{"id":5206,"date":"2022-07-01T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/?p=5206"},"modified":"2022-07-01T08:10:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:10:02","slug":"or-ami-happenings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/2022\/07\/or-ami-happenings-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Or Ami Happenings"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lenette Howard<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Into the woods with Or Amians<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"For the past three years, Or Ami has made racism awareness an area of study, and on June 5 our team mobilized to do clean up at Woodland Cemetery, one of Richmond\u2019s overgrown African American cemeteries.<\/h3>\n

Maintenance of the burial ground was left to descendants, but many had died or moved away. Nature had taken over. We cleared away weeds and vines, and parts of trees that had been cut into pieces.<\/p>\n

Then we tapped the ground for covered grave markers. It was thrilling to hear the probe hit solid granite and to dig four inches to bring a gravestone to light.<\/p>\n

Revealed Gravestone<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Most white cemeteries of this vintage were deemed to be Civil War burial grounds and were maintained with public funds, so it\u2019s up to volunteers to reclaim this part of Richmond\u2019s history. What a great opportunity for us to get together outdoors, in a social and socially conscious inter-generational activity.<\/p>\n

For more information visit http:\/\/woodlandrestorationfoundation.org\/<\/em><\/p>\n

Or Amian\u2019s come in all shapes and sizes<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Our Rabbi will be co-leading Richmond\u2019s Honeymoon Israel trip with Rachel Peters from the Jewish Community Federation of Federation in July so other members from our congregation have stepped up to take her place.<\/p>\n

One of them, Stanley Feuer, was kind enough to write why he was willing to do this.<\/p>\n

Stanley explained, \u201cOr Ami has always had a tradition of the creative liturgy. We have never used a Siddur printed by any of the organizations of Jewish denominations, although our services use much traditional liturgy and would be familiar to anyone who regularly attends Jewish services of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continuted, \u201cFor example, the July 1st service I am leading, I\u2019m considering making it a reflection of July 4th using a historic prayer composed in Hebrew in Richmond in 1789, praying for the new American nation instead of the traditional Parsha for that Shabbat.<\/p>\n

Stanley added, \u201cOur High Holy Day services have been written by members and revised several times by the Liturgy Committee. There is a tradition of members writing services and submitting them, and families have had a big input in life cycle events to make them personally and individually meaningful.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis blending of the traditional and the creative has made services at Or Ami fresh and new and comfortable yet still familiar at the same time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs important as this is, it has always been the feeling tone that has made Or Ami such a special place. There is a welcoming sense to the place and the people; an openness to people – who they are and where they are without a \u2018you must do this and mustn\u2019t do that\u2019 or \u2018you must believe this and not believe that\u2019 which has allowed people to find what is personally meaningful about Judaism in their lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr Ami is here to assist people in their personal exploration of their spiritual lives; to be a resource, a help, and a guide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thank you, Stanley. You\u2019ve encapsulated Or Ami perfectly.<\/h4>\n

With the wonderful people who populate Or Ami, wouldn\u2019t you like to see your children or grandchildren enrolled here?<\/p>\n

We are nothing if not kid centric and you can check out the upcoming school calendar https:\/\/or-ami.com\/calendar\/<\/a> and registration https:\/\/or-ami.com\/registration\/<\/a> here<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Shabbat Services<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shabbat Services are now mask-optional and held in-person and online Friday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Torah Study is also held virtually and in person on Saturday from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Links for virtual Torah Study are sent via email on Friday. If you would like to be added to the list, please email communications@or-ami.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For more information on any of our programs or to obtain links to zoom events, please get in touch with our office at (804) 272-0017 or office@or-ami.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Would you like to know more? Contact us at Belong@Or-Ami.com <\/em><\/a>or check us out at www.Or-Ami.com<\/em>. You can follow us on Facebook at facebook.com\/OrAmi-Richmond<\/em><\/a>, or catch us on Twitter@oramirichmond<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

All inquiries are always welcome. Congregation Or Ami, 9400 Huguenot Road, Richmond,\u00a0 23235.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Lenette Howard \u00a0Into the woods with Or Amians For the past three years, Or Ami has made racism awareness an area of study, and on June 5 our team mobilized to do clean up at Woodland Cemetery, one of Richmond\u2019s overgrown African American cemeteries. Maintenance of the burial ground was left to descendants, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5208,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206\/revisions\/5208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}