Studio Exposure - Paintings by Lena Ilene Weiss

This show, by Nahalat Shalom member Lena Weiss, is composed of work done over the past seven years.

“I am so grateful for the space and opportunity to share my work”

There will be participatory art making and writing if you would like to do some creating of your own. There will also be snacks - feel free to bring some share, if you like!

Also on exhibit… a continuation of this powerful documentation:

Ted Martinez’s “A Desert Shrine: From Witness to Resistance”

An installation composed of items collected on migrants arduous journey through the Chihuahuan desert.

Calling all Nahalat Shalom teens! Join student rabbi Josie for a six session exploration on Jewish ethics and activism through a study of Pirkei Avot - the ethics of our ancestors - and an exploration of historical Jewish activists for social change.

Register Here

The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band & Rikud dancers meet for regular Sunday rehearsals.

All levels of dancers are always welcome - no experience necessary.

Sheet music is provided as well as instruction from band director and klezmer musician Beth Cohen. All ages and levels of musicians & singers are welcome, but you must know the basics of your instrument/ voice to be in the band.

If you are interested in joining the band, please CONTACT band director Cantor Beth Cohen at cohenedmunds@netzero.net BEFORE attending rehearsal and expecting to play or sing.

In this course, we will trace the history of ideas that have shaped contemporary Jewish relationships to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea

Wednesdays 6:30p - 8:30p January 28 through April 29 (no class 2/11 & 4/1)

Suggested tuition: $200 for non members / $54 for members

Link to Register for From Zion to Zionism: A Critical Examination of Jewish Relationship to Land

cancelled this month! returning may 15

Please join Sofie Shefia as we welcome Shabbat.
With Hebrew chants from R. Shefa Gold, we’ll create a calming, uplifting and reflective experience as we gather ourselves from the week. 
We will observe the candle lighting & blessing, healing prayers and mourners Kaddish, as well as Kiddush and hamotzi (challah) afterwards.  

Nahalat Shalom - Bayt B'racha

Zoom ID: 282 164 5784

No password needed

PDF of Chant Sheet coming soon!

Join student rabbi Josie for a monthly shabbat morning service with prayer, song, and reading from the Torah.

The Beit Midrash or House of Learning is the place where Jews gather to study, to chat, to pray, and to dive into the wealth of Jewish tradition. Grab a hevruta - study partner - or find one when you arrive! Student rabbi Josie will be hanging out in the beit midrash to help guide your self-directed learning. Is there a question you’ve always wanted to know the Jewish answer to? Have you always wanted to study a daf - page - of Talmud? Want to explore the week’s torah portion? Come and learn!

This is the LAST “official” rehearsal of The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band & Rikud Dancers of the Winter/Spring season. Sign up for Nahalat Shalom’s e-news and keep checking back on the web site for our occasional rehearsals on Sundays 3-5pm in May, June, July and August. Please join us on the first Friday of every month at der Freylekher Shabes too!

All levels of dancers are always welcome - no experience necessary.

Sheet music is provided as well as instruction from band director and klezmer musician Beth Cohen. All ages and levels of musicians & singers are welcome, but you must know the basics of your instrument/ voice to be in the band.

If you are interested in joining the band, please CONTACT band director Cantor Beth Cohen at cohenedmunds@netzero.net BEFORE attending rehearsal and expecting to play or sing.

In this course, we will trace the history of ideas that have shaped contemporary Jewish relationships to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea

Wednesdays 6:30p - 8:30p January 28 through April 29 (no class 2/11 & 4/1)

Suggested tuition: $200 for non members / $54 for members

Link to Register for From Zion to Zionism: A Critical Examination of Jewish Relationship to Land

Queer Shabbat is a monthly ritual space for reflection, connection, grounding in the sacred cycles of Jewish time. This is a space for self-identified Queer Jews and their loved ones to gather. We will be hosting hybrid Queer Shabbat in Bayt B'racha IN-PERSON and also on ZOOM; Please come masked! Whether you are attending virtually or in person, you're invited to bring: songs, poetry, movement, creative activities, and meditations from your heart. Bring (vegetarian) food to eat yourself or to share while we chat after the service (some people may choose to unmask in order to eat together). Ritual items and challah welcome.

For any questions and zoom link, please contact queershabbatnahalatshalom@gmail.com

Join student rabbi Josie for a monthly shabbat morning service with prayer, song, and reading from the Torah. This week is a special service with the Simcha school.

Calling all Nahalat Shalom teens! Join student rabbi Josie for a six session exploration on Jewish ethics and activism through a study of Pirkei Avot - the ethics of our ancestors - and an exploration of historical Jewish activists for social change.

Register Here

In this course, we will trace the history of ideas that have shaped contemporary Jewish relationships to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea

Wednesdays 6:30p - 8:30p January 28 through April 29 (no class 2/11 & 4/1)

Suggested tuition: $200 for non members / $54 for members

Link to Register for From Zion to Zionism: A Critical Examination of Jewish Relationship to Land

PDF of Der Freylekher Shabes Prayer Booklet

Celebrate Shabes (Shabbat) JOY in-person in our sanctuary. The participatory klezmer Shabes service from 6:30-7:35 PM can be danced to and includes prayers from Kabbalat Shabbat and the Ma’ariv services. We will also observe the candle lighting/blessing, Mourners’ Kaddish, blessing for healing, Kiddush and Hamotzee. The service will be followed by a vegetarian-kosher pescatarian potluck dinner at 7:45pm and recreational Jewish dancing to a klezmer music jam from 8-9 PM. Everyone is welcome to all or any part of the evening’s events.

For more information, contact Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Zoom ID 282 164 5784 (no password required)

PDF Chant Sheet

NEW Meditation opportunity: 

On Shabbat morning there will be a silent meditation from 9:10 -9:45 a.m. preceding the chanting.  Plan to arrive by 9 a.m. to the main sanctuary.  Doors will be locked at 9:10 to protect the silent space. 

At 10:00 the Chanting Service begins. The service will be contemplative as we take time to enter the liturgy through chant, then pause in the silence long enough to allow for an unfolding of possibilities and to develop the skillful practice that allows for Shabbat consciousness to flourish.

Please join Sofie Shefia as we welcome Shabbat.
With Hebrew chants from R. Shefa Gold, we’ll create a calming, uplifting and reflective experience as we gather ourselves from the week. 
We will observe the candle lighting & blessing, healing prayers and mourners Kaddish, as well as Kiddush and hamotzi (challah) afterwards.  

Nahalat Shalom - Bayt B'racha

Zoom ID: 282 164 5784

No password needed

PDF of Chant Sheet coming soon!

Torah teachings from Rabbi Lynn and 18th generation Jerusalem native Rinat Abastado and personal stories of reclaiming culture by members of the Sefardic community.

Art opening and gallery talk with curator Janelle Worthington Cardenas

Talk starts at 5:30 PM

Queer Shabbat is a monthly ritual space for reflection, connection, grounding in the sacred cycles of Jewish time. This is a space for self-identified Queer Jews and their loved ones to gather. We will be hosting hybrid Queer Shabbat in Bayt B'racha IN-PERSON and also on ZOOM; Please come masked! Whether you are attending virtually or in person, you're invited to bring: songs, poetry, movement, creative activities, and meditations from your heart. Bring (vegetarian) food to eat yourself or to share while we chat after the service (some people may choose to unmask in order to eat together). Ritual items and challah welcome.

For any questions and zoom link, please contact queershabbatnahalatshalom@gmail.com

Vegetarian pot luck dinner and Kabbalat Shabbat service with Stephanie Sofie Shefia Cohen, Rinat Abastado, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Carol Vigil, Leila Flores Dueñas, Adam Horowitz, and special guests.

Torah ceremony with the Sephardic Borderlands Ensemble, Rinat Abastado, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and members of the Sefardic Community.

By the Indian Pueblo Kitchen

Advance purchase required. Buy Lunch

With Dr. Enrique Lamadrid

Artists’ Panel. Stories, Q/A.

A sacred meeting of the ancestral voice of Indigenous Poetry and its resonance in the Sefardic community, united by the Spanish language and the movement of life. With Sandra Marroquín-Evans and Sarah Hogland-Gurulé.

A compelling conversation with Christina Castro, Camilla Bustamante and Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb on indigeneity, diaspora and other topics.

An embodied inquiry into the Paradox of Identity’—-an experimental practice space with Evie Vigil and Blanca Stacey Villalobos of Song Dog Relations. (Advance sign up required.)

Catch a preview of the new version of The Merchant of Santa Fe by Ramón Flores. This will be a performance of the prologue scene from the play, newly revised.

Take some time to process the weekend’s information in this participatory writing workshop focused on healing. A booksigning with Dr. Fleg follows the workshop.

The only band that plays Sephardic music with a sound that comes from the Southwest closes the festival with an extraordinary concert.

PDF of Der Freylekher Shabes Prayer Booklet

Celebrate Shabes (Shabbat) JOY in-person in our sanctuary. The participatory klezmer Shabes service from 6:30-7:35 PM can be danced to and includes prayers from Kabbalat Shabbat and the Ma’ariv services. We will also observe the candle lighting/blessing, Mourners’ Kaddish, blessing for healing, Kiddush and Hamotzee. The service will be followed by a vegetarian-kosher pescatarian potluck dinner at 7:45pm and recreational Jewish dancing to a klezmer music jam from 8-9 PM. Everyone is welcome to all or any part of the evening’s events.

For more information, contact Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Zoom ID 282 164 5784 (no password required)

PDF Chant Sheet

NEW Meditation opportunity: 

On Shabbat morning there will be a silent meditation from 9:10 -9:45 a.m. preceding the chanting.  Plan to arrive by 9 a.m. to the main sanctuary.  Doors will be locked at 9:10 to protect the silent space. 

At 10:00 the Chanting Service begins. The service will be contemplative as we take time to enter the liturgy through chant, then pause in the silence long enough to allow for an unfolding of possibilities and to develop the skillful practice that allows for Shabbat consciousness to flourish.

Please join Sofie Shefia as we welcome Shabbat.
With Hebrew chants from R. Shefa Gold, we’ll create a calming, uplifting and reflective experience as we gather ourselves from the week. 
We will observe the candle lighting & blessing, healing prayers and mourners Kaddish, as well as Kiddush and hamotzi (challah) afterwards.  

Nahalat Shalom - Bayt B'racha

Zoom ID: 282 164 5784

No password needed

PDF of Chant Sheet coming soon!

Queer Shabbat is a monthly ritual space for reflection, connection, grounding in the sacred cycles of Jewish time. This is a space for self-identified Queer Jews and their loved ones to gather. We will be hosting hybrid Queer Shabbat in Bayt B'racha IN-PERSON and also on ZOOM; Please come masked! Whether you are attending virtually or in person, you're invited to bring: songs, poetry, movement, creative activities, and meditations from your heart. Bring (vegetarian) food to eat yourself or to share while we chat after the service (some people may choose to unmask in order to eat together). Ritual items and challah welcome.

For any questions and zoom link, please contact queershabbatnahalatshalom@gmail.com

PDF of Der Freylekher Shabes Prayer Booklet

Celebrate Shabes (Shabbat) JOY in-person in our sanctuary. The participatory klezmer Shabes service from 6:30-7:35 PM can be danced to and includes prayers from Kabbalat Shabbat and the Ma’ariv services. We will also observe the candle lighting/blessing, Mourners’ Kaddish, blessing for healing, Kiddush and Hamotzee. The service will be followed by a vegetarian-kosher pescatarian potluck dinner at 7:45pm and recreational Jewish dancing to a klezmer music jam from 8-9 PM. Everyone is welcome to all or any part of the evening’s events.

For more information, contact Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

PDF of Der Freylekher Shabes Prayer Booklet

Celebrate Shabes (Shabbat) JOY in-person in our sanctuary. The participatory klezmer Shabes service from 6:30-7:35 PM can be danced to and includes prayers from Kabbalat Shabbat and the Ma’ariv services. We will also observe the candle lighting/blessing, Mourners’ Kaddish, blessing for healing, Kiddush and Hamotzee. The service will be followed by a vegetarian-kosher pescatarian potluck dinner at 7:45pm and recreational Jewish dancing to a klezmer music jam from 8-9 PM. Everyone is welcome to all or any part of the evening’s events.

For more information, contact Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net