Events

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Regular Event
Information

Shabbats

Our monthly Shabbat services are organized and led by a small group of volunteers and take place on the second Friday of every month (of the Gregorian calendar), at rotating locations throughout the Twin Cities. 

WTC Shabbats are rooted in our shared values, as we collectively reimagine Jewish tradition on the way to the liberated world. Our services are dynamic and wide-ranging in from traditional Hebrew davening to experimental and somatic (and everything in between), aiming to empower everyone to bring their fullest selves and deepest yearnings with them, and to connect in ways that feel meaningful and nourishing. Our monthly Shabbats are generated in the power of diaspora, in solidarity, and are building toward a Judaism beyond Zionism. Together, we are creating a better world through ritual, connection, and collective care. 

High Holidays

There’s so much information about High Holidays, it has its own webpage!

Jewish Learning

Torah Study Group

The WTC Torah Study Group is a vibrant and active space to study Torah through queer, decolonized, diasporic lenses. It is important to create environments where leftist Jewish discourse can thrive when so many of our voices have been pushed away and our identities called into question. This Torah study is an incredibly important resource for building a Jewish foundation that is rooted in liberation for all. 

  • No previous experience with Torah is necessary to join in study. We have folks who are reading through the Torah for the first time and others who have played and wrestled with Torah numerous times. You do not need to be a Torah scholar to participate, just a curiosity and the vulnerability to share insights, ask questions, and learn from one another.

    Our sages have taught us that we can not study in isolation. Our ideas and our voices have value. We have an obligation to share them with one another. When we study in community and collaboratively exchange ideas, debate, and play with perspectives, we can turn over new meaning and deepen our wisdom. Strengthening both our individual and collective self so we can go forth and do the work of repairing the world and building olam haba. 

    The WTC Torah Study Group meets virtually at 9am every Friday morning. You do not need to commit to attending every week, jump in whenever you would like! If you cannot attend the weekly virtual meetings but are still interested in discussing Torah, we have a WhatsApp group. This is a great opportunity for folks to exchange ideas, art, essays, etc on the weekly parsha outside of the Friday morning Torah Study session.

    Contact us to get the link or follow the link in the calendar event.

Calendar

We have a Google Calendar for community events. If you have an event you’d like to share, please email us with the information you’d like included and we will post it. Anything from Shabbats to movie screenings to protests is welcome!

We also ask people to include as much accessibility information as possible for any event they are hosting or sharing so people can be informed when deciding whether or not to attend! This includes but is not limited to physical space (stairs, bathrooms), covid protocols, sound amplification/captions, food, or childcare.

Event
Accessibility Information

    • For indoor events, KN95 and N95 masks will be required and provided (unless masking is an access barrier* due to a disability that prevents you from being able to wear a mask). Some masks will be provided, and surgical and cloth masks are not permissible options. 

    • For outdoor events, KN95 and N95 masks are required when gathering in close proximity (within 6’ of others) outdoors. Some masks will be provided, and surgical and cloth masks are not permissible options. 

    • There will be mask recommended spaces for noshing and chatting after some services. Please consider wearing your mask when not actively eating, drinking, or unmasking for accessibility purposes. These areas will be marked when indoors during colder months. 

    • There will be regular announcements and signage about COVID protocols.

    *Access barriers to masking may include (but are not limited to): using oxygen, being highly heat sensitive, or taking down your mask briefly to communicate with someone who is deaf or hard of hearing.

  • WTC will strive, whenever we have indoor events, to meet the below physical space needs. We also recognize that there are Jewish ritual needs that benefit from, or require, being outdoors or in potentially inaccessible environments, and we will communicate with participants if the physical space we are gathering in does not meet ADA/beyond compliance. If participants have access needs that are not being met, please reach out to us and we will do our best to accommodate them.

    • Wheelchair accessibility, including bathrooms.

    • Fat-friendly, comfortable seating.

    • Minimal stairs and access to an elevator.

    • Accessible by public transit.

    • Good lighting.

    • If outdoors: clear communication about the accessibility of the space, bringing chairs/asking for chairs to be brought, and still using amplified sound.

    • Use of amplified sound.

    • Virtual options and captioning available as often as possible.

    • Offering printed prayer books.

    • Offering childcare during High Holiday services, with the long-term goal of offering childcare at all WTC events.

    • When possible, offering a sensory room and fidgets.

    • Clear welcome from leaders and/or organizers at the beginning and end of events with what is The World to Come, what are our values, and how to get involved.

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