High Holy Days 2022/5783

Everyone is invited to join us for our hybrid services. For each service we will have invite 70 people to be present with us in person, first come, first serve. Everyone else may join us on Zoom as we live stream from our sanctuary. We look forward to entering the new year with you.

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Family Shabbat Gathering September 10, 10:00 AM

Please join us with your tots, tweens, teens…everyone is welcome! Reb David and Maggidot Devorah and Cryise will share stories, songs, prayers and grateful hearts to be gathering in-person in the Havurah garden!

UNPACKING ANTISEMITISM with Bob Horenstein

Co-sponsored by Havurah and Temple Emek Shalom and P’nai Or of Portland, and Portland Jewish Federation

Wednesday May 25, 5:00 PM via Zoom

A 2020 survey of American adults revealed that nearly half did not know what antisemitism is, and one out of five said they had never heard of the word. This at a time when we are seeing an alarming rise in antisemitic incidents and hate crimes in the Portland area and throughout the US. Awareness and

Guest Speaker from Israel, Aviv Attia of StandWithUs Northwest

Wednesday, 5/11/22, 5 PM via Zoom

Legitimate Criticism of Israel vs. Antisemitism: When Does It Cross the Line? In this presentation, you will learn how to determine when criticism of the State of Israel crosses the line into antisemitism. We will examine the “3-D Test” and see how it is expressed in the internationally-accepted IHRA definition of

FIRST HYBRID IN-PERSON & ZOOM SHABBAT MORNING!

Saturday, April 30, 10:30 AM

Join Maggidah Cyrise, the Asiyah Trio, Rabbi David Zaslow and friends for a Shabbat Morning celebration. This will be a hybrid IN PERSON and ZOOM Shabbat. We will fill our sanctuary with song as the Asiyah Trio brings the music of our morning prayers to life along with YOUR voices!!

The Devotions of our Mothers with Maggidah Cyrise

The Devotions of our Mothers – Tkhines: 17th Century Prayers Written by and for Women
During the 16th and 17th Centuries new rituals and new genres of religious literature emerged.  

Jewish Spirituality with Rabbi David Zaslow

Join Reb David each Tuesday at noon for an hour of free wheeling exploration Torah, Kabbalah, Jewish Ethics, Prayer and more. No registration required. Free and open to all via Zoom. As of April 12th the focus will be on Kabbalah Meditation and Counting the Omer!

End of Life Jewish Spiritual Practices

Wednesday, October 20, 4:30 PM

Please join Reb David, Rabbi Sue Morningstar, Rabbi Julie Benioff, Rabbi Jackie Brodsky, Rabbi Emanuel Ben-David, and Daniel Greenblatt and Ross Albertson of the Hevre Kadisha (Jewish Burial Society) to learn about the beautiful way we deal with death in our tradition from Shmira (watching over the body) to Tahara

Services & Classes via Zoom Live Streaming

We are offering a wide array of services and classes via Zoom. Please check our calendar for the most updated schedule. If you wish to be added to our Announcements please click on CONTACT above. Our Zoom links are in the announcements.

Hebrew Classes

Advanced Beginner’s Class with Ayala Zonnenschein, American Israeli,  for those who would like to become more fluent readers, learn Hebrew roots and gain vocabulary.

Class meets on Mondays from 1:30-2:30 PM. $30 donation for each 4 week block for non-members, $30 for members, $35 for non-members. Classes are ongoing and open to new students.

Beginner’s Hebrew Class for those who know the Aleph Bet and would like to improve fluency in reading as well as learn vocabulary. New 11 week block begins April 20th,  Wednesdays, 5:30 – 6:30 PM

Call Ayala at 541-292-0805 for more info or contact via email at ayala@ashlandhavurah.org.