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Friday, June 19th at 6:30pm FRIDAY NIGHT by CANDLELIGHT Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma’ariv with special guest Eph Rosenzweig, co-creator of “Campfire Shabbat” (Congregation Beth Am in San Diego) Click to join us on Zoom or Facebook Live
Saturday, June 20th at 2:00pm (PDT) TWELVE STEPS AND TORAH Join Rabbi Ilan Glazer and friends for Torah study guided by Twelve Step wisdom. Join on Zoom or call 949-402-8004 for more information. Click here for flyer.
Saturday, June 20th at 8:45pm HAVDALAH TOGETHER With special guest, Cantor Caitlin Bromberg, spiritual leader of Temple Etz Rimon in Carlesbad. Join us on Zoom or Facebook Live
Sunday, June 21 through Thursday, June 25 at 6pm OC Egal A nightly inclusive minha / ma'ariv service on Zoom CLICK HERE to sign up. Text reminders are sent to enrolled participants 30 min
prior to each service. Last minute zoomers welcome! It's more than a minyan. It's a MITZVAH!
The Jewish Collaborative has been developing additional opportunities to help people engage Jewishly from the comfort of home. We are pleased to announce the first two cohorts of Pathways Into Judaism, an ideal survey course for people looking to enrich their core Jewish knowledge or explore Judaism for the first time. Cohort 1 begins July 8th. Cohort 2 begins October 7. Rabbi Noam Raucher and I would love to have you join us in the Zoom Room. CLICK HERE to learn more.
OC Egal is growing! Zoomers have joined us from far-away places like New York, New Jersey and Denver to build our nightly group of davveners who gather from 6-6:30pm PDT, Sunday through Thursday. If you have 30 minutes to spare once a week or even once a month, we will welcome you with open arms. CLICK HERE to learn more and SIGN UP.
I invite you to watch, at your leisure, the first two Virtual Roundtable Discussions produced by the Orange County Interfaith Network. This year’s theme is “Sharing our Stories: From Understanding to Action.” These open-hearted, sobering conversations are designed to connect us to members of our community immersed in important issues of the day:
“Stories of Immigration,” features the personal stories of six OC residents that came to the United States from around the globe living daily with challenges distinctly faced by immigrants in our community.
“Hate Crimes and White Supremacy” features ADL Executive Director, Rabbi Peter Levi and three other professionals that navigate the complexities of these painful realities on a daily basis.
The third roundtable discussion,"Knowing our Neighbors: (Inter)Faith in Times of Crisis” will debut to the public this coming Thursday, June 25 at noon on the OCIN Facebook page. I am honored to be on this panel that was thoughtfully moderated by Chaplain Educator Munir Shaikh from Banyan Claremont Graduate School.
As the world continues to contract and our deep appreciation for all that unites us grows with each passing day, I acknowledge that today I observed Juneteenth for the first time. This annual memorial, so important to a distinct segment of Americans for 155 years, had never before entered my personal frame of reference. Today Scott and I were among the more than 3000 people attending a Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat observance hosted by B’chol Lashon and partner organizations. That was cool! I encourage you to watch the recordingwhen you have time. It will enrich your Shabbat in unexpected ways.
Finally, last Friday, Shir Hama’alot’s Cantor Rabbi Bryan Zive debuted a recording of Debbie Friedman’s Mi Shebeirach performed by more than 10 local clergy and musicians. I hope you enjoy it!
