A Bold Jewish Renewal Community
🌿 Growing Judaism Beyond Zionism 🌿
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
In Person (Oakland) + Online
Tuesday, September 23, 10:00am PT
Doors open at 9:30am
Join Beyt Tikkun for spiritually-rooted, politically-courageous High Holiday services led by Rabbi Cat Zavis, Musical Director Ami Goodman.
We are community of and for Jews, allies, and beloveds opposing Israel’s genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and Jewish supremacist ideology—whether anti-zionist, non-zionist, or are questioning zionism.
We stand in solidarity with Palestinian liberation and all oppressed peoples, rooted in Jewish values of love, truth, courage, and care.
We are a safe haven for people whose views, questions, and grief are not welcomed in mainstream synagogues or Jewish spaces.
🕊️ What to Expect at Rosh Hashanah Day 1
📣 Guest Speaker meital yaniv! On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, we are honored to welcome meital yaniv—anti-zionist Israeli activist and former IDF soldier. meital will share from their book bloodlines and join us in conversation. Together, we will enter into deep questioning, guided by the awakening call of the shofar. meital will help us clarify and spiral our intentions, weaving death prayers and love letters as we step into the new year.
🎶 Spiritually vibrant services filled with music, meaning, and resistance with musicians Solomon Alber on flute/clarinet and Jan Padover on percussion.
🍉 Palestinian poetry woven through prayers and ritual
📖 Teachings rooted in Jewish wisdom and prophetic tradition
💔 A sacred container for grief, connection, healing, and moral clarity
🌍 A diverse, courageous community holding each other with compassion
Location & Accessibility Information for In-Person Services
📍Location is in Oakland’s Uptown district, 7 minute walk from BART, and near several AC Transit bus lines. Exact location will be sent once registered.
Masking Requirements: Masking Optional; there will be a masking-only section and an outdoor eating space.
Ventilation/Air filters: There will be an air filter and ventilation
Scents: Please arrive scent-free or low scent.
Wheelchair accessibility: Fully wheelchair accessible.
Seating: Chairs with backs
Parking: There is street parking, as well as several nearby car garages. There is one curb-side parking space designated for handicap use in front of the venue. Discounted parking is available at a garage a 5 minute walk away for a limited number of guests – first come, first serve.
Food and eating: Late lunch will be served after services. Please feel free to bring snacks to eat during the services.
Please email Mar Munn at marissa@beyttikkun.org if you have questions or other accessibility needs.
🫂 How to Join Us
To join Beyt Tikkun for Erev Rosh Hashanah, you can:
Become a Member – Learn more about membership here
OR
Purchase a High Holiday Pass
You can buy a high holiday pass for all services, including special workshops during Elul and Tishrei.
📅 Sunday, August 3rd
🕝 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern
📍In Person: UN Plaza, 355 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102
📝 In Person: More information and registration here
♿ In Person Accessibility: Masks required; more accessibility information here
💻 Online: Register here for Tisha B’av Online Ritual
Public 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.
Tisha 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.
In 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.
All are invited to participate, regardless of your religious identity and relationship to Judaism.
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.
We 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_qmduwG1qc&list=RDF_qmduwG1qc&start_radio=1
Masks will be required unless you are medically unable.