Events

Dayenu organises a number of regular events including:

• Shabbat dinners
• Torah Queeries Lunch and learn
• pub nights
• annual Pesach Seder
• ten-pin bowling
• theatre nights
• video nights
• cinema nights
• women-only events.

and we plan to organise more regular events in the future. The best way to keep up with what's going on is to join the Dayenu Yahoo group. Please read the Contact Us page for more details.

Please let us know if you have any other suggestions for events.

Shabbat Dinners

We have our annual Mardi Gras Shabbat Dinner each year on the night before the Mardi Gras Parade in February/March (see the Mardi Gras page), and during the rest of the year we have monthly Shabbat dinners at members' homes. Thanks go to Emanuel Synagogue for their ongoing support.

Torah Queeries Lunch and Learn

Pot luck vegetarian lunch at a member's home in Randwick followed by a discussion about the week’s Torah portion. Lunch: 1pm. Learn: 2pm. Finish: 3pm. For more information, please email Dayenu at info@dayenu.org.au

This group is open to all. No need to be able to read Hebrew or be a biblical scholar, however please download the week's reading material. It is a short summary of the portion plus a writing from a queer/gay perspective. If you are keen it would be great to bring along another point of view you may have googled. We will approach the text from various perspectives relying mainly on our own sense of meaning.

Pub Nights

Our pub nights generally take place every couple of months and we meet at a bar in Darlinghurst or Surry Hills. They are always well-attended and are a great opportunity to catch up for a beer and a good chat.

Annual Pesach Seder

Our queer Seder is always a great night and attracts a good crowd. We use a modified version of the Stonewall Haggadah which you can download here. For more details, please join Dayenu's Yahoo Group or add Dayenu as a friend on Facebook.

Ten-pin bowling

We occasionally get together for a bowling session in Randwick.

Theatre Nights

We've had a number of theatre nights including the Jewish-themed play "Halpern and Johnson" , the Australian premier of the gay-themed play "The Busy World is Hushed" and Arthur Miller's "Death of a salesman". All have been well-attended and we thank the Ensemble Theatre for their continuing support.

Video Nights

Our first video night was held at a member's home back in September 2007. We gathered to watch Trembling Before G-d, a fantastic film that follows the lives of gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews, who struggle to reconcile their faith and their sexuality. More video nights are planned for the future.

Cinema Nights

Each Mardi Gras, we get together to see some of the Queerscreen movies. There is also usually a gay-themed movie screened as part of the Israeli Film Festival too. More details nearer the time.

Women-only Events

We also have events just for our lesbian members from time to time, such as Shabbat Dinners etc.