There’s Still Time to Help Write the DJC Book!
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min read
It’s difficult tothink of anything but Covid-19 these days, but doing so might well be a tonic. TheDanforth Jewish Circle is preparing a book to coincide with its 25thanniversary in 2021 and we want you to be a contributor. We are inviting DJCmembers to write vignettes and anecdotes that explain why the DJC matters toyou. Are there particular events or experiences that especially resonated foryou and/or your family? Whether you are a veteran or newbie, young or not soyoung, Jewish or not Jewish, we want to hear from you. Below are some possiblethemes and questions you might address, but please feel free to go beyond thislist. Give us about 200 of your best words.
Please note that allsubmissions will be considered for publication though not all will bepublished.
Deadline is extendedto April 30, 2020.
Please send yourcontribution to Paul Axelrod paxelrod@edu.yorku.ca
Get writing. You knowyou want to.
Why I, a non-Jew, joined the DJC?
I was a DJC kid. How was that?
Well I was bar/bat mitzvahed through the DJCand listen to what happened…
Memorable moments with DJC spiritual leadersand rabbis
I’ve never forgotten this Kavanot…
The high holyday group Aliyah is….
I was blown away by the book/movie clubdiscussion about…
My best/worst DJC meeting…
DJC music makes me…
You won’t believe what I learned in this coursetaught by Rabbi Miriam…
Do you want to know why I learned to read theTorah?
I marched in 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or more interfaithpeace walks. Here’s why.
As an LGBTQ person, I have found the DJC…
The DJC’s support of the Mohammed family fromSyria….
My first DJC memory….
I participated in the Year of Wrestling and…
My kid(s) told me that the DJC…
My biggest argument in (or about) the DJC…
I live in Thornhill and I joined the DJCbecause…
I met my partner/spouse/friend(s) through theDJC and…
My relationship to Judaism has changed/evolved…