Solidarity, Where We Live
Join Na’amod and Shel Maala for a late-summer Shabbat gathering bringing together Jewish learning, ritual, music, potluck, and community-building.
Event details Date: Friday 7th August Time: 6:00pm doors, 6:30pm start Venue: Centre 151, Hoxton, London
Address: 151 Whiston Road, London, E2 8GU Nearest station/transport: Haggerston and Hoxton Station. Bus 394 stops very near Centre 151. Bus 149 and 242 run to Centre 151.
About the event
Visiting Queer Talmud Teachers from the US, R' Xava and Binya, are coming to teach in London with Na'amod UK, about the Torah of Solidarity. What does it mean to live in Diaspora? What are our obligations to ourselves and our neighbours? How can we root our leftist solidarity work in Jewish tradition, and what can our ancestors teach us about building liberated societies with our neighbours?
Join us for a Shabbat evening of food, learning and song. We'll be building community, studying text and singing some hits from the Jewish/leftist canon together.
Shel Maala has been coming to London/the UK for several years now, always to big crowds and a deep and raucous time for all! You don't want to miss the chance to learn together about this crucial topic for our people today.
Note: We will sing some Shabbat songs as part of the singing portion, but there will not be a full Shabbat service. We will do candles before sunset, and kiddush/motzi before eating.
Schedule
- 6:00pm Doors
- 6:30pm Torah study with Shel Maala
- 8:30pm Food
- 9:30pm Shabbat songs and social
- 10:00pm Clean up
- Out of the venue by 11:00pm sharp, so maximum clean-up help required :)
Venue Access information
- No wheelchair access at the entrance. There is a short set of steps leading to the building entrance.
- Toilets: There is a step-free toilet on each floor.
- Seating: Chairs available throughout
- Sound/lighting/sensory: Quiet space available.
If you have any access needs or questions, please reply to this or email information@naamod.org.uk and we’ll do our best to support you. We may not be able to anticipate every need in advance, so it’s very helpful if you can contact us ahead of time where possible. A more detailed accessibility document and sensory schedule will be made available to attendees before the event.
In-Person Only
Because of the interactive nature of this event, it will be held in-person only.
Food This event is a potluck. In the spirit of solidarity, we encourage you to bring dishes from your cultural/diasporic backgrounds, Jewish or otherwise. Food should be vegetarian and labelled (with allergens where possible). We’ll also be providing food from Hiba (a Palestinian-Lebanese restaurant). More detailed food/allergen information will be emailed to attendees before the event.
Children and families Children are welcome at this event. Please note that accompanying adults remain responsible for supervising children throughout. Appropriate for ages 10+.
Fundraiser / Solidarity note All profits will go to ToteFreedom, a grassroots direct aid initiative working to help provide families with daily survival funds and distribute food, school supplies, and more in northeastern Gaza City.
Need to cancel? If you can no longer attend, please let us know so we can manage numbers and offer the space to someone else if needed.