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Seattle Jewish Chorale Concert Announcement
by Joel
Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 9:00pm

Posted to the Kibbutz Facebook wall, by friend of the Kibbutz Michele Yanow (and it's true, Neal is bringing his mom):

Hi, everyone.

Please come to the Seattle Jewish Chorale Inaugural Spring Concert on June 14 (this Sunday). There is nothing like voices raised in Jewish song to really get you in the kishkes. Plus, Neal is bringing his mom, so you know it is the hottest spot to be! Visit our Facebook page for all the details, and consider becoming a Fan.

thanks,
Michele (founder and president)

Video from Mai Li's performance of "Daughter"
by Joel
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 10:00pm

Posted by Sarah Shay on the Ravenna Kibbutz Facebook wall:

Here's Mai Li's performance of "Daughter," as recorded at the February Coffeehouse. Posted on hitrecord.org as promised!

Therapy and atrocity: “Waltz with Bashir”
by Neal
Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 5:14pm

The following was posted to Jew-ish.com after a Ravenna Kibbutz field trip to see Ari Folman's animated film.

Israeli cinema: not always a total downer
by Neal
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 5:18pm

Anyone who read Jew-ish.com’s fairly recent piece on the Israeli cinema boom knows that Jerusalem is the new Hollywood. Okay, not really, though it’s be cool to follow the “Bollywood” model of punning and call it “Holywood.” Anyway, I’ve been programming an Israeli film series at the Ravenna Kibbutz since September; it’ll soon become a Jewish film series, so I can show a greater variety of movies.

Moorea has a new album
by Joel
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 5:21pm

Kibbutz Coffeehouse alumna Moorea Malatt, aka the Naked Folk Singer, just released a new album. Mazal tov and kol hakavod, Moorea!

Aaron has a band!
by Joel
Friday, December 26, 2008 - 10:00pm

Posted by Coffeehousenik Aaron Shay on the Kibbutz Facebook wall -- now you can listen to the grapefruit song again over and over again (if you haven't been in your head already):<

“Can I interest you… in Hanukkah?”
by Neal
Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 10:00pm

Having been raised with secular Christmas as well as… well, secular Hanukkah and secular pretty much every other holiday, I find this time of year an odd one, especially now that I live at the Ravenna Kibbutz and am, for the first time in my life, surrounded by Jews my age from many different religious and cultural backgrounds. My dad’s first wife wasn’t Jewish, so they raised their kids with both Christian and Jewish holidays; when he married my mother, who was raised Jewish, he just couldn’t give up Christmas.

Come Out, Come Out
by Joel
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 10:00pm

The lovers and the haters of the Jews have one thing in common: we believe passionately in conspiracy theories. Last night I went on a field trip to watch Milk with a lovely crowd from the Ravenna Kibbutz. Before going, I happened to learn two things through the Internet.