Alte Rockers Take Over the Sukkah
6:30 pm, Thursday, Oct. 13 — at Havurah
Havurah Alte Rockers have reserved the Havurah Sukkah to celebrate this harvest festival of Sukkot. Let us plan to have an outside gathering in the Sukkah—celebration of the holiday and a non-meat potluck dinner and/or dessert, with the usual schmoozing. For those who prefer, you can bring your own dinner. Please RSVP to Ted Scheinman. Your help is also appreciated.
Tot Shabbat
10:30 am, Saturday, Oct. 15 — at Havurah Shalom
Young children (0-5) and parents celebrate with singing, movement, blessings, and storytelling.
Shacharit with Yizkor
8:15 am, Monday, Oct. 17 — Havurah Shalom and Zoom Room Aleph
Our usual Wednesday service will be replaced with this Monday service in order to observe the Shmini Atzeret Yizkor. We look forward to davening with you!
Simchat Torah Celebration
6-7:30 pm, Monday, Oct. 17 — Havurah Shalom and Zoom Room Neshamah
Join us for a family-friendly and joyous celebration featuring music and dancing with the Torah! Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." On Simchat Torah, we celebrate the conclusion of our annual Torah reading cycle and the beginning of another. We read the last Torah portion, then the first chapter of Genesis, remembering that the Torah is a circle of life that never ends. On Simchat Torah, we sing and dance with the Torah. As many people as possible are given the honor of carrying a Torah scroll, and as many people as possible are given the honor of an aliyah (reciting a blessing over the Torah reading). Children are called up for an aliyah, too. Torah brings sweetness to the lives of all of us!
There will be music, drinks and desserts for all! RSVP here
Israel/Palestine Committee “Expanding the Conversation” Continues
Second Event: Nadia Saah (Project48), "The Nakba: Palestinian History through Testimonies and Images"
5 pm, Tuesday, Oct. 18 — offsite Zoom RSVP
The Israel/Palestine Committee is once again co-sponsoring the free Zoom series "Expanding the Conversation about Israel/Palestine." This fall the series will focus on Palestinian Voices. Details about the series and registration information are available in Hakol and through the portal link on Committee web page. Contact Joel Beinin for more information.
23rd Annual Reading of Oregon Jewish Writers
7-8:30 pm, Tuesday, Oct. 18, at OJMCHE and on Zoom
Havurah member Willa Schneberg curates the Annual "Oregon Jewish Voices" reading now in its 23rd season! She will be joined by authors Bryna Goodman, Seth Lorinczi, Havurah member Vivienne Popperl and Michael Schein. A Q&A will follow the reading. RSVP here
What Is Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good?
7 pm, Thursday, Oct. 20 — Offsite Zoom Link
Havurah is a long-time member of MACG (Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good) but many congregants do not know how it works. This orientation is for you! Learn: What is MACG? What is institutional organizing? How does it strengthen my institution? How does it reduce isolation and build connection? How does it lessen polarization and strengthen the center? How does being part of the MACG alliance lead to real positive changes in the public arena?
Banot Mitzvah of Lyla and Violet Maxen
10 am, Saturday, Oct. 22 — Havurah Shalom and Zoom Room Aleph
Please join us in welcoming Lyla and Violet Maxen as Banot Mitzvah and members of our community.
Gardening Party
10 am, Sunday, Oct. 23 — Havurah Shalom
Come do some gardening to keep our space beautiful! Bring gloves, clippers and an appreciation for our fall weather!
Music of Jews of the Middle East and North Africa
2 pm, Sunday, Oct. 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13 — Havurah Shalom and Zoom Room Gimel
A maqam is an Arabic and Ottoman Turkish musical mode. Mizraḥi and Sephardic Jewish communities traditionally made religious and secular music using these modes. This class will give a short background to maqams and how they work and explore some examples from Jewish communities in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Greece. The instructor will demonstrate some of the music on the oud. There will be opportunities for singing, and musicians who want to join in are encouraged to bring an instrument. Guitars will work for some pieces, but instruments that can play microtones such as the violin family, clarinet, etc. are recommended. Led by Channing Dodson. RSVP here
Book Group: The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen
7 pm, Sunday, Oct. 23 — at Havurah and in Zoom Room Bet
Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959–1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish Inquisition. When Benzion Netanyahu shows up for an interview, family unexpectedly in tow, Blum plays the reluctant host to guests who proceed to lay waste to his American complacencies. Mixing fiction with nonfiction, the campus novel with the lecture, The Netanyahus is a wildly inventive, genre-bending comedy of blending, identity, and politics. Fiction: 240 Pages. Discussion led by Stacy Hankin.
Enjoy the Benefits of Solar Power Without Putting Solar Panels on Your Roof!
5 pm, Sunday, October 23 — Zoom Room Bet
Exciting news: individuals, businesses, and houses of worship can gets the benefits of solar power—lowering your carbon footprint and lowering your electric bill—without installing solar panels on your roof. For PGE and Pacific Power customers, find out how you can be part of "community solar." This is different from the green energy programs offered by the electric companies. For information, contact Elianne Lieberman, Havurah Climate Action Team. RSVP here
Finding The Mother Tree, Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Book Study
First and Third Mondays, beginning Nov. 7 — Zoom Room Bet
We’ll meet the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, until we finish Suzanne Simard's inspiring and illuminating exploration of the world of trees. She reveals that trees are a complex, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities with communal lives not that different from our own. We’ll start by reading the first 44 pages. Join us whenever you can. For information, contact Michael Heumann, Havurah Climate Action Team. RSVP here
Alte Rockers Happy Hour and Michelle Goldberg Talk
4:30 pm, Tuesday, Oct. 25 — Restaurant TBD and Smith Hall at PSU
We will meet for happy hour from 4:30 to 6:30 (time and location TBD) then go to Smith Hall at PSU to hear Michelle Goldberg's talk titled "Autocracy and Anti-Feminism."
Michelle Goldberg at the Sara Glasgow Cogan Memorial Lecture
7 pm, Tuesday, Oct. 25 — Smith Hall, Portland State Univ., 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
New York Times columnis Michelle Goldberg will address the clash between authoritarianism and feminism. This is the 13th annual speaker program that has brought Prof. Timothy Snyder, Prof. Daniel Ziblatt, among others, to PSU since 2007. Admission is free.
Israeli Folk Dancing
Sunday afternoons 12-2:30 pm, Monday evenings 7-10 pm, Thursday evenings 7-10 pm
Whether you haven't danced in a while, or want to try something new in the new year, there's beginner and intermediate Israeli dance instruction and lots of circle, line, and couples dances. Please join us to dance for part or all of any session! For details including cost and locations, look here. (Link corrected from last week.) For more information, contact Cindy Merrill.
