Kimberly Hartnett, author of the new acclaimed best seller Carolina Israelite, How Harry Golden Made Us Care About Jews, the South, and Civil Rights will be our scholar in residence for a three part program.
Shabbat Service, Dec. 4, 7 pm at Beit Haverim. Topic: Who was Harry Golden and why was he so central to the history of American Jews and to our own lives?
Torah Study, Dec. 5 , 10 am at Beit Haverim. Questions and Dialogue with Kimberly Hartnett
Havdalah, Dec. 5, 6:30 pm at a private residence. Address will be given when you RSVP at beithav.org or call 503-568-1241
This program is established through a gracious gift by Jo-Ann and John Moss
We invite you to join us on Friday, Dec. 30, to welcome Shabbat, spread the light of the Chanukah candles, and share our feelings, fears, and hopes for the difficult times we are facing as a country. For those of us who came together on the Sunday after the election, it was a powerful expression of community, and there have been requests to identify some next steps. It continues to feel premature to launch a specific action plan. Instead, it seems more appropriate to gather in community, listen to how we are doing, and continue conversations about our hopes and fears about areas such as immigrants and refugees, poverty and homelessness, climate change, equity, and gun control.
We will begin by lighting the Chanukah and Shabbat candles, sing some songs, and then spend our time talking and listening. There will not be a formal Friday night service.
This Sunday the route is the Green Loop of Downtown and Central Inner Eastside and goes right by OJMCHE. Come visit the museum, which will be tabling in the North Park Blocks with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Stop by and say hi! Find out more about Sunday Parkways here.