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 | Chicago Israeli Dancing - Virtual Weekly Update 11/24/20
Erev Thanksgiving North American Marathon
Open to all and led by Phil Moss and Penny Brichta, Chicago's (and one of the nation's) longest running Israeli dance group meets Thursday nights (except for holidays) WHEN THERE IS NO PANDEMIC at the Beth Emet Synagogue, 1224 Dempster, Evanston IL.
(The following applies to our session when we are physically together again)
Teaching - 7:30 Beginners/Repertoire; 8:15-9 General; 9-11:30 Requests
NOTE: PENNY HAD BEEN LEADING A BEGINNER'S MINI COURSE. IT WILL RESUME WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DANCE TOGETHER AGAIN FACE-TO-FACE!
Cost: $10 (unless special occasion)
Info: Philip_B_Moss@hotmail.com 847.274.1809
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chicagoisraelidancing/
Machol Merkaz 2020 - October 22-25!!! We'll let you know when registration is open.
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- Announcements/Personals Etc.
- Chicago Israeli Dancing - Virtual (Local)
- Summary of Selected Upcoming Israeli Dance Events
- Dance Taught on 11/19/20
- Guide To: Chicagoisraelidancing.com, Beth Emet, Contact Groups
- Logging In Security Arrangements for CID-Virtual
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David Karger's Request App (enter your requests now for this week's session!!)
(see below for our new security arrangements the article at the bottom before logging in to CID-Virtual)
zoom link
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(with thanks to Ken Avner, and piggybacking on what he wrote)
This year, Erev Thanksgiving will be even more special as a number of dance communities across the country (and Canada!), many of which normally have their own marathon or special programs, are joining together to present a North American Marathon.
Chicago Israeli Dancing – Virtual is very excited to be part of this project, along with a great crew from all over (see the flyer above). It will be on Wednesday, November 25th, beginning at 7pm Chicago time and going until at least 12:30am - the end time will depend on how late you want to dance. (Thanks to Ken for being the late night leader!).
We will have some festive halftime fun at 10pm (Chicago time) during the marathon so make sure to have a Thanksgiving or turkey prop handy! And look for the CID-led segment starting at 11PM Chicago time. (also, this marks 46 years of Chicago Israeli dancing and it is my annual surprise birthday party. shhhhhhhhhhhh) 😊
See you there!
Phil
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Hey everyone!
COMING ATTRACTIONS! - Look above for information about the North American Erev Thanksgiving Marathon (11/25). CID Virtual will be a part of this exciting event. (No session on Thanksgiving)
Also, MajolMx presents "We Are The Future" (11/28, 11/29). Look on the Dance Events Tab on Chicagoisraelidancing.com to find out about Hora Eclipse 1.5v on December 14th!
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So many things to share with you! 😊😊😊😊 I think I better tell you what's here:
- We Dance on WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK! (THURSDAY DANCNG IS CANCELED THIS WEEK)
- Last Week With Shira and Michael, and Special Guests Alberto Zirlinger and Carina Saslavsky
- Looking Ahead (Erev Thanksgiving Marathon; Majol MX Presents "We Are The Future"
- Marathon 2 - The Afterwards (with a new amazing video)
- CID - VIRTUAL (GLOBAL) - The Plan for 11/25, The Recording From Last Week, 11/19
- The Usual Stuff
Last Week With Shira and Michael, And Special Guests Alberto Zirlinger and Carina Saslavsky
Thanks Shira and Michael for the wonderful partner set last week! And It was also much fun to have Alberto and Carina present their line dance, Un Poquito. It is cute, as are they! Of course, the CID Virtual team was stellar as usual, including a debut appearance by Ilan Birnbaum from NYC. More below, including the zoom recording from last week.
Looking Ahead
We are thrilled to be part of this North American Erev Thanksgiving Marathon. Given that we still can't do it in person, this is the next best thing. Hope to see you there!
MajolMX Presents "We Are The Future" MajolMX Facebook Site
First day : SEMINAR
“Rikudei Am... Today & The Future”
You will have the opportunity to get closer and learn from these amazing special guests.
Day 2 will be a 10 hour marathon!
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MARATHON 2 - THE AFTERWARDS
Well, Nirkoda Bamerkaz/ Worldwide Marathon 2 is now in the books (and now in TABLET MAGAZINE). And what a fabulous experience it was. But don't just take my word for it. Take a look at these recording to get an idea!
Here is a teaser for you. 24 hours of marathon condensed into 7.5 minutes showing all the leaders via the wizardry of Martin Imber from Melbourne, Australia!
Video Montage
Nirkoda Bamerkaz Friday 10/23 Erev Shabbat Session
Marathon 2 Recordings:
Well actually, lets back it up to the night before, Nirkoda Bamerkaz Erev Shabbat recording
And then, let me thank some of the people who made this whole weekend happen:
- Aaron Alpert, co-director
- Larry Denenberg, master logistician, technologist and consultant
- Carol Neiger, graphic artist extraordinaire
- Elad Shtamer and Michael Barzilay, my go to guys from our Nirkoda Bamerkaz Team
- Martin Imber, cohost from Australia
- Stuart Meyer, technologist and dance leader from Cleveland
- David Karger, Request App
- All the dance leaders, assistants, scribes.
- The dancers!
Here is a fun collaboration between Carol Neiger and Aura Levin Lipski. Take a look at this Marathon 2 photo gallery on Jewishaustralia.com. Photo Gallery
Recording 7
Go here for the latest Marathon 2 info: Marathon 2. But have a look at the team! OMG!
Here are two interviews about Marathon 2 that I did with Michael Mero of CIOFF Israel, one in HEBREW and the other in ENGLISH.
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CID - VIRTUAL (GLOBAL) - The Plan For 11/25, and The Recording From Last Week, 11/19
This week, at 7:00PM Central time, Ronit from Toronto will kick off the Erev Thanksgiving North American Marathon. She will be followed by Ruth and Danny representing NYC. Next comes the Mondance team from Boston (Rina, Ronnie, Yehuda). Orly from Los Angeles follows. At 10PM Chicago time there will be a special half time program, so make sure to have a Thanksgiving or turkey prop handy! Next comes Aaron from San Francisco, followed by leaders from the CID Virtual Team (Sarah, Rina, Stuart)! And then Ken from DC comes on to lead the rest of the program while there are still people who want to dance. 😊😊
Last week we were thrilled that Alberto Zirlinger and Carina Saslavsy taught their very cute new line dance, Un Poquito. Here is a link. Un Poquito
Enjoy this recording from last week. Go about 39 minutes in to see their section. But make sure to watch the end of that segment so you can see a recording from the vault showing them dancing together! November 19 Recording
 
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Chicago Israeli Dancing – Virtual Has Added A Night!
During this time while we can’t dance together physically, we have opened up an additional weekly session. It is called Chicago Israeli Dancing – Virtual (Local) under the direction of Penny Brichta. It runs from 7-9PM Central time. Penny has moved her highly successful Israeli Dance Beginner’s Virtual class from Wednesday nights to Tuesdays. From 7-8PM, Penny will continue to run her Beginner’s And More 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 – 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 Beginner’s 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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MARATHON 2 T-SHIRTS
Right now, you can order your Marathon 2 T-Shirt (proceeds benefit the World Health Organization. WE HAVE ALREADY DONATED $700, THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS NEW SHIRT!!!). It takes about 2 weeks after a campaign closes to receive deliveries in the US. Deliveries to outside the US take longer. The current campaign will end soon. You may receive your shirt in time for the marathon. Regardless though, you will have a nice memento.
With thanks to the amazing Carol Neiger, and with help from Ophir and Aaron, here is the shirt (front and back), followed by the ordering information.
These wonderful shirts are available in a number of styles, sizes and colors. Order Here
Courtesy of David Karger, We Are Trying Out A New Request App
It would help us if you would enter your requests a couple of days before the session, but we'll be monitoring them all the time. For the Erev Thanksgiving Marathon, it is a little more challenging than usual to do requests. But we will try. If we get to them, they are most likely to be played a little later in the program. Here is the link: David Karger's Request App
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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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Be safe
L'shalom
Phil
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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!!!
Kol Hakavod Dani Lanski for your dance, teaching and set last week. Muchas Gracias!
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Thanks to all the leaders who participated in Marathon 2 and all the people who helped behind the scenes!
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Thanks to Hillary for the cool "We're All In This Together" graphic!
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See above for the North American Erev Thanksgiving Marathon that we will be part of on 11/25 (my birthday 😊😊😊)
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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, Grandma Sue and Grampa Phil, along with all the relatives and friends are overjoyed! And even more so now that we have gotten the chance to spend quality time with the little fellow! What cutie this guys is. We are back home but the three weeks flew by!
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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. 😥😥😥
What you Need to Know About This Week's Virtual Session (11/12/20)
LOGGING IN
PLEASE SEE THE INFO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS NEWSLETTER
THE PLAN Here's the plan/schedule/hope: 7:00PM: Partner set with Shira and Michael 7:30PM: Alberto Zirlinger and Carina Saslavsy will join us to teach their very cute new line dance, Un Poquito After that, Penny will lead her always popular set of mostly classic dances. And then we are yet again honored to have Ariane back with us to lead a set. And then, excellent business as usual from the rest of the CID Virtual Project Team. Included are Rina R, Stuart, Sarah, Nina, Penny, Gabi/Mayla and this week, we are very happy to welcome our friend from New York, Ilan Birnbaum to close out for the evening for us. Welcome Ilan!
Aaron is going on LOA but we look forward to h return in the future! Here is the homework for those who would like to learn it in advance.
Un Poquito
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 (1) 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. We’re 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 don’t see anyone on your block.) 😀😀😀
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Courtesy of Carol Lezberg Neiger
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, we’re 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 – Virtual. 📷
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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And speaking of beginners: BEGINNERS AND MORE VIRTUAL SESSION - in other great news, Penny is continuing her beginner's virtual session that she started on April 29th. But on August 11, she moved it to Tuesday nights and in a new format. It runs from 7-9PM Central Time!
Beginners and More runs from 7-8. Effective this week (11/24), teaching will conclude by 7:45, leaving the last 15 minutes for dancing the repertoire of the group. At 8:00 we will have a short teach followed by sets led by our Leadership Team. Feel free to join anytime!
Starting Tuesday December 1, I will be teaching Israeli Dance Basics for 3 weeks starting at 6:30pm, prior to the Beginners and More session, starting at 7pm. Sign up via email to PJBrichta@hotmail.com so I know who to expect.
The last 15 minutes of Beginners and More features dancing of the group repertoire.
Chicago Israeli Dance Virtual Local features the Chicago Leadership Team teaching one dance and leading sets from 8-9pm.
Meeting ID: 834 2711 4296 Passcode: Mayim
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Un Poquito - Alberto Zirlinger and Carina Saslavsky Line video
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Here is a guide to the site (which I continually update):
- HOME - announcements, news, and background info
- ABOUT - our flyer and the previous week's playlist
- DANCES TAUGHT - dances taught during the last two weeks, the video reference section for dances that have been taught over time in our session, and dances that have been presented at various camps and workshops
- MACHOL MERKAZ - special section devoted to our camp of the same name, and the playlists from camp
- CHICAGO/MIDWEST - info about Israeli dance sessions here and "nearby"
- DANCE EVENTS - promotional info for miscellaneous upcoming Israeli Dance events
- ADVERTS (a nod to our British webmaster) - Local/Regional/ Other ads from the community
See the home page on the web-site for important information on:
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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)
The following is for our regular Thursday session. Look above for the login info for 11/25
zoom link Or if you log in from the app, Meeting ID: 898 8860 6377 PSWD = 376030
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