Messages from the Office...
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Members who wish to purchase additional HHD tickets should contact the office.
Save the dates
May 24-27, 2019 - Or Shalom Community Retreat at Walker Creek Ranch
June 19-30, 2019 - Or Shalom's trip to Israel and Palestine
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Midterm Election:
Nov 6, 2018
Register to Vote Today!
You must re-register to vote if you have moved or changed your name since you last voted. Register by
October 22 to be eligible to vote in the Midterm!
Learn more about propositions on the California ballot
here!
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Mazel tov to....
New Members Shayna Lawson & Family
New Members Dorie & Max Bernstein and Family.
New Members Kate & Dan Glass and Family.
Welcome to Or Shalom!
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Rabbi
Katie Mizrahi
Education Director
Zehava Dahan
Music Director
David Cohen-Tzedek
Board President
Janet Jacobs
Administrator
Lillian Markind
Administrative Assistant & Social Action Fellow
Ezra Leventhal
Bet Sefer Coordinator
Becky Klawans
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Join us for Meditation every Wednesday at 1 pm and/or Torah Study at 1:30 pm.
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We Remember the Yahrzeits of:
Harry Miller
Margo Adair
Anne Brook
Charles Sharken
Jean Martin
Dorothy Skala
Earl Hellerstein
Shirley Seligman
Viola B. Golding
Ruth Pleaner
Sara Goldstein
Zvi Agam
Edward Strickland
Peter Miguel Camejo
John Doyle
Gussie Schechter
Herman (Hesh) Schechter
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What is Reconstructing Judaism?
Learn more about our theological grounding at the following sites:
- Check out Rabbi Deborah Waxman's podcast
Hashivenu
in which she interviews other Jewish professionals and educators about practices of Jewish resilience.
Find it here
or
on your favorite podcatcher!
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625 Brotherhood Way
San Francisco, CA 94132
415.469.5564
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Upcoming Holiday Observances
2018
Kol Nidre - Sept 18
Yom Kippur - Sept 19
Sukkot - Sept 28
Simchat Torah - Sept 29
Hanukkah - Dec 8
2019
Tu B'Shvat - Jan 23
Purim - March 20
Pesach - April 26
Yom HaShoah - May 1
Yom Ha'atzmaut - May 8
Lag B'Omer - May 22
Shavuot - June 8
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Or Shalom Weekly Newsletter
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CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS - Sept & Oct 2018
| Sat 9/15 |
1:30 pm |
Embodied Spiritual Practice Lab
Details Below
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Tues 9/18
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7:00 pm
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Kol Nidre Service
Details Below
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Wed 9/19
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10:00 am
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Yom Kippur Services
Details Below
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| Sun 9/23 |
9:30 am |
Help BIJ construct their Sukkah |
| Mon 9/24-Tues 9/25 |
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National Voter Registration Day Tabling at SF City College
Details Below
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Fri 9/28
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6:30 pm
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Traveling Shabbat in the Sukkah @ the home of Seraph and Marshall White
Details Below
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Sat 9/29
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6:30 pm
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Simchat Torah
Details Below, RSVP required
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| Sat 10/6 |
10:00 am |
Shabbat Bereishit with Sofer-in-Residence, Rabbi Kevin Hale and Or Zarua
Details Below
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Sat 10/13
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7:00 pm |
Havdalah & Voter Education Night
Details Below
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| Sun 10/14 |
10:00 am |
Sing Shalom!
Detail Below
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High Holy Days 5779/2018
Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur)
Tuesday, 9/18 @ UU Center
6:00 PM
Family Service
7:00 PM
Kol Nidre Service
Yom Kippur
Wednesday, 9/19 @ UU Center
9:00
AM
Family Service
10:00
AM
Morning Service
4:30 PM
Meditation/Yoga
5:30 PM
Healing Circle
6:30 PM
Ne'ilah Service
8:00 PM
Break-the-Fast vegetarian potluck
Traveling Shabbat in the Sukkah
Friday, 9/28
@ the home of Seraph & Marshall White
6:30 PM
Sukkot celebration and vegetarian potluck dinner
Simchat Torah
Saturday, 9/29
@ Or Shalom
6:30 PM
Vegetarian potluck dinner
7:30 PM
Service, live music & dancing with the Torah
Members who wish to purchase additional tickets should contact the office.
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High Holy Day Canned Food Drive!
Don't forget to bring healthy, non-perishable food in durable containers along with you to the High Holy Days!
Need some advice about what to donate? Check out
this list of healthy non-perishables that are easy for donation recipients to use.
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High Holy Day Childcare and Holiday Program
Will you be sending your 4-year-old to 5th-graders to our High Holy Day Children's Programming during the main services? If so, you can
register here
. Pre-registration is required!
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Embodied Spiritual Practice
Saturday, 9/15 at 1:30PM
From Rabbi Katie: When I returned from Sabbatical a couple of years back, my soul was generating a question -- what would it look like for Or Shalom to explore a more embodied spiritual practice? In the past few months, a small group of Or Shalomers has begun to explore and experiment with me and one another to respond to that question.
Our next "Embodied Spiritual Practice Lab" will take place on the special Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We will be capping our number at 15 in order to fit in the space and create some intimacy for this work. If you would like to join us, please email the office. You will receive a confirmation with the location.
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Double Mitzvah Membership Drive
The High Holidays are a perfect time for the "double mitzvah" of inviting your friends to an Or Shalom service. Free family services will be held Sep.18 at 6 pm and Sep.19 at 9 am. No tickets are required for the free family services. Help our Double Mitzvah tree grow by pledging here to share what you love about our community.
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Fight for Our Democracy This Midterm Season!
There are many local ways to affect democracy through a Jewish lens this election season. If you're interested in making a difference in the midterms, check out these opportunities:
Sunday, 10/14, 8:45am-5:00pm
University of San Francisco,
McLaren Conference Center
As part of their larger democracy initiative JCRC and will be hosting Waging Democracy
, a day-long forum that includes seminars, sessions and opportunities for action. Click the title link for more information and to RSVP!
Monday & Tuesday, 9/24-25
Ram Plaza, SF City College
Or Shalom is committed to making sure all voices are heard this voting season! Join us in tabling at SF City College in honor of National Voter Registration Day. Click the title link to see time slots and sign up!
Havdalah & Voter Education Night
Saturday, 10/13 at 7:00pm
Join Or Shalom for an evening of critical discussion and analysis of the upcoming San Francisco and statewide ballot! After a brief Havdalah service, we will facilitate group discussions about key issues on the ballot. Each discussion will include both the crucial facts and relevant pieces of Jewish text to help inform your opinion.
Democracy thrives on knowledgeable voters. Prepare to bring your informed, progressive, Jewish point of view to the voting box this November!
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Shabbat Bereishit with Sofer-in-Residence, Rabbi Kevin Hale and Or Zarua
Saturday, 10/6, 10:00am-3:00pm
Or Zarua's observance of Shabbat Bereishit will begin with Morning Tefilah at 10:00am, followed by kiddush and pot luck lunch (roughly 12:15-1:30). At 1:30pm, we will dig in deep with the following teaching.
Learning Session: Imagining Torah-Writing at the Center of Contemporary Jewish Civilization
Two hundred years from now, will our descendants recognize the origin of a Torah scroll that we will write, in the coming decade, on kosher roadkill deerskin, with a feather quill shed by a great egret, in a distinctive East Bay ktav (script)?
For most of our history, Torah was crafted locally, down the street or perhaps in the next town, with diverse materials and writing styles. How might Torah be written in this time and place by members of our own communities? What economic, ecological, artistic and religious priorities would need to shift to enable this essential Jewish sacred craft to be done right here?
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Reconstructing Judaism Presents: Evolve
Reconstructing Judaism is officially rolling out an exciting new project, Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations. The Evolve site contains essays and resources meant to serve as the bases for ongoing conversations about challenging topics.
Click here to find insightful essays, study guides, sermon sparks and text resources about seven urgent issues of our day:
1. Jewish Approaches to Justice Work
2. Harnessing Technology
3. Why Be Jewish?
4. Redefining Jewish Identity
5. Judaism and Race
6. Cultivating Constructive Conversations about Israel/Palestine
7. Reimagining Jewish Community
Reconstructing Judaism hopes that Evolve will be a site for open-hearted communication about these issues; we encourage you to write or video responses that we can add to these conversations. Please share your responses with us here.
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Sing Shalom!
A Jewish Music & Movement Program
for
kids 5 and under and their families
One Sunday a Month at 10 am
Introduce your little ones to song, dance,
and
Jewish tradition! Listen to stories and songs with Rabbi Katie and others.
2018 - Oct 14, Nov 11,
2019 - Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, Apr 7, & May 5
Special programs for Hanukkah on Dec 8 &
Havdallah June 1
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Travel with Or Shalom!
June 19-30, 2019
Explore the complex layers of Israel and Palestine with your community on a trip that will be spiritual, thought-provoking, and inspirational.
On our first-ever Or Shalom trip to Israel and Palestine, we will:
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Or Shalom T-Shirts are Back (and Front)!
Did you miss the opportunity to rep Or Shalom at the Women's March? We have them back in stock! With Or Shalom's name and logo on the front and "Justice, Justice, You Shall Pursue" (Deut. 16:20) in English, Hebrew and transliteration, these women's and men's S,M,L and XL T-shirts go for only $15.
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Social Action Corner
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Highlight from the Spark! Calendar:
Welcome the Poor with Refuge
September 18th, 8AM | 630 Sansome St, SF
The morning before Kol Nidre, we will be holding a vigil of selichot, kavanot, song and torah. One of the specific commands Isaiah places on our shoulders, is that the fast God desires obligates us to 'Welcome the Poor with Refuge.' In 2018, this living Torah calls on us offer refuge to the stranger and the immigrant, to end the abuse and inhumanity at our southern border (and all borders), to call for the abolishment of ICE and freedom for all migrants/refugees/Latinx people/immigrant families everywhere. All are invited to dress in their Yom Kippur whites, offer their living torah, and bring heavy, humble hearts.
Learn more and RSVP here!
- Get more news and events at Spark!
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Still need to register for Spark? Email
[email protected]
and Ezra will get you started!
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Tzedakah
Tamara Kreinin & Rosalind Hinton In Honor Of Debra Murov /
Marta Espinoza / Leah Karliner & Descartes Li / Katie & Steve Handelman / Gloria & Hans Kolbe-Saltzman In Memory Of Lucy Saltzman / Corey Weinstein & Pat Skala In Celebration of Rabbi Katie's Birthday / Stephen Gerard & Trudy Lionel In Memory Of Robert Gerard /
Judy Olasov In Appreciation Of Or Shalom's Support / Jurate Raulinaitis & Kirk Schneider In Honor Of Rabbi Katie / Judy Olasov / Howard Fallon / Karen Staller & Hugh Molesworth In Memory Of
Alice Staller, Irwin Staller & Patricia Martin /
Nicole Avril & Daniel Gelfand
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Make an Announcement to Or Shalom
Thinking about submitting an event for inclusion in the Or Shalom weekly email? We'd love to hear from you.
Please submit announcements 3 weeks in advance, with the appropriate RSVP information. All non-official OS programs must meet the following criteria:
- Doesn't conflict with an OS event
- Specifically relevant to the OS community
- Has official OS approval
All postings may be edited for content, format and/or length by office staff or volunteers.
For more information about getting an event listed, please contact Administrator Lillian Markind at
[email protected]
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