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 * The Kavana Cooperative: “Prep and Practice”**


 * __About Kavana__**

Kavana is a new pluralistic Jewish community in Seattle that facilitates the personal Jewish experiences of its partners. Kavana is not defined by what it does, but rather by how well the community helps its partners function as “producers” (rather than “consumers”) of Jewish life. We believe that the best way to achieve this mission is to build a cooperative community in which each partner makes a commitment to involvement and feels an obligation to the larger community.

We have experienced early success in reaching Jews whose needs are not being met by traditional institutions. What makes Kavana distinct is that it…
 * …is the first Jewish cooperative community of its kind, in which partners share in the task of creating a diverse and exciting Jewish life for the group while also using the group’s resources to tend to their personal Jewish development.
 * … is like a “Hillel for adults”: a non-denominational/pluralistic Jewish community that allows for multiple entry points to Jewish involvement, through ritual, learning, and social justice.
 * …strives towards the goal of “personalized Judaism in a community context” by enabling partners to create Jewish practices that are spiritually fulfilling, intellectually satisfying, and fun; providing partners and their families with high-quality opportunities to learn; and facilitating partners taking action to improve the world in which we live.


 * __Our Legacy Heritage Proposal: “Prep and Practice”__**

Prep and Practice strives to equip families with the resources, knowledge and inspiration to celebrate Shabbat and Jewish holidays in their homes and with the community. Each month, participants will engage in a pair of family programs around a specific holiday; in one, they will learn to prepare for the upcoming holiday, and in the other, they will actually experience celebrating the holiday (or Shabbat) in a family and/or communal setting. The goal is for the families to become self-sufficient in their Jewish practice, empowered to become their children’s primary Jewish educators and models and, out of this experience, create and deepen an intentional Jewish religious community.

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