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Weekly Newsletter
November 25, 2020
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625 Brotherhood Way, SF CA 94132 |
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Teen Virtual Hub with Zehava and Each Other
Wednesday, December 2, 6:30-7:30 pm
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Teens--your connection to Or Shalom doesn't stop after your B'nai Mitzvah. Our get-togethers and activities are online for now, but we still have fun keeping in touch and making plans. Keeping personal connections going and having a community impact are so important right now. Please register here and join us on December 2. (Parents, you can register your teen too.)
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Thursday Morning Zoominyan
Every Thursday, 10:00 am (except 11/26)
Our Thursday morning Zoominyan continues to meet every Thursday from 10:00 to 11:00 am. The minyan is lay-led. We have changed the format a bit to allow for a longer Torah study. We include songs, prayers for healing, Kaddish, and a discussion of the highlights of the week's parsha. Join us! Any questions? Contact Janet Jacobs.
Here's the Zoom link; the password is THURSDAY.
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Friday Nights at Or Shalom
Every Friday, 7:00 pm
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Does working from home, learning from home, and generally staying at home make every day feel the same? Do your weeks seem shapeless? Judaism has the solution: Shabbat!
Here at Or Shalom, we mark every Friday night by greeting the Sabbath. Some evenings there's a full service, often led by Rabbi Katie and Mikey. Other weeks we have a brief program of Shabbat blessings, songs, prayers for healing, and the Kaddish. Check the Coming Up Soon... calendar at the top of the newsletter.
All Shabbat blessings and Shabbat services share this Zoom link; password is: SHALOM |
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Tzedakah
We gratefully acknowledge contributions from our members:
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Beth Solow Mills, in memory of Sarah Ackerman Solow
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Corey Weinstein and Pat Skala, in memory of Father Frederic Millen
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Bryna Rifkind, in memory of Ruth Rifkind
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Miriam Lewis, in memory of Doris Lewis
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Miriam Lewis, in honor of Rabbi Katie, Mikey Pauker & the Music Ensemble
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Tom Herz & Saralie Pennington, in memory of Ilse Herz
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Judith & Michael McCullough, in memory of Lillian Lesser
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Laura Bloch & Ofer Yitzhaki, in honor of Chesed Committee
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Ruth Maginnis, in memory of Bill Maginnis
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Sue Schechter, in memory of Richard Schechter
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Condolences
The community extends its sympathy to
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Anna Christina Braun, on the death of her sister, Rebecca Braun
- Judy Olasov, on the death of her aunt, Elsa Raven
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Yarhzeits
On the anniversary of their deaths, we remember:
Wesley Crowe, Gerald Spatt, Lore Grove, Victor Resnick, Lillian Lesser, James Howard Levine, Sarah Ackerman Solow, James Amsler, Isabel Louis, Ilse Herz, Jeff, Ann and Sienna Fairbanks, Saly Ruth Ramler Struik, Judith Knoop, Ruth Rifkind, Helene Hall, Priscilla Bartholomew, Christine Crowe
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This Week's Parsha
The parsha for this week is Vayeitzei (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Listen here
Commentaries:
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Susan Levine Essay in Evolve
"Where was God when I was run over by the train?" asks Or Shalom member Susan Levine in an essay recently published online in Evolve, a publication of the Center for Jewish Ethics. Her article is called "Where is God? A Jewish Approach to Death" and is based on a dvar torah that Susan delivered to the Board of Governors of Reconstructing Judaism last month. You can read the entire essay here.
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Turning Out the Vote in Georgia
The New Georgia Project, a nonpartisan effort co-founded by Stacey Abrams to register and engage Georgians, is doing a livestream volunteer kickoff on Saturday, November 21, at 11 am Pacific time. RSVP for the kickoff or just sign up to volunteer. Also, during November and December the non-partisan group Reclaim Our Vote is sending postcards to Georgia. Postcards must be mailed by December 7. Get instructions and addresses here. Order postcards here. |
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St. Anthony’s Thanksgiving Virtual Curbside
Often during the holidays we join the Southside Jewish Collaborative to help prepare and serve food at the St. Anthony's dining room. This year, with COVID-19, we are unable to do so. Instead, please support St. Anthony's virtual event by going to the Virtual Curbside webpage, where you can “shop” contact-free for food and clothing items for this holiday season. Your contributions will go straight to helping St. Anthony's guests, some of the folks in our city who need it the most.
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Support Paid Leave for Domestic Workers
Molly Seligman, who grew up in Or Shalom, wants our support for her work to win paid time off for domestic workers in San Francisco with the local non-profit organization Hand in Hand. Please sign this petition to city officials today and pass it on to others.
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Or Shalom Clergy and Staff
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