We All Belong Here
Past president, Ken Lerner, wrote a wonderful piece about our community and why it's important to foster generosity and personal connection despite our growing size. You can read it on our website by clicking here.
Upcoming Havurah Events
Photo taken by Ellen Regal at Simchat Torah.
Music & Meaning in the Shabbat Morning Service Wednesday, Oct. 30, 7 pm - 8:30 pm
A walk through the Shabbat morning service, focusing on the prayers we generally sing at Havurah. We will learn melodies and engage with the meaning and resonance of each prayer and of the service as a whole. These three sessions build on each other, but students are welcome to come to any or all. Taught by Rabbi Benjamin. Wednesdays, Oct. 30; Jan. 8, 15.
Last Thursday Witness: IMIrJ ICE Vigil Thursday, Oct. 31, 10 am - 11 am, 4310 SW Macadam Ave.
Gather in vigil as we express our support and love for families affected by ICE detentions. Join this monthly gathering to lift up the reality of what happens every day at the Portland ICE facility and participate in solidarity in various interfaith expressions and rituals.
Discovering Shabbat Learners Minyan Saturday, Nov. 2, 10 am - 11:30 am
This upbeat, interactive service focuses on the structure and key themes and prayers of the morning service. Especially for families with youth in grades 5-7. Light lunch afterward. RSVP here.
Photo taken by Barbara Gundle.
Tot Shabbat Saturday, Nov. 2, 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Young children (0-5) and parents celebrate with singing, movement, blessings, and storytelling, followed by a nosh and time to play and schmooze. RSVP here.
Jewish Mindfulness and Meditation Tuesday, Nov. 5, 12 pm - 1 pm
We gather on Tuesdays, from 12 pm to 1 pm, to find some moments of quiet and shalom. Led by Deborah Eisenbach-Budner, Rabbi Benjamin, Adela Basayne, and Nancy Becker.
Tikkun Olam Cluster Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 5, 7 pm - 9 pm, Havurah
This quarterly meeting of the Tikkun Olam Cluster is open to Havurah members. The agenda will cover items including upcoming Human Rights and Refugee Shabbats, updates on Tikkun Olam programming and opportunities for collaboration across the Tikkun Olam committees, an update on the Tikkun Olam budget, and a discussion of how we structure our Tikkun Olam projects within the larger Havurah cluster structure. Contact Chris Coughlin with any questions.
Morning Minyan Wednesday, Nov. 6, 8:15 am - 9:15 am
For all who want a regular prayer practice and for people saying Kaddish.
Photo taken by Barbara Gundle.
Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, Nov. 8, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Our catered vegetarian Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner begins at 6:30 pm, followed by a Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 7:30 pm. The dinner portion is RSVP only. Please sign up for it by clicking here. Anyone is welcome to come to the service!
If you'd like to volunteer to assist in running the event,please fill out this form.We could use your help!
Inside Havurah
Be a Welcomer at Havurah!
Attending an event at Havurah? If so, you can be a welcomer!Sign up here, grab a welcome button from the basket in the hallway, smile, be friendly, check in with people who may have come alone, and introduce people to each other! Contact Stefanie Hausman if you have questions.
Tell Us What You Thought About High Holidays: A Survey
From Selichot to break fast, we have traveled a long way together this year. We want to know how to make next year better, more meaningful, and more accessible for everyone. Please take our short survey here.
Sharing a Birth with the Havurah Community
If you'd like to share a birth with our community, and you're logged into our website as a member, you can submit all relevant info to this form. The birth will be recorded and mentioned in the next Hakol! You can also find this form on our website under the "Life Cycle" tab and then under "Births."
Tikkun Olam
Tikkun Olam Cluster Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 5, 7 pm - 9 pm, Havurah
This quarterly meeting of the Tikkun Olam Cluster is open to Havurah members. The agenda will cover items including upcoming Human Rights and Refugee Shabbats, updates on Tikkun Olam programming and opportunities for collaboration across the Tikkun Olam committees, an update on the Tikkun Olam budget, and a discussion of how we structure our Tikkun Olam projects within the larger Havurah cluster structure. Contact Chris Coughlin with any questions.
Havurah members at the Global Climate Strike on September 20, 2019.
Climate Action Team Meeting (HCAT) Thursday, Nov. 7, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm, Havurah
This is the monthly meeting of the Havurah Climate Action Team. Zoom is available for those who cannot make it there physically!
Climate Action Team: Causes and Solutions Study Group Thursday, Nov. 7, 7 pm - 9 pm, Havurah
Please join HCAT, for our fall climate action book study! We will be reading EcoMind, by Frances Moore’ Lappe, supplemented by sections from Paul Hawken’s Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. We will also review chapters from Dietz and O’Neil’s Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources, and we will conclude with an introduction to the Green New Deal, how it can support sustainable solutions, and how we can participate in the great T’shuvah of our times.
MACG Delegate Assembly Thursday, Nov. 14, 7 pm - 8:45 pm at Lake Oswego United Methodist Church
Havurah is a member organization of MACG - Metropolitan Alliance for the Common Good. Delegates from all member organizations meet to review and discuss MACG plans, campaigns, trainings, budget and news. Open to all Havurahniks. This is a great way to learn more about MACG and meet folks from other member organizations.
MACG Leadership Training Opportunities Friday, Nov. 22, 7 pm - 9 pm
Saturday, Nov. 23, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
St. Andrew Lutheran in Beaverton
Havurah is a member of MACG, the Metropolitan Alliance for the Common Good. MACG regularly provides leadership training based on the MACG organizing model. The training is focused on developing leaders to organize campaigns and actions that benefit the common good. There are three training opportunities coming up this year, and the training sessions are free to all Havurah members. For more info, you can see MACG's calendar on the MACG website.
Volunteer for Lift UP Community Christmas Dinner Wednesday, December 25, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Congregation Beth Israel, Goodman Hall
Congregation Beth Israel is again hosting the Lift Urban Portland Community Christmas Dinner. This beloved neighborhood event is attended by several hundred guests and is a popular volunteer opportunity. Last year over 200 people helped to make the dinner a success. This event will take place on Christmas Day in Goodman Hall, located on NW Flanders in the Schnitzer Family Center. Dinner will be served from 12 pm - 2 pm. Meals are also delivered to homebound individuals. Many volunteers are needed to make this event happen, including drivers to deliver meals. Delivering meals can be a family activity. Sign up to volunteer here starting November 1!
Other Events in the Community
Fighting Homelessness One Tiny House at a Time with Tivnu Wednesdays, Oct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27; Dec. 4, 11, 10 am - 3 pm
A field outside the MJCC, on Capitol Highway, opposite the Federation
Build a better Portland for all of us, one tiny house at a time! Join Havurah's longtime partner Tivnu: Building Justice along with PJA and Cascadia Clusters. Let's make this a New Year of security, opportunity, and community, working alongside the folks who really need it. Tivnu and partners will bring the tools and the construction coach; you bring the hands and the heart. Sign up now!
Questions? Email Erik at Erik@Tivnu.org.
Alt > Klezmer: Falk, Layman, Crowder Sunday, Nov. 3, 7 pm - 10 pm at Artichoke Music
Join Yankl Falk, Sandra Layman and Christina Crowder for an evening of music, song (and dancing) at Artichoke Music. Traditional Jewish, Romanian, and other tunes from the Carpathians and nearby lands! Alt Klezmer with Yankl Falk, Christina Crowder, and Sandra Layman. Tickets are $15.
Story Swap at the Museum: Resistance Wednesday, Nov. 13, 7 pm, Oregon Jewish Museum, 724 NW Davis St.
Please join us for a powerful night of stories on the theme of Resistance. Featured tellers include Jessica Beckett, Executive Director of 350PDX.org, Kathi Miller, a Native American fiber artist, Charleigh Sheffer, a non-binary artist, hairdresser, and storyteller, and Alaide Vilchis Ibarra, Executive Director of the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice and a former dreamer. Open mic follows the featured tellers! Purchase advance tickets here.
Michael Winograd & Christina Crowder, Live in Portland! Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 at 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm, SE Portland, OR (house concert)
Join Klezmer clarinet virtuoso Michael Winograd and Accordion whiz Christina Crowder for over 100 years of Jewish music in one night! RSVP to abbiew@froggie.com or to reserve click here. Suggested donation $20-25 or what you can. All door proceeds go to the artists! Contact Abbie Weisenbloom at abbiew@froggie.com with questions or for directions.
Jewish Life & Learning
Bend the Arc's Jeremiah Fellowship
Applications are open for the 2020 cohort of the Jeremiah Fellowship, Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice’s national leadership program for young adult Jews who want to mobilize their community to fight for progressive change. Click here to start your application.
Reconstructing Judaism Newsletter
From now on, we will be incorporating Reconstructing Judaism's newsletter into our weekly emails.Here's this month's newsletter!You can also check out their podcast here.
Have a Question About Havurah?
The Transparency and Inclusivity Committee welcomes your questions! We will find the answer and publish the question (but not the questioner) and answer in an upcoming Hakol. It is our intention at Havurah that what you know and understand about our congregation should not be a function of who you know. If you find yourself wondering about something related to Havurah, or if someone shares their question with you, we hope you contact us.
Send your questions to transparency@havurahshalom.org.You can also contact Judy Steinberger and Fran Weick.
Please use this form to submit stories for this weekly community email. Submissions are due by noon on Tuesday each week.
Havurah Shalom is a vibrant, diverse, participatory Jewish community steeped in Jewish values promoting spirituality, learning, and acts of social responsibility.
Prayer Flags for Our Planet Thursday, Apr 18th 11:00a to 3:00p This exhibit is about science and art.
It is meant to be a learning experience, about the top 60 solutions to climate change, as researched by over 5,000 scientists.
And most importantly it is about hope.
It is about learning about these solutions to climate change and
changing the hearts and minds of those around us,
so that we can all work together.
Anne Nesse, 2024
Shabbat HaGadol: Special Multi-synagogue Torah Study Led by Emily Simon Shabbat, Apr 20th 9:00a to 10:00a We will be discussing why this shabbes is called Shabbat HaGadol, and the special Haftarah, which is Malachi 3:4-24. Interestingly enough, there is no special Torah reading for what would seem like such a special occasion. In addition to Havurah Shalom, other congregations are being invited, and we may even have some folks joining us from other parts of the country and maybe the world. No prior knowledge or study is necessary. All viewpoints are welcome as we try to draw lessons from our holy books
(HYB) Shabbat Morning Shabbat, Apr 20th 10:00a to 12:00p Led by community members and Rabbi Benjamin, this service includes davening, Torah reading, and discussion. For Zoom link (Zoom Room Aleph), email info@havurahshalom.org.
(IP) Tot Shabbat Shabbat, Apr 20th 10:30a to 11:30a Young children (0-5) and parents celebrate with singing, movement, blessings, and storytelling. All are welcome.
Shabbat School Shabbat, Apr 20th 3:00p to 5:15p This program gives children a foundation for lifelong Jewish learning and engagement while integrating parents and children in a caring Jewish community.
(HYB) Meeting of Palestine Justice working group Sunday, Apr 21st 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.
Experience the Omer: Making it Count! Tuesday, Apr 23rd 7:00p to 7:30p [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.
Passover Minyan Wednesday, Apr 24th 8:00a to 9:15a 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.
Prayer Flags for Our Planet Thursday, Apr 25th 11:00a to 3:00p This exhibit is about science and art.
It is meant to be a learning experience, about the top 60 solutions to climate change, as researched by over 5,000 scientists.
And most importantly it is about hope.
It is about learning about these solutions to climate change and
changing the hearts and minds of those around us,
so that we can all work together.
Anne Nesse, 2024
