Early July Newsletter 2021

VIEW ONLINE FORWARD Wandering Jews of Astoria Early July 2021 Newsletter Featured In Today's Newsletter: WJOA Board Openings Book Club Voting: 7/12 Shabbat: 7/16 Tisha B'Av: 7/18 Tu B'Av: 7/24 A WJOA Day at the Beach: 7/25 Schmooze News Facebook Events Page Book Club Voting Due Monday, July 12, 6:00 p.m. Please vote for the next Book Club book, and this time, following the NYC Primary, we are doing ranked-choice voting! Rank your choices, first to fifth. Please vote by Monday, July 12 at 6:00 p.m. The Angel of Losses by Stephanie Feldman (304 pages) Here All Along by Sarah Hurwitz (352 pages) The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan (304 pages) Dancing Arabs by Sayed Kashua (224 pages) The Rabbi Who Prayed with Fire by Rachel Sharona Lewis (276 pages) You can also click here for the voting Facebook event. Vote Here Shabbat in the Park Specific Location Provided after RSVP Saturday, July 16, 7:00 p.m. Lawn chair Shabbat was a big success last month, so we're doing it again in July! Bring your own lawn chair or blanket. The location will be provided to those who RSVP. Click here for the Facebook event link. COVID Protocols: Masks are mandatory; we will be physically distancing; there will be no potluck. In the event of rain, we will meet on Zoom.   Register Here Art in the Ashes: Expressions of Tisha B'Av Athens Square Park Sunday, July 18, 2:00 p.m. How do you creatively respond to grief? We'll spend time together reflecting on communal mourning and hope while we create an artistic expression of these ideas together. Would you like to share your own artistic expression of mourning? Please sign up to share here. RSVP on Facebook or by sending an e-mail to WJOA board member Chelsea. RSVP Here Tu B'Av: The Jewish Day of Love Location TBD Saturday, July 24, Time TBD Join the WJOA community in celebrating love with some paper crafts. More information coming soon, so stay tuned! Facebook Event Coming Soon A WJOA Day at the Beach! Rockaway Beach (Arverne) Sunday, July 25, 12:00 p.m. Meet us outside of Bar Marseille (190 Beach 69th Street, Queens, NY 11692) at 12:00 PM. We will then head over to the Arverne area of Rockaway Beach together! To get here, you can take the A train to Beach 67th Street Station-Arverne by the Sea. Things to consider: Bring your own food for lunch or snacks, or get food there. Bring water, sunscreen, towel, and any other beach items. Bring or wear a swimsuit and a change of clothes if desired. Contact WJOA member Jonah to RSVP, if you want to travel together, or have any questions. Otherwise, just meet us there! Here's the Facebook event page. RSVP Here Schmooze News Briyah's Backyard Birthday Bash 22-19 77th Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11370 Saturday, July 17, 2:00 p.m. Join us for WJOA member Briyah’s birthday backyard bash with The Oyven! (Yiddish for oven) Drawing on the Jewish tradition of the communal oven, we will make and knead the dough for pitas and naan, and bake it in our wood-burning mobile pizza oven together with vegetables for homemade spreads. While the dough rises, the afternoon will also feature a live performance by Benji Marx! Then, we will all break bread together. General admission for food is $20, or you can show up for free if you just want to hang out. This is an outdoor event. Please come to the outdoor space to the left of the building. Happy Birthday, Briyah! Reserve a Seat Donate Food! One of our favorite local groups is Astoria Fridges, community fridges that provide free, accessible food to the Astoria community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you have an excess of food, donate some to an Astoria Fridge near you (click here for a map of locations). Astoria Food Pantry is located at 25-82 Steinway Street, and accepts donations (read details here).  As the world reopens and "normalcy" returns, donations to mutual aids have slowed down but their line is longer than it has ever been. In fact, AFP had to send folks away last week. They only have one week of funds remaining. Donate to help them get up to 3 weeks of funding! If you would like to donate but going in-person presents a barrier, feel free to get in touch with Meredith, who is both a WJOA board member and Astoria Food Pantry volunteer. Donate to Astoria Food Pantry Have an event you'd like to organize or share? As always, please don't hesitate to send them our way! Stay safe and well during these trying times! —The WJOA Team E-mail Us Here! Copyright © 2021 Wandering Jews of Astoria Astoria, Western Queens, New York City www.wanderingjewsofastoria.com     [email protected]