Monday, June 10 (Sivan 7) 9:30a Private Event - Joyful Music (Ends at 1:00p) 7:30p Coping and Resource Group with Riverside Trauma Center (Ends at 9:00p)
Tuesday, June 11 (Sivan 8) 6:30p B'nai Mitzvah Rehearsal in Sanctuary (Ends at 8:30p) 7:00p Israel Committee Meeting (Ends at 8:30p) 7:30p Ritual Committee Meeting (Ends at 9:00p)
Wednesday, June 12 (Sivan 9) 6:30p B'nai Mitzvah Rehearsal in Sanctuary (Ends at 8:30p)
Thursday, June 13 (Sivan 10) 7:10p Red Sox Jewish Heritage Night (Ends at 10:10p)
Erev Shabbat, June 14 (Sivan 11) 7:30a Finance Committee Meeting (Ends at 9:00a) 6:00p Private Event: Conway Family Dinner (Ends at 7:30p) 7:30p Spiritual Journey Pride Shabbat Services with Rabbi Cari, Beth, and guest speaker Anne Moore. Oneg co-sponsored by the Conway/Kapner family in honor of Elsa Conway's Bat Mitzvah, and Jerry & Judy Blaine in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. (Ends at 9:00p) 8:05p Candle Lighting
Shabbat, June 15: Nasso (Sivan 12) 10:00a Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Rich (Ends at 2:00p) 10:30a Torah Study (Ends at 12:00p) 4:00p Bat Mitzvah of Elsa Conway (Ends at 6:00p)
Sunday, June 16 (Sivan 13) Father's Day
Monday, June 17 (Sivan 14) 9:30a Private Event - Joyful Music (Ends at 1:00p) 7:30p Temple Board Meeting (Ends at 9:30p)
Coping and Resource Group Monday, June 10 | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Temple Shir Tikvah Sanctuary Are you feeling stressed by rising acts of antisemitism? A one-time support group opportunity will be offered on Monday night, June 10th, at 7:30pm in the sanctuary. The Riverside Trauma Center will provide a stress management group for our community. Riverside Trauma Center serves the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and assists communities and individuals when overwhelming and potentially traumatic events occur. Marlene Kenney, LICSW, and Shir Tikvah member, will co-lead a group for anyone who would like to get support around the recent acts of antisemitism. The group will address reactions to the climate and events as well as issues around self-care. Click here for more information on Coping and Resource Groups. Click here to sign up.
Spiritual Journey Pride Shabbat Services with Rabbi Cari, Beth, and guest speaker Anne Moore Friday, June 14 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Temple Shir Tikvah Sanctuary In the sanctuary and oneg room. Oneg co-sponsored by the Conway/Kapner family in honor of Elsa Conway's Bat Mitzvah, the Rich family in honor of Ethan's Bar Mitzvah, and Jerry & Judy Blaine in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Speaker Anne Moore is a queer Arlington parent of 2 (Teddy, 3; Izzy, 7). She and her wife, Ariel, have been members of the Shir Tikvah community for 4 years. She grew up in a series of interchangeable suburbs around the country, always a few blocks from Route 7 and the SuperTarget. A WASP by birth but a Jew by affiliation, she has been an on-and-off community organizer and dyke-about-town since college, co-founding the Pride Center of VT in Burlington in the late 1990s, and moving to Somerville for graduate school in English Literature 2005. Her feminist sheroes are bell hooks, She-Ra, Anne Bronte, and Lizzo.
Dine, Daven, and Dunk Saturday, June 22 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm Dine, Daven, and Dunk returns with a special Havdalah Healing Circle, in the backyard of a member's home in Reading (address will be announced to registered participants). 6pm—swim in the pool, eat dinner and schmooze with friends new and old. It’s BYO—dinner and chairs! No shellfish or pork, please. 7-8pm—Havdalah Healing Circle will include songs, sharing, and support. We’ll be joined by members of the Reading community. This will be an opportunity to breathe in the new week together as we continue to strengthen each other through the building of caring, connected community. All ages are welcome. Rain or shine! RSVP here.
Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World) HELP US REPAIR THE WORLD -- If you are interested in getting involved, contact us.
We are accepting donations of raisins and whole grain crackersfor JF&CS Family Table. Help us meet our monthly commitment of 35 boxes of crackers and 45 boxes of raisins! You can leave them in the box by the front door of the Temple. Read guidelines here.
Volunteers Needed at The Dwelling Place soup kitchen over the summer.Volunteers of any age are needed to help prepare and serve a meal on the first Wednesday evening in July, August, and September.Please click here if you're able to help out!
We're recruiting new volunteers for our ongoing projects. Interested in tutoring a child in an underserved elementary school in Somerville, cooking monthly meals for homeless adults, taking part in a Habitat for Humanity work crew, or learning to head up our Winchester Hospital X-mas Day volunteer effort? Contact us to learn more.
Welcoming the Stranger & Shir Tzedek Social Justice
Next Jericho Walk is Tuesday, June 18 at 1:00 pm at the Burlington ICE Center, 10 District Ave., Burlington. This is a peaceful, interfaith witnessing activity that expresses support for the rights of immigrants and the importance of keeping families together.
Beyond Shir Tikvah
Jewish Women of Mount Auburn Walking Tour: Join volunteer docent Helen Abrams on a walking tour, as she shares her ongoing research into the lives and contributions of Jewish residents of Mount Auburn – this time focusing on the stories of Jewish women such as Mildred Dresselhaus, the “Queen of Carbon”, MIT professor and researcher; Svetlana Boym, teacher, author and artist; and Gisela Warburg Wyzanski, who saved thousands of refugee children in the 1930’s. Although the other women to be visited are not as well known, this walk will celebrate their lives and compelling stories Mount Auburn has always welcomed people of all religious persuasions and Helen invites participants to share information about their own friends and family. Meet at the Flagpole, Meadow Road. Tickets $12 for non-members, free for members. Saturday, June 15, 1:00 pm.Learn more and RSVP.
Temple Shir Tikvah 34 Vine Street Winchester, MA 01890
