Upcoming events.
All events of The Community are for Jews and their loved ones who are NOT AFFILIATED with any synagogue.
Join us in person or by Zoom.
Shulhouse Religious School
The Shulhouse gathers at the Third Café Location for learning and doing Jewish
Yom Hashoah, Day of Rememberance
Join us for our yearly visit to the life and death of Yosel as he shares with us the last few hours of his life before his life ended under the collapse of the Warsaw Ghetto. Let us visit once again with Yosel and honor the memory of the 6 million.
Holy Kayaking on Watson Lake
You can rent your kayak online with Born to be Wild, just follow this link. They will meet us there with the Kayaks.
Learn to read Hebrew
Next Thursday the 9th of May at 2:30 at the Starbucks Community Room, we will be holding our first Learn to Read Hebrew Class. Please let Rabbi know of you intend to join us.
Ta Shamah - Come Learn!
Thursday May 16th- Ta Shmah, come learn. 2:30 at the Starbucks Community Room. Our new series will be blending everything together, whatever it is you hunger to know, that’s where we will go! If you have a question for your Rabbi about anything Jewish. Bring it to class and let’s begin a dialog. Ta Shema means “Come learn.” It is the pastime of the Jewish people. Expanding the parameters of the mind, spirit and soul are all valued by our sacred tradition. What do you want to know? Let’s talk about it!
Musical Shabbat & Oneg
Friday May 17th Musical Shabbat at Or Atid and a special evening to dedicate the new Ner Tamid! 6pm, Come hear David and Lena play their beautiful music and let’s celebrate the acquisition of our new Ner Tamid. We will be having a little celebratory Oneg in the courtyard after services so if everyone brings a treat, some cookies, cakes, drinks, we will celebrate together. Please coordinate with Rabbi Julie!
Comedy Night!
On Saturday the 18th of May, Mitch Oppenheim and Dr Corrine Belsky will be hosting an evening of wine tasting and Comedy! Laughter is the best medicine for everything that ails the human spirit so let’s laugh together and enjoy the simple blessings of life. The time will be from 5 to 8pm and will be held at the Third Shot Cafe, which is being rented for the occasion. Our MC will be the wonderfully funny and kind Mitch Oppenheim, (how entertaining is that?) you won’t want to miss this evening. Please let Mitch or Rabbi Julie know if you intend to join us. Thank you to Corrine Belsky and Mitch Oppenheim for sponsoring this great evening of fun.
This is a Sowing the Seeds event.
Please let Mitch or Rabbi Julie know if you intend to join us.
Shulhouse at the Librry
Sunday May 19th- The Shulhouse has class at the Prescott Public Library, 1pm.
Shabbat in the Cottonwoods
Let’s head to the Cottonwood Patch for outdoor shabbat services. We meet at the parking lot behind the Dog Park on Willow Lake at 5:30. It’s a 5-minute walk to the Cottonwood patch. This is a traditional Springtime or Atid event. Services in the beautiful Cottonwood trees. Please join us!
Deli Night
A SOWING THE SEEDS EVENT Enjoy deli and all the fixings directly from Chompies, Arizona’s New York Deli since 1979. Rabbi Julie and Emily Grotta host at Emily’s house.
Podcast Brunch
Sunday February 18th- The Makeup gathering for the PODCAST/POTLUCK. We will be listening together to a podcast entitled, Making Sense by Sam Harris. It is an enlightening look at what’s happening in the world today with Hamas and their targeting of the Jews as the enemy of the world. This is open to everyone, just bring a contribution for the brunch. This is our redo after the snow cancelled us last month. Please let Rabbi know if you are coming.
Brisket Dinner
A SOWING THE SEEDS EVENT! The Levy’s are preparing and serving a traditional brisket dinner. Limited seating: Please RSVP!
Shulhouse Religious School
The Shulhouse gathers at the Third Café Location for learning and doing Jewish
What is God?
Thursday February 15th- the God class continues, 2pm at Rabbi Julies home. All are welcome. We are deep diving into the unfathomable idea of God and striving to uncover points of connection that could shift our sense of God, existence, and life itself.
Jews and Music
Tuesday February 13th- 6:30 pm, it’s a “Jews and Music” night out. The Whiskey River tavern on Montezuma. Come and hangout with your Or Atid friends, visit, dance, listen to music, it’s a bit rock and roll so be prepared. Lets have some fun!
Bagles, Lox and Beatles
A SOWING THE SEEDS EVENT.
Tell us your favorite Beatles songs and David will play them! Rabbi Julie and David host at Rabbi Julie’s home.
Musical Shabbat Services
Come and enjoy our wonderful musical duo, Lena on piano and David on guitar. FOLLOWED BY, a Potluck Shabbat dinner in the Unity Social Hall downstairs. This will be sponsored by the wonderful Shara and Paul Beck, in honor of Paul’s, 85th Birthday. He would prefer we ignored the day but that’s not our style here at Or Atid. This is the best reason to celebrate, Paul’s 85th birthday!!! And I can tell you, he has been a blessing to this world every single second of those 85 years!!!
Please call Rabbi Julie to coordinate your Potluck contribution. This will be a dairy meal, i.e, vege lasagna, hot pasta dishes, pizzas, salads, garlic bread and fruit salad. Let’s all come together for this wonderful evening of music, prayer and celebration!
Death Cafe
Please join us as we deep dive into the most real thing that a human can know, one day your life will come to an end. By fcacing that truth head on, we are given the opportunity to wrestle, question and try to make sense of our lives in light of our inevitable deaths. There is nothing depressing about this class, quite the contrary. It’s a real as it gets.
Holy Fun….Where?
Wednesday January 24th- Let’s get outside into the wide open. HOLY FUN! A hike, a trip to Jerome, Sedona? Let me know what you’d like and we will make it happen.
Shulhouse Religious School
Saturday January 20th- Tu B’Shevat Seder for the Shulhouse. Third Shot cafe.
Musical Shabbat Services
Come and enjoy our wonderful musical duo, Lena on piano and David on guitar.
Matters of Life and Death
Thursday January 11th, Class on “ How making peace with the ultimate fate of death can bring expansion to one’s measure of life. We will meet at the Starbucks Café on 69 in the Community Room at 2:30. Please RSVP with Rabbi Julie.
Matters of Life and Death Part 2
Thursday January 18th- The continuation of the Death and Living class at the Starbucks Community Room. 2:30
What is God?
Discovering the truths that can be known about God, if any. This is a class of discovery. In true Jewish fashion, we can say little about God with any certainty other than God is not human and God exists beyond our limited human scope. So, let’s dig in and search for what can be known and engaged meaningfully. Let rabbi Julie Know that you’re coming.
Jews and the Atomic Bomb - A Sowing the Seeds Event
Monday January 8th- 1:30, please join us as Bill Weiss offers us another wonderful opportunity to learn with him. He will be sharing his knowledge in a talk entitled, “Jews and the Atomic Bomb.” I am so very excited to share with the community that Bill will be offering a chance to learn with him every month as an Or Atid event. These events are free of charge and as always, fascinating! Please RSVP to Rabbi Julie so we know that you are coming. The event will take place at the home of Bill and Sandy Weiss.
Shulhouse Religious School
Shulhouse kids meet for religious school.Let’s get ready for Hanukkah!
Musical Shabbat Services
Come and enjoy our wonderful musical duo, Lena on piano and David on guitar. Dr. David Bryman will share with us all of his experiences on the ground in Israel, that he will have just returned from. You don’t want to miss this!
Following services we’ll engage in our culturally Jewish “Christmas” by ordering Chinese food and having a meal together. Location TBA. Only those who RSVP will be able to join.
Trip to Sedona
We’ll leave early, hike or take a Jeep tour, and have lunch at Liza Pizza before heading home. Our hiking location will depend on the level of those who wish to join. Please RSVP