Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Greg Wolfe, and David Saunders, a Climate Change Professional and brother of our very own, Janet Saunders. David’s talk will use Deuteronomy as a starting place to consider what our Jewish tradition says about protecting the environment and present a modern systematic approach to addressing climate change including strategy, adaptation, mitigation, reporting, […]
Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Greg Wolfe, and an in person presentation by Anne Kjemtrup and Melanie Mages speaking about their involvement in the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, which builds relationships between Jewish and Muslim women.. Participate on Zoom or in the Sanctuary; all who attend on campus must be vaccinated and masked. TORAH PORTION Vayikra / וַיִּקְרָא […]
Please join Rabbi Greg Wolfe, Social Justice Committee, Adult Education Committee, Israel Haverim, and Israel Peace Alternatives in welcoming Israel Institute Teaching Fellow Yael Teff-Seker, Ph.D. for the third of a series of three programs. This program will be presented on Zoom; please follow this link to register for the event. Environmental Cooperation in the […]
Kabbalat Shabbat with Bob Smith. Participate on Zoom only. Not this month, but on other 2nd Fridays of the month, we will highlight a particular Social Justice theme as a part of our 6 PM service and feature a guest speaker on that topic. TORAH PORTION B’shalach / בְּשַׁלַּח Triennial Year 3, Exodus 14:26 – 17:16 […]
Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Greg Wolfe, with music by the Bet Haverim Songleaders. This is a special Songleaders service with a small ensemble in-person in the Sanctuary, featuring Marcia Freedman on piano, along with soloists on Zoom. Our guest speaker Jacob Weiss grew up in the Congregation, and will talk about food justice. Every 2nd Friday […]
Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Greg Wolfe and Bob Smith. Our guest speaker tonight is Davis’ Rabbi Seth Castleman, talking about the work of the Exodus Project, which offers spiritually-based mentoring and other resources for men and women of all faiths coming out of incarceration and returning to the Sacramento Area. Participate on Zoom or in the […]
Please join Rabbi Greg Wolfe, Social Justice Committee, Adult Education Committee, and Israel Peace Alternatives in welcoming Israel Institute Teaching Fellow Yael Teff Seker, Ph.D. for the first of a series of three programs. “Many see Judaism’s attitude towards nature as human-centered (anthropocentric), rather than nature-centered (biocentric), giving humans preference over other living things, and […]
Join us to discuss Here All Along, by Sara Hurwitz. (Third of three discussions.) This book is “not a how-to guide…but a why-to guide” and touches on what Judaism can teach us about gratitude, mindfulness, work/life balance and yes, politics. The author, Sarah Hurwitz, best known as Michelle Obama’s head speechwriter, as well as for […]
Join us to discuss Here All Along, by Sara Hurwitz. (Second of three discussions.) This book is “not a how-to guide…but a why-to guide” and touches on what Judaism can teach us about gratitude, mindfulness, work/life balance and yes, politics. The author, Sarah Hurwitz, best known as Michelle Obama’s head speechwriter, as well as for […]
Join us to discuss Here All Along, by Sara Hurwitz. This book is “not a how-to guide…but a why-to guide” and touches on what Judaism can teach us about gratitude, mindfulness, work/life balance and yes, politics. The author, Sarah Hurwitz, best known as Michelle Obama’s head speechwriter, as well as for her time writing for […]
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