Learn to make a kippah like the ones the b'nei mitzvah class is wearing! This class is for knitters who have intermediate knitting skills and a desire to get to know other knitters in the community. Please bring a short size 2 circular needle, size 2 double-pointed needles, and numerous stitch markers. Yarn and pattern will be provided, along with instruction regarding three skills: 1) double-pointed cast on and increase, 2) diamond lace motif, 3) i-cord bind off. Led by Marsha Green.

Teens (6th-12th grade)! Come join us for three rounds of Laser Tag at Super Play (9300 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway). Registration is required as space is limited.

Portlanders of all income levels are making the transition to enjoy healthier indoor air quality, year-round comfort, lower utility bills and carbon-free living. Come to the Elecrify Everything event at Havurah Shalom and learn from local experts how and why to make your own electrification plan. They’ll cover electric heat pumps for water and home heating (and cooling, too!), induction ranges, electric vehicles, rooftop and community solar, options for renters, and newly available federal and local resources to help cover up-front costs. For more information, contact Michael Heumann.

The Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony will be live-streamed from Israel, April 24, 2023 at 10:30 AM Pacific Time. The recording will be available soon thereafter. The Ceremony, organized by Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle Families Forum, is the largest Israeli-Palestinian jointly organized peace event: Learn more and register to watch the live-stream or recorded Ceremony: (https://afcfp.org/memorial/) Want to watch with your fellow Havurahniks? Feel free to join us in-person to see the event on the big screen in the Havurah Sanctuary! The Israel/Palestine Committee hosted a meeting before and will host one after the ceremony, on May 7.

Join the Climate Action Team's monthly meeting in Zoom Room Gimel: 5 pm to 6:30 pm. (For Zoom room login info, log in to your Havurah member account on the website, go to the Contact tab, and click on Zoom Meeting Rooms in the drop-down menu.)

Where do white-bodied Jews fit on the continuum between oppressed minority and privileged in our racialized society? This facilitated discussion will include readings and video clips. We will meet 4 times over 8 weeks( 4/10, 4/24, 5/8, and 5/22 )with chevruta pairs meeting in the intervening weeks. For the purpose of creating a safe container for difficult work, we ask that participants commit to all 4 sessions. With Sue Danielson and Adela Basayne

We will be riffing on tradition with the freedom that comes with Reconstructing Judaism. Sam Sirkin will share his approach to making Jewish practice accessible while allowing participants to share their experiences. We will also reflect on a few pieces by thinkers such as Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Art Green. Led by Sam Sirkin.

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.

Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members―mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists―The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age. He highlights the key episodes in this colonial campaign, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon to the endless and futile peace process. Khaladi does not create a chronicle of victimization, nor does he whitewash the mistakes of Palestinian leaders or deny the emergence of national movements on both sides. In reevaluating the forces arrayed against the Palestinians, Khaladi offers an illuminating new view of this conflict. Discussion led by Stacy Hankin. Nonmembers welcome. RSVP for Zoom info.

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.

Join us in learning beginner-level Hebrew through children’s and other simple songs. In class, we will practice the new vocabulary in games and conversations, and at home you’ll listen to a premade playlist to help you learn the words while singing along. Requirements: Must know how to read Hebrew; there will be no transliteration. A vocabulary of about 50-100 words. Some familiarity with present tense verbs, colors, greetings, etc. Led by Racheli Ross.

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 Olive Colman & Avna Siegel-Lukin each as a Bat Mitzvah and member of our community.

Parenting Huddle - Concepts, Conundrums, and Conversations about Parenting in Jewish Families; explore real-life questions that we face as parents, with some guidance from our Jewish texts and values, and each other. Facilitated by Deborah Eisenbach-Budner and Laura Orgel.