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Our virtual Morning Minyan is one of the best-kept secrets of IKAR. Monday-Friday and Sunday at 8am PT on Zoom, we’ll explore a different modality we might use to help us access our prayer life: singing, meditation, study, etc. And each day we will end with a Mourner’s Kaddish.

Please bring the following: Pumpkins to smash and/or vegan compost scraps (no dairy, meat or citrus please – we love coffee grounds and egg shells, though!) Gently worn or new clothing and toys Rain protection items Canned or packaged foods (non perishable) and Halloween candy Helping hands and open hearts Service projects: Smash pumpkins – support our regenerative garden! Pack 150 lunch bags for the food insecure community Assemble hygiene kits Make no-sew blankets for the unhoused community Paint rocks for residents of a local senior community Write welcome home letters and plant flowers for newly housed Marigold magic and take home seedlings Community Lego build Art projects with our program partner Momentum Therapy dog visits from Love on a Leash – pet a puppy And more! Agenda: 1:30 PM: Service projects begin, Music by Continental Drips 1:45 PM: Accessible Yoga with Tami 2:00 PM: ALLWAYZ on Stage performance 2:15 PM: Farm Tour and Pumpkin Hunt 2:45 PM: Rabbi Bill Kaplan Pollinator Garden Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 3:15 PM: Community Sing-Along with Julian Friedman, Sammy Blanc and Shemesh Farms Farm Fellows and Community Food Options: Enjoy our tasting table and Fall inspired concessions and our famous farm stand with our latest products and gift sets Pizza vendor Work alongside our farm fellows and community and help us build a kinder world! Tickets: Free, or support this event at one of the following sponsorship levels: $18 – Pumpkin Smasher $36 – “Pe’ah” Forward – includes a free Pumpkin Smash T-shirt $180 – Event Supporter – your name will be recognized at event – includes 2 tshirts T-shirts will be available for purchase for $36 at the event and proceeds benefit our program and community. Get one while supplies last. 1:45 Accessible yoga reservation – 15 spots available (no charge)

Mondays from 8:30-9 am PT, after our virtual Monday Morning Minyan, we open a short Grief Garden Circle, a sacred listening space. Please join us here if you are holding grief. Have questions? Please email [email protected]

Elections, Elections, Elections. Elections are ultimately horse races. And who wins, and who loses changes everything. And is fun to guess who might win. This year’s mid terms are hugely consequential. Both the U.S. House and Senate have the potential to flip from Republican to Democratic control as well as up to 14 State Houses. This week’s Modern History Circle will examine the 11 US Senate races that have the potential to flip, 18 U.S. House Races and several of the States that might have their State Houses flip – and how that can affect US politics. We will be meeting in person at the IKAR event space, beginning at 6:30 and discussion will begin at 7:00. Lay-Led by Jonathan Silberman ([email protected]).

Sing your heart out to your favorite Hebrew chant with us! Whether you are an expert or a first-timer, we welcome you! Lay led by Antonia Lassar. Light snacks are provided.

Poetry can often heal, elevate the soul and awaken the heart. Come join IKAR’s Jewish Poetry Circle as we read Jewish poets — the Oneg Shabbos poets of the Warsaw Ghetto, Medieval Sephardic poets, Israeli and Jewish-American poets up to the present—the historical context of their writing, spiritual relationships, personal agonies and joys. The Circle is not an academic writing class but rather an informal experience of a committed group of participants to explore and hopefully bond with Jewish poetic expression and with each other.