{"id":1190,"date":"2012-10-05T16:52:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T20:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:01:12","slug":"temporary-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/temporary-shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1193\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/10\/ukkot-Fall-20122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1193 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/10\/ukkot-Fall-20122.jpg\" alt=\"Community Reflection participants from Week 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in Week Three chapel included (l-r): back row, Arik Mendelevitz \u201915; Liz Candido \u201900 and Joan Hawxhurst; front row, Rachael Vettese \u201915; Craig Isser \u201913 and Emilie Harris-Makinen \u201913.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPerspectives on Sukkot: Celebrating a Quest for Solace and Community\u201d was the theme of the Week Three (Sept. 28) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Student Organization, the reflection educated the audience about the Jewish holiday Sukkot and the metaphors it provides in a pilgrimage towards maturity and self-awareness.<\/p>\n<p>JSO President Craig Isser \u201913 offered a \u201ccrash course\u201d on Sukkot. He said it is a harvest holiday that Jews celebrate by building a sukkah, or temporary hut, which commemorates biblical times when the Hebrew people escaped from Egypt and wandered through the desert for 40 years with no permanent housing. He said Jews decorate the sukkah with corn husks and other fall harvest staples. JSO Co-Vice Presidents Rachael Vettese \u201915 and Arik Mendelevitz \u201915 spoke about the history and personal importance of the holiday. They announced that JSO planned to continue their annual tradition of building a sukkah during the weekend on the quad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo sit in our sukkah, and let your mind wander,\u201d said Vettese. \u201cEnjoy the breeze, and smell the leaves as they are changing.\u201d Emilie Harris-Makinen \u201813 said she is not Jewish, but she has found a comforting home among her Jewish friends at K. She said the sukkah is an idea to which people of any faith can relate. \u201cLife can be hard at times, and it can be a really big challenge,\u201d she said, \u201cbut even the slightest shelter, whether it\u2019s a sukkah, or just the arms of another person can help you through the bad times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director of the Center for Career and Professional Development Joan Hawxhurst said she came to Judaism later in life when she adopted her husband\u2019s faith. She said the holiday reminds her that home is with the people she loves. \u201cOur real shelter, our real security,\u201d she said,\u201d is not a welcome home or a plot of land we own, the permanence that we can\u2019t guarantee. In the end, the real home is not a place.\u201d Chaplain Liz Candido \u201900 spoke about her experience transitioning from college to adulthood. She described K as a passing shelter. \u201cYou are all living in sukkot\u2014temporary booths,\u201d she said. Each audience member received strips of paper with which those decorating the sukkah would link in decoration of the hut.<\/p>\n<p>Community Reflection offers a unique forum for discussion, worship, performance, and community expression each Friday at 10:50 AM (refreshments at 10:30) in Stetson Chapel. The entire campus community and general public are invited.<\/p>\n<p>[Story by Elaine Ezekiel \u201913.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPerspectives on Sukkot: Celebrating a Quest for Solace and Community\u201d was the theme of the Week Three (Sept. 28) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Student Organization, the reflection educated the audience about the Jewish holiday Sukkot and the metaphors it provides in a pilgrimage towards maturity and self-awareness. 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Co-sponsored by the Jewish Student Organization, the reflection educated the audience about the Jewish holiday Sukkot and the metaphors it provides in a pilgrimage towards maturity and self-awareness.<\/p>\n<p>JSO President Craig Isser \u201913 offered a \u201ccrash course\u201d on Sukkot. He said it is a harvest holiday that Jews celebrate by building a sukkah, or temporary hut, which commemorates biblical times when the Hebrew people escaped from Egypt and wandered through the desert for 40 years with no permanent housing. He said Jews decorate the sukkah with corn husks and other fall harvest staples. JSO Co-Vice Presidents Rachael Vettese \u201915 and Arik Mendelevitz \u201915 spoke about the history and personal importance of the holiday. They announced that JSO planned to continue their annual tradition of building a sukkah during the weekend on the quad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo sit in our sukkah, and let your mind wander,\u201d said Vettese. \u201cEnjoy the breeze, and smell the leaves as they are changing.\u201d Emilie Harris-Makinen \u201813 said she is not Jewish, but she has found a comforting home among her Jewish friends at K. She said the sukkah is an idea to which people of any faith can relate. \u201cLife can be hard at times, and it can be a really big challenge,\u201d she said, \u201cbut even the slightest shelter, whether it\u2019s a sukkah, or just the arms of another person can help you through the bad times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director of the Center for Career and Professional Development Joan Hawxhurst said she came to Judaism later in life when she adopted her husband\u2019s faith. 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