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WEEKLY: Thursday Torah Study Zoominyan

Our weekly Zoominyan is a place for anyone interested in studying Torah to pray, share gratitude, and examine the weekly Parsha in an open, warm, and encouraging online community. We welcome all levels of knowledge and people of all ages and backgrounds. This weekly Torah Study is lay-led and includes the Healing prayer and Mourner's Kaddish. 

Join us every Thursday morning at 10:00 am via this Zoom link (Passcode: THURSDAY)

WEEKLY: Kvetch & Kvell Crafting

A craft and chat group that meets via Zoom. Participants bring some kind of hand work, such as quilting, knitting, sewing, costume design, mending, collage, etc., and we spend an hour working on our projects and chatting. It is a very welcoming group and aims to provide a pleasant, easy atmosphere where people can get to know each other. The name Kvetch and Kvell was intended to imply that anyone is welcome to share troubles and frustrations, or to share positives from their and their families’ lives.

Join us every 2nd and 4th Monday at 4:00 pm via this Zoom link (Passcode: KVETCH)

QUARTERLY: Considering God Salon

For over 12 years, member-led discussions intimately explore our range of views about God, including secularism/atheism, spirituality, meaningful prayer, language and metaphor, the role of women in Judaism, beliefs about the “soul,” Jewish heretics, death, and more. Our Salons deepen our connection to Judaism and to each other. Co-chairs are Betsy Strausberg and Robin Roth. Explore our calendar or subscribe to our newsletter to receive news about future Salons.

Programs, Events, Holidays & Shabbat

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  • Tuesday ,
    AprApril  15 , 2025
    OS Community School - B' Mitzvah Program
    Tuesday, Apr 15th 4:30p to 6:30p

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  • Tuesday ,
    AprApril  15 , 2025
    Make Polluters Pay! Family Climate Action
    Tuesday, Apr 15th 5:00p to 7:00p
    All are invited to drop in and write or make calls to California legislators, under the guidance of Or Shalom's b'mitzvah students, urging passage of the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Bill to fund climate disaster recovery, transition to clean energy, and build disaster resilient, sustainable infrastructure in California. Bring your phones and laptops or tablets if you have them. We'll have paper and postcards to send snail mail too. Co-sponsored by Or Shalom's Dayenu Circle. Please register.
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  • Wednesday ,
    AprApril  16 , 2025
    Reconstructing Israel with R' Faryn
    Wednesday, Apr 16th 7:00p to 8:30p
    Reconstructionism is not a set theology or doctrine, but, rather, a historical and analytical lens, an ongoing process, and an embodied practice. Therefore, we will apply this lens, process and practice (better known as “Reconstructing”) to the concept of “Israel.” Is “Israel” a person? A people? A place? A nation-state? A state of mind? In this series, we will perform a historical survey of the different ways the concept of “Israel” has been understood and reconstructed throughout Jewish time, helping us to get a broad understanding of what the word “Israel” means. Then, from this historical and contextual grounding, we will begin to explore what “Israel” could be. How is “Israel” being reconstructed in our time? How could it be reconstructed? And how might we be a part of that reconstruction? Accessibility Information - There are no stairs to enter this space. *This series is rescheduled from the Spring of 2024. It was designed in relationship to the prior series Reconstructing God and Reconstructing Prayer, but there is no prerequisite to join this class.

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  • Friday ,
    AprApril  18 , 2025
    Welcoming Shabbat on Zoom
    Friday, Apr 18th 6:00p to 7:00p
    Welcome Shabbat on Zoom. Zoom Link PW: Shabbat Note: This Shabbat service replaces the HHH and Shabbat Service at NVM.

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  • Saturday ,
    AprApril  19 , 2025
    Shabbat Morning Service
    Shabbat, Apr 19th 10:00a to 1:30p
    Join Rabbi Faryn for Shabbat morning services, where we will move slowly through the service as a chance to get to know it better, with lots of room for explanation and questions. Bring a vegetarian dish and reusable dishware for our post-service vegetarian potluck 12:30 – 1:30 pm.
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  • Saturday ,
    AprApril  19 , 2025
    Nachshon Collective Freedom Seder
    Shabbat, Apr 19th 3:00p to 6:00p
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  • Saturday ,
    AprApril  19 , 2025
    Teen Program
    Shabbat, Apr 19th 6:00p to 8:30p

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  • Sunday ,
    AprApril  20 , 2025
    Ceasefire Circle Meeting
    Sunday, Apr 20th 4:00p to 5:30p
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  • Monday ,
    AprApril  21 , 2025
    Or Shalom Community School
    Monday, Apr 21st 4:30p to 6:00p

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  • Tuesday ,
    AprApril  22 , 2025
    SHALOM!: Greeting One Another in Reconstructionist Communities
    Tuesday, Apr 22nd 6:00p to 7:00p
    SHALOM! is a three-part greeter training informed by principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. It's open not just to folks in the traditional "greeter" role for a community, but to other people who may serve as a first point of contact, such as clergy, board members, educators and executive directors, and even security. The three parts focus on bias mindfulness; safety, security, and greeting; and perceiving our spaces through the eyes of guests. There's some frontal teaching, group discussion, short case study-style scenarios to run through, other creative exercises, and take-home resources and references. Bio: Rabbi Ash Sofman (he/him, RRC '23) is the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion program coordinator at Reconstructing Judaism. He is a lifelong Reconstructionist and Camp Havaya alum. In all his community work, Rabbi Ash seeks to ground understanding of our universal humanity through celebrating our sweeping diversity.
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