This virtual event will take place on the evening of August 11th on the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Av. Tu B’Av is a full moon festival dedicated to love and dancing that comes six days after Tisha B’Av, the anniversary of both Temples’ destruction. You can read more about the holiday here and read about a Tu b’Av ritual here. 

For our event, we will be reclaiming the holiday and hosting a love-themed Cabaret. Hosted by JMM Community Artist-in-Residence Naomi Weintraub and Visitor Experiences Coordinator, Noah Mitchel, the event will feature music, drag, burlesque, poetry, and more.

Performances will take place at 6:00-7:00 PM ET and there will be an optional virtual schmooze afterwards from 7:00 to 7:30 PM ET.

Stay tuned for more information about the line-up of performers and printable art activities!

✨Western Mass Jewish Zine Fest Lake Party!✨
Let's hang out and read/ share/ kvell* over Jewish Zines** as part of Jewish Zine Fest*** by a LAKE 🌊!
This gathering will most likely take place at Ashfield Lake (exact location TBD) in so-called Ashfield, MA on occupied Nipmuc and Pocumtac Land.

Bring some blankets and snacks, your favorite zines to share, swap, show&tell, or even sell and come hang out 🌀🌻🌱

Fill out this form if you're interested in staying in the loop about this gathering~~ more details to come!

Feel free to email Liel (liel.c.green@gmail.com) and/or Ezra (hellomagpie@gmail.com) w/ any questions, concerns, hopes, dreams, etc.!


*Yiddish for bursting w/ happiness and pride
**any zines made by writers & artists who identify as or with Jewishness and/or Judaism or that are related to the topic of Jewishness/ Judaism 

Make or read zines with a connection to Judaism? Let's meet up, swap zines, and maybe make a few new zines! Sign up here.

Bring zines to share and swap. Meet other folks making and reading zines here in Portland. We'll also have supplies for making zines.

We'll be in Books with Pictures' lovely outside garden, next to the food carts. Books with Pictures will be open for shopping during the event, including their awesome zine section.


Zines For Grief & Joy

Zine-making party
Hosted by A Fool’s Errand, justafoolserrand.com

Free! Fun! Outdoors!
BYO Craft Materials (materials will be provided as well)
- Come make zines to contemplate and consider the stories of Grief and Joy that come with the month of Av

Collecting tzedakah for Xwaaqw’um, Stqeeye’ Learning Society
xwaaqwum.com, ig @xwaaqwum

7:30pm
WE,NÁ,NEC
(South end, Salt Spring Island)
RSVP for location - afoolserrand18@gmail.com

The Jewish Zine Archive is a physical and digital archive for zines and self-published booklets made by folks who identify as or with Jewishness and/or Judaism. We promote Jewish arts and cultural production, DIY spiritual practices, and new forms of doing Jewish.