|
|
Contact office@shaarzahav.org to sponsor Oneg or Flowers for Shabbat.
Scroll down to read more about our exciting Oneg Chavurah!
This member-led effort will provide a welcoming conclusion to services.
| |
|
Friday Night Services for Behaalot'cha
June 21 at 7:30pm
Hybrid: On Zoom and In-Person
Led by Cantor Bernstein
Drash by Neil Grungras
Register Here for Zoom Service
Meeting ID: 886 7131 3838
Saturday Morning Service:
June 22 at 10:00am
Hybrid: On Zoom and In-Person
Join the Zoom Meeting. Meeting ID: 365 434 855 and Passcode: 068575.
To join by phone for either service, dial +1 669 900 9128 or find your local number.
| |
|
The office is closed today, Wednesday, June 19th for Juneteenth.
Click here to listen to Rabbi Sandra Lawson sharing her thoughts on Juneteenth.
| |
|
Show your Queer Jewish Pride at our annual extravaganza Pride Shabbat! Do you know someone who could use a pride lift during this difficult time? Invite them! Led by Rabbi Copeland and Cantor Bernstein. Enjoy drinks, food and art at this year's Pre-Pride Party.
6:30pm (in-person only): Pre-Pride Party
7:30pm (Hybrid): Shabbat
Register here for the in-person Pre-Pride Party
| |
|
We will gather at Dolores Park (up the hill from where 19th Street intersects with Dolores) to share Shabbat ritual and a BYO picnic dinner before the march. Sponsored by Kehilla Community Synagogue and Sha’ar Zahav.
Click here for more information
| |
|
Walk or ride on our bus! For the second year, we are marching with a multifaith group of religious organizations, United in Spirit. Some of our members will also be marching or riding with the large Jewish contingent, headed by the JCCSF. In this difficult time within Jewish and Queer communities, it is important that we are present in both contingents, so let’s make a great showing! Our contingent organizer needs to know if you are coming. Please register!
Click here to register (if walking with United in Spirit)
Click here to register (if walking with JCCSF)
| |
|
Food Creates Community!
Please join our new Oneg Chavurah with other Sha’ar Zahav members who volunteer to cook, bake or shop to assure we have a plentiful and delicious oneg each week. We’re also building a library of recipes and menus and would welcome your contributions. From now through September, you can sign up to organize, cook, bake or shop — once or many times.
To learn more, please email oneg@shaarzahav.org.
| |
|
Blankets, Jackets and Clothing for the Homeless
A project of the Social Action Committee
There is a bin in the lobby at 290 Dolores to collect blankets, jackets, and new and lightly used clothing and socks to be distributed to the homeless by The Gubbio Project. Drop by and drop off some items. We will be doing an ongoing collection.
| |
|
Musical Shabbat morning service
Saturday, July 6, 10am
Please join us on July 6 at 10AM for a musical Shabbat morning service co-led by Diana Naparst, Alan Gordon, and Brad Friedman. This will be a regular shacharit service with many of our familiar melodies accompanied by accordion as well as some new songs and melodies.
| |
Recurring Gatherings and Meetings | |
|
Theater & Movies Chavurah: Just for Us
Wednesday, June 19, 6:00-7:15pm on Zoom
Join the Movie and Theatre Chavurah for a discussion of “Alex Edelman’s “Just for Us." In the wake of anti-Semitic threats online, Edelman covertly attends a meeting of white nationalists and comes face-to-face with the people behind the keyboards. It’s available on HBO (7 day trial available if you don't subscribe).
Join us: Zoom Link
| |
|
SZ Book Group and Disability and Accessibility Committee
Loving Our Own Bones by Rabbi Julia Watts Belser
Tuesday, July 2, 7-8 PM on Zoom
People ask Rabbi Julia Watts Belser “What’s wrong with you?” Her answer - not her wheelchair, but exclusion, objectification, pity, and disdain. Loving Our Own Bones reimagines disability in the Bible and contemporary culture. If you’ve heard Rabbi Belser, you know she’s amazing. If not, you have a treat in store!
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
| |
|
Can you do a mitzvah for someone in our community?
Hineni, our caring community at SZ, is in great need of more volunteers (and in more Bay area regions!) to meet the caring needs of our community. If you can help by making a call, helping with an errand, making a home visit, or offering a ride; please contact Marla Allen, co-chair of Hineni.
| |
|
Caregiver's Group
1st Wednesday of the month, 7-8:30pm on Zoom
Are you a caregiver for someone in your life? A parent, relative, spouse? Christina Irving of the Family Caregiver Alliance leads our monthly Caring for the Caregivers group. If you are interested, please reach out to Rabbi Copeland. Find out more about the Alliance here.
| |
|
Disability and Accessibility Committee
If you identify as disabled, are exploring that identity or have a loved one with a disability and are interested in joining the Disability and Accessibility Committee, please reach out to the committee for more information. If you are interested in learning more about disability and how you can become a better ally, stay tuned for educational events to come!
| |
Climate Action Committee
The Climate Action Committee is on hiatus. Our next meeting will be the 2nd Monday in August (8/12). If you have any questions or would like to get involved in greening SZ and other shared climate advocacy work, join us in August or contact Deborah Levy any time.
| |
|
Social Action Committee
The first Monday (unless a holiday) of the month
6:00pm on Zoom
On fair elections, welcoming the stranger, secure housing and food, ending gun violence, and more! Want to join us? Come to our next meeting or contact Nancy Wecker or Neil Young.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
| |
|
Weekday Morning Prayer
Weekly on Tuesdays
8:30-9:00am
Songs and prayers to set our hearts and minds! This service takes place every Tuesday morning, and is led by community lay leaders and Cantor Bernstein. Contact Cantor Bernstein.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
| |
|
12-Step Meetings by and for SZ Members
Weekly on Thursdays
5:00-6:00pm on Zoom
Join CSZ's 12-step group at our new time for some pre-High Holiday reflection in the spirit of recovery! Meetings are open to everyone in our wider SZ community (and the Bay Area Jewish recovery community), and we welcome folks who are members of any 12-step fellowship (AA, NA, Alanon, CMA, etc.). Join us this Thursday at 5pm and use this zoom link. Questions? Email Erika Katske.
| |
|
L'Havin: Understanding Israel and Its Neighbors
Last Monday night of each month, 6pm
Members Only
L'Havin: Understanding Israel and Its Neighbors is a Sha'ar Zahav working group that provides our members with support, knowledge, and dialogue skills that deepen our relationship with the land and peoples of Israel and Palestine, and to advance understanding and healing within our Jewish community. You do not need to come with any previous knowledge of the topics we may discuss or with any set viewpoints. In fact, we encourage all to come with open ears and a learner’s mindset. Led by Rachel Nilson-Ralston. Contact the office to add yourself to the listserv.
| |
|
Weekly Torah Study Group
Weekly on Wednesday
8:30-9:30am
Lay leaders lead discussions about the weekly Torah reading. Drop-ins welcome, no experience with Torah necessary!
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
| |
|
Mussar Discussion Group
Bi-weekly on Thursdays
7:00-8:00pm
Mussar is a very practical and flexible spiritual discipline to help you balance soul-traits (Middah/Middot) such as Humility, Loving-Kindness, Generosity, and Silence. Drop-ins are always welcome! Contact Mark Pressler.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
| |
|
Meditation Chavurah
1st Saturday of the month
10:30am-Noon
Everyone is welcome. And you will not regret it! A typical session includes a short and longer silent sit, with chanting, movement, and a short teaching. The group meets on the first and third Saturday of every month.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
| |
|
Hiking Chavurah
2nd Saturday of the month, 9:50am
Join other Sha’ar Zahavniks on monthly urban hikes – mostly in SF but we sometimes venture farther afield. This is a great way to get to know other SZ members while exploring the city and beyond. The hikes usually last about two hours. Email Karen Schiller and Ellen Murland.
| | |
|
|
Michal Goralsky 6/19
Janis Portal 6/20
Larry Wexler 6/20
Deborah Farkas 6/20
Sarita Groisser 6/22
Catherine Armstrong 6/23
Louis Hirschmann 6/23
Linda Edelstein 6/23
Mario Jose Delgado 6/23
Alana Herron 6/24
Zachary Patchell 6/25
| |
While we strive for all our events to be mixed-access, this is not always possible. Some events are only in-person, and some are Zoom only. If you have any questions about a particular event, please contact the office, or the contact listed for the event. | |
Health and Safety Policies at 290 Dolores | |
For the health and safety of our community, it is Sha’ar Zahav's expectation that all members and visitors who attend in-person services and events will be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. If you are unvaccinated, sick or experiencing any symptoms of illness, please enjoy services and events via Zoom.
Masks are no longer required at in-person services and events. But we are mask-friendly and fully supportive of visitors, members and service leaders who choose to wear masks for their own personal protection.
Sha’ar Zahav is a scent-free environment. Because keeping our synagogue safe for those with scent and chemical sensitivities is part of our commitment to accessibility, please refrain from wearing perfume/cologne or using other scented products.
For more information, email the Accessibility Committee.
| |
Thank You to Our Grantors | |
You are receiving this email because you expressed interest in Sha'ar Zahav. Be sure to add office@shaarzahav.org to your (email) contacts list so that our communications land in your inbox! All our events take place at Sha'ar Zahav 290 Dolores Street, unless noted otherwise. To unsubscribe, please click on the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of this email. | | | | |
