….To Renew the Old and Make Holy the New
This week is Parshat D’varim
Our Constitutional Law Series Continues - Join us for a great presentation at a very timely moment
Con Law Class: Trump vs. California
Thursday July 31st at 5 PM Pacific
Suggested donation of $10. Recording will be provided to all who register.
REGISTER HERE
Attorneys Bob Jaffe and Rob Katz offer another constitutional law class, this time focusing on the state of California’s legal issues with the Trump administration. These issues include the deployment of federal and National Guard troops in immigration enforcement along with the related issue of California’s sanctuary policies. Other important areas for California - federal litigation around air quality and vehicle emissions as well as the withholding of federal funds from California for schools, LA fire victims, and other government programs authorized by Congress. They will examine what California is doing to counter this alarming expansion of presidential power and will take questions about other constitutional issues currently in play.
Tisha B'av collaborative observance - this Saturday
Sat. evening August 2nd, 8 - 10 pm : Join us for a three- congregation hybrid observance of Tisha B'Av with Temple Beth Sholom and Havurah Shir Hadash of Ashland. We will begin with poetry, music, movement and meditation alligned with the solemnity and power of the Fast, followed by a full chanting of the Book of Lamentations (Eicha)
To join the online session on Zoom please
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NEW YESHIVAH CLASS THIS SUMMER
Cycling with the Mahzor: From Classical to Re-Imagined High Holy Days in Poetry, Music and Theological Writings
Rabbi Seidel will be leading an in depth examination of the theology and language of prayers through music and song, key term evolution and review, as well as through the introduction to classical Nusach and the modes of Cantorial Hazzanut.
Weekly on Wednesdays: August 20, August 27, September 3, September 10 2025
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Suggested donation of $60
Join Rabbi Seidel in an exploration of High Holiday liturgy and music in its development from Medieval Sources right up to the present day, including the origins of Rosh haShana prayers in Talmudic and early Mahzorim, as well as the Kol Nidre and other classical piyyutim (poems) that were edited for a special Yamim Noraim prayerbook.
We will also examine selections of Modern Jewish thinkers of all genders on the Teshuvah process and how Jewish Renewal creatively transformed many of our classical rites and songs based on kabbalistic and Hasidic sensibilities …(such as Heschel, Soloveitchik, Reb Zalman, Louis Newman, Danya Rutenberg and others).
We will review some of the key themes of previous Aquarian Minyan High Holydays and how we might continue to rely on these important motifs and ideas in our own personal growth work.
We will examine the theology and language of the prayers in depth, review key terms and their evolution, learn many classical songs and recent musical compositions that highlight purification, centering, and teshuvah both individual and communal- Students in this class will also be introduced to classical Nusach and the modes of Cantorial Hazzanut.
Texts and recordings provided to all registrants
The 50th Anniversary Celebration has no Expiration Date !!
To read the J Weekly article about our 50th celebration click here:
Reviving, Renewing and Celebrating the Old Aquarian Minyan Spirit, Serving up Joy to the Divine in Difficult Times - Mazal Tov to all of us and thank you to the Planning Committee that worked HARD on the Jubilee
Aquarian Minyan Groups and other offerings
Healing Circle
with Rabbi Diane Elliot
Weekly, Fridays, 8:30am – 9:30am Pacific Time
Zoom link HERE (new zoom link!)
The Aquarian Minyan Book Club
next meeting is July 22nd
at 2 PM
To Join the book club on Zoom click HERE
*New members are cordially welcomed. For more information, please contact Shoshana Dembitz (sdembitz@gmail.com)
Sunday Nights Minyan Sharing
Weekly, Sundays, 7pm Pacific Time
in Memory of Martin Potrop Sept. 23, 1951- April 1, 2024. Z”L
