Hey everyone!
Shana Tova Umetuka to everyone! May it be way better than this one. πβ€πβ€ Enjoy this always pleasing Rosh Hashana video from the Ein Prat Fountainheads Dip Your Apple
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Lot's to tell you but...
let me start off with our new security arrangements for our Zoom session. This is information you need for logging in:
Effective immediately, we are using a new zoom link, or meeting ID and pswd. But before you try to enter, please make sure that when you log in, you enter your name and location. You will be placed in the waiting room, but you will only be admitted if we can verify your identity.
With major thanks to Aaron Alpert, if you need help in figuring out how to enter the right information (which you must do before you actually try to join the Zoom), please go to the following link, which he prepared for Zoom Cali. (But the same principles apply for us.) Zoom Help Doc
If you find yourself stuck in the waiting room, you can reach out to Phil via WhatsApp. (info below in the Our WhatsApp Group section)
zoom link Or if you log in from the app, Meeting ID: 898 8860 6377 PSWD = 376030
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About this week. ππππ
We are excited to welcome back our friend, Ariane Butel from Paris! Ariane has done amazing work during the pandemic and she has been with us a number of times. We are so thrilled that she is returning (at 2:30AM her time)!. (see below for the homework video). And she will lead a segment for us.
In addition, the always wonderful CID-Virtual (Global) Project Team will be with us as usual this week. I am very excited and pleased about that. YAY
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Rosh Hashana Line Dance Competition
You may recall that Sylvio Berlfein organized a line dance competition in conjunction with creating a Rosh Hashana song in Spanish. Well, the judges have made their decision. The results are in! Follow this link to see the winning entry. And thanks so much to MajolMX for being with us last week and teaching their new dance,
Rosh Hashana Video
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More Fun From Haproject Shel Revivo
Check out their Rona Medley! Rona Medley Video
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Last week, September 10, we had yet another wonderful session. I hope you will enjoy the video recording. Go about 37 minutes in to find Melu's segment. And of course, great work as always by the CID team! 9/10 CID Virtual(Global)
And here's a fun moment from our Colorado contingent, courtesy of Carol:
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And here is a bit of fun from when we danced "Down Under" courtesy of Roberta Shuchmann from Perth.
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Chicago Israeli Dancing β Virtual Has Added A Night!
During this time while we canβt dance together physically, we have opened up an additional weekly session. It is called Chicago Israeli Dancing β Virtual (Local) under the direction of Penny Brichta. It runs from 7-9PM Central time. Penny has moved her highly successful Israeli Dance Beginnerβs Virtual class from Wednesday nights to Tuesdays. From 7-8PM, Penny will continue to run her Beginnerβs class which is focused on easier dances and beginner level teaching. Starting at 8PM there will be segments led by local Israeli dance leaders. Included in the session will be the teaching of one intermediate/advanced dance, with an emphasis on the Chicago repertoire. (new flyer below). Thanks and Kol Hakavod Penny for your leadership and all that you do for Chicago Israeli Dancing!
Meanwhile, Chicago Israeli Dancing β Virtual (Global) will continue on Thursday nights under the direction of Phil Moss. The times will remain the same, (7PM-11:30PM Central), and we will continue to start off with a segment led by Penny that will include many of the dances she has been teaching in her Beginnerβs session. And we will continue to feature segments run by Chicago leaders, as well as markidim/markidot from across the US and from various places around the world. The excitement continues with participants from all over!!!
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Machol Merkaz/Nirkoda Bakerem/Global Marathon 2! - Ok, it is official. Please save the date for Machol Merkaz/Nirkoda Bakerem 2020 - Virtual/ Worldwide Israeli 24 Hour Dance Marathon 2! β€β€β€ (I know, what a mouthful. We're working on that.)
I am very sorry to say that both Machol Merkaz 2020 and Nirkoda Bakerem Physical have been cancelled. π’π’. BUT THE GREAT NEWS is that we are joining forces to present a joint virtual camp that will start on Friday, October 23. We are so excited to be working together!!! There may be some camp programming on Saturday morning, October 24 as well. But for sure, our staffs from Israel, as well as other leaders from all over the world will combine to present you with Marathon 2.
Please plan on joining the marathon on October 24th-25th (probably starting at noon Chicago time). Much more to follow. πππππ
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Chicago Israeli Dancing is piloting a new app for making Israeli Dance requests, courtesy of
David Karger. The app runs from your browser. You don't need to download anything. All you have to do is follow the link below. Go ahead and enter your requests for this week's August 20th session. We will try to incorporate some into this week's playlist.
David writes:"We're trying out a new app to let you manage requests at your dance sessions. We'll collect requests for the two days before the session, and use them to help the markidim choose what to play. The link is http://ifd.csail.mit.edu/Request. Once you log in and choose your session (Chicago Israeli Dance), you'll be able to mark dances you'd like to request---as well as seeing everyone else's requests so you can upvote them. Make sure to check in to the session as well, so the leaders see your requests." [David Karger is a dancer and computer scientist in Boston; he thought this would be a good lockdown hobby project. He'd love feedback and feature requests to karger@mit.edu. Thanks for your efforts David!]
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Program To Honor Yonatan Karmon z"l
If you go about 14 minutes from the end, you will see the segment with our 15 seconds of fame. But I strongly encourage you to watch the whole thing. Simply wonderful. And when the Zoom recording is available, I will share it here.
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Origins Of Israeli Dance - The Yemenite Step If you haven't yet seen this 10 minute video by Shmulik Gov-Ari, I strongly encourage you to check it out. He did a great job and it is very informative. Shmulik Video
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At Chicago Israeli Dancing - Virtual, you'll have noticed greater participation from Chicago leaders. We'll still have a great mix of dances as chosen by all our national and international leaders, but more of the dances will be known to those who dance with us in Chicago. Penny will continue to lead classic/beginner dances starting at 7PM Central time. Oldies will be sprinkled throughout the program, rather than in a dedicated set.
This week's shout outs: To all of you. Wishing you health and safety!
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I cannot ever say it enough. Huge thanks to all the leaders (and participants) who make Chicago Israeli Dancing - Virtual so wonderful and special each week! Kol Hakavod!!!
- hanks to Melu for teaching last week. Kol Hakavod Melu!
- Thanks to MajolMX for teaching us their new line dance, Rosh Hashana!
- Thanks to Hillary for the cool "We're All In This Together" graphic!
- Congrats to Rachael and Ben Moss on the birth of their son, Jay Henry Moss, who received his Hebrew name, Simcha Chayim Ben Benyamin Mordechai Ve'Rachel, this past weekend. Grandma Sue and Grampa Phil, along with all the relatives and friends are overjoyed!
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To all those who have made financial contributions to this CID Virtual project, thank you very much. So appreciated (Those of you who would like to contribute may do so by sending to: Venmo (PHILIPBMOSS) or Paypal or Zelle - philip_b_moss@hotmail.com
Check out Selected Dance Events section on chicagoisraelidancing.com to see various updates including the latest cancellations. π₯π₯π₯
What you Need to Know About This Week's Virtual Session (9/10/20)
LOGGING IN
PLEASE SEE THE INFO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS NEWSLETTER
THE PLAN
7PM: Classic/Beginner Israeli dances presented by Penny
7:30PM: Guest appearance by Ariane Butel. Segments led by the CID - Virtual team! Included are: Rina W., Stuart, Deb, Sarah, Nina, Penny, Gabi/Mayla, Latishya and Aaron. Ariane will be teaching Rafi Ziv's circle dance, Mimii. Here is your homework from Ariane
We'll continue until 11:30 or so.
THE EXPERIENCE
We'll take schmooze breaks between segments. And we'll also try getting to requests as well.
A few reminders:
- mute yourself when you are not talking.
- open the chat window as soon as you get in the room so you can reach out publicly and/or privately. And enable yourself for closed captioning. We post the dances being played both in CC and the chat...
- please please please open your video if at all possible. So much of this whole endeavor is about community and being togethe Even if you don't dance, it is way better when we can all see each other.
LOGIN PROBLEMS
If you can't log in, go to the end of this post to see my approach to communicating with everyone.
HELPING FINANCIALLY
If you feel like making a financial contribution to help support this endeavor, you can use PayPal or Chase Quickpay (Zelle) (philip_b_moss@hotmail.com) or Venmo (PhilipBMoss)
ORDERING OUR WAY COOL CID-VIRTUAL T-SHIRTS PICTURED BELOW
Order T-shirts Here
On behalf of our entire team, thanks so much for participating and being part of our virtual community at this time.
Be Safe,
Phil Moss
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HOW I DO MY COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOU ALL
When there is plenty of time, I send you newsletters through this mynewsletterbuilder.com. And I update this website,
Chicagoisraelidancing.com
My fastest and easiest (and INTERACTIVE) way to communicate is via our Facebook group, Chicago Israeli Folk Dancing.
And also, for brief text messages, I use our WhatsApp group. (If you want to be added, please send me a message on WhatsApp to 3125198669.)
So please keep these tools in mind when you look for information from me. To reach me, please use my email address or my cell (located in the flyer at the top of the newsletter.)
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Find Out How To Order The 24 Hour Worldwide Israeli Dance Marathon Commemorative T-Shirt!
Order Your T-Shirt Here Using This Link!
Hello Israeli Dancers from around the world! What a thrill it was to dance with you during the first ever 24 Hour Worldwide Israeli Dance Marathon, which was held on April 13-14, 2020. Thank you for being part of this global community. And thanks to those of you who made contributions to the charities selected by the marathon leaders. As a charitable follow-on, and for some additional fun, we are very pleased to offer you this opportunity to order the 24 Hour Worldwide Israeli Dance Marathon t-shirt. With your purchase, not only will you be getting a nice keepsake, you will also be helping the World Health Organization (WHO) as it combats the pandemic. Weβre looking forward to seeing lots of you wearing this shirt in one of the upcoming dance sessions! These most excellent t-shirts are made-to-order (in your selected size, color, and t-shirt style). It takes between 7 and 14 business days after a campaign closes for shirts to arrive. By the way, Bonfire, our awesome vendor, CAN SHIP INTERNATIONALLY, so be the first one in your village to get this great shirt. The campaign has reopened. It will take 7-14 days from the next campaign end date for delivery. Please share this message with others. This offer is open to the Worldwide Israeli Dance community, and for anyone who wants to participate in our fundraiser! (PLEASE NOTE that the proceeds will flow through Machol Merkaz and then be gifted directly to WHO)
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How To Order Our Way Cool T-shirt: Chicago Israeli Dancing - We Dance Virtually Anywhere
Be the first one on your block to get yours! (Even if you donβt see anyone on your block.) πππ
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Courtesy of βCarol Lezberg Neigerβ
So we plan to keep it going.
And to add some additional fun, as well as to support our camp, Machol Merkaz (which we are praying to be able to conduct starting on October 22), we are very pleased to offer you this opportunity to order our new Chicago Israeli Dancing T-shirt.
With your purchase, not only will you be getting a nice keepsake, you will also be helping people to participate in our great camp, whenever we will be able to conduct it. (You can be sure that the need for scholarship assistance will jump dramatically this year.) In addition, weβre looking forward to seeing lots of you wearing this shirt in one of our upcoming dance sessions!
These t-shirts are made-to-order (in your selected size, color, and t-shirt style). It takes between 7 and 14 business days after a campaign closes for shirts to arrive.The campaign has reopened. You will receive your shirt 7-14 days from the end of the current campaign.
Please share this message with others. This offer is open to the world-wide Israeli Dance community who we now welcome as members of Chicago Israeli Dancing β Virtual. π·
Thanks in advance and stay safe.
Phil Moss and Penny Brichta (session leaders), Carol Neiger (Marketing Director
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Hey fellow dance organizers, if you would like me to publicize your Israeli dance events on my website, it would be my pleasure. Send me a jpg and the details. Milwaukee, St. Louis, Indianapolis, etc? Go for it!
As an example, this just in from the Twin Cities:
Israeli dance Zoom session with Shira Schwartz, from the Twin Cities, Minnesota. We dance on Sundays from 6:30 - 8:30 Central. All are welcome! We will start with some easier/classic dances. Then Shira, this week, will teach. After that's done (about 7:00), we just play the music and dance till the end. Here is the Zoom info (no password needed): Twin Cities Sunday Night Zoom
And please check out this link to the Adverts section on chicagoisraelidancing.com Aura Levin Lipski has a new place for you to post information about your business.
Looking forward to another great week! CYA on the dance floor.
Phil
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