Upcoming Services & Events
Things are Hopping at Ner Shalom
 Kabbalat
Shabbat
Friday,
February 3
~ 7 PM (Sharp!)
Led by Rabbi Ted Feldman and Reb Shifrah Tobacman
Childcare available.
Welcome shabbat with our good friend Rabbi Ted from B'nai Israel Jewish
Center of Petaluma, plus Reb Shifrah, Lorenzo and Atzilah. Rabbi Ted's
topic for the evening will be: "Leaving Egypt - It's Splitsville!"
Enjoy a
lovely night of shabbat community! Childcare
available.
 Tu
Bishvat Seder
Celebrating the New Year of the Trees
Sunday,
February 5
~ 4-6 PM
Led by Shoshana Fershtman, Jeff Hoffman & Atzilah Solot
Join us for an embodied, reflective and joyous celebration of Tu
Bishvat, where we acknowledge the New Year of the Trees and the rebirth
of the kabbalistic Tree of Life. Join us in an eco-ecsatic,
psycho-spiritual celebration featuring chant, prayer, and poetry and,
um, a fabulous assortment of fruits and nuts! Please bring a nut- or
fruit-based dish to share, and a favorite poem, song, or remembrance of
trees.
 Meet
Anat Hoffman
Sunday,
February 12 ~ 2 PM
At
Congregation Shomrei Torah
2600 Bennett Valley Rd. in Santa Rosa
Co-sponsored
by Ner Shalom
Anat
Hoffman is one of Israel's most significant activists working for
social justice and religious pluralism. She is the leader of Women of the Wall
and has
been famously arrested for being a woman holding a Torah scroll at the
Western Wall. (Watch video.)
Anat
will speak on “Civil Rights and Women’s Rights in Israel.” Her talk is
free and open to the public. To attend a special luncheon at 12:30 to
meet Anat prior to her talk, click
here to purchase tickets ($36).
Kabbalat
Shabbat
Friday,
February 17
~ 7 PM
Led by Reb Shifrah with Lorenzo & Atzilah
Childcare available.
Welcome shabbat with spirit, depth and great sweetness. (Really, why
spend the evening at home?) Childcare
available.
New
Member Recognition Shabbat
Friday,
March 2
~ 7 PM
Led by Reb Irwin, with Reb Shifrah, Lorenzo & Atzilah
Childcare available.
Welcome shabbat and welcome our new members! Childcare
available.
Book Group: Betraying Spinoza
Sunday,
March 11
~ Time 10 AM (watch out: we change the clocks!)
Location TBA
In
this biography, author Rebecca Goldstein sets out to discover the
flesh-and-blood man behind the philosopher considered Judaism's most
famous heretic. Loaner copies available in the Ner Shalom office.
Upcoming sessions: April 15 we will discuss Her Body Knows by Israeli novelist
David Grossman and on May 20 we will discuss the novel Foiglman by Aharon Meged.
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Ongoing Stuff...
 Community
School for Jewish Learning
Looking for a
religious
school for your kids?
This year we unite with B'nai Israel Jewish Center for a bigger, more
vibrant school and community. Read all about it by clicking here.
Ner
Shalom Singers
The
Ner Shalom Singers meet periodically to prepare pieces for special
services and events. Lend us your voice! Just email
Choir Manager Lorenzo Valensi!
Ner
Shalom Book Group
Love to read? Join us to discuss a wide range of books containing
Jewish themes or points of view. See calendar above for upcoming
sessions and books! For information, contact
Vicki.
Find
us on Facebook
Join the Ner
Shalom Facebook group to stay in better touch with your Ner Shalom
friends.
Chesed
Team
Help Ner Shalom community members in crisis. If you might ever be
available for a hospital visit, or to deliver a meal, or make a phone
call, or respond to some other need, let us put you on our Chesed Alert
list. Just contact Vicki.
Silver Circle
Join
the elders of our community to discuss hot issues and enjoy each
other's company. To get connected, email
us.
Many
Meetings
Kavanah
(Ritual) Committee:
Tuesday,
February 14 ~
9:30 AM at North Light Books
Ner Shalom Board
Meeting:
Thursday, February 22 ~ 6:30 PM
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Special Events!
The Women's Torah
Comes to Ner Shalom!
Saturday,
February 25, 2012 ~ 10 AM
The
Women's Torah is the first Torah scroll written and embellished by an
international community of women. Ner Shalom is lucky to be one of the
communities where the Women's Torah will be read this year. On Shabbat
morning, fourteen women will chant from this historic scroll in
succession.
If you would
like to join us to chant Torah, you can still do so by joining
in our rather exciting and unorthodox "Chant-Along Aliyah." This is a
great opportunity to chant two verses from Torah, along with supportive
community - especially if you haven't chanted from Torah in a long time
(or ever!).
To look at the Chant-Along verses: click
here.
To listen to the Chant-Along verses: click
here.
The service will be followed by a vegetarian potluck Kiddush, or
festive reception. Ner Shalom is a scent-free, smoke-free, and
toxin-free environment, and visitors are asked to be mindful of
this. For more information, call Ner Shalom at (707) 664-8622 or email us. For more background
information, click here.
Celebrate Purim!
Wednesday,
March 7
~ 6:30 PM
Held jointly with our friends at B'nai Israel
Led by Rabbi Ted Feldman and Reb Irwin
Keller
Our
most festive holiday of the year. We read of Queen Esther's heroism and
yet another close shave for the Jews. And we sing and make noise and
masquerade and even, if one is so inclined, take a little schlug. Join us at B'nai Israel in
Petaluma. Bring a noisemaker and your best Esther outfit (okay, that
part is optional).
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Ner
Shalom:
Strictly Scent-Free
We
Like You Just
the Way You Smell
Congregation
Ner Shalom is dedicated to creating community and ritual space that is
safe and accessible to all, including people with severe environmental
sensitivity. It's easy to do once you know how:
- Please
don't
wear cologne, perfume, or scented hair (or
other) products when you come to Ner Shalom.
- If you smoke, please take a few
minutes to let
the smoke from your last cigarette dissipated before entering the
building.
- As you settle into a scent-free,
chem-free way
of thinking, consider buying scent-free laundry detergent and fabric
softener, so that you can hug everyone at shul, and everyone can hug
you.
- Tell
your
guests. They might be resistant at first. Looking nice for
synagogue might, for them, include smelling nice. So
please explain to them that being scented may seem small to them, but
not to someone who may not be able to remain in the room at services
because of it. Or just tell them we're sticklers (because we are).
We thank you for making our holy space safe for everyone.
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