By , JTNews Correspondent
Seeking host families for Hungarian teens
Four English-speaking Jewish Hungarian high school students arriving in mid-June to participate in the Stroum Jewish Community Center’s summer day camps are in need of home hospitality. Families with teens who reside in ZIP Codes 98040, 98004, 98005, 98006 or 98007 able to host for three weeks or more and can drop them off on Mercer Island by 8:30 a.m. each weekday may contact Zach Duitch at zachd@sjcc.org or Lenny Kashner at lakashner@yahoo.com to volunteer.
Beth Shalom Scholar in Residence weekend
Congregation Beth Shalom’s annual Edwin L. Bierman scholar in residence will be Prof. Vanessa L. Ochs, professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia. Her weekend presentations will include a session on the new Jewish rituals invented in the past 30 years that have taken root, funky, modern new ways of interpreting the Talmud, and what Jewish tradition has to say about dreams. Childcare for some programs available by pre-registration. Fri., May 14–Sun., May 16. There is a cost for some of the programs. Contact 206-524-0075 or visit www.bethshalomseattle.org to RSVP.