August 3, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Join the congregation for the second of a two-part bike repair class led by Bike Rabbi Simon Rakower. Simon is a wonderful and extremely knowledgeable teacher and mechanic. Make sure to bring your own bike! You don’t need to bring your own tools, but if you have them feel free to bring them as well.
August 4, 2023 – August 5, 2023 @ All Day – Reserve your calendars for a Camping Shabbaton at Chena Lakes! Services, singing, smores, fireside chats. Stay the night or feel free to just come for the company and then head back to the comfort of your own bed (and face the judgment of the intrepid campers 🙂 — develop even more empathy for our wandering […]
August 4, 2023 @ 7:00 am – 10:00 am – Stone Soup is a local organization that provides breakfast, facilities, and other material necessities to anyone in need. They also provide professional training and job-placement support. Come volunteer with other members of Or HaTzafon to help support some of the most at-risk people in our larger Fairbanks Community.
August 9, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Join Master Cake Decorator Leah Mahfouda for a short icing tutorial — and then a few hours of creating cake creatures inspired by the Magical Creatures of Torah.
August 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Let’s sing together! Open to all singers and musicians of all skill and comfort levels. We’ll be going through some simple tunes, and Student Rabbi David will do his best to lead on guitar. If there’s anything that you’d like to sing in particular, please send charts / requests to Student Rabbi David in advance […]
August 10, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Calling all writers and aspiring writers! Let’s get together for an evening of reading some contemporary devotional writing. Can our own writing be prayer? What can our own writing teach us about our traditional liturgy? This will be a blend of reading and workshop, with an opportunity to share at the end of class!
August 11, 2023 @ 7:00 am – 10:00 am – Stone Soup is a local organization that provides breakfast, facilities, and other material necessities to anyone in need. They also provide professional training and job-placement support. Come volunteer with other members of Or HaTzafon to help support some of the most at-risk people in our larger Fairbanks Community.
August 12, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am – At the Synagogue Come study Torah with Joy Clein, recently back from a year studying at Pardes Institute of Jewish Religious in Jerusalem. Benefit from her rich insights and research into the week’s parsha. Also enjoy fresh brewed coffee in the company of friends.
August 15, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Miriam is moving! Come help us send her off in style with a farewell tea 🙂
August 16, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Let’s meet in the synagogue and have a discussion about Jenny Odell’s “How to Do Nothing”. What might this book have to teach us about Shabbat? About prayer? Snacks will also be provided.
1744 Aurora Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99709
(PO Box 74863, Fairbanks, AK 99707)
(907) 687-1792|congregationorhatzafon@gmail.com
