Holocaust survivor and inspirational speaker Irene Butter will be in conversation with Bay Area author and filmmaker Elizabeth Rynecki. Book signing to follow.

Dr. Irene Butter is a well-known peace activist and Professor Emerita of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Irene's first person memoir, Shores Beyond Shores, is an account of how the heart keeps its common humanity in the most inhumane and turbulent of times. Irene's memoir has been called "a revelation about what sustains the human spirit." 

Or Shalom is proud to announce that we are in the final stages of finalizing our Community Domestic Violence Response Policy! After months of collaborating with Shalom Bayit, a nonprofit focused on ending domestic violence in the Jewish community, we will soon have a way we will respond to instances of domestic violence within our membership and uphold values that promote the healing and safety of survivors.

If you have any input* about this policy (especially if you have experience with domestic violence, professionally or personally), please email our Social Action Fellow,  Ezra Leventhal. 

*Your input will only be shared as needed with leadership directly involved on this project; Ezra will keep your name and personal details anonymous if requested.

Or Shalom sends condolences to those in our community who have suffered recent losses.

Robyn Talman on the passing of her mother, Lois Huffman Talman

Sue Schecter on the passing of her brother-in-law, Craig Garcia