We cultivate leaders and train activists who are dedicated to the values of communal responsibility and social action rooted in all Jewish traditions including those of the Sephardi and Mizrachi heritage. The Center was founded in 2000 by the Avi Chai Foundation and Alliance “Kol Yisrael Chaverim”