Congregation Bet Haverim

Join us for a chanukah sing along at 6 pm tonight and lighting of the menorah and havdallah. The link is on the CBH Chanukah page.

YOLO COUNTY HEALTH COURT PROGRAM On December 22, 2020, Congregation Bet Haverim's Social Action Committee will host a presentation of Yolo County's Mental Health and Addiction Intervention Courts. The public is invited to this presentation which will take place at 2 pm by Zoom https://yolocounty.zoom.us/j/95788069443 You will hear from each of the partners from the MHC/AIC team including: Judge David Rosenberg, Chief Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Raven, Chief Deputy Pub...lic Defender Allison Zuvella, Deputy Probation Officer Jasmine Gonzalez, and Forensic Behavioral Case Manager Terri Lipelt. Mental Health and Addiction Intervention Courts are both minimum 18-month court-based treatment and monitoring systems for adult offenders with a serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders. These courts are designed to increase the treatment engagement of the participants while reducing both arrests, hospitalizations, and jail time both during and after their involvement and participation in the program. The program is a collaborative effort between the Yolo County Superior Court, Probation, Health and Human Services Agency, the Public Defender, and the District Attorney. Mental Health/Addiction Intervention Courts follows the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment model where participants get intense services two hours per week or meet with staff four times per week. The team provides participants with wrap-around treatment which includes a focus on mental health, substance abuse, housing, vocational and school, and physical health. The goal is to address the criminogenic factors and reduce recidivism. The program ends with a restorative justice conference and a graduation.

Hanukkah is coming! https://youtu.be/gbxyZAduGvY

As we travel this road together on election day, may we be grounded in patience and surrounded by a peaceful calm, reminding us to be kind, be strong and stay together. I share with you this beautiful prayer by my colleagues. A prayer for now by Rabbi Stephanie Kolin and Rabbi Rachel Timoner... God of the fearful and the anxious, God who accompanies our ancestors Abraham and Sarah on their journeys through the unknown, God who amplifies the voices of the poor and the oppressed through our Prophets, God who values every human life with lovingkindness, inspire us to make our voices heard. Give the people of this land the courage and the safety to cast their ballots in peace. Protect the volunteers, the poll watchers, the poll workers and the voters. Guard our streets from violence. Guard each human life, each reflection of your image, as the process of our democracy unfolds. Spread your shelter of peace over our country, that we may have a clear and peaceful outcome to our election. Heal the wounds and the divisions in our land, so that we can see one another afresh and begin the work of building our future together. AMEN.

We hope that everyone will join us for this special interfaith gathering on Monday evening!

Let's join together for an inspiring evening together of learning as we watch the election results unfold

This is a critical and urgent issue facing the World Zionist Congress and an attempt to sideline progressive Jewish representation. Please read and sign the petition and share with your Jewish friends. https://cqrcengage.com/reformjudaism/app/sign-petition

A Special Message From Rabbi Greg: Dear Haverim, When I was a young boy, I dreamed of becoming a veterinarian and coming to UC Davis to study. Well, life can be funny that way. I really did end up coming to Davis, not to study though, but to serve. When I arrived in Davis 25 years ago with Julie, and our two kids in tow, to become the new rabbi at Bet Haverim, who knew then that we would, in fact, end up making our life in Davis for all these years, raising our family here, ...Continue reading

Hope you can join us for this special program. I'll be leading a family program with Rabbi Nancy Wechsler from 6-6:30!

The link also was changed for selichot study and service...here it is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85009580434

Plan on joining us for our Education & Youth Opening Day Program on Sunday, September 13th. We'll begin with our Religious School Family Service at 9:30 am. Participate in our community celebration with the drive through the parking lot event from 10:10 am to 12:00 pm. All families with children or teens enrolled in Education & Youth programs will receive a Blessings Bag, enjoy other gifts and greetings, and hear the sound of the shofar. We'll end our day with Joel ben Izzy, ...our Storyteller in Residence for the year, with his Hi! Holidays program and an array of delightful tales at 4:00 pm. For security purposes, registration is required for the Joel ben Izzy event and the Zoom link will be sent once your reservation is received. Register for the Joel ben Izzy Hi! Holidays Program here: https://www.bethaverim.org//f3-s/register-sept-13-stories/

Coming this Saturday, September 5th at 7:00 pm! Please see flier for more information.

Sunday, September 6th @ 2:00 pm What’s NEW with Voting for 2020 in Yolo County? The Adult Education Committee of Congregation Bet Haverim is presenting an informational session on updates on the ways to vote in the upcoming election.... Discussion will include the many changes regarding Vote By Mail, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Neighborhood Voter Assistance Centers for the November 3, 2020 election. Speaker Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Assessor / Clerk-Recorder / Chief Election Official, will provide an update on voting procedures for national and state elections. A question and answer period will follow. Please email questions ahead of time to Meryl Rappaport at [email protected] or Cynthia Goldberg at [email protected]. ***Please find the Zoom link on our Partners Only page.***

***ORDERS ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 4, 2020.*** Celebrate Sukkot With a Lulav and Etrog Set from CBH! We are now accepting Lulav and Etrog orders. Each set is $54, and reservations may be made by: Credit Card: Please call 530-758-0842... Check: Mail directly to the CBH office Online: https://www.bethaverim.org/re/lulav-etrog-orders-2020-5781/ ***ORDERS ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 4, 2020.*** We expect pick up of your order will be on October 1st and 2nd. For more information, please contact the CBH office at 530-758-0842 or [email protected].

***SUBMIT PHOTOS BY 9/9/20!*** SUBMIT PHOTOS HERE: https://www.bethaverim.org//add-your-photos-to-hhd-slide-/ We hope that you will all join us for a Redwood Zoom Gathering on Erev Rosh HaShanah, September 18th at 5:00 pm where we will begin our New Year’s celebration, just as we always do, together. ... We will sing and have a chance to visit with each other in small breakout groups. We are also creating a slideshow, accompanied by the lovely music of our talented Songleaders, to share at our Redwood Gathering with photos of our Bet Haverim partners so that we are surrounded by our friends, old and new. We invite you to please upload a photo of yourself or your family doing Jewish at the link below! We want to see your faces. Please let us know who is in the photo and what you are celebrating in the photo. You can upload photos as jpegs or in other common formats. ALL PHOTOS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY SEPTEMBER 9th. SUBMIT PHOTOS HERE: https://www.bethaverim.org//add-your-photos-to-hhd-slide-/