Jun
23
10:00 AM10:00
Shabbat Morning Outdoors
Shabbat by daylight! Join us for some beautiful waking up into the beauty of Shabbat.
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Jun
27
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Jun
27
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Jul
2
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed due to the holiday weekend. We will return on Thursday, July 5th @ 9am! See you then!
Jul
3
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed due to the holiday weekend. We will return on Thursday, July 5th @ 9am! See you then!
Jul
4
12:01 AM00:01
INDEPENDENCE DAY! OFFICE CLOSED
We will return on Thursday, July 5th @ 9am! Happy 4th of July!
Jul
4
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
There is no meeting due to the 4th of July holiday. The group will meet again on July 11th.
Jul
6
6:00 PM18:00
Shabbat in the Park!
Shabbat Unplugged. Moving music, beautiful surroundings, all ages. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and don’t forget a sweater.
Jul
8
7:00 PM19:00
Isle of Klezbos in Concert!
Musical Fun for the Whole Family!
NYC-based Isle of Klezbos approaches tradition with playful irreverence and deepest respect. Now celebrating two decades together, the soulful, fun-loving powerhouse all-gal klezmer sextet has toured from Vienna to Vancouver since 1998.
Jul
11
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Jul
11
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Jul
13
7:30 PM19:30
Messengers of Peace Chant Evening
Join us in a deeply settling and enlivening journey from sound to silence, silence to sound. Together we weave sound and breath, connecting deeply, exploring and opening doorways of consciousness. This is a night suitable for Jews and non-Jews.
Jul
14
5:00 PM17:00
Havdalah with the Horses (10th Annual!)
Shabbat and cowboy songs, good community, and a chance to feed and pet the horses. There will be a short Havdalah service before dark.
Jul
18
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Jul
18
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Jul
20
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Jul
25
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Jul
25
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Jul
28
10:00 AM10:00
Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat by daylight! Join us for some beautiful waking up into the beauty of Shabbat.
Aug
1
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Aug
1
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Aug
3
6:00 PM18:00
Shabbat in the Park!
Shabbat Unplugged. Moving music, beautiful surroundings, all ages. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and don’t forget a sweater.
Aug
5
2:00 PM14:00
Perfect Pairing: Wisdom & Wine
Reb Irwin Keller and Rabbi George Gittleman lead this afternoon of Jewish learning, Sonoma wines and gorgeous landscapes.
Aug
8
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Aug
8
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Aug
10
7:30 PM19:30
No "Messengers of Peace Chant Evening" This Month
Join us in a deeply settling and enlivening journey from sound to silence, silence to sound. Together we weave sound and breath, connecting deeply, exploring and opening doorways of consciousness. This is a night suitable for Jews and non-Jews.
Aug
15
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Aug
15
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Aug
17
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Aug
18
8:00 PM20:00
Summer of Love Dance Party!
This night features The THUGZ – which stands for "tribal hippie underground zone." Self-described as "purveyors of Cosmic Americana & Old Time Psychedelic Music," the Thugz performs music that will take you back to the day, including Grateful Dead covers and originals inspired by the Dead, Dylan, the Beatles and even Miles Davis. Wine, beer and [legal] munchies will be available for purchase. There will be a raffle and a hippie era fashion show. So come out in your bell-bottomed best and strut your stuff!
Aug
22
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Aug
22
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Aug
25
10:00 AM10:00
Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat by daylight! Join us for some beautiful waking up into the beauty of Shabbat.
Aug
29
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Aug
29
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Sep
1
8:00 PM20:00
Selichot Service
Selichot is one of the most beautiful rituals of our year. Not a traditional prayer service, it is an opportunity to move as a community into a deeper place of gentleness, forgiveness, expansiveness and beauty. The service will include stories, short teachings, some meditation, some of our favorite High Holy Day songs and chants, and a shofar blast at the end. About one hour, soup to nuts.
Sep
5
6:30 PM18:30
Bereavement Spiritual Support Group
An intimate 8-10 week bereavement group at Ner Shalom, sponsored by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, launches June 27. Contact Rabbi Natan Fenner. Space is limited.
Sep
7
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Sep
9
7:00 PM19:00
Rosh Hashanah Evening
Wishing you a happy, healthy new year.
Watch this spot for details about the High Holy Days 5779.
We will begin at 6:30 will apples, honey and champagne. Our service begins at 7PM.
Sep
10
9:30 AM09:30
Rosh Hashanah Day
Wishing you a happy, healthy new year.
Watch this spot for details about the High Holy Days 5779.
This day will include a Family Service at 9:30 and a simultaneous contemplative service for adults. Followed by a combined morning service, including Storahtelling.
At 1pm there will be a vegetarian potluck lunch, followed by a 2:30pm tashlich ritual.
Sep
14
7:30 PM19:30
Messengers of Peace Chant Evening
Join us in a deeply settling and enlivening journey from sound to silence, silence to sound. Together we weave sound and breath, connecting deeply, exploring and opening doorways of consciousness. This is a night suitable for Jews and non-Jews.
Sep
18
7:00 PM19:00
Yom Kippur Evening
Our biggest night of the year: soul searching, spirits rising, the Kol Nidre prayer, beautiful music from the Good Shabbos Band and the Ner Shalom Singers, poetry, prayer, uplifted community.
Note: It is customary to wear white this evening, and to don your tallit if you have one. Also, don't forget to bring a photo or memorabilia for the Memorial Table, for use at tomorrow's Yizkor Service.
Watch this spot for more details.
Sep
19
9:30 AM09:30
Yom Kippur Day
Wishing you a happy, healthy new year.
Watch this spot for details on the High Holy Days 5779.
At 9:30 AM there will be a Family Service for folks with young children and congregants who enjoy supporting them. Simultaneously there will be an Adult Meditative Service. At 10:30 we join together for the continuation of the morning service (child care available). Together we will move deeper into our work of teshuvah, finding the road back to our own selves, working to repair our hearts, our relationships and our planet.
After an early afternoon break, there will be afternoon study and healing service, followed by Yizkor Service and, ultimately, by our Neilah service, which will take us to dark.
A potluck vegetarian break-the-fast follows.
Sep
21
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Sep
29
10:00 AM10:00
Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat by daylight! Join us for some beautiful waking up into the beauty of Shabbat.
Oct
5
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Oct
12
7:30 PM19:30
Messengers of Peace Chant Evening
Join us in a deeply settling and enlivening journey from sound to silence, silence to sound. Together we weave sound and breath, connecting deeply, exploring and opening doorways of consciousness. This is a night suitable for Jews and non-Jews.
Oct
19
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Oct
27
10:00 AM10:00
Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat by daylight! Join us for some beautiful waking up into the beauty of Shabbat.
Nov
2
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Nov
9
7:30 PM19:30
Messengers of Peace Chant Evening
Join us in a deeply settling and enlivening journey from sound to silence, silence to sound. Together we weave sound and breath, connecting deeply, exploring and opening doorways of consciousness. This is a night suitable for Jews and non-Jews.
Nov
16
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Nov
24
10:00 AM10:00
Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat by daylight! Join us for some beautiful waking up into the beauty of Shabbat.
Dec
7
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Dec
8
5:30 PM17:30
Ner Shalom Chanukah Party!
Bring your Chanukah menorah and light your own candles in the glow of our togetherness.
Dec
14
7:30 PM19:30
Messengers of Peace Chant Evening
Join us in a deeply settling and enlivening journey from sound to silence, silence to sound. Together we weave sound and breath, connecting deeply, exploring and opening doorways of consciousness. This is a night suitable for Jews and non-Jews.
Dec
21
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Dec
29
10:00 AM10:00
Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat by daylight! Join us for some beautiful waking up into the beauty of Shabbat.
Jun
20
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Jun
15
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
Jun
15
1:30 PM13:30
Yiscah Smith – Go to Yourself: Moving from One Self to Another Self
Yiscah’s 40-year memoir details her joys and struggles with her own spirituality, gender identity, and commitment to living true to herself. The story she tells is one of a man, facing his truth, embracing the woman she was always meant to be, and returning to her faith with wholeness and authenticity.
Jun
14
7:00 PM19:00
Yiscah Smith – Jewish Living as the Cultivation of a Spiritual Practice
Yiscah’s 40-year memoir details her joys and struggles with her own spirituality, gender identity, and commitment to living true to herself. The story she tells is one of a man, facing his truth, embracing the woman she was always meant to be, and returning to her faith with wholeness and authenticity.
Jun
13
7:00 PM19:00
Yiscah Smith – Journey to Authentic Living
Yiscah’s 40-year memoir details her joys and struggles with her own spirituality, gender identity, and commitment to living true to herself. The story she tells is one of a man, facing his truth, embracing the woman she was always meant to be, and returning to her faith with wholeness and authenticity.
Jun
10
10:30 AM10:30
Ramadan 2018: Insist on Kindness
A countywide, interfaith day of fasting and acts of kindness. Join us to volunteer during the day, and for a festive meal after dark.
Jun
8
7:30 PM19:30
Messengers of Peace Chant Evening
Join us in a deeply settling and enlivening journey from sound to silence, silence to sound. Together we weave sound and breath, connecting deeply, exploring and opening doorways of consciousness. This is a night suitable for Jews and non-Jews.
Jun
6
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
Jun
5
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Vicki is taking a vacation day! She will return on Thursday, June 7th @ 9am! See you then!
Jun
2
7:30 PM19:30
Barbara Higbie in Concert
Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Barbara Higbie will take the stage at at Ner Shalom's Cotati Cabaret. The San Francisco Chronicle calls Higbie "one of the most exciting musicians I have heard, full of life and brilliant in her playing." Barbara Higbie is best known for her vivacious, lyrical recordings on the Windham Hill label.
Jun
1
6:00 PM18:00
Shabbat in the Park!
Shabbat Unplugged. Moving music, beautiful surroundings, all ages. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and don’t forget a sweater.
May
30
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
May
26
10:00 AM10:00
Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat by daylight! Join us for some beautiful waking up into the beauty of Shabbat.
May
23
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
May
20
11:30 AM11:30
Celebrations Program
Fun learning, activity and community to young people with special needs and their families.
May
20
9:00 AM09:00
J School Meets
A collaborative school of Congregation Ner Shalom and B'nai Israel Jewish Center, offering our children a strong peer group, fun, friendship, Hebrew, history, art, cooking, nature and tzedakah.
May
19
6:30 PM18:30
Blintzes for the Soul: A Shavuot Night of Learning
A night of sweet, rich learning to honor Shavuot, our holiday of revelation. Come for a chunk of it or all of it. Or just for the cheesecake. Study will include text, movement, music, memory and more, from Ner Shalom's luminous roster of innovative teachers.
May
18
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin
Beautiful music and soulfulness and a teaching from Reb Irwin. If you haven't been to a Friday night recently to hear the intensely beautiful music the Good Shabbos Band brings us, you're missing out.
May
16
12:01 AM00:01
OFFICE CLOSED
Office closed on Wednesdays. Please visit us during our regular hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm.
May
15
12:00 PM12:00
Yiddish Tish
A periodic exploration of poetry and short prose by great Yiddish writers. We read and translate from the Yiddish together, but no previous Yiddish knowledge required. Trust us on this. A chance to enter the culture and feel of Yiddish literature. There will also be great conversation, a little grammar, and many laughs. Bring your lunch.
May
11
7:30 PM19:30
Messengers of Peace Chant Evening
Join us in a deeply settling and enlivening journey from sound to silence, silence to sound. Together we weave sound and breath, connecting deeply, exploring and opening doorways of consciousness. This is a night suitable for Jews and non-Jews.
May
6
12:00 PM12:00
Annual Congregational Meeting
A chance to look at our accomplishments, our goals and our needs. We need you there. Open to all Ner Shalom members in good standing. Ner Shalom provides bagels and lox.
May
6
9:00 AM09:00
J School Meets
A collaborative school of Congregation Ner Shalom and B'nai Israel Jewish Center, offering our children a strong peer group, fun, friendship, Hebrew, history, art, cooking, nature and tzedakah.
May
4
7:00 PM19:00
Shabbat with Reb Irwin & Rabbi Shifrah
Expect beautiful music and soulfulness and words from Reb Irwin and Rabbi Shifrah through the realms of gratitude and prophecy – the requisite elements of the 35th day of the Omer.
Apr
29
2:00 PM14:00
In the Beginning: 4 Weeks of Study on Genesis
Four delicious dips into our oldest and most formative stories. Each week we will explore a particular story or character, looking at commentaries, mysticism, numerology, angelology, queer studies, and everything else that comes tumbling in when you open the door of Torah.
Apr
29
9:00 AM09:00
J School Meets
A collaborative school of Congregation Ner Shalom and B'nai Israel Jewish Center, offering our children a strong peer group, fun, friendship, Hebrew, history, art, cooking, nature and tzedakah.
Apr
28
10:00 AM10:00
Shabbat Morning Service and Miriam Norwitz Bat Mitzvah
Shabbat by daylight! Join us for some beautiful waking up into the beauty of Shabbat and welcome Miriam Norwitz as she becomes an adult in our community!
Apr
22
2:00 PM14:00
In the Beginning: 4 Weeks of Study on Genesis
Four delicious dips into our oldest and most formative stories. Each week we will explore a particular story or character, looking at commentaries, mysticism, numerology, angelology, queer studies, and everything else that comes tumbling in when you open the door of Torah.
Apr
22
9:00 AM09:00
J School Meets
A collaborative school of Congregation Ner Shalom and B'nai Israel Jewish Center, offering our children a strong peer group, fun, friendship, Hebrew, history, art, cooking, nature and tzedakah.
Apr
21
5:00 PM17:00
Sabbath Table
Please join us for a traditional Seudah Shelishit. We will sit together at the table, eat a light meal, sing songs, tell stories until the end of the Sabbath, and culminate our time together with Havdalah as we celebrate the coming of the new week.