Shabbat Dinners in Geographically Dispersed Homes

The Diaspora Potluck Committee is excited to announce that the second annual Shabbat Dinners in Geographically Dispersed Homes will take place on January 20, 2012. We received positive feedback from people who participated in last year’s dinners and know that many of you have been hoping that we’d organize this program again. Both Minyan regulars and newcomers can sign up as guests.

Twelve hosting individuals or families will open their homes to 6-10 guests each. This year, we’ll be assigning guests to hosts in a more or less random manner.  If you enroll as a guest, your host will make contact about two weeks before the dinner — to communicate the start time and discuss what you can contribute to the meal.

When you sign up for the dinner, please indicate if you will be walking (and how far you’re willing to walk — we have homes in varying directions from TBA, so we should be able to place everyone within a convenient walking distance).  Also be sure to indicate if you are vegetarian, have any food or animal allergies, and the ages of your children.

Guests will be enrolled on a first come, first served basis. So please sign up as soon as possible and by December 28 at the latest.

One of the benefits of The Shabbat Dinners in Geographically Dispersed Homes is getting acquainted with people we see across the room, or even sit near to, but don’t really know. Both hosts and guests will be embarking on a mini-adventure.

Sign up by writing directly to the event coordinator, Susan Laemmle, at laemmle@usc.edu. You can also write to her with questions or call 323-939-4084. Val Goldstein at goldie1129@gmail.com and Teri Cohan Link at linkco@speakeasy.net are also involved in the planning and available to answer questions.

Yes, I/We would like to participate in a SDIGDH:

Name(s) of guests:

Children participating and their ages:______________

Food or animal allergies of which planners/hosts need to be aware:______________

Vegetarian/vegan meal required:_______

Host location must be within _______ mile(s) walking distance from my/our home.

My/our home address, with zip, is: _____________________________________________

My/our email address(es): _____________________________________________

My/our phone(s): _____________________________________________