Or Shalom Jewish Community is looking for an energetic and organized individual to join our amazing team. The Youth and Family Coordinator is the primary administrative support for our programs for children and families. Working closely with the Rabbi, Administrator, lay leaders, and teachers, the Coordinator will take the lead on logistics and communications, building excellent relationships with children and parents, and working directly with them in the classroom and beyond. A full job description can be found here.

This summer, we will mix our typical Sing Shalom content with some sessions focused on simple family time and getting to know each other in our community. Sing Shalom is geared to families with children 7 & under (siblings and grandparents are always welcome).

June 27 - Music and Movement with Alison Faith Levy in Golden Gate Park. RSVP for more details.

The San Francisco Black - Jewish Unity Group is pleased to announce the next installment in our quarterly Forums on Racial and Economic Justice. We will host a film screening and discussion with the Producer and Director of The Long Shadow, a film by Frances Causey.

All registrants will be given an opportunity to view the film the week prior to and post the forum. Register here.

Our first Or Shalom Action Hour was fun and we're planning more! In the meantime, for effective ways to make a difference around voting rights and climate change, go to https://tinyurl.com/Dayenu-action-hour. Check it out if you have a few minutes for some simple actions. And mark your calendars for an in-person gathering for our next Social Action Sunday, July 18 -- details next week.

Did you know that in July, the SF Board of Supervisors will be voting on whether domestic workers in San Francisco can access paid sick leave? If you believe that all workers deserve to rest when they are sick, then you need to sign this Hand in Hand petition and send it to your networks.

Accompaniment Opportunity! Maria’s youngest son is growing up! Does anyone have 3T or 4T clothing to spare? Contact [email protected] for drop-off location. 

In addition to our Founding Mothers who have nurtured and helped Or Shalom grow over the years, we continue to be led by our wonderful Rabbi Katie Mizrahi, and now, Alison Faith Levy is our cantorial soloist! So...an idea began to take shape -- the formation of a Women’s Circle, composed of women and any who identify as female, to build community in a warm, safe, and judgment-free environment.

Join us for our inaugural meeting where we will take a walk, have some snacks, and talk about what's next. Please RSVP for location. Future gatherings will be on the 4th Sunday of every month.

As a sign of our appreciation, we have established an education fund in Zehava’s honor upon her retirement. This fund will be dedicated to supporting learning for all ages in our community. If you would like to honor Zehava with a gift to this fund, you can make a donation of any size to the Zehava Dahan Educational Fund here. 

We would like to thank the following for their generous donations to this fund:

Beth Mills, Jerel Glassman & Beth Mazie, Robin Roth, Steve Mitchel & Nancy Marks, Amy Kassiola, Wendy Thurm & David Greene, Karen Staller & Hugh Molesworth, Elaine Porter & Ann Ritzma, Betsy Strausberg, Suzanne Lifson Salazar & Fred Salazar, Mary Amsler & Stephen Seligman, Rabbi Katie Mizrahi & Raj Abbasi, Dan & Kate Glass, Elliot Helman, Marjorie & Cary Fulbright, Fred Weiner & Ellen Weinstein, Allan Pleaner, Rachelle Resnick, Shelley Levine, Leslie Roffman & Bob Goodwin, Sue Schechter, Howard Fallon, Suzana Seban, Michelle & Erica Chesley, Sue Baelen & Phil King, Corey Weinstein & Pat Skala, Deborah Gavrin Franquist, Bryna Rifkind, Joshua & Gizella Babcock, Nina Grove & Ken Johnson, Danny & Julie Brook, Becky & Barry Klawans, Zehava Dahan and Vavi Toran, Nina & Hashim Anderson, Margo Friestadt & Lynn Ludlow, Laura Fankushen & Paul Mansky, Ruth Maginnis, Chana Jacobs & Terry Gomes, Judy Olasov, Madeleine Levin, Nicole Avril & Daniel Gelfand, Michael Shlipak & Ando Kuo, Rori Reber & Allan Stewart, Sara Ganz, Eric & Melinda Ruchames, Matt & Motomi Rudoff, Gabriella Schultz, Kelly Kozak & Josh Donald, Diane Epstein-Porter & Ken Porter, Debbie Benrubi, Angelique von Halle

We send comfort to those with recent losses:

Judith McCullough, on the loss of Robert Bernstein

The parsha for this week is Chukat (Numbers 19:1 - 22:1)

Commentaries:

from Truah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

from American Jewish World Service

from Reconstructing Judaism