Community News, June 22
HAVURAH PRIDE PHOTOS, JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL, THORNS GAME COMING
UPCOMING SHABBAT
Community Minyan Leaders and Torah readers at this Saturday’s Community Minyan include Emily Simon, Susan Brenner, Maria Lisa Johnson, Arleen Slive, Marty Brown, and Adele Thompson. Join us for an engaging discussion of parsha Beha’alotekha, in which the Israelites make trumpets to blow when they head out on journeys, and they depart from Sinai. Above photo is from Wikimedia. HAVURAH PRIDE - PARADE PHOTOS & RESPONSE TO ORLANDO
More than 75 Havurahniks marched in Sunday's Pride Parade, and Havurah members marched in the Trans Pride Parade on Saturday too. What an inspiring show of support! Thank you, Donna Kleinman, David Newman, Andrine de la Rocha, Sarah Rosenberg, Frances Payne Adler, and Nancy Becker for taking these wonderful photos. Donna took more than 100! If you marched on Sunday, you're sure to find yourself in one of these photos. Havurah marchers wore symbolic mourner's pins for all who died in Orlando. Read Rabbi Joey's words about Orlando on our website and on Oregon Jewish Life. The photos above and below were taken by Donna Kleinman.
NEXT WEEK AT HAVURAH Mah Jongg, Sunday, June 26, 10:00 am Beginners and experts are welcome at Havurah's Mah Jongg games! Contact Gloria Halper to learn more. Morning Minyan, Wednesday, June 29, 8:30 am Join us for this short, focused minyan where you can say Kaddish, or not. No Community Email Next Week This is a follow up to the notice in last week's community email. Our community emails are now on a summer schedule and will be sent every other week, instead of weekly, through the month of August. The next community email is scheduled for Wednesday, July 6. You will also receive community emails on July 20, Aug. 3, Aug. 17, and Aug. 31. ONE MORE WEEK OF PORTLAND JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL The Portland Jewish Film Festival continues through next Wednesday, June 29. Last Saturday dozens of Havurah Alter Rockers met for dinner downtown and watched the Portland Jewish Film Festival movie A Tale of Love & Darkness at the Portland Art Museum afterward. Learn about the Portland Jewish Film Festival, which Havurah is co-sponsoring, on the Portland Jewish Film Festival website. Presented annually by the Northwest Film Center in partnership with the Institute for Judaic Studies, the Portland Jewish Film Festival celebrates the diversity of Jewish history, culture, and identity while speaking to the universal experiences and issues that confront all humanity.
Above artwork is by Hannah Westerman. PORTLAND HOMELESS FAMILY SOLUTIONS (PHFS) – GOOSE HOLLOW SHELTER HAVURAH DIRECT SERVICE PROJECT NEWS Three out of five families with low incomes can't find a home they can afford in Multnomah County because we lack 36,000 affordable housing units. Join other Havurahniks at Goose Hollow. Children of any age are allowed to come volunteer with a parent or guardian. The next Goose Hollow volunteer orientation will be tonight, June 22, 5:00 to 6:00 pm, at Goose Hollow, 1838 SW Jefferson. You can park behind the church. No orientation is needed to help with the dinner meal. For more information about the meal planning, please contact Len Shapiro. For general PHFS info, contact Gloria Halper. LET'S TAKE A DEEP BREATH ON BDS Mitchell Plitnick His writing has appeared in Ha’aretz, the New Republic, the Jordan Times, Middle East Report, the San Francisco Chronicle, +972 Magazine, Outlook, and other outlets. He was a columnist for Tikkun Magazine, Zeek Magazine and Souciant. He has spoken across the country on Middle East politics, and regularly offers commentary through a wide range of radio and television outlets including PBS News Hour, the O’Reilly Factor and CNBC Asia. PORTLAND THORNS VS SEATTLE REIGN — RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW Help Rabbi Joey Understand Soccer!
Join Rabbi Joey and your fellow Havurahniks at Providence Park as the Portland Thorns take on the Seattle Reign. We have our own Havurah section reserved on the south end of the field. Rabbi Joey wants to learn more about soccer, and this is your chance to share your soccer knowledge with him. Get Fired Up! Pick up your family’s dinner and make new Havurah friends as you watch the Thorns and contribute to your favorite Jewish community. Adults - $54 DON’T WAIT – We sold out all of our seats last year and are limited to 60 Thorns fans for the game. Click here to reserve your seats. The above photo from our last Thorns game was taken by Tom Berg. HAVURAH unPICNIC Sunday, Aug. 21 Mark your calendars – Congregational unPicnic at Havurah! We are starting with bagels at 10, then games, either the standing and moving kind (bean bag toss, or other games in the courtyard) or the intellectual sort (board games, Settlers of Cataan, chess, Mah Jongg) or just catching up with old and new friends. Followed by a potluck vegetarian lunch at 12:30. Please come and join us. Questions? Call Sarah Rosenberg at 503-452-4250 after she returns from Lithuania. Or leave a message so she can call you back. DIRECTORY & YAHRZEIT UPDATES Our updated directory is online here. You will need to log into your account to access the directory. If you do not know your password click "forgot my password" and you will be emailed a login link. If you want to make changes to your account, you can select "edit my account info." From there you can add a photo, change what information is displayed, or change your personal contact details. We have also finished moving all yahrzeit records from our old system to our new system, so you can review your yahrzeit records online here. You will need to log in to view your records. Please click "forgot your password" if you need to set a password. You can also add new details or correct any inaccuracies through this site as well. WALKING TOURS OF HISTORIC JEWISH PORTLAND Sunday, June 26, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon Havurah Alter Rockers hope to schedule an additional walking tour of historic Jewish Portland for Havurahniks. So if you miss the June 26 and Aug. 21 tours, watch Havurah’s community emails and online calendar for a future tour date. ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR RABBI THROUGH SEPTEMBER Based on information from all who participated in Havurah’s rabbi search survey and focus groups, Havurah Shalom has posted this job description on our website for the position of rabbi. The Rabbi Search Committee will begin reviewing applications on July 17, 2016, and applications will be accepted through Sept. 30, 2016. All inquiries about the job should be directed to Rabbi Joel Alpert, Director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Placement Center. His contact number is 215-576-0800 ext 304. Please do not send resumes to the committee! Click here to read the latest issue of Reconstructionism Today. |
