Service animals welcome – please leave other pets at home
Shir Tikvah Rabbi Ariel Stone and J.D. Kleinke will be joined by Stumbleweed, a perennial favorite at this event.
Bring a blanket or a chair, and pack a picnic dinner to enjoy while the bluegrass band plays!
Havurah’s Dorot “Short & Sweet” Shabbat service was created to welcome families with young children, but the service and potluck are for all ages! Young ones look up to the older ones, and older ones enjoy the younger ones’ joy and singing. A casual, family-friendly and music-filled service, it begins with candle lighting, Kiddush and challah, and continues with prayers and music led by Havurah members.
After the service, we’ll enjoy a vegetarian potluck dinner. Please bring a kid-friendly main dish. For more information and to RSVP, please email dorot@havurahshalom.org. Feel free to invite some of your friends and family to join in as well–the more the merrier!
Last month it was rain. This month it is heat! Due to extreme weather, Shabbat in the Park has been cancelled.
When your bluegrass band can’t make it due to the temperature, you know it’s time to celebrate Shabbat at Home. We want all of our congregants and their guests to stay cool and healthy, so there will not be evening services at the synagogue on Friday the 19th.
Join us for a play date with Moms and Tots (0-3 yrs.)
Music – Movement – Stories – Crafts – and more!
While the babies play, moms can relax, sip a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy a muffin, too!
5 Thursdays from 10:00am to 11:00am
November 10th and 17th
December 1st, 8th, and 15th
Classes will be at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life:
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Open to all & Free of charge!
To RSVP or for for any questions contact Mushka at
Mushka@JewishNortheast.com
Join us for a play date with Moms and Tots (0-3 yrs.)
Music – Movement – Stories – Crafts – and more!
While the babies play, moms can relax, sip a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy a muffin, too!
5 Thursdays from 10:00am to 11:00am
November 10th and 17th
December 1st, 8th, and 15th
Classes will be at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life:
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Open to all & Free of charge!
To RSVP or for for any questions contact Mushka at
Mushka@JewishNortheast.com
Join us for a play date with Moms and Tots (0-3 yrs.)
Music – Movement – Stories – Crafts – and more!
While the babies play, moms can relax, sip a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy a muffin, too!
5 Thursdays from 10:00am to 11:00am
November 10th and 17th
December 1st, 8th, and 15th
Classes will be at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life:
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Open to all & Free of charge!
To RSVP or for for any questions contact Mushka at
Mushka@JewishNortheast.com
Join us for a play date with Moms and Tots (0-3 yrs.)
Music – Movement – Stories – Crafts – and more!
While the babies play, moms can relax, sip a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy a muffin, too!
5 Thursdays from 10:00am to 11:00am
November 10th and 17th
December 1st, 8th, and 15th
Classes will be at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life:
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Open to all & Free of charge!
To RSVP or for for any questions contact Mushka at
Mushka@JewishNortheast.com
Rev. Matthew Fox – Ecology & Deep Ecumenism:
In the Image of God, the Cosmic Christ, and Buddha Nature
March 9-10, 2018 at the Havurah Synagogue in Ashland
The Havurah Synagogue is hosting a unique interfaith event featuring the renowned scholar and author Rev. Matthew Fox on March 9-10, 2018. The three-part event is called Ecology & and Deep Ecumenism: In the Image of God, the Cosmic Christ, and Buddha Nature. Register on line at https://bpt.me/3233117 or by calling 1-800-838-3006. For general information call (541) 488-7716. Cost of the registration for the three events including Friday evening hospitality and Saturday luncheon is $85 for early registration before February 5, and $95 after that. Partial work trade opportunities are available.
The event is co-sponsored by R.E.D. Red Earth Descendants, Kagyu Sukha Choling Buddhist Center, Trinity Episcopal Church, Unity in Ashland, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Havurah Synagogue, and the Rogue Valley Manor Department of Spiritual Care and Wellbeing.
Matthew Fox is a renowned American theologian. Formally a Dominican priest his controversial ideas on what is known as Creation Spirituality, and the alignment of ecology with religion, caused his expulsion from the Catholic priesthood in 1993. He is now an Episcopal priest. He is the author of 35 books including the best-selling The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, Original Blessing, Creation Spirituality, and The Reinvention of Work. He teaches regularly at Fox Institute for Creation Spirituality in Boulder, CO. And that his latest book is Order of the Sacred Earth. Learn more about the order at www.orderofthesacredearth.org
The weekend of events will be divided in three parts, all taking place at the Havurah Synagogue in Ashland and requiring pre-registration. Friday evening 7:00 PM, Saturday morning at 10 AM, and Saturday evening at 7:30 PM. Rev. Fox led what he calls a Cosmic Mass in September, 2016 at the Ashland Historic Armory. Describing the theme of the upcoming event Rev. Fox says,
Clearly the earth as we know it, and our species along with many others are in dire straits. Global warming, species extinction, soil depletion, oceans rising and becoming more acidic, weather extremes, climate immigrants, increased wildfires and waters polluted – all this adds up to a near apocalyptic situation. Time is rapidly running out. What does a renewed spiritual awakening bring to the table? How can we draw on the best of our religious traditions to assist this waking up process?
The weekend of events will be the presentation of teachings on the link between ecology and religion, and how people of all faiths can recover a sense of the sacredness of the earth and her processes. Rev. Fox teaches that the religious archetype for the sacredness of creation can be found in the “Image of G-d” tradition in Judaism, the “Cosmic Christ” tradition of Christianity; and by the “Buddha Nature” teachings in Buddhism. Rev. Fox will teach about these archetypes during the weekend and in the process awaken participants to look for stories of the sacredness of nature in their own spiritual traditions.
Rabbi David Zaslow says, “Rev. Fox’s work is unique in the interfaith world. He expects those of us from particular faiths to stop settling with merely respecting each other’s traditions, but to ask each other ‘how can I help you? How can we pray and work together for the sake of our planet?’”
The weekend will culminate on Saturday evening with a special ecumenical panel highlighting the wisdom of local spiritual leaders: Dan Wahpepah from Red Earth Descendants, Rev. Norma Burton of Unity, Rev. Fr. Tony Hutchinson from Trinity Episcopal, Rabbi David Zaslow from the Havurah, Lama Yeshe Parke from the KSC Buddhist center, Rev. Christina Kukuk of the United Church of Christ, and Fr. Joel S. Garavaglia-Maiorano from the Rogue Valley Manor.
You can learn more about Creation Spirituality and the cutting edge theological work of Rev. Matthew Fox at his website at http://www.matthewfox.org. For more information about the weekend call (541) 488-7716.
