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Links of the week: Our member, Yuridia Yisraeli, was featured in this video about for Pride month. It's in Spanish!
Rabbi Allen Bennett, Sha'ar Zahav's first rabbi, wrote an article about finding freedom after coming out. Click here to read more!
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Contact office@shaarzahav.org to sponsor Oneg or Flowers for Shabbat. | |
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Friday Night Services for Parshat Sh'lach:
June 16th at 7:30pm.
Hybrid: On Zoom and In-Person.
A special Shabbat honoring queer, Jewish history (scroll down for our special 6pm speaker)
Led by Rabbi Copeland and Ron Lezell.
Drash by Arthur Slepian.
Register Here for Zoom Service
Meeting ID: 886 7131 3838
Saturday Morning Service:
June 17th at 10:00am.
Hybrid: On Zoom and In-Person.
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.
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Cantor Bernstein is away from June 12-July 18. If anything is needed in the meantime reach out to Rabbi Copeland or the office. | |
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The office will be closed on Monday, June 19th for Juneteenth.
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Celebrate Pride with Sha'ar Zahav! | |
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Queer Jewish Pasts: A History of LGBTQ Jewish Activism and Innovation from the 1950s to the 1980s with Dr. Gregg Drinkwater
Friday, June 16, 6-7:15pm
Hybrid: In-person and on Zoom, Light Dinner Included
Dr. Gregg Drinkwater is Program Director for the Antisemitism Education Initiative, a project of UC Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies. An award-winning scholar of Judaism, gender, and sexuality, he earned a PhD in U.S. history and Jewish studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His current book project, “Rebuilding American Judaism: How LGBTQ Jews Transformed an American Religious Community,” explores the involvement of American Jews with gay liberation, radical feminism, and the creation of LGBTQ subcultures. Prior to entering academic life, Drinkwater worked as a researcher and advocate for LGBTQ inclusion and social justice in the Jewish community through the organizations Jewish Mosaic and Keshet. He is the co-editor of the book Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible (NYU Press, 2009).
Register here
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Pride Shabbat
Do you know someone who could use a pride lift during this difficult time? Invite them to one of our special Shabbatot this month.
Friday, June 23, 7:30pm
Hybrid: In-person and on Zoom
Show your Jewish Pride at our annual blowout Pride Shabbat!
Pride Pre-Party! Come at 6pm as we usher in Pride 2023 with food, drinks (alcohol and mocktails) and joy! We’ll greet marchers from Trans*March while gearing up for our Pride service. We'll be making our own DIY Pride t-shirts. Come join in on all the fun!
Then join the most joyful service of the year led by Rabbis Mychal Copeland and Reuben Zellman at 7:30pm, and stay late for a rainbow-themed oneg (post service bites).
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Trans* March Shabbat Picnic
Friday, June 23, 5:30pm
We will gather at Dolores Park (up the hill from where 19th Street intersects with Dolores) to share Shabbat ritual and a BYO picnic dinner before the march.
Sponsored by Kehilla Community Synagogue and Sha’ar Zahav.
More information here
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Pride Parade
Sunday, June 25
Time TBA--approximately 12pm
Walk or ride on our bus! This year, we are marching with a multifaith group of religious organizations. In light of religiously framed anti-LGBTQI sentiment in our country, we will make the statement by walking with other affirming spiritual communities that we are both religious and LGBTQI! Of the many groups marching, we will walk alongside our sibling congregation who shares our building, First Mennonite Church.
We need to know if you are coming. Please add your name to this form.
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Looking Beyond the Shadow:
Exploring Our Relationship to Racism with Love, Compassion and Courage
Thursdays starting June 29-July 27, 7:00-9:00pm on Zoom
Sha'ar Zahav Members Only
Join SZ Member Claudia Bernard in this five week class. This is a journey to look beyond the shadow of our ignorance to see what our conditioning has not allowed us to see: our part in internalizing, maintaining and benefitting from the system of racism in America.
For more information, click here.
To register, click here.
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A B’yachad Picnic Invitation
Sunday, July 2, 12:00-2:00pm
All SZ members are invited to join our 94114 neighborhood B’yachad at Duboce Park under the big tree at 14th and Noe by the N-Judah stop. Bring something to sit on.
For more info please contact: Bob Gordon, Paisha Rochlin or Marvin Lehrman.
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2023 Labor Day Weekend in the Marin Headlands
Friday, September 1st at 5pm-Sunday, September 3rd at 1pm
Join congregation members and families for a weekend of Shabbat peace, learning and fun.
In addition to a Friday Kabbalat Shabbat, Saturday morning services and Havdalah, there will be good food, hikes, sports, crafts, music, Torah study, yoga/meditation, campfires, and lots of schmoozing. We’ll be based at the Point Bonita Conference Center with dazzling views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Pacific coastline.
Email the retreat committee if you have any questions.
Register here— for the whole weekend or just a day. Do it now, while there’s room!
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A great mitzvah opportunity:
Help other SZniks join the trip to Israel
Would you be willing to donate airline miles to help another congregant afford SZ’s October 2023 Israel trip? If so, please contact Karen Schiller to find out how to help.
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Sha’ar Zahav’s Israel Trip Sign-up Site is Live!
Open to Members and loved ones of members
The official website for the October 13 to 22, 2023 trip is up and running with information about our trip and registration details. Please sign up soon! Join us as we explore the reality we don’t always see on the news: the winding streets of Jerusalem and the sidewalk cafes of Tel Aviv, ancient Jewish sites, Palestinian fields, and Jewish settlements. If you have disability concerns or other questions about the trip, please email us.
Click here for our trip website.
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Recurring Gatherings and Meetings | |
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Social Action Committee
Monday, July 10, 6:00-7:30pm on Zoom
Together we can create a more Just and Peaceful World. Act to Welcome the Stranger, Secure Housing and Food, End Gun Violence, Protect Fair Voting, and more!
What’s on your mind? Come to our next meeting or contact Nancy Wecker or Geri Kahn.
Join the Meeting: Zoom Link
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Theater & Movies Chavurah: Rasheviski’s Tango
Wednesday, August 2, 6:00-7:15pm on Zoom
Join the Movie and Theatre Chavurah for a discussion of “Rasheviski’s Tango,” a portrait of three generations of a Jewish family wrestling with issues of identity, love, interfaith marriage and long-held family secrets. The play is available for rent on Vimeo.
Join us: Zoom Link
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Kaf-Lamed Monthly Gathering
Don't go to Shabbat alone!
Join Sha'ar Zahav's young adult group (The Kaf Lameds) for a monthly gathering at Shabbat Services in person! Perfect for those who've ever felt intimidated to go to Shabbat in person services alone. Or perfect for those who just want a few buddies to join on Friday night services! This is a monthly gathering, where we'll do "Shabbat Together" the 3rd Friday of each month.
Contact Emily Ornelas-Dorian.
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L'Havin: Understanding Israel and Its Neighbors
4th Monday of the month, 6:00-7:00pm on Zoom
L'Havin: Understanding Israel and Its Neighbors is a Sha'ar Zahav working group that provides our members and community friends with support, knowledge, and dialogue skills that deepen our relationship with the land and peoples of Israel and Palestine, and to advance understanding and healing within our Jewish community. You do not need to come with any previous knowledge of the topics we may discuss or with any set viewpoints. In fact, we encourage all to come with open ears and a learner’s mindset.
For more information, contact Rachel Nilson-Ralston.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
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Climate Action Committee
2nd Monday of the month, 5:00-6:30pm on Zoom
The CAC gathers monthly to support and educate ourselves and our community on climate issues, including climate grief, policy advocacy, and personal and community strategies to address the urgent crises of climate change and climate justice.
Contact Deborah Levy.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
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Racial Equity Committee
2nd Tuesday of the month, 6:00-7:30pm on Zoom
Come help assure that SZ is always a place of welcome, inclusion and equity for all.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
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Disability and Accessibility Committee
If you identify as disabled, are exploring that identity, or have a loved one with a disability and are interested in joining the Disability and Accessibility Committee, please reach out to Eliana Smithstein for more information. If you are interested in learning more about disability and how you can become a better ally, stay tuned for educational events to come!
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Remember When
1st Wednesday of the Month
Note Time Change! 6:45-8:00pm
Hitch a ride on the wayback wagon for a trip down memory lane. Let’s reminisce about the 40’s thru the 70’s together! Different topics each month. We will gather on the first Wednesday of every month. Email Marv Lehrman.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
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Weekly Torah Study Group
Weekly on Wednesday
8:30-9:30am
Rabbi Copeland and lay leaders lead discussions about the weekly Torah reading. Drop-ins welcome, no experience with Torah nessecary!
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
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Mussar Discussion Group
Bi-weekly on Thursdays 7:00-8:00pm
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! Contact Mark Pressler.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
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Meditation Chavurah
1st and 3rd Saturday of the month
10:30am-Noon
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.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
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Hiking Chavurah
2nd Saturday of the month, 9:50am
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 SZ members while exploring the city and beyond. The hikes usually last about two hours. Email Karen Schiller and Ellen Murland.
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12-Step Meetings by and for SZ Members
Weekly on Sundays On Zoom
1:00-2:00pm
The meeting will be run in the usual 12-step format but will also feature some thoughts and reflections from members bringing Judaism into their 12-step practice. Contact Erika Katske.
For Sha'ar Zahav Members Only. Register Here to Attend.
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Weekday Morning Prayer
Weekly on Tuesdays
8:30-9:00am
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. Contact Cantor Bernstein.
Join the Meeting: Zoom link
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Daliah Ortega 6/14
Gabriel Gluck 6/15
Alan Karras 6/16
Nancy Levin 6/16
Shayna Prochovnick 6/16
Sarah Rawlings-Fein 6/16
Wayne Bender 6/17
Pieter de Haan 6/17
Julie Mamet 6/17
Aruni Shah Grunwald 6/18
Susan Lubeck 6/18
Fredrica Lipsett 6/19
Allen Zachary Lipsett 6/19
Deborah Farkas 6/20
Janis Portal 6/20
Larry Wexler 6/20
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While we strive for all our events to be mixed-access, this is not always possible. Some events are only in-person, and some are Zoom only. If you have any questions about a particular event, please contact the office, or the contact listed for the event. | |
Health and Safety Policies at 290 Dolores | |
For the health and safety of our community, it is Sha’ar Zahav's expectation that all members and visitors who attend in-person services and events will be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. If you are unvaccinated, sick or experiencing any symptoms of illness, please enjoy services and events via Zoom.
Masks are no longer required at in-person services and events. But we are mask-friendly and fully supportive of visitors, members and service leaders who choose to wear masks for their own personal protection.
Sha’ar Zahav is a scent-free environment. Because keeping our synagogue safe for those with scent and chemical sensitivities is part of our commitment to accessibility, please refrain from wearing perfume/cologne or using other scented products.
For more information, email the Accessibility Committee.
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