Expanding Our Conversation about Israel/Palestine
4:30 pm, Thursday, June 29 – Off-site Zoom (register to receive Zoom info)
Reconstructionists Expanding Our Conversation will host acclaimed novelist, screenwriter, and journalist Sayed Kashua, who will speak about “Being a Palestinian in a Jewish State: Israel’s Paradoxical Relationship with its Arab Citizens.” If you’ve previously participated in these
Expanding Our Conversation about Israel/Palestine events, you should automatically receive a Zoom link the day before. If you have not previously attended any of these Reconstructionists Expanding Our Conversation about Israel/Palestine events, you can
click here to sign up. The Havurah Israel/Palestine Committee has co-sponsored these events. Questions? Contact
Elinor Gollay.
Teen Engagement Committee
7 pm, Tuesday, July 4 – Zoom Room Heh
Join us in encouraging the continued involvement of post B'nei Mitzvah youth in the Havurah community.
Bat Mitzvah of Marissa Keys
10 am, Saturday, July 8 – Havurah Shalom and Zoom Room Aleph
Please join us in welcoming Marissa Keys as a Bat Mitzvah and member of our community.
Steering Committee Meeting
6:30 pm, Tuesday, July 11 – Zoom Room Gimel
All Havurah members are welcome to attend the Havurah Steering Committee's monthly meeting.
Racial Justice Committee Meeting
7 pm, Thursday, July 13 – Zoom Room Bet
Attend the monthly Racial Justice Monthly Committee meeting to connect with each other, hear what we are up to, and be part of planning meaningful events for our community.
Marching in the Pride Parade
11 am to 2 pm, Sunday, July 16 – Parade Route Downtown (details to come)
Havurah Shalom will be once again showing up for Pride with Jewish Portland.
Save the date to march together in the parade.
Want to help organize Havurah's role in the Portland Pride Parade and connect with Havurahniks the day-of, Sunday, July 16? We need you! Contact Adela Basayne (adela@havurahshalom.org).
An Intimate Afternoon with David Fuks: Short Stories and a One-Act Play from a Child of Holocaust Survivors
2 pm, Sunday, July 16 – Havurah Shalom and Zoom Room Bet
The postponed short story reading by Havurah member and author/playwright David Fuks will take place Sunday, July 16. Co-sponsored by Havurah, Next Generations Group, and the Oregon Jewish Museum and Holocaust Resource Center, the program will now also feature the premier reading of David’s play “For Love.”
RSVP.
Bar Mitzvah of Quinn Mafchir-Werth
10 am, Saturday, July 22 – Havurah Shalom and Zoom Room Aleph
Please join us in welcoming Quinn Mafchir-Werth as a Bar Mitzvah and member of our community.
Climate Action Team Meeting
5:30 pm, Monday, July 24 – Zoom Room Gimel
Join the Climate Action Team's monthly meeting.
Book Group: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
7 pm, Tuesday, July 25 – Zoom Room Bet
Winner of the 2017 PEN/Faulkner award for fiction, this debut novel tells the story of Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem. Jende has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Discussion led by David Newman. Nonmembers welcome.
RSVP for Zoom info.
