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May 24-27, 2019 - Or Shalom Community Retreat at Walker Creek Ranch
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Tzedakah
We would like to thank the following donors:
Janet Jacobs & Terry Gomes IHO Judy Olasov's 70th Birthday!
Jurate Raulinaitis & Kirk Schneider IHO Judy Olasov's 70th Birthday!
Sylvia Jacobs, IHO the 40th Anniversary of Janet Jacobs & Terry Gomes
Judy Olasov IHO Bryna Rifkind's 70th Birthday!
Ruth Maginnis In Memory Of John Levin
Judy Olasov In Memory Of
Sophye Patla Olasov
Stephen Seligman & Mary Amsler In Memory Of Frances Amsler
Debbie Benrubi In Memory Of Morris Rostker
Allan Pleaner In Memory Of Dave Pleaner
Corey Weinstein In Memory Of Earl Weinstein
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Irene Butter for her powerful discussion on her life as a Holocaust survivor.
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Rabbi
Music Director
Board President
Administrator
Administrative Assistant & Social Action Fellow
Bet Sefer Coordinator
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We Remember the Yahrzeits of:
Alice Staller
Dan Goldman
Lisa Ann Waxman
Frances Amsler
Michael Harac
Ann Weissman
Abraham Raskin
Sam Ruchames
Lillian Tibbetts
Morris Rostker
Nicholas Carter
Lois Crane Toftley Matusek
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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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Read Rabbi Katie's latest blog 'Walling In, Walling Out' here.
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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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Upcoming Holiday Observances
Purim - March 20
Pesach - April 26
Yom HaShoah - May 1
Yom Ha'atzmaut - May 8
Lag B'Omer - May 22
Shavuot - June 8
Tisha B'Av - August 11
Rosh Hashanah - Sept 29
Yom Kippur - Oct 9
Simchat Torah - Oct 22
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625 Brotherhood Way
San Francisco, CA 94132
415.469.5542
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Or Shalom Weekly Newsletter
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CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS - Feb-Mar 2019
| Thu 2/21 |
6:00 pm |
Faith In Action Training - Dismantling Injustice in San Francisco
Details below, please RSVP
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| Fri 2/22 |
6:30 pm |
4th Friday Shabbat Service hosted by the OS Book Group
Details below
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Sat 2/23
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10:00 am
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LaDor VaDor Retreat (7th Grade)
at the home of Margo Vener & Roland Bainton
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| Fri 3/1 |
6:30 pm |
Traveling Shabbat
at the home of Eran Steinberg & Marguerite Gilligan, In Memory Of Menachem Steinberg
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| Sat 3/2 |
8:00 pm |
Benefit Concert for FIA Bay Area
at Sherith Israel, cosponsored by Or Shalom, details below
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| Sat 3/9 |
10:00 am |
Shabbat Morning Service and Ann Zorn Memorial Lunch
Details below, please RSVP
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| Sun 3/10 |
10:00 am |
Sing Shalom!
Details below
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| Fri 3/15 |
6:30 pm |
Shabbat Kulanu hosted by our New Members!
Blessings and dinner at 6:30 followed by a service.
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| Sat 3/16 |
10:00 am |
Shabbat Service and Bar Mitzvah of Isadore Diamond
Son of Elizabeth & Ethan Diamond
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| Sun 3/17 |
9:00 am |
Southside Collaborative - Tikkun Olam Blood Drive
Details Below |
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Sun 3/17
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10:00 am |
News Minyan |
| Wed 3/20 |
6:30 pm |
Purim with Southside Jewish Collaborative
Details Below |
| Thu 3/21 |
12:00 pm |
Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Danny at Ner Tamid |
| Fri 3/22 |
6:30 pm |
Fourth Friday Shabbat
Oneg in Memory of Dave Pleaner
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| Sat 3/23 |
10:00 am |
Shabbat Service and Bat Mitzvah of Maddie Salafsky
Daughter of Zoe Finkel & Josh Salafsky |
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Celebrate Purim with Mishloach Manot!
Exchanging Mishloah Manot is a Purim tradition of sending sweet treats to the people we love to celebrate the miracle of survival. Want to show your fellow Or Shalomers just how much you love 'em? Want to be a part of one of Or Shalom's most exciting and moving Purim traditions? YOU CAN!
In the coming days, check your mail for information on fulfilling the Purim mitzvah of Mishloah Manot by honoring individual households.
Or, use the nifty online order form to send Mishloach Manot to the entire community or select groups.
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Faith In Action
Dismantling Injustice in San Francisco
Thursday, February 21 from 6-9 pm
(dinner served at 6 pm)
at Or Shalom
Is pursuing justice central to who you are? Do you yearn to meaningfully impact social wrongs in San Francisco? How can you move our community toward more effective action in the face of injustice?
In this session, local rabbis invite members of their communities into the process of "Becoming
Rod'fei Tsedek (Pursuers of Justice)," where they will engage community members to work on key skills for community organizing and on core justice issues in San Francisco.
RSVP's are closed for dinner. Please feel free to come to the training if you have not already signed up.
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4th Friday Shabbat and Discussion
Friday, February 22
6:30pm Blessings and snacks
7:00pm Shabbat Service
8:00pm Discussion
The Or Shalom Book Group will host a community discussion of
The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth as part of Jewish Learning Works'
One Bay One Book
series.
The award-winning 2004 novel is an alternative history that imagines the impact upon a working class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey when Charles Lindbergh is elected president in 1940.
Click here
for reading guides and more information about the book and the series.
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Benefit Concert for Faith In Action Bay Area
Featuring Solstice
at Sherith Israel, co-sponsored by Or Shalom
Saturday, March 2 at 8:00 pm
Join the award-winning female vocal ensemble Solstice for a benefit concert to support Faith in Action's work to defend immigrant families. Founded in the Bay Area in 1996, Solstice has enthralled audiences with a dynamic repertoire of music for women's voices from around the world and through the ages, precisely and lovingly performed. This concert will be at Sherith Israel, 2266 California St, SF.
More information can be found
here.
Donations can be made at the door. Tickets are not required.
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Ann Zorn Memorial Service
Saturday, March 9 at 10:00 am
Join us for a Saturday morning Shabbat Service followed by a potluck lunch in memory of Ann Zorn, whose 5th Yahrzeit just passed.
If you would like to make a donation to the Ann Zorn Memorial fund,
please do so here.
We would like to thank the following donors for their generous donation to the Ann Zorn Memorial Fund:
Judy Olasov / Elliot Helman / Debbie Benrubi / Linda Chafetz / Rachelle Resnick / Bryna Rifkind
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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
Next session - March 10
Introduce your little ones to song, dance,
and Jewish tradition! Listen to stories and songs with Rabbi Katie and others.
Future dates in 2019 - Apr 14, & May 5
Special program for
Havdallah on June 1
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Tikkun Olam Day - Blood Drive at Or Shalom
Sunday, March 17 11am-3pm
Did you know that one in seven people entering a hospital will need blood? While only 38% of the population is eligible to donate blood, less than 10% of eligible donors actually donate blood. Will you help increase that percentage and save lives by donating?
The Southside Jewish Collaborative is sponsoring a blood drive as part of its biannual Tikkun Olam Day. Click here to read up on donor requirements to make sure you're eligible and here to make an appointment to give blood.
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Southside Jewish Collaborative presents
Purim with the Ghostbusters!
Wednesday, March 20
Celebrate Purim with all the synagogues of the Southside Jewish Collaborative with an incredible Ghostbusters themed Shpiel featuring our own Rabbis!
6:00 pm: Tot Purim
6:30 pm: Vegetarian Potluck Dinner & Happy Hour
(non-alcoholic beverages for children)
7:15 pm: A family-friendly Purim Shpiel by the Rabbis
8:00 pm: 2 options for Megillah Reading
8:45 pm: Hamantashen!!
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Health care is a moral issue. Period.
Read Corey and Margo's "Local Voice" opinion piece on health care from
The J Weekly
here
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Reflections of Conversation with Irene Butter
Read Or Shalom Member Nitza Agam's thoughts about our powerful event with Irene Butter
here.
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The Great American S#it Show
Sunday, March 10 at 5:30pm
The Marsh - 1062 Valencia St, SF
Back by popular demand! Join us for an evening of laughing... but more importantly, THINKING as we explore how to deal with a family member who's all in for the Donald when you're not, canvassing in the Central Valley to turn red congressional seats blue, #MeToo, and more.
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2018 in Social Action at Or Shalom
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Torah Chanting Opportunities
Always wanted to chant Torah at on a Shabbat morning and never found an opportunity to do it? March 2019 is your lucky month! On Saturday morning, March 9, Or Shalom will gather for a Shabbat morning service in memory and honor of our beloved Ann Zorn.
Your Torah chanting chops are in demand for this special celebration of life, generosity and spiritual abundance. Please contact David directly to chant.
Torah in the Flesh
Let the Torah Rhythm Dance in Your Soul!
David Cohen Tzedek is delighted to offer a Torah cantillation class for Or Shalom members and friends who wish to lend their hearts and voices to continual Revelation. Learn the Ta'amim--the musical flavors--of scriptural Hebrew, and take your first steps towards becoming a Ba'al/at Kri'ah, towards practical ownership of the Torah text in service of the community. Hebrew reading proficiency is prerequisite. Please
contact David with your interest or questions.
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Or Shalom Accepts Car Donations!
Car donations are an easy way to support Or Shalom, providing you with a tax write-off and Or Shalom with additional funds for our community. We take care of the DMV paperwork, pick up your car, sell it at auction, and then send you a receipt for the full amount the car is sold for. It's that easy! We can also accept trucks, boats, motorcycles, and RVs.
For more information or to begin the process, contact Jerry Robbins at [email protected] or (650) 766-7233 and be sure to reference Or Shalom Jewish Community, San Francisco.
Thank you to Lisa Garbus & Adam Goldberg for their recent donation!
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Reconstructing Judaism Juicy Tidbits
New content ha
s been
posted on Evolve:
Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations! Check out Rabbi David Teutch's perspective on the tragedy in Pittsburgh here.
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Social Action Corner
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Highlight from the Spark! Calendar:
Judaism and the Black Experience: Rethinking Jewish Identity
Sunday, 2/24 1:30PM | 1835 Ellis St, SF
The Soul of Judaism: Jews of African Descent in America (NYU Press, 2018) offers the first exploration of the full diversity of Black Jews, including bi-racial Jews, adoptees, converts to Judaism, and Black Hebrews and Israelites, who trace their Jewish roots to Africa. Blending historical analysis and oral history, Haynes examines the multiple ways people of African descent encounter and embrace Judaism in America, as well as some of the obstacles they face for complete inclusion as Jews in their communities.
Learn more and register 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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Condolences
Or Shalom sends condolences to those in our community who have suffered recent losses.
John Tibbetts on the loss of his sister, Dolores Lopez
Barbara Bernstein on the loss of her mother,
Doris Bernstein
Gloria Kolbe-Saltzman on the loss of her aunt,
Clara Wolinsky Menduke
Judy Olasov and Betsy Strausberg on loss of their beloved friend, Mary Isham
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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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