Shabbat Shalom, Nefesh community! We’d love for you to join us for Service tonight at 7pm PT.

This Weekend with Nefesh (Shareable link of weekend round-up here)

• Elder Group is 9:30am Sunday for socializing and meaningful discussion
• Queer Jewish Book Club meets again Sunday 2/21 3:00 PT
• Nefesh White Jewish Antiracist Training and Dialogue continues 2/21, 4:30 PT

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Purim is Next Week! 🎭

• Join Nefesh Purim on Thursday, Feb 25, 7pm PT!
  • 6:30pm making noise makers together for kids and adults and Purim songs
  • 7pm Megillah reading, crazy games, and costume parades!
  • Have your beverages ready for our Purim game! Green juice, OJ, water, schnapps, vodka, etc!
• Trader Joe’s Purim Hack: Two-Ingredient Hamantaschen (Kveller)

And Mark your calendars:

• Death over Dinner to mark the one year of COVID TIMES Tuesday March 16 @ 7pm PT

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Black History Month

• We recognize and elevate Black History Month! See our Facebook and Instagram all month for more, and check this blog
• Check the Spotify playlist from Bobby Apperson: Nefesh Mixtape Vol. 6 (February)
• We Must Renew Jewish-Black Brotherhood, Jewish Journal, 2/5
• Jewish Voices in Black History, Jewish Journal, 2/18,
• Please share this survey from the Jews of Color Initiative [Survey link]
• Check out this amazing Jewish Black History Lesson Plan Resource by Tarece L. Johnson, MBA, MPA, EdD (Google Doc)
• Bend the Arc SoCal has a Jews of Color Virtual Shabbat on Friday, 2/26 at 5:30 p.m. A coming-together for people of color who identify as Jewish, no matter their level of involvement

LGBTQ ✡️🌈

• Nefesh Queer Jewish Book Club meets again Sunday 2/21 3:00 PT
• The Radical Beauty of Queering the Torah, Shelly Jay Shore, Hey Alma, February 10, 2021
• Follow Nesh Magazine for more on inspirational Black Jews; Nesh Magazine aims to be the world’s first publication about Queer Jewish people, culture, and issues and they’re taking submissions
• Nonbinary Numoon Circle with JQ International and Nuroots, Weds Feb 24

For Teens

• Are you a courageous and compassionate leader looking to make a difference alongside the Jewish community? Serve the Moment mobilizes young adults and college students (ages 18-29) through a part-time stipended fellowship program from March 15-May 21, 2021 (Join the Corps)
• Rainbow Lev: Jewish LGBTQ+ Teen Leadership Program begins March 3 (Ritualwell)

Mutual Aid

• Mutual Aid Groups Are Embodying Tikkun Olam During the Texas Snowstorm, Hey Alma
• How to help Texas, and how the Jewish community is showing up:

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