Led by Rabbi Copeland and Adam Pollack. D'rash by Rachel Nilson Ralston. Register Here. Meeting ID: 452 290 988.

Join the Zoom Meeting. Meeting ID: 365 434 855 and Passcode: 068575.

To join by phone for either service, dial +1 669 900 9128 or find your local number.

From 6:45 pm Until Midnight

Join us in a much-of-the-night fest of learning, each choosing our own Torah adventure from a wide variety of sessions taught by our in-house Sha’ar Zahav lay leaders and mavens, plus special guest antiquities expert Lenny Wolfe. View the complete schedule of topics and instructors.

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Place Your Order by Wed. May 26 Here.

Learn with Jon Cohen, Director of Community Mobilization at Keshet, about the Equality Act. The bill is rapidly approaching the Senate, and would amend existing civil rights laws to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.  

 

Your senators need to hear from you as a Jew who is motivated by our tradition and history to demand justice, so we will spend time at the end of our meeting emailing, tweeting, calling, and writing to our elected officials. If you can’t attend the session, click here to learn more and take action.

Join on Wednesday, May 26 at 6:00 pm. Register here.

Join on Wednesday, June 2 at 7:00 pm. Register here.

Today's Va'ad (board) meeting will focus on the results of our recent member survey. Come to learn what is the make up of our community right now, how our online pivot due to COVID-19 impacted our Jewish practice and cohesion as a community, and how we may move forward!

We will meet again on Wednesday, May 19 for our regular monthly meeting. All Sha'ar Zahav members are welcome to attend to all Va'ad meetings.

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"All of Israel is responsible for one another." This Talmudic verse defines the mitzvah of Jewish communal engagement. We invite you to fulfill this mitzvah by joining our 2021 members' meeting. There will be time for camaraderie, reports from leadership, highlights from the latest member survey, plus discussion and approval of the budget for 2021-2022. We will also vote on renewing board members and welcoming new ones!

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Join other Sha’ar Zahavniks on monthly urban hikes – mostly in SF but we sometimes venture farther afield. This is a great way to get to know other Sha'ar Zahav members while exploring the city.

The hikes usually last about two hours. We are following all Sha'ar Zahav pandemic guidelines, which currently includes masks and physical distancing. Want more information?

Contact Karen Schiller and Ellen Murland at HikingChavurah@gmail.com.

Nationally renowned pathbreaking SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin in conversation with Sha’ar Zahav Member and Nevada County public defender, Susan Leff, discussing problems and solutions in criminal justice, hate crimes, gun violence, drug addiction, racism, and more. We will end with a Q&A. Join us!

This event is co-sponsored by Sha'ar Zahav's Social Action Committee and Racial Equity Group.

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Allocate some time in your calendar to watch the play "Mosquitoes" by Lucy Kirkwood and let's gather to discuss it on Zoom. You will find the play on National Theater at Home.

Drop-in or join the chavurah by contacting Yvette Adida or Liliana Peliks. We will watch something new every month, and will decide together on dates, genres, etc.

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Think you know all about Harvey Milk, the pioneering gay SF supervisor, member of Sha'ar Zahav, who was assassinated over 40 years ago? Lillian Faderman, a leading historian of LGBTQ lives, has written a fascinating and eloquent account of the many sides -- the many lives -- of Harvey Milk, sides that many may not know, including his early life and how his deeply held Jewish values helped motivate his activism. 

Read the book (let us know if you need help sourcing it), then come discuss both Harvey's contradictions and contributions and how they continue to influence us today.The book was chosen by Sha'ar Zahav's Book Club as a great way to end Pride month. Questions? Want to join the Book Club? Contact Ami Zusman.

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Interested in working toward racial justice in and outside Sha’ar Zahav? Come to our meeting and let's talk! We have a lot to discuss and work towards together. Questions? You may contact Larry Best.

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The Social Action Committee is working on advancing the “Equality Act” (federal LGBT rights) and the “For the People Act” (assuring national fair elections). Want to join us? Contact Nancy Wecker or Geri Kahn.

New postcard campaign and phonebank. HR1/S1 For The People Act. We’ll join the Center for Common Ground in sending postcards to underrepresented voters of color in Arizona urging them to raise their voices to protect their vote, Contact Tirtza Pearl if you would like to participate. We’ll also call Arizona voters asking them to do the same. Please contact Ruth Schoenbach to join our phone banking Havurah.

On immigration. Be part of a Sha'ar Zahav's Accompaniment team with a newly arrived gay Russian asylum-seeking couple. This is a great opportunity to learn first hand about the immigrant experience while you provide safety, and turn them on to resources for housing, food, legal and the LGBT community. For information, contact Nancy Wecker or Neil Young at (415) 649-4494. Also, seeking a Russian speaker to translate.

Calling all small landlords. Do you know about the COVID Tenant Relief Act which can provide delinquent rent benefiting landlords and tenants for stable communities? For information see Faith in Action Bay Area Small Landlords Website or contact abby@faithinactionba.org.

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An introduction to Judaism for people who are new or returning to Judaism and are looking for a starting point to dive into Jewish learning and/or Jewish practice. Anyone from any background is welcome. We will be covering everything from Torah to Israel, spirituality to ethics, through a queer-positive, progressive, inclusive Jewish lens with plenty of room for questions.

The class fee is $149. Partial scholarships available for those who need it. Please contact Liliana Peliks to learn more.

Mussar is a very practical and flexible spiritual discipline to help you balance soul-traits (Middah/Middot) such as Humility, Loving-Kindness, Generosity, and Silence. Drop-ins are always welcome! For more information, contact Mark Pressler.

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Study the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Copeland and lay leaders. For the first half hour, we’ll talk, learn and share thoughts about the portion. In the second half, we will practice our Hebrew reading skills in a compassionate environment! Join for either or both parts of the study.

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Adult B’Mitzvah Program

Many of us did not become B’Mitzvah as children and feel like it might be time to make that connection. Our Adult B’mitzvah Program (ABP) is a monthly group educational program, which runs for approximately 8 – 12 months. In the ABP you will learn about the history of the ritual and explore what it means to become an adult B’mitzvah. You will have practical classes in giving a D’var Torah, reading/chanting from the Torah, leading services, and learning the prayer service.

There will also be sessions on the who, what, and why of prayer, different perspectives of G-d, everyday spirituality and much more. The process culminates in either an individual or group B’mitzvah on a Saturday morning at Sha’ar Zahav.

Contact the coordinator Mark Pressler to let us know you are interested or would like to hear more!

Drop in for a joyful hour of free art-making and connection. Everyone is welcome! The group meets every Thursday. For more information, contact Paisha Rochlin, Barbara Cymrot or AJ Turpen Fried.

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You are invited to a twice-a-month Shabbat morning exploration of yoga and Judaism that integrates mind, body, and spirit. Stuart Dick and Rabbi Mychal Copeland will alternate leading the first and third Saturday of every month.

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Everyone is welcome. And you will not regret it! A typical session includes a short and longer silent sit, with chanting, movement, and a short teaching. The group meets on the first and third Saturday of every month.

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This monthly gathering of kids age 0-2 and their families is a place to share hopes and dreams plus tips and tricks, and wiggles and giggles. Our next meeting will be on Saturday, June 26 and we will meet in-person at Precita Park, in SF. Masks required. Questions? Please contact Sue Bojdak.

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Come and meet other single people in our community. We are here, we may be queer, we may be straight, we may be trans or non binary. We are all ages.

Let’s get together to meet, to schmooze, to share our experiences of the last year during this pandemic and these intense political times. We can start to build community and look ahead to our futures. We will meet virtually this time but hopefully in the future we can meet in person.

Questions, feel free to email Tamar Gershon.

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Songs and prayers to set our hearts and minds! This service takes place every Tuesday morning, and is led by community lay leaders and Cantor Bernstein. For more information, contact Cantor Bernstein.

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During this time of immense loss and grief, we are holding regular Kaddish Memory Circles to support each other. Rabbi Mychal Copeland, Ora Prochovnick and Martin Tannenbaum will alternate leading these circles twice a month.

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An artful video adaptation of Sholem Asch’s ground-breaking 1906 play, in English! Surrounded by controversy (the first Broadway production was closed down for portraying unconventional Jewish characters and the first lesbian kiss on Broadway), this play was the inspiration for the award-winning Broadway show, Indecent.

Purchase Your Tickets Here.

Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing financial assistance for COVID-19 -related funeral expenses incurred after January 20, 2020. 

More Funeral Assistance Information and answers to FAQs

Contact sharonh@shaarzahav.org to sponsor a Shabbat

Programs at Sha’ar Zahav are supported by the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, the Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus Initiative for Immigrant and Refugee Justice of the Religious Action Center, San Francisco Humanities, and the National Center to Encourage Judaism.

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