Community Email, Sept. 28
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CELLO MEDITATIONS, ILENE SAFYAN HONORED, L'SHANA TOVA!
UPCOMING SHABBAT Elul Meditations Get into the mood for the High Holy Days with meditative readings and music. Diane Chaplin will play holiday melodies and other Jewish meditative music on the cello. Led by Andrine de la Rocha. A Wonderful Weekend Thank you to everyone who made last weekend so engaging and meaningful. We had big gatherings for every Havurah happening, from Dorot Shabbat Friday night to Text & Torah Saturday morning to Selichot Service Saturday night. Special thanks to Dorot planners Jacob Mandelsberg, Sarah Shine, Gabe Adoff, and Karen Pomerantz; to Text & Torah study leader Diane Chaplin and service leaders and leyners Susan Brenner, Sam Sirkin and Marty Brown; and to Rabbi Joey, Karen St. Clair, and Beth Hamon for a beautiful and reflective Selichot service.
DEADLINE TO ORDER LULAV & ETROG The deadline to order your lulov and etrog is this Friday. All orders will be delivered to Havurah Shalom for collection. Quality sets are $40, deluxe sets are $55. You may order online here: https://www.havurahshalom.org/lulov BEGINNING HEBREW TEACHER OPENING Do you have teaching experience with children and Hebrew reading fluency? Havurah usually offers three levels of Youth Hebrew before Shabbat School, 15 Saturdays, 1:30-2:40 pm. Teachers use a well-developed curriculum, which focuses on learning how to read prayer and biblical Hebrew. This is a paid position. If you're interested, please contact Deborah Eisenbach-Budner. WE ARE ON A ROLL, HAVURAH We are on a roll, with wonderful offers of help from Havurah volunteers. Thank you! We still have open roles on Rosh Hashanah, especially on the second day, when we need to gather the flowers to make bouquets for people to take home with them, and when we need to store the items we set up for Rosh Hashanah at the Tiffany Center so they can be set up again for Yom Kippur. If you don't have a role yet, please consider signing up for one of these roles by clicking HERE or on the SignUp button below.
Can you fill one of these usher spots?
Other roles are also open for Yom Kippur, so please commit to what you can.
ILENE SAFYAN IS HONORED BY THE FORWARD & VOTERS NATIONWIDE Mazel tov to Havurah Music Coordinator Ilene Safyan! She and her song "Hashkivenu" were chosen by people across the country to be among the top three new Jewish voices for Forward’s 2016 Soundtrack of Our Spirit. This was posted on The Forward’s website this week: With great delight, the Forward presents the second Soundtrack of Our Spirit, a reader-inspired digital project to find the best new voices in Jewish music. After tallying thousands of votes from readers and consulting with our celebrity judges Lipa Schmeltzer and Neshama Carlebach, we’re proud to present the final playlist. We hope this music inspires and propels you into the High Holidays with soaring spirits. "As we enter a new year, let Jewish music elevate our sense of purpose and gratitude," said Jane Eisner of The Forward. "Let it reach across the generations to remind us what we can share by simply humming a simple tune." WESTSIDE TASHLICH SERVICE & POTLUCK - In addition to the service in Sellwood Park We’ll gather at the bridge just west of Huntington and south of Butner. Please bring a potluck dish to share and a picnic blanket. There will be some shelter in case of rain and an indoor site nearby in case of extreme weather. RSVP to Beth Shreve at shreves5@frontier.com. AFFORDABLE HOUSING MACG Housing Action Assembly Portland’s homelessness crisis is well known, as is the broader affordable housing crisis that displaces people across multiple income levels. MACG has been working on various strategies to address these crises through changes to existing policy structures. We need your support now to advance other solutions that are more substantial and more creative.
You can help before the assembly in these ways:
To register, volunteer, or share a story of housing pressure, contact Bob Brown at rebrown47@gmail.com or Steven Goldberg at stevengoldberg@comcast.net. The above photo is from www.homeforward.org. Tivnu Housing Sukkot Event This event involves morning canvassing in NE Portland and a dairy potluck lunch in Tivnu's sukkah. Learn more at info@tivnu.org.
PHFS GOOSE HOLLOW DIRECT SERVICE UPDATES "My ten-year-old and I volunteered last month and loved it. She made friends with three girls close to her age. They sat and drew together for a couple of hours. It was sweet." - Stacy Shinault, Havurah Goose Hollow Family Shelter Volunteer Join us in doing this Tikkun Olam project volunteer work. The next orientation at the shelter is Oct. 10, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, 1838 SW Jefferson. Parking is behind the church. Questions: Gloria Halper, Tikkun Olam Committee, losninos6@gmail.com. Our High Holidays tzedakah project this year will be collecting items needed at the Goose Hollow shelter as well as items needed for the refugee families Havurah is helping to resettle here in Portland. SUKKOT AT HAVURAH Havurah's sukkah will be constructed the weekend of Oct. 15 and 16. If you would like to add lavender and bamboo branches (generously provided again this year by our Co-President Shelley Sobel), and/or other decorations, drop by Havurah's courtyard on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16, and join in the fun. Also, mark your calendars for the Sukkot happenings at Havurah listen below.
Alter Rockers Potluck in the Sukkah Havurah Alter Rockers will meet in the sukkah for pizza and vegetarian potluck salads and desserts. Please RSVP to Sarah at sarah.r.rosenberg@gmail.com or Roberta at herbs_daughter@yahoo.com if you can come. First Session of "Creating Climate Solutions" This first class of six sessions will be held indoors because of the size of the group, but you're welcome to come early and eat in our sukkah! Join us for a six-session course on climate action to better understand climate change and how we can take action to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts. The course will refer to connections in Jewish texts that relate to our impact on the earth. The discussion sessions will integrate video and readings compiled by the Northwest Earth Institute’s guide "Change is Our Choice: Creating Climate Solutions." For more information, contact Michael Heumann (heumanncycle@gmail.com). Kabbalat Shabbat - CANCELED Tikkum Olam Folk Singing in the Sukkah Above photo of Havurah's sukkah was taken by Ellen Regal.
JOIN US FOR OUR SIMCHAT TORAH CELEBRATION Please join us for our Simchat Torah Celebration on Monday, Oct. 24. Music, joy and sweetness for all ages! We'll have potluck desserts at 6:30 pm and a sweet, spirited service for all ages from 7:00 – 8:00 pm, led by Rabbi Joey with violin music by Andrew Ehrlich and accordion, bagpipes, tambourines and more. RSVP here and please bring a finger-food dessert to share! The above photo was taken at last year's Simchat Torah celebration. IN THE COMMUNITY ... Study with Havurahnik Alicia Jo Rabins Bringing Jewish Texts to Life Through Art The evening will include text study interwoven with songs and poetry, presented in partnership with Portland State University. "Pop Up Divinity School" Performance and Q&A Alicia Jo Rabins will perform poems and songs, and answer questions about Judaism, gender, poetry and music. COMING SOON ...
Community Courtyard Art Project Want to help create a beautiful work of art as a legacy for future Havurahniks? Join other Havurahniks to make ceramics for Havurah's Community Courtyard Art Project. Free art workshops with artist Lynn Takata are sponsored by Havurah's Design Committee. Refreshments will be provided at each workshop. Read more and sign up for a workshop here. Jewish Book Month in Portland - at HavurahHavurah Shalom is co-sponsoring one of Portland’s community-wide events designed to augment The Marriage of Opposites. On Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7:00 pm, Havurah will team up with the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and the Institute for Judaic Studies to present the film, A Kippah in the Caribbean. It is a lively Dutch documentary (with English subtitles), suitable for teens and adults. For more information about the movie night at Havurah, please contact Ruth Feldman at ruth@ruthmike.com. Read more here about this and other Jewish Book Month events in Portland. RABBI SEARCH - THE LATEST The Rabbi Search Committee is currently identifying candidates to bring to Havurah for the interview weekends. Please don’t forget to put on your calendars the following weekends:
During these weekends, the congregation will be able to see and interact with the candidates at:
How is the decision going to be made? In mid January a final survey will be sent via email to each congregant asking them to rank the candidates. In February 2017, after considering all the feedback, the Rabbi Search Committee will give a recommendation to the Steering Committee. At a congregational meeting on March 5, 2017, the congregation will be asked to approve the Steering Committee’s recommendation. We look forward to seeing you at the interview weekends. We thank you for your engagement and participation throughout this important process. As always, if there are questions, please contact the Rabbi Search Committee at rabbisearch@havurahshalom.org.
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