Did you ever hook up with other communities?
>From: merubin (at) attbi(dot)com
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant
>CC: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org, aleph-pnai-or (at) shamash(dot)org, renew-j (at) shamash(dot)org
>Subject: I would like to visit other communities
>Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:47:58 +0000
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>Shalom friends and chevre,
>
>My name is Michael E. Rubin and I live in a suburb of Chicago called Vernon
>Hills. I am also an active congregant at Chicago's Jewish Renewal congregation,
>Makom Shalom, and am actively working with others developing the
>city's "alternative Jewish scene" of innovative chavurot, meditation groups,
>Torah study sessions, and more.
>
>At Makom Shalom, we do not have a full-time chazzan. Instead, my best friend
>and I fill in as "music mensches." In addition to much of the Shabbos liturgy,
>I play a lot of music by Reb Shlomo Carlebach z"l. Though I am not a maggid by
>training, I also delight in telling "Shlomo stories" and other Jewish mystical
>tales. I am not a rabbi, but my role has often been that of a teacher. I am 27
>and am envisioning one day entering the rabbinate.
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>The reason I am writing is twofold:
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>1) "From you I receive, and to you I give/Together we share and from this we
>live..."
>
>My desire is to visit other Midwest-area communities, whether they are formally
>affiliated with NJRC and/or ALEPH or not. I would like to share songs, stories,
>daavenen and creative liturgies with others -- and gain from others' sharing in
>return. I'm thinking of areas within driving distance of Chicago -- Iowa,
>Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Indiana.
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>2) Shabbatonim
>
>As part of visiting these communities, if there's interest, I would love to
>help facilitate Shabbatonim. Because many communities are in financial
>tightness, I will not charge a fee for doing so. All I ask in terms of
>compensation are my gas expenses ($65-70) and a bed to sleep in.
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>I hope this idea of sharing songs and ideas is appealing and has sparked some
>interest. Please contact me via telephone at 847-840-1757 or e-mail at
>merubin (at) attbi(dot)com to continue this dialogue.
>
>Thank you!
>
>b'shalom v'chevrut,
>Michael
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>MICHAEL E. RUBIN
>e-mail: merubin (at) attbi(dot)com
>tel: 847-840-1757
>"I believed in the healing power
> of words..." - Eugene Fitzpatrick
> "Until the End of the World"
>
> Shalom 'n' Namaste, y'all!
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