2266 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, (415) 346-1720

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Calendar of Events

Congregation Sherith Israel

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
30Iyar 9 9:00am Hamotzi 9:30am Studio @ Sherith Israel 11:00am Yom Ha'atzmaut: Israel@75: A Bay Area Community Festival	1Iyar 10	2Iyar 11	3Iyar 12 2:00pm Building Tour 5:00pm It’s in the Details: From Deathbed to Cemetery 7:15pm Introductory Hebrew	4Iyar 13	5Iyar 14 5:30pm Teens @ Studio 6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat	6Iyar 15 Emor 9:15am Torah Study 6:30pm Disco Gold Rush Gala
7Iyar 16 9:00am Hamotzi 9:30am Studio @ Sherith Israel 11:00am End of Year Picnic 9:00pm Chicken Soupers	8Iyar 17 5:00pm AJC San Francisco Community Meeting	9Iyar 18 Lag BaOmer	10Iyar 19 2:00pm Building Tour 5:00pm Difficult Decisions at the End of Life 7:00pm Financial Investing for a Climate-Healthy and Just Future	11Iyar 20 12:30pm Nosh 'n Schmooze	12Iyar 21 6:00pm SITY Elections 6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat	13Iyar 22 B'har-B'chukotai 9:15am Torah Study
14Iyar 23 Mother's Day 9:00am Hamotzi	15Iyar 24 4:00pm Jewish Book Club	16Iyar 25 7:00pm Salon with Rabbi Bill Cutter on the Poetry of Yehuda Amichai	17Iyar 26 2:00pm Building Tour 5:00pm Comfort and Compassion: Easing the Journey for the Dying and the Living	18Iyar 27 7:00pm Yossi Klein Halevi - Identity Crisis: Israel at 75	19Iyar 28 6:00pm Confirmation, Ordination Shabbat 7:30pm YAP Shabbat Dinner	20Iyar 29 B'midbar 9:15am Torah Study
21Sivan 1 9:00am Hamotzi 7:00pm SF Sephardic Music Fest	22Sivan 2 4:00pm Jewish Book Club - Meets Online	23Sivan 3 5:30pm Congregational Annual Meeting	24Sivan 4 12:30pm Shavuot Lunch & Learn at Manny’s Cafe 2:00pm Building Tour 6:00pm teen Mental Health First Aid Training	25Sivan 5 Erev Shavuot 7:00pm Tikkun Le'l Shavuot	26Sivan 6 5:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat & Yizkor	27Sivan 7 9:15am Torah Study
28Sivan 8 9:00am Hamotzi	29Sivan 9 Memorial Day 10:00am Memorial Day Observance at Hills of Eternity	30Sivan 10	31Sivan 11 2:00pm Building Tour 6:00pm What’s Next? Jewish Views on the Afterlife 6:00pm teen Mental Health First Aid Training	1Sivan 12	2Sivan 13 6:00pm Cantor Feldman Birthday Shabbat	3Sivan 14 Naso 9:15am Torah Study

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Sunday, May 21, 2023 • 1 Sivan 5783

9:00am			Hamotzi Our volunteers—adults and young people alike—prepare 100 meals that are delivered to two shelters in San Francisco. Information: Nancy Sheftel-Gomes, 415.346.1720, x28, or email Nancy.
7:00pm	10:00pm		SF Sephardic Music Fest 2266 California St., San Francisco

Monday, May 22, 2023 • 2 Sivan 5783

4:00pm

5:00pm

Jewish Book Club - Meets Online

Online

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 • 3 Sivan 5783

5:30pm

8:00pm

Congregational Annual Meeting

Newman Hall

Learn about the state of the congregation, elect new members of the board of trustees and Hills of Eternity board, and welcome new officers.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 • 4 Sivan 5783

12:30pm	1:30pm	Shavuot Lunch & Learn at Manny’s Cafe Manny’s Cafe, 3092 16th Street San Francisco, CA Chew-ish & Jew-ish—Lunch & Learn @ Manny’s Cafe with Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf The holiday of Shavuot, which begins Thursday evening (May 25), celebrates the giving of the Torah at Sinai. Jewish tradition holds that every Jew throughout all time was present at Sinai. Do you “remember” it? What does archeology tell us? Was there a mass gathering at Mt. Sinai? A golden calf? Tablets inscribed with ten commandments? Join us for some answers… and more questions.
2:00pm		Building Tour Walk-ins are welcome to tour the historic landmark sanctuary and temple house. Contact tours@sherithisrael.org for more info or to schedule another time. Please note: There will be no tour on June 12th
6:00pm	8:00pm	teen Mental Health First Aid Training (May 24, 31, June 7)

Thursday, May 25, 2023 • 5 Sivan 5783

Erev Shavuot

7:00pm

9:00pm

Tikkun Le'l Shavuot

2 Lake St, San Francisco

Join Rabbis Graf and Altshuler for a traditional evening focused on study in celebration of Shavuot. This year's theme is Wrestling with God. Clergy will share texts and music with opportunies for discussion and meditation. Dessert provided.

Friday, May 26, 2023 • 6 Sivan 5783

5:30pm

7:15pm

Kabbalat Shabbat & Yizkor

Sanctuary

Saturday, May 27, 2023 • 7 Sivan 5783

9:15am

10:15am

Torah Study