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 in welcoming Isla Pomerantz-Roll as a Bat Mitzvah and member of our community.

Havurah is an official sponsor to the Lift Every Voice campaign to place Initiative Petitions 17 and 18 on the November ballot. If passed, these common sense gun safety laws would make Oregon safer for us all by banning large ammunition magazines more than 10 rounds, banning the sale and manufacture of all semi-automatic weapons, and strengthening the permit process. YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED, even If you can only contribute a small amount of time. To get involved please RSVP for this informational Havurah Zoom meeting. We will meet in Zoom Room Bet.

Monthly meeting for the Teen Engagement Committee leadership. Havurah teens and their parents are welcome. We meet in Zoom Room Bet.

The conflicts between Israel its Palestinian and its other Arab neighbors is only one of the challenges that the new state of Israel faced in the wake of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. Undoubtedly, those conflicts and the role of the military were major forces that structured Israeli society. In addition, this course considers: the post-1949 mass immigration; relations between Ashkenazi veterans of the pre-state era and newcomers (mostly Holocaust survivors, Mizrahim, and later Ethiopians); the Palestinian Arabs who became citizens of Israel; relations between the Jewish religious establishment, the state, and the Jewish people; the status of women and the feminist movement; the employment of large numbers of eastern European and Asian migrant workers since the 1990s; and how Tel-Aviv became a haven for the LGBTQI+ community. We will also examine the popular culture scene. Led by Joel Beinin.

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.

“Becoming Rooted” explores the connections we have with the land around us and the tools of nature that allow us to live sustainably and justly on this planet. The first in an ongoing book discussion group, this is an opportunity to be in touch with the spiritual events that occur each day and to be connected to the land we live on. We’ll discuss new chapters every week. Join us whenever you can. For information, reach out to Michael Heumann. We meet in Zoom Room Aleph.

Join the Jewish Magical Practices class that Oren Kosansky and Deborah Eisenbach-Budner recently taught for one bonus session with Jonathan Seidel, a scholar of Jewish sacred practices. Jonathan will explore Ashkenazic folk medicine and magical practices for individual and communal healing and protection. He will introduce us to textual, ritual and visual materials about Jewish and intercultural “folk magic” against demonological agents of disease as well as the Evil Eye. He will highlight recent scholarship on Jewish folk medicine in Eastern Europe including Yiddish language research and current gender- oriented historical perspectives. Jonathan Seidel PhD is Aquarian Minyan Rabbi in Residence and Rosh Yeshivah as well as Adjunct Theology Faculty, University of Portland.

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.

It’s a Purim Party!!!! We’ll dance, we’ll play, we’ll schmooze, we’ll be together. DJ Saulomite will set the party rocking. Pizza in the courtyard at 6:30. (RSVP so we order enough!) Masks required.

Explore memoir writing through reflection, engaging prompts, discussion and feedback. With support from the group, develop a short piece in more depth and share at a low-key, Friday Oneg for the Havurah community. Facilitated by David Kertzner. (Please check back close to the date of this event for information on gathering. Depending on circumstances, it may take place in person, on Zoom or both. If it will be accessed via Zoom, please use Zoom Room Heh. For login info, contact info@havurahshalom.org or see Hineinu.)

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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. **Note that Multi-Synagogue Torah Study, led by Emily Simon, will be on February 22 and March 22 this year. In April 2025, Multi-Synagogue Torah Study will again be held on the third Shabbat morning (third Saturday) of the month**

Led by community members, this service includes davening, Torah reading and discussion. It takes place in person and in Zoom Room Aleph. Contact info@havurahshalom.org for login info.