READY. SET. MAY. This May 2020, everything is online to help you stay safe during COVID-19. Find an event that works for your schedule! Save the date for Happy Hour May 21st at 8pm-9:30pm CDT.
Weekly Virtual Gamenight 8pm CDT Mondays
Join the games! This is a quick form to access ChiTribe Gamenight, Mondays 8-9 pm on Zoom. We keep our game night hilarious, safe, and secure. Simply fill out this form to verify who you are, and you will be invited to the Zoom link! You can join up until the very last moment (and we will add you during the call too!).
Weekly Shabbat Clusters 7pm CDT
What is a VIRTUAL Shabbat cluster? It is a call over zoom with 10 others (households) to light the candles together, say Kiddish, and Motzei (no matter what you are eating or where you are). These virtual clusters will happen over zoom and the goal is to create a space for you to experience Shabbat as part of a community. Also, we will, of course, play games and have ice breakers on every call.
Binge of the Week: The Plot Against America May 8 8pm CDT
Currently, ChiTribe Shabbat Clusters are all new and virtual! This week we are offering a special cluster about the “Plot Against America”. Have you binged this show this week of quarantine? Did you read the book? You should read the book. Let’s talk about it with Jonathan Kamel. Phillip Roth – greatest American Jewish author of all time or self-hating Jew? Join Jonathan Kamel in a discussion of this epic drama on HBO depicting a fictional America under a Charles Lindbergh presidency. We’ll dissect themes of nationalism, dual loyalties, and fear that Roth navigates in the American Jewish experience.
Binge of the Week: Shtisel May 15 8pm CDT
Shtisel (Hebrew: שטיסל) is an Israeli television drama series about a fictional Jewish family living in Geula, Jerusalem. The series follows the lives of Shulem Shtisel, the Shtisel patriarch and a Rabbi at the local yeshiva, as well as those of the other members of his family. Shtisel is set in a religious, Internet-free neighborhood. The community follows strict haredi customs and violating the norms often causes chaos within the family. However, the characters, who are more open to secular lifestyle, reflect Geula’s moderation in comparison to their neighbors in Mea She’arim, the adjacent community known for religious extremism. Streaming on Netflix.
ChiTribe Virtual Happy Hour May 21 8pm CDT
ChiTribe Happy Hours are a free monthly program aimed to create a low barrier to entry environment for people to make connections and meet new people. This one will be virtual with multiple options of rooms with different conversation topics from Jewish geography to the best Netflix Binges. Though usually ChiTribe happy hours travel throughout the city to meet individuals where they are at, this one will be virtual! Sign up now!
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