Archive for the ‘Holiday’ Category

Hanukkah Celebration With Residents of Lytton Gardens Senior Communities

In the Mishmash tradition of building a vibrant Jewish community, we invite you to share your time and talent in making this Hannukah festive and fun for the Russian (and English) speaking Jewish babushkas and dedushkas of the Senior Center Lytton Gardens in Palo Alto.
As part of this volunteering event we’ll be heading a fun [...]

Passover in the Desert

Join us for an experiential celebration of Passover, nature and our heritage in the setting that will stimulate, challenge, educate, inspire and empower.
Be prepared to shrug off shackles of slavery, cross seas and deserts, harvest daily manna, negotiate your own community and witness spiritual emergence of Passover (certain limitations apply).

When: April 21 - [...]

Purim Celebration

Celebrate PURIM with MISHMASH, come learn about the real beginning of Social Network in Persian Empire.
You will have a chance to add Mordecai as your new friend, write onHaman’s wall, poke Esther, tag Ahasuerus and update your status about an awesome Purim party that you’ve happened to attend.

When: March 26 Doors open at 8
p.m., 21 and older
Where: Quarter Note [...]

Purim on the Slopes

To celebrate Purim, the Mishmash group would like to invite you to the slopes!
Gather your friends, put on your most creative costume and join us at the top of  Heavenly for Hamantashen (those little yummy cookies) and to ski together down the hill as one big festive group!
For more information please send a message [...]

Shavuot with Mishmash

[ May 16, 2010; 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Join us for a spring festival of harvesting grains, first fruits and the Ten Commandments! Spend an afternoon outdoors celebrating the ancient and vaguely obscure Biblical holiday of Shavuot.

Come prepared to play, laugh, learn, act silly and be festive while you pass through rings of joy!

Some festive highlights:

Wine and Cheese tasting
Israeli Dancing Practice
Milk testing contest
“Got [...]

Mishmash Group presents: Purim Inauguration Costume Ball

[ March 14, 2009 7:30 pm to March 15, 2009 1:00 am. ] Join other Russian-speaking young adults 21 and up in celebrating Purim. We’ll have a special Purim show, games, a costume contest, DJ, bar, appetizers, raffle and prizes. Get your costumes ready!

When: Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 7:30 pm. Don’t be late - you will miss the show!

Where: Hillel at Stanford, 565 Mayfield Avenue, Stanford. (click [...]