[NFBJ] NJ Chapter Meetings and Shabbat

[Rachael D Hudson]

Hello,
I’m moving soon to the Philly area.  I personally figure if I’m not missing services and I use the bus, I’m ok to go to meetings on Shabbat.  You have to follow your heart, though.

The reason I’m responding is that I’d love to connect on a Sunday at times if you want.  If you do what was recommended and Hugo to the chapter meeting once a month, maybe we could get together two weeks later on a Sunday.

Warmest regards

-Rachael Everhart Hudson
 267-268-5780
"Do the hard things while they are still easy... The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."  -Lao Tzu
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Subject: Re: [NFBJ] NJ Chapter Meetings and Shabbat


I would like to commend you for keeping the Sabbath and keeping it holy. I daven at Chabad, although I am not as religious as they are. My chapter used to meet on Shabbot, however, due to Covid, we had to change to Friday, so there was something good that came from the pandemic. There are many difficulties we face living in a mostly Christian society. Try looking for a chapter in another state that meets at a time convenient for you via Zoom. Some larger states do have virtual meetings as the distance is to far to travel for a meting. Also as most chapters meet once a month, it is not generally not to terrible to miss one Shabbot a month provided you are not working or causing someone else to work. I wish you well.
Scott from Florida.
    On Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 07:41:02 AM EST, Kristen Aronoff via NFBJ <nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Hello all!

This is something I’ve been sitting on for a while. I live in NJ and I want to join a chapter to get to know people.

But every single meeting of every chapter in the state is on Saturday. I even looked into the Philadelphia chapter (I live near Philadelphia), but it is also on Saturday. I tried to join the DeafBlind division, and it’s also a Saturday meeting. (I did email about that and I wrote an impassioned plea and they moved the time to be after Shabbat).

I’m feeling very frustrated by this. How do you folks stay connected with people in the NFB? It just feels isolating.

Kit

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