Kolot's Bat-Mitzvah Year
13 years of promoting gender equality
in Judaism
 

"Gender, Power, and Healthy Relationships"

February 23, 2010 11:30 am
Kolot College Time: Panel discussion on Gender, Power, and Healthy Relationships, featuring:
Nurit Schein, Executive Director of the Mazzoni Center (a health-care provider specifically for LGBT individuals), will speak about gender and power in relationships, including discussion of intimate power violence and gender in the gay community, and will detail the resources in the health and counseling community available to rabbis  when confronting these issues in their work. 
Frani Pollack, a licensed social worker and psychologist in private practice at Bala Child and Family Associates and who also teaches at Bryn Mawr School of Social Work and Penn Council for Relationships. She supervises students and regularly gives talks and conducts workshops on a variety of psychological themes. Bet Midrash 

February 25, 2010 12:20 pm
Ta'anit Esther/Fast of Esther observance, including text study. Nancy Lublin, founder of Dress for Success, is honored as Kolot's Queen Esther 2010/5770 for her initiatives in helping disadvantaged women acquire professional wardrobes and find employment. Tzedakah and gently worn attire will be collected. Bet Midrash 

February 25, 2010 7:pm
RRC Students: Join Kolot for a night of pushing the limit and playing with your rabbinic persona at the pre-purim fashion show!
Learn how to DRESS FOR SUCCESS for: *Community Events *Life Cycle Events *Chaplaincy *Day off
There will be a catwalk, judging, food, advice, and loads of gaiety! Come in fashionable/abhorrent rabbinic dress. The persuasion of outfit is up to you!
Mishkan Shalom, 4101 Freeland Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19128

October 6, 2009 11:30 am 
Kolot College Time: “Preserving Sukkat Shalom: Intimate Partner Violence and Your Role as the Rabbi,” in collaboration with the Tikkun Olam Committee. Text Study with Rabbi Vivie Mayer, Director, Mekhinah Year Program and Bet Midrash, and a presentation by Barbara Hirsh, Dean, Academic Administration and former President of Shalva, a Chicago agency addressing domestic violence in the Jewish community.

October 6, 2009 12:50 pm
Following College Time: “The Clothesline Project,” sponsored by Kolot CPC in the RRC sukkah: Participation in creating art to express testimonials on intimate-partner violence to raise awareness about domestic violence.

October 16, 2009 7:00 pm
Kolot Director Lori Lefkovitz: "Bereshit – Gender, Creation & Creativity," an evening to honor Sibyl Cohen, z'l, Congregation Leyv Ha-Ir – Heart of the City, Ethical Society Building, Philadelphia