Hineinu: Learn More about Safety at Havurah
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Hineinu: '40 Days of Teshuvah' & 'This is Real' Book Discussions
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Hineinu: Elul Food Drive for Homeless
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Hineinu: "Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song"
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Hineinu: Gun Safety Success!, Common Good Project, Book Group
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Hineinu: Saving Our Wild Fish, Song Circle
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Reproductive Justice, by Rabbi Benjamin
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Hineinu: Global Refugee Forum Tonight
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Refugee Resettlement & Immigration Forum
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Hineinu: Pride Shabbat, Juneteenth & More
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RSVP for Congregational Meeting
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Help End Senseless Gun Violence: Sign IP 17
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Hineinu: Shavuot Gatherings this Weekend, Marching in the Pride Parade
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Hineinu: Shavuot, Congregational Meeting
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Hineinu: Mourning with Those in Buffalo, Genizah Ritual, Shavuot
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Hineinu: Sundays in May & More
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"Rabbis & Abortion" by Rabbi Joey
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I’m a religious Jew. I pray in the morning, routinely study the text of the Bible in the original Hebrew. In fact, not only do I read it, I weigh the thoughts it has inspired in powerful teachers over the centuries. In the case of Judaism, readers have always enlarged the written word, made it take flight, yes, but in so many ways, rooted it in real-life contexts.
The reality is that one in four women will have an abortion at some time in their lives. And the reality is that five men (and one quite like-minded woman rushed into office by some who have given the word unprecedented, well, a new life) wish to preempt the arduous personal decisions of this quarter of our nation. And, by trammeling those who identify as women, at a distinct disadvantage for having uteruses or biological complexities unknown to cisgender men, the highest court of the land offers up a picture of salvation that the founders, for all their vices, would enjoy.
Or so these justices say, despite the fact that more than half of this country doesn’t go along with the case they are making. Nor does Jewish law.
As rabbis, we have qualms with this interpretive gloss. We feel deeply the disruption in the second chapter of Genesis, where, in accord with the mystical book The Zohar’s rendering, “the river flowing from Eden watered the garden” moves us forward too. In that dreamlike scene, women’s desire and enfranchisement are forever connected with dreams of new beginnings.
We delve into the Talmud, one part colloquy, one part spirited donnybrook. The Talmud barks at pompous overreach, peers into the heart-wrenching stories of people living their lives. Seen through a Jewish prism, the misery of a fourteen-year old raped by her stepfather — or a twenty-two-year old who had plans to start her own business and was careful about birth control and still became pregnant, would shine light on the cards stacked against them. They cry out for a clearer reasoning, for compassion, for a woman’s right to make her own choices in privacy.
The rabbis would say: What do you say for her? Does your fatuous opinion still apply? Is she not God’s creature? And Jewish authorities respect that a mother’s physical and emotional wellbeing, in fact, takes priority to the life of a fetus. Within the last century, the Tzitz Eliezer wrote that, in the case of a pregnant woman, that “suffering and emotional pain in great measure are greater and more painful than physical pain.” And the eminent Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein noted that “issues such as kevod ha-beriyot (dignity of persons), shalom bayit (domestic peace) and tza’ar (pain), which all carry significant halakhic weight in other contexts, should be considered in making these decisions.”
In our imaginations, Eden is a garden that should be cultivated, after all. And, if the draft of a Supreme Court opinion that circulated the other night is to believed, it’s the equivalent of spraying with Roundup.
Some of us can remember all too well what it was like before 1973. I can recall the trips out of state to clinicians who were questionable, or whose payments were high — high enough that it led to myriads of unsafe procedures for women who could ill-afford them. Trips made in darkness. I know the toll this exacted on our society, and realize that every family in America would be affected by this rolling back of jurisprudential wisdom. And I am morally outraged that, in the name of religion, a few are claiming a monopoly that is heartless and anything but sacred.
Published on "Medium" by Joey Wolf, Rabbi Emeritus of Havurah Shalom
Hineinu: Long Range Planning Review, Genizah Ritual, Amended Bylaws
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Hineinu: Help Our Afghan Family
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Sun, May 19 2024
11 Iyyar 5784
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Havurah Updates
Hineinu: Cemetery Beautification Day, Song of Miriam Brunch, Social Justice & Learning Opportunities, Fiddler on the Roof Sing-Along, and More
Annual Cemetery Beautification Day: May 19
1 pm to 3 pm, Sunday, May 19 – 5656 SW Humphrey Blvd., Portland, Oregon
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Sunday, May 19th 7:00p to 8:30p
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MayMay 19 , 2024
Sunday, May 19th 7:00p to 8:30p
Our regular monthly meeting of the Palestine Justice working group will take place on the third Sunday of every month, at Havurah and in Zoom Room Bet. The agenda will be distributed in advance on the listserv. If you are interested in being added to the listserv, please email David Lewis. -
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MayMay 20 , 2024
Monday, May 20th 1:00p to 4:00p
We are excited to bring mahjong back to Havurah. It is a fun, social activity that builds community, encouraging new friendships and cementing old ones. And while some of us may play elsewhere as well, we all agreed that restoring its place as an ongoing congregational activity will be a good fit for Havurah and those of us who play or want to learn the game. So please don't hesitate to join us! -
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Monday, May 20th 5:30p to 6:15p
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Join us at Havurah with Barry Lavine accompanying on the piano! Singalongs are for everyone who enjoys singing to circle round and join voices together. No expertise is needed, just the desire to sing. -
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Click to learn how to submit your contributions to our monthly newsletter, Hakol. Normally the third Thursday of the month, the deadline for submissions to the June 2024 Hakol is Tuesday, May 21. -
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[RSVP to be emailed a recording of the April 9 intro session.] The Omer is an ancient tradition marking time between the Exodus from the Narrow Place to the Expanse at Sinai. Explore tools and practices to facilitate your own learning and experience from Liberation to Revelation. We will have an intro class followed by half-hour check-ins, one for each Sephira. Led by Andrine de la Rocha. 7 pm, Tuesdays, Apr. 9 (Intro), 23 (Chesed), 30 (Gevurah); May 7 (Tiferet), 14 (Netzach), 21 (Hod), 28 (Yesod); Jun. 4 (Malchut) Led by Andrine de la Rocha. -
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Wednesday, May 22nd 6:00p to 8:30p
Havurah Teens meet to craft blankets for Community Warehouse, with support from Havurah's Poverty & Homelessness Committee. We will meet in person at Havurah. Dinner will be provided. Parents/guardians of Havurah teens: Please RSVP by Sunday, May 19!