Events for August 20 - February 21

Building a Caring Community: Healing for Self and Others (beyond the misheberach-the healing prayer) Session 1 of 4 Session 1: January 25 , Wednesday, 7:00 pm - via Zoom Session 2: February 1 , Wednesday, 7:00 pm - via Zoom Session 3: February 8 , Wednesday, 7:00 pm - via Zoom Session 4: February 15 , Wednesday, 7:00 pm - via Zoom $80 for the seriesCo-Sponsored by Or Shalom Chesed Circle "Healing is not only about cure and recovery. We will learn what healing actually means. We will study prayers, Torah, stories, Talmud and find out how our traditions can guide our [...]

Jewish Liturgy (prayer) As Medicine Through Writing—3 Sessions with Rabbi Chaya Gusfield7:00 pm, Wednesdays: March 8, 15, 22 via Zoom $60 for the series."This group is available to people of all levels of Jewish learning. We will unpack prayer through study, writing, and sharing in small groups. We will explore a few key Jewish prayers, but more importantly, I will teach you an approach to gaining access to prayer and making it personal."

"The Path of the Death Doula and How that Guides Providing Comfort to the Bereaved" Rabbi Nadya Gross and Zoe Francesca Goldblatt End Of Life Doulas are a growing group of grassroots professionals in the End of Life field, bringing to the end of life what Birth Doulas bring to its beginnings. With a range of emotional and spiritual skill sets as well as practical, hands-on support, End of Life Doulas help to normalize death as part of life. We educate families on the dying and grief processes and help maintain an atmosphere in the dying space that is conducive to [...]

AriYael Blood Drive AriYael Blood Drive To make an appointment click on the tab below or visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code BCCARI or call 1-800-RED-CROSS. To save time while saving a life, please fill out a Rapidpass. For more info, please visit redcrossblood.org/Rapidpass.

Co-sponsored by AriYael Jewish Healing Center, The Shalom Center is erecting a Tent of Mourning for all whose hearts are open and tender enough to grieve both Palestinian and Israeli lives lost since and beyond October 7th. In collaboration with over a dozen local and national partners, and inspired by Queen Esther's ritualized grief in the Purim story, we are curating a full day of sessions, teachings, and self-directed ritual to support attendees in deepening and expanding their grief. With a mix of traditional and creative mourning practices, we are opening to the possibility that, through our shared mourning, new paths [...]