BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7575@templemicah.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T193000 DTSTAMP:20250210T145443Z URL:https://www.templemicah.org/events/welcoming-shabbat-4-2025-02-21/ SUMMARY:Repro Shabbat with guest speaker Rabbi Rachael Pass DESCRIPTION:Join us for Oneg at 6 p.m.\, then light candles with us\, join in Kiddush\, and enjoy challah as we welcome Shabbat together in-person at Temple Micah or online.\n\n[caption id="attachment_29774" align="alignrig ht" width="225"] Rabbi Rachael Pass[/caption]\n\nRabbi Rachael Pass will b e joining us over Repro Shabbat to teach about abortion in Jewish thought and tradition. In addition to sharing her own personal experience with rep roductive healthcare at Shabbat services on Friday evening\, she will be t eaching us on Saturday morning from 8:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. on the Theology an d Power of Abortion Rituals -- the different creative Jewish rituals writt en over the past three decades for individuals and couples who have sought abortion. We will be reading different rituals for their theological and ideological insight into Jewish views on abortion from people who have act ively sought abortion care.\nPLUS: Duo al Rouh joins us for Shabbat!\nPale stinian multi-instrumentalist Zafer Tawil and oud player Rabbi Zachi Asher \, who are performing at Atlas Performing Center on Thursday\, February 20 via Storefront Sounds\, will be with us on Friday\, February 21 for Shabb at. Join us as we welcome these special guests! \;\nAbout Rabbi Rachae l Pass\n \;Rachael Pass is a queer\, feminist\, Boston-based community rabbi. She is the Senior Educator of Modern Jewish Couples and teaches fo r the Jewish Learning Collaborative\, in addition to her freelance work. R abbi Rachael was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Re ligion in 2021\, where she wrote her rabbinic dissertation on creative Jew ish rituals for those who have had abortions. Rabbi Rachael teaches and wr ites extensively on Jewish views of abortion\, creative Jewish rituals\, a nd feminist Jewish thought and theology. She is passionate about Jewish ed ucation\, mental health\, creating caring communities\, and reading as man y books as she can get her hands on!\n\n\n\nLearn more about our \;wee kly Shabbat services \;or our \;COVID-19 policy. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.templemicah.org/wp-content/uploads/2 024/02/2025-RS_Insta_date.jpg CATEGORIES:Abortion Justice,Assistive Listening System,Featured,Guest Speakers,Online Event,Quiet Room,Social Action,Wheelchair Accessible,Worship LOCATION:Temple Micah\, 2829 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20007\, U nited States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2829 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Was hington\, DC\, 20007\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Temple Mic ah:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR