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JALSA organizer Annie Fox on NPR

October 17th, 2011 No comments
NPR reporting on the Sukkah at Occupy  Boston
Annie Fox is an organizer with the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action.  For her, both the occupy movement and the holiday of Sukkot are reminders of our fragility.  “We remind ourselves of the people who are homeless, of the people who are struggling, of the people who are facing unemployment.  We remind ourselves of the struggle of the past, and the struggle of the present.”
Well done, Annieshabbat at Occupy Boston
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Observing Sukkot at Occupy Boston

October 11th, 2011 No comments

sukkot - all donesukkah - early stepssukkah clearly downtown Boston

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JALSA and several other Jewish groups from across the city had constructed a Sukkah at Occupy Boston.  One theme of the holiday– as we live in these booths open to the wind and rain — specifically reminds us of the fragility of our material possessions.

Sukkot - ari chats up bankerSukkot - building and decorating Sukkah We invite folks to visit Occupy Boston and bring our Jewish values to help shape this new movement.  Stop by our Sukkah –which we will maintain for the immediate future for conversations, lunch, and discussion.

“Is this the fast I have chosen? ……

Cry out, spare not, raise your voice like a trumpet, and show My people their transgression, and Jacob’s house their sins. Isaiah 57:14-58:14

sukkot-posters on door of tent

See Facebook for up-to-date schedule of events at the Sukkah.

Location:  Dewey Square.
Area near the Ventilation Building.

Call the JALSA office for more details: 617-227-3000.

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