BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Beyt Tikkun - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Beyt Tikkun X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://beyttikkun.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Beyt Tikkun REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T150823 CREATED:20250708T214017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T235339Z UID:2850-1754127000-1754137800@beyttikkun.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Service & Torah Study | Devarim DESCRIPTION:Shabbat Services and & Torah Study: Devarim (Deutoronomy 1:1-3:22) \nSaturday\,  August 2ndEmeryville\, CA & online9:30am Shabbat service // 10:30am Torah study \nYou can join us either in person or on Zoom for Shabbat services and/or Torah study. If you are in the Bay Area\, we’d love to have you join us in person. After Torah study\, we enjoy a vegetarian potluck meal together and have an opportunity to deepen our connection with one another. If you are able\, please bring a vegetarian dish to share with others. \nWatch Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parshat Devarim from last year 5784/2024. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Access Information \n\nLocation: Rabbi Cat’s home in Oakland\, about 0.5 miles from MacArthur BART Station. Address will be provided once you register. \nAccessibility: There are 4 steps to enter the house and 4 steps to the backyard (if people choose to go there.) The bathroom is not wheelchair accessible. There are couches\, chairs\, and floor pillows for seating. Please try to be scent-free. A retriever/labrador dog lives in the home but will not be present. A cat has lived there previously.\nCOVID: Masks are optional. Please don’t come if you have any symptoms. Air filter provided. Windows can be opened if requested. \nPlease email us if you have questions or other accessibility needs. URL:https://beyttikkun.org/event/shabbat-service-torah-study-devarim/ CATEGORIES:Shabbat Service ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://beyttikkun.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GeneralShabbat2-e1752010227583.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250803T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250803T160000 DTSTAMP:20260415T150823 CREATED:20250715T225427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T182627Z UID:2872-1754229600-1754236800@beyttikkun.org SUMMARY:Tisha B'Av 5785: Crumbling the Walls of Siege and Starvation DESCRIPTION: 📅 Sunday\, August 3rd🕝 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern📍In Person: UN Plaza\, 355 McAllister St\, San Francisco\, CA 94102📝 In Person: Learn more and register for in person ritual here ♿ In Person Accessibility: Masks required  (unless you are medically unable); more accessibility info here⚫ How to Prepare: Wear black\, bring a stone and\, if you have\, a tallit and shofar. Please bring a camping chair if sitting on the ground or standing for 1.5 hours isn’t accessible for you. 💻 Online: Register here for Tisha B’av Online Ritual \nPublic Fast for Gaza on Tish’a B’Av: Join Rabbis for Ceasefire\, JVP-Bay Area\, If Not Now\, Beyt Tikkun and Shomeret Shalom\, and JSWANA Bay for a public grief ritual. \nTisha B’Av is a Jewish day of mourning that marks tragedies throughout Jewish history\, beginning with the destruction of the first and second temples. We meet this year’s Tisha B’Av in a moment of unthinkable tragedy–as we witness nearly two years of a genocide in Gaza and the Israeli government’s campaign of starving the Palestinian people in Gaza.  \nIn many Jewish communities it is traditional to fast on Tisha b’Av and in times of great peril. On Tisha b’Av we also read Eicha\, the Book of Lamentations. Rituals such as kriya\, the tearing of cloth in mourning\, is another psycho-spiritual technology of our tradition that we will draw open this year. In the face of the unfathomable ongoing genocide and starvation in Gaza\, we will use the power of Jewish tradition to publicly express our grief and invite our community to action\, to stop the genocide and starvation of the people of Gaza. \nAll are invited to participate\, regardless of your religious identity and relationship to Judaism. \nWe invite all attending to learn these songs\, which we’ll be singing during the ritual. We will have printed song sheets available with Hebrew and English lyrics: Oseh Shalom\, Turkish melody\, setting by Rinat Abastado and  Ayeka\, by Aly Halpert   \nMasks will be required unless you are medically unable. URL:https://beyttikkun.org/event/tishabav5785/ CATEGORIES:Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://beyttikkun.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/tishabav.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250808 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250811 DTSTAMP:20260415T150824 CREATED:20250625T002853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T232918Z UID:2829-1754611200-1754870399@beyttikkun.org SUMMARY:Weekend Retreat: Softening Our Hearts\, Building Resilience\, Holding Grief\, Cultivating Joy DESCRIPTION:A WEEKEND RETREAT FOR ACTIVISTSCo-sponsored by American Friends Service CommitteeDates: Friday\, August 8th – Sunday\, August 10thLocation: Quaker Center\, Ben Lomond\, CACost: Tiered Pricing from $50-$500 \nBuddhist teacher and activist Arinna Weisman and Jewish Renewal Rabbi and activist Cat Zavis will lead us in this special weekend retreat for activists and their allies working for an end to the genocide and for justice in Palestine. We will integrate Buddhist and Jewish practices including\, mindfulness\, meditation\, prayers\, chants\, and teachings\, and incorporate some Shabbat rituals and practices.     \nIt is a dedicated time to go within\, call upon and regenerate the beautiful heart qualities—such as radical compassion\, inner peace\, and unlimited kindness—to strengthen our capacity to hold our immense grief and sorrow\, release obstructions of the heart such as fear\, hatred or shame\, and alchemize our anger. This will strengthen us to allow continued and sustainable activism (or “sumud” as Palestinians say) as a form of sacred action for justice\, dignity\, and freedom.     \nWe do not have to do this alone! After so many months of grieving\, disbelief\, and urgent organizing\, we can come together to resource and heal\, rebalance and strengthen\, and allow the blessing of our collective energy to root and deepen the qualities of faith\, joy\, and love. There will be time for group sharings and questions and answers. A majority of this retreat will be silent. \nCOVID POLICYMasking (KN94/N95) is required while indoors unless you have a medical reason not to mask. We encourage you to test before attending the retreat. Please don’t attend if you have any symptoms. \nACCESSIBILITYBen Lomond Retreat Center has ADA compliant rooms and the site is ADA accessible. Please indicate any additional access needs on a post registration google survey you will be sent.    \nPRICING & CANCELATIONThe cost of putting on this retreat is $6\,000. We have tiered pricing in order to make this retreat accessible. Cancellation fee is $20.00 if you cancel before Monday\, July 28th. Cancellation anytime after Sunday\, July 27th is non-refundable. \nIn the Buddhist tradition\, the teachings are considered priceless and therefore offered freely by the teachers. In return\, those who appreciate them and would like them to continue will be given an opportunity to support the teachers through dana (generosity) at the end of the retreat. \nFUNDRAISINGIn order to make this retreat widely accessible\, we are raising funds beyond ticket costs. Our goal is to raise $5\,000. If you are unable to attend\, but would like to support our effort\, donate here.  \nIf you have any questions\, please email either Mica (beeingmaya@gmail.com) or Marge (margesussman@comcast.net) \n**Registration is now open for the Daylong Retreat on July 26th in Oakland California. You can learn more and register here.** URL:https://beyttikkun.org/event/weekend-retreat-softening-our-hearts-building-resilience-holding-grief-cultivating-joy/ CATEGORIES:Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://beyttikkun.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-24-at-5.10.49 PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T090000 DTSTAMP:20260415T150824 CREATED:20250722T175013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250725T181803Z UID:2875-1754985600-1754989200@beyttikkun.org SUMMARY:Walk\, Pray\, Eat with Rabbi Cat DESCRIPTION:On the second Tuesday of each month\, Rabbi Cat will lead a morning Walk\, Pray\, Eat. \nYou can meet R’Cat in Emeryville\, CA (she will also have her phone and do it on Zoom as well!) and join her (and her lovely dog Dodi!) for morning prayers while walking and if you want\, you can stop and grab some food (along the way or at the end). \nWe will walk along the Emeryville Greenway\, which is accessible to all people (flat\, level\, wheelchairs\, walkers\, strollers\, etc.). Bring your dog if you want as well. We will meet at 8:00am PT at the park and leave for our walk at 8:10am. \nThe prayers will last about 30-45 minutes. \nYou can stay as long or short as you are able. We will have the prayers (in English and Hebrew transliteration) available on paper as well as online. URL:https://beyttikkun.org/event/walk-pray-eat-with-rabbi-cat-aug/ CATEGORIES:Walk, Pray, Eat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://beyttikkun.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RCat-and-Dodi-e1720468547365.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250816T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250816T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T150824 CREATED:20250722T182603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T182611Z UID:2883-1755336600-1755347400@beyttikkun.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Service & Torah Study | Eikev DESCRIPTION:Shabbat Services and & Torah Study: Eikev (Deutoronomy 7:12-11:25)Saturday\,  August 16thEmeryville\, CA & online9:30am Shabbat service // 10:30am Torah study \nYou can join us either in person or on Zoom for Shabbat services and/or Torah study. If you are in the Bay Area\, we’d love to have you join us in person. After Torah study\, we enjoy a vegetarian potluck meal together and have an opportunity to deepen our connection with one another. If you are able\, please bring a vegetarian dish to share with others. \nWatch Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parshat Eikev from last year 5784/2024 here.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Access Information \n\nLocation: Rabbi Cat’s home in Oakland\, about 0.5 miles from MacArthur BART Station. Address will be provided once you register. \nAccessibility: There are 4 steps to enter the house and 4 steps to the backyard (if people choose to go there). The bathroom is not wheelchair accessible. There are couches\, chairs\, and floor pillows for seating. Please try to be scent-free. Services may be held outdoors (weather permitting); please dress accordingly. No shoes indoors\, if possible. Indoor and outdoor space available for eating. A cat lives in the home. A retriever/labrador dog lives in the home but will not be present.\nCOVID: Masks are optional. Please don’t come if you have any symptoms. Air filter provided. Windows can be opened if requested. \nPlease email us if you have questions or other accessibility needs. URL:https://beyttikkun.org/event/shabbat-service-torah-study-eikev-5785/ CATEGORIES:Shabbat Service ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://beyttikkun.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GeneralShabbat2-e1752010227583.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T173000 DTSTAMP:20260415T150824 CREATED:20250722T201631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T183207Z UID:2902-1756051200-1756056600@beyttikkun.org SUMMARY:Rosh Chodesh Circle - Elul DESCRIPTION:Join Beyt Tikkun’s Monthly Rosh Chodesh Circle! This month we’ll honor the marking of Elul. \nRosh Chodesh marks the start of the Jewish month and the New Moon—a powerful time for renewal and reflection. Our circle weaves together guided meditation\, teachings\, embodied practices\, and discussion inspired by the themes of the month and the astrological new moon. \nLed by Mar Munn (they/she)—Beyt Tikkun’s Program & Outreach Manager\, Meditation Teacher\, and Mindfulness Coach. Please note: This gathering is held by Anti-Zionist Jews and Allies. All are welcome.Cost: Sliding scale starting at $9. Give what you can—no one will be turned away. Need support? Email Mar at marissa@beyttikkun.org. \n \n \n \n \n \n Upcoming Circle: \n\nDate and Time: Sunday\, August 24th\, 4pm-5:30pm\nLocation: Rabbi Cat’s backyard in Oakland (0.5 miles from MacArthur BART; address emailed after registration)\n\nAccessibility: \n\nOutdoors; Masks optional\nInclement weather plan – inside Rabbi Cat’s home (masks optional)\nNo shoes in the home\n4 steps to enter the home\nBathroom is not wheelchair accessible\nA cat and dog live in the home\n\nIf you have any questions\, or are interested in collaborating with Mar\, please reach out to them: marissa@beyttikkun.org. We look forward to creating this meaningful space together. URL:https://beyttikkun.org/event/rosh-chodesh-circle-elul-5785/ CATEGORIES:Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://beyttikkun.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Elul-Meditation-Rosh-Chodesh-2025-e1753218744760.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250830 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250831 DTSTAMP:20260415T150824 CREATED:20250722T222231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T191358Z UID:2906-1756512000-1756598399@beyttikkun.org SUMMARY:Havdalah with Jews On Ohlone Land DESCRIPTION:Join Beyt Tikkun and Jews on Ohlone Land  (JOOL) for a special Havdalah ceremony at the sacred West Berkeley Shellmound—now officially being returned to Indigenous stewardship. \n📅 Date: Saturday\, August 30th⏰ Time: Gather at 8:10pm; Ritual at 8:20pm 📍 Location: West Berkeley Shellmound: 1920 Fourth Street\, Huichin (Berkeley\, CA)✅ Cost: Free; No registration necessary – Just show up! \nAccessibility: We will gather outside; Wheelchair Accessible; Masks Optional  \nIn March 2024\, the City of Berkeley announced that the land at 1920 Fourth Street will be transferred to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust on behalf of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation-  righting a historic wrong and rematriating the site to its original caretakers\, the Ohlone people. \nThough this is a major victory\, the cultural center and gathering space have not yet been built. At the invitation of Corrina Gould\, spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan\, JOOL began celebrating Havdalah at the West Berkeley Shellmound in the summer of 2021. JOOL continues to bring people to the site to mark sacred time\, share its powerful story\, and invite community members to support Sogorea Te’ in this new chapter of healing and restoration. \nTogether\, we’ll close Shabbat with ritual and reflection\, learn about the ongoing vision for the West Berkeley Shellmound\, and explore ways to stay engaged\, including supporting Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. \nQuestions or accessibility needs? Please reach out to marissa@beyttikkun.org—we’d love to help make this space as welcoming and inclusive as possible.We look forward to gathering and connecting with you 💫 URL:https://beyttikkun.org/event/havdalahaug30/ CATEGORIES:Havdalah,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://beyttikkun.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/JOOL-Havdalah-8-30-e1753223009828.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR