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Tzedakah
We gratefully acknowledge donations from:
April Lapidus, in memory of Jeremy Lapidus
Janet Jacobs & Terry Gomes, in memory of Nancy Gomes
Jo Licata, in honor of Leonard Licata
Yeva Johnson & Mike Potter, in memory of John Johnson
Claudia & Alan Silverman, in honor of Bravo! Silverman Fund
Richard Adler, in memory of Louise Adler
Nina Anderson, with thanks to Rabbi Katie for her support
Miriam Himelfarb, in honor of Rabbi Katie, with thanks for her wisdom and comfort
Leslie Roffman & Bob Goodwin, in honor or Janet Jacobs, Debbie Benrubi, Judy Olasov, and Jurate Raulinaitis, for their many years of leadership on the Board of Directors
Wendy Thurm and David Greene, in memory of Marlyn Greene
Bryna Rifkind, in memory of Louise Schneider
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Rabbi
Education Director
Music Director
Board President
Administrator
Bet Sefer Coordinator
Social Action Fellow
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We Remember the Yahrzeits of:
Bella Choslovsky
Jack Lauer
Alexander Baelen
Sarah Edith Zorn
Augusta Tuckman
Finkelstein
Lore Cornwall
Rico Mendez
Jerry Epstein
Sandra Marie Campins
Bill Richardson
Mary Johnson
Susan Weber
Roy Howard
Don Belway
David Aaron Frankel
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Mazel Tov to...
Jake Glassman, who received the Excellence Award at Mission High School, annually bestowed by the PTSA on the Senior who best demonstrates a commitment to the school and performs selfless community service.
Kate Swanson, Ben Zion, and family, who have joined Or Shalom. Welcome!
Lynn and Larry Levine, who, while living in Mexico, have become members of Or Shalom again. Welcome to them too!
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This Week's Parsha is Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1)
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What is Reconstructing Judaism?
Learn more about our theological grounding:
- Rabbi Deborah Waxman interviews
Jewish professionals and educators about practices of Jewish resilience on her podcast Hashivenu.
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Or Shalom Weekly Newsletter
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CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS - July 2020
Details about all events further down in the newsletter
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Fri 7/10
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7:00 pm
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Shabbat Blessings with Gloria and Hans Kolbe-Saltzman
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Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Me'irah |
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Thu 7/16
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10:00 am
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Thursday Zoominyan with Rabbi Me'irah
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Thu 7/16
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12:30 pm
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Westside Jewish Collaborative Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Pam (her last Lunch & Learn before retiring as Interim Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Emunah)
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Fri 7/17
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7:00 pm
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Shabbat Blessings with Seraph & Marshall White and family
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Mon 7/20
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4:00 pm
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"How to be an Antiracist" virtual event
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Thu 7/23
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10:00 am
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Thursday Zoominyan with Chad Balch
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Fri 7/24
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7:00 pm
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Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Katie and Mikey
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Sun 7/26
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12-6 pm
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Koleynu Music and Wisdom live broadcast
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Wed 7/29
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8:00 pm
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Tisha B'Av
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Thu 7/30
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Thursday Zoominyan
cancelled
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Fri 7/31
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7:00 pm
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Shabbat Blessings with Max & Dorie Bernstein and family
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Or Shalom At Home
It's week 11 of our online photo feature, Or Shalom At Home. Each week the newsletter features a photo of one member/member household sheltering in place or venturing outside. Eventually we will create an album on the Or Shalom website documenting how our community waited out the pandemic.
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Danny and Julie Brook, with remote Zev
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We invite you to submit a photo, along with any message or caption, to
Lillian. Photos can be posed, candid, jokey, somber. Please identify everyone in the picture (use first names only if you like). By sending in a photo, you consent to have the photo, your names, and any message you have written displayed in the newsletter and on the public website.
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Friday Nights at 7:00 Or Shalom Welcomes Shabbat
Every Friday night at 7:00 Or Shalom will be online, either with a short series of blessings, or with a full Shabbat service.
July 10 - Shabbat Blessings with Gloria and Hans Kolbe-Saltzman
July 17 - Shabbat Blessings with Seraph & Marshall White and family
July 24 - Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Katie and Mikey
July 31 - Shabbat Blessings with Max and Dorie Bernstein and family
To minimize screen-sharing during services, please download and print our updated Zoominyan Siddur.
Both Shabbat blessings and Shabbat services share a Zoom link:
Password: SHALOM
For audio by phone: (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 965036140
Full services
will also be streaming on the Or Shalom Facebook page
via Facebook Live. Simply visit our Facebook page at the scheduled time to view.
Make sure you 'like' our page so that you will receive notifications when we go Live.
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Time to Renew Your Membership Commitment!
Renewal letters have gone out. The sooner you respond, the better we will be able to plan for this coming year. Please be as generous as you can with your annual commitment; Or Shalom faces challenges ahead and a strong financial position will help keep the community active, cohesive, and creative. Make your commitment here, today.
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Or Shalom's Beautiful New Torah Table
which we will use with joy some day soon
Or Shalom member Ken Seidman, a master carpenter, has built for us a Torah reading table. It is made of sustainably-sourced California wood and designed to easily be taken apart and reassembled, so that it can travel with us wherever we worship. The top is inlaid with a quotation from Proverbs, and the base decorated with an olive branch. Rabbi Katie, Vavi Toran, Gary Hauser, and Nitza Agam worked on the project with Ken.
As Nitza wrote, "This Torah table is now part of the promise of Or Shalom for the time that we will emerge from isolation to the joy of gathering in person again." You can read the rest of her lovely essay about the process of creating the table and the significance of its parts here.
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Summer Film Festival: #ZoomChallah Bake
Live virtual event via Zoom and the JFI Screening Room
Friday, July 17 at 10:00 am
Emmy-nominated filmmaker Tiffany Shlain has been doing a very popular #ZoomChallahBake every Friday since the pandemic began. Each week she brings on special guests to talk about everything from the pandemic to the protests to technology and art, all while making challah with people around the world.
She'll be doing a very special bake for the Jewish Film Festival's "
Cinegogue Summer Days," featuring two special guests:
Rabbi (/comedian) Sydney Mintz from the Bay Area and Prince
Challah from Berlin.
Don't worry if you have never made bread or challah before. She'll teach you. It's easy. It's hea
ling. We all look forward to baking bread together!
RSVP and get more information here.
For a full list of Cinegogue offerings, click here.
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Save the date!
Sunday, July 26 12-6pm
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Tisha B'Av 2020 - Broken Open
Wednesday, July 29 at 8pm
 Tisha B'Av (the 9th of the month of Av) is the Jewish fast day marking the anniversary of the destruction of the ancient Israelite temple. In today's practice, the day is not just about mourning an ancient pilgrimage site, but rather about marking the many ways our world is broken. From that difficult reckoning, we begin the long journey of healing and transformation that culminates at the end of September this year on Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement. 2020 has revealed profound brokenness, but our hope is that through this painful awareness, we can begin to deeply transform ourselves and our world for the better.
Password - BROKEN
For Audio by phone:
669 900-6833, ID: 842 8479 3126, Password: 375473
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Jewish Voices Support Black Lives Matter
Or Shalom has added our name to hundreds of Jewish congregations and organizations in signing an anti-racist statement endorsing the Black Lives Matter movement.
The statement was circulated by the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable. It was prompted by a request from Black leaders for a broad-based letter of support from America's Jews to counter a narrative that would divide Jews and Blacks during this time of social upheaval.
The text and signatories of the letter can be found on the Medium website.
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TAC Summer Studios
Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jul 21-Aug 6, 2020
Free Program for Teens 14-19
J
oin us for a three-week online Summer Studios program where teens will meet artists, make art, and visit studios. We'll meet virtually with six Bay Area artists for an inside look at their studios and processes. The program will include connections to Jewish values.
Enrollment in this program is for all six sessions. An art toolkit, including art-making materials, will be provided and shipped, free of charge, to each participant. This program is presented in partnership with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF). Information and registration can be found here.
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New Board Takes the Reins
As we start our new fiscal year on July 1, the Or Shalom Board of Directors has several new faces among the veterans. Here is the 2020-21 Board:
Janet Jacobs, President; Judy Olasov, Past President; Seraph White, Acting Treasurer; Shelley Levine, Secretary; Jonathan Denholtz, Member at Large; and committee chairs: Rachelle Resnick, Chesed; Paul Axelrod, Communications; Meryl Brennan, Membership; Joel Rubinstein, Minhag; Stacey Leyton, Personnel; Matt Rudoff, Religious School. Max Bernstein and Angelique von Halle are Members-at-Large. In addition, Kathy Balch will chair the Finance Committee and Madeleine Levin will chair the Tikkun Olam Committee.
Any Board member would be happy to hear from you at any time. And any committee would welcome your participation!
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Thursday morning Zoominyan
every Thursday at 10:00 am via Zoom
Note: July 30 Zoominyan cancelled for Tisha B'Av
Join Rabbi Katie and/or lay leaders on Thursday mornings for an hour
of spiritual practice, including prayers for healing and kaddish.
Password 3CPVtg
To participate by phone call (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID 986872815, Password: 974528
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Social Action Corner
Here are some opportunities to "pray with your mouse:"
No Seniors Without Homes!
Faith in Action is a coalition of 60 congregations, along with schools and individuals, that creates change in San Francisco through the power of our faith, moral conviction, and numbers. Or Shalom is a very active member of this coalition. Or Shalom members are now needed to show up--either by sending a photograph, attending a July 21 action, and/or participating in an August 11 action--as Faith in Action comes together to ensure that some of our most vulnerable neighbors are housed. Learn more at No Seniors Without Homes!
Voting in Troubled Times: The Moral Imperative of Reclaim Our Vote
July 9, 5:00 pm
Inclusive and safe elections are an achievable moral imperative. On July 9, 5:00-6:00, Andrea Miller of Reclaim Our Vote will join national leaders to explain how the threats to our democracy affect the fabric of our communities and how faith-based groups are reframing challenges. Register
here.
Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist
July 20, 4:00 pm
2019 Guggenheim Fellow and New
York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi will discuss his widely-praised book "How to Be an Antiracist" with Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, president of Price George's Community College. Register here.
In Defense of Democracy: Virtual Forum
July 26, 1:00 pm
Join Or Shalom and the Black-Jewish Unity Forum for a virtual forum discussing getting out the vote in an age of voter suppression. Hear from experts from organizations including the Brennan Center for Justice and Reclaim Our Vote. Register here.
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