COMING UP: SONOMA COUNTY & BEYOND
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SING IN SHABBAT -
With Lisa Iskin & Rabbi Shalom
FRI, JAN 16 • 6 PM
B'nai Israel, Petaluma
Join us for a joyful musical service at 6pm, and if you can, stay for a vegetarian potluck at 7pm. Designed to delight all ages. Invite your friends!
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TOT SHABBAT
SAT, JAN 17 • 10 - 11:30 AM
Beth Ami, Santa Rosa
Congregation Beth Ami’s Tot Shabbat Program invites all with children ages one to five, for a Shabbat experience learning about Tu B’Shevat, the birthday of the trees!
Featuring Lauren Kalmanson from the Tot Shabbat team. Come enjoy music, storytelling, crafts, special tree-inspired snacks and enjoy our fabulous playground.
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TU B'SHEVAT -
At Armstrong Woods, Walk & Picnic
SUN, FEB 8 • 10 - 11:30 AM
Armstrong Woods, Guerneville
In 2020 we spent a wonderful day in Armstrong Woods for Tu B'Shevat. Time to go back!
We’ll meet in the parking lot at Beth Ami at 10:00 am to carpool and meet those arriving on their own at the parking lot at the Picnic Area at 10:45 am. Bring food to eat, and share: including something involving nuts and fruits that come from trees. We will walk on a wheelchair and stroller accessible nature trail before lunch, and after lunch those who wish may take a 2.2 mile East Ridge Trail loop, or a longer valley floor walk. The parking lots at the Visitors Center near the entrance or at the Picnic Area are both $10. 00 per vehicle, $9 if there is anyone over 62 in the car. If it is raining at 10:00 AM we can meet and stay in the multi purpose room.
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GROUP EXERCISE CLASS
FOR OLDER ADULTS
EVERY WED • 10:30 AM
Beth Ami, Santa Rosa
We keep serving Shabbat dinners and then latkes, so it's fortunate that Senior Personal Trainer Jeffrey Sternfeld keeps his 10:30 a.m. Wednesday exercise class going all year.
$5 donation to Beth Ami per class.
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HOW TO MAINTAIN EQUANIMITY IN TURBULENT TIMES - Jewish and Buddhist Perspectives
WED, JAN 21 • 12 - 1:30 PM
Online (via Zoom)
A Conversation With
Reb Judith Goleman And Basha Hirschfeld
Even though equanimity is a word that comes from the Buddhist tradition, it is woven into the fabric of Jewish traditions as well. Shabbat for instance is a day devoted to restoring one's equanimity. The Sh’ma points to the oneness of all things. How can this view help us navigate these troubled times?
Join Reb Judith Goleman and Basha Hirschfeld in another deep dive into the similarities and differences between the Buddhist and the Jewish approaches to equanimity.
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TRANS 101 - Education, Support, Advocacy (2 Part Program)
CST's Social Action Committee invites to join next Wednesday for a primer on transgender identity for the caring, curious, and confused.
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PART 1
HE/SHE/THEY/WE -
A primer on transgender identity for the caring, curious, and confused
WED, JAN 21 • 7 - 8:15PM
Online (Via Zoom)
What does it mean to be transgender? • Why are we asked to announce the pronouns that represent us?
• What’s the meaning of cisgender…intersex…gender fluid…non-binary…?
If you’re confused and curious about questions like these, but unsure how to learn more, join us for this brief introduction to transgender identity and the trans community. No previous knowledge is required! Just show up with an open heart and mind.
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PART 2
INSIGHTS & ADVOCACY
SUN, FEB 22 • 2 - 4:30 PM
Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa
This event will provide the opportunity to hear
directly from individuals who identify as transgender and from speakers who share expertise on challenges facing the trans community and ways you can help address them.
Speakers include Jennifer Bing, VP of Advancement for the National Center for LGBTQ Rights and Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer
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NIRKOD - Let's Dance -
Israeli Folkdance
Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month
WED, JAN 28 • 6:30 - 8 PM
Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa
Let's learn about the history of Rikkudei Am (Dances of the People) and dances from the early pioneer days, incorporating European and Middle Eastern styles of dance, from the debka to the tcherkassia, circle, line, and couple dances, to current Israeli favorites incorporating salsa, Yemeni, Indian, Moroccan, hip-hop and jazz!
We'll start with a warm-up and lesson, and move on to different choreographies from the vibrant Israeli dance scene.
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no one turned away for lack of funds | No dance background required
Children of all ages welcome, but those under 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
Israeli dance has blossomed from its beginnings at Kibbutz Dahlia in 1944 to an around-the-world phenomenon, with worldwide dance camps and sessions featuring newly choreographed dances from Israel and elsewhere- come join the fun! | | |
BARBIE NATION FILM SCREENING
& RABBI'S TISCH
With Barbie Nation Director Susan Stern
SUN, FEB 1 • 3 - 4 PM Screening (free)
FRI, FEB 13 • 6:15 - 8 PM Tisch
Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa
Enjoy free popcorn and sodas and a rare theatrical screening of CST member Susan Stern's classic, award-winning documentary Barbie Nation, which explores the secret history and weird cult around the world's most controversial doll.
Viewers over age 13 only; teens welcome. Doll nudity. Exotic Barbie conventions. Deep insights into sex roles, body image issues, LGBTQ fantasy and American nostalgia.
All questions answered at the following Tisch Friday, Feb. 13 with Director Susan Stern. Rabbi's Tisch: Susan Stern tells all on the making of her film Barbie Nation: How a Jewish woman created an American icon. Barbie, arguably the ultimate shiksa, was created by Jewish entrepreneur Ruth Handler who founded Mattel with her husband Elliot. All the legacy American toy companies -- Mattel, Hasbro, Ideal -- were founded by Jews.
Susan will share an intimate, 15-minute film of Ruth and Elliot at home and tell how she talked her way into Mattel and the Handler's trust.
See Barbie Nation free at CST Sunday, Feb. 1 3-4 pm,
or rent it at https://www.barbienation.com/
$22 member, $28 non-member, kids 13 and under free.
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FREE MINDFULNESS/MEDITATION PRACTICE
EVERY TUES • 5:30-6:30 PM
Online (via Zoom)
This free series of mindful/meditation practices continues! This will be a time for grounding, sitting practice and a "Dharma/Torah" teaching. Everyone is welcome.
Please contact Shomrei Torah's office: cst@cstsr.org for the Zoom link.
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PERFORMANCE BY JAZZ PIANIST
- Preston Gasser
SUN, JAN 25 • 3:00 PM
Shir Shalom, Sonoma
Band Leader and Jazz pianist, Preston Gasser (grandson of CSS member, Marian Gasser) will perform music by Jewish composers, including Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Kurt Weil, and Artie Shaw. Preston will be joined by singer Ariana LaMark.
Refreshments to follow.
Please RSVP to Judy Miller: judymillerkm@aol.com
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TU B'SHVAT AT
THE PEPPERWOOD PRESERVE
Santa Rosa, CA
Please join Rabbi Steve, and the Shir Shalom community on Tu 'Bshvat at the Pepperwood Preserve. The afternoon event will be spent with Ben Benson, who spoke at the CSS Yom Kippur service, and will include a walk through the Preserve. Tu B’Shvat marks the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, known as the New Year for Trees, a day for celebrating nature, eating fruit, and reflecting on environmental stewardship.
If you would like to join us, please email Rabbi Steve Finley for further details: rabbisteve.shirshalom@gmail.com
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RESOURCE GUIDE
Online
Looking for ways to get involved in a virtual community?
Urban Adamah's online resource guide is filled with various at-home gardening tips, nature based projects for the entire family, and programs that create spiritual connection, and so much more!
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