Since our 9/20 work party got canceled due to the smoke, we will need all hands on deck on this coming Sunday Sept 27, 10-2. What better way to start the new year off than Collectively beautifying our shul grounds. Bring a mask, pruners, water and snacks for yourself. Rain or Shine!

Join us at Commonwealth Lake Park, by RSVP only since social distancing permits only a limited gathering.

We gather to remember our loved ones, led in song and remembrance. Havurah Cemetery, 5656 SW Humphrey Blvd. Social distancing precautions will be taken.

Led by Rabbi Benjamin, Deborah Eisenbach-Budner, Ilene Safyan, and Margie Rosenthal. Enter the holiest of days with us in sacred song, prayer, and reflection. Rabbi Benjamin will deliver his second drash of the season. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

Pop in to meet and greet members of our community. Visitors will be randomly shuffled into breakout rooms. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

Led by Ken Lerner, Maria Lisa Johnson, and Rabbi Benjamin. Join us for this morning service that will feature beautiful High Holiday melodies interwoven with kavanot/intentions. This service can be complemented beforehand by listening to the Morning Songs album on the On Demand page. Listen to it in a quiet space, or as you begin your morning before services start. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you! 9:30 Psukei D’zimra 9:40 Shacharit 10:50 Interlude 11:00 Torah and Haftorah Services 12:30 End

Especially for families with children ages 0-10! Our Yom Kippur Family Service helps people of all ages focus on our yearly tradition of celebration and renewal. Enjoy favorite songs and prayers, the Jonah story, and family interaction. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

Come visit to speak with a volunteer to learn about the Havurah Shalom community and programs. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

Meet up with friends and chat over a hand of Apples to Apples. The Teen Tent is open to Grades 7 to 12. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

We all make assumptions and operate with stereotypes in mind. Can't be helped if you live in society. Teshuvah, the Turning, involves examining these assumptions and stereotypes, with an eye to challenging, changing and/or dispelling them. NO PENANCE REQUIRED. Registration preferred but not mandatory. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

Join Tikkun Olam during the Yom Kippur service break for a participatory discussion: Mount Sinai 2020: Visions Beyond Our Poverty, Climate, Racial and Economic Crises in the Post-COVID World, and How to Get There. The session will include an overview and interactive breakout sessions. In the first breakout group, we'll read short passages from Torah and Talmud, then listen and share as we identify the interconnections between our global challenges. In the second breakout group, we'll identify and discuss current actions to lead us to a future of tikkun. Please bring your ideas and actions. We will compile the list and share through Havurah online publications following the High Holidays. Organized by Karen Erde, Gloria Halper, Jenn Louis, Harriet Cooke and Megan Koler. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

Rabbi Benjamin will facilitate some contemplative practice—meditation, chanting, and reflection—to support those who would like to deepen into the power of the day and open our hearts further to the possibilities of Teshuvah—returning—and forgiveness. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

Music, song, and contemplation create space for remembering loved ones and reciting Kaddish. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

Led by representatives from the Tikkun Olam cluster, and Nate Shine, Orion Segal-Adoff, Jonathan Williams, Levi Mandelsberg, Saul Druker, and Cassandra Sagan. Be Holy - The Holiness Code is the centerpiece of this service featuring voices of Tikkun Olam work groups, Teen Torah chanters, and a rousing, interactive Jonah drash with Cassandra Sagan. The traditional Shabbat cantillation of the Torah portions signals the beginning of the end of our collective self-abnegation and re-emergence. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

We gather to find some moments of quiet and shalom. Led by Rabbi Benjamin, Adela Basayne, Deborah Eisenbach-Budner, Nancy Becker, or Ria de Neeve. We will meet both in-person (Havurah Sanctuary or Library) and in Zoom Room Bet. Log in to the website and then visit havurahshalom.org/zoom or call the office for join info (503-248-4662). All are welcome.

For all who want a regular prayer practice and for people saying Kaddish. We meet both in person and streaming online in Zoom Room Aleph. All are welcome. Please email info@havurahshalom.org for join info.

Come join our class for Havurahniks about social action poetry—poetry of witness that breaks silence, raises awareness and powers social justice. We'll read and discuss poems across diverse cultures about such issues as Black Lives Matter (including poems about Latinx Americans and more), anti-war/waging peace, and others. Please acquire the book, Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing, before the first class. Taught by poets Frances Payne Adler and Herman Asarnow. Limit 20 people. This event will take place on our High Holidays platform. Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you!

An in-depth look at the weekly Torah reading, led by congregants. No prior knowledge or study is necessary. At Havurah Shalom and in Zoom Room Bet. Email info@havurahshalom.org for Zoom link.

Please join us for Shabbat morning! This service includes davening, Torah reading and discussion. For the time being, all services will take place on Zoom in Room Aleph. Please contact the office for help connecting: info@havurahshalom.org.