Nov. 16 Community Email
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RABBI JOEY'S PRAYER, DOROT SHABBAT, ART WORKSHOPS, MOVIE NIGHT
UPCOMING SHABBAT Dorot Shabbat Service Havurah's Dorot Service is specifically welcoming to families with children, and also strives to create a space for all the generations of Havurah to connect and enjoy Shabbat together. It is a relaxed, meaningful and sweet way to end a busy week and start Shabbat. Our fabulous Shabbat School parents, Jacob Mandelsberg, Sarah Shine, Tanja Lux and Gabe Adoff, will lead us in bringing in Shabbat together with music and prayer. Bar Mitzvah of Lev Wolin This Saturday, Lev Wolin, son of Tera and Chaim Wolin, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah. Please join us in celebrating with him and his family, and welcome him to our community! Mazel tov! LAST WEEKEND & A PRAYER FROM RABBI JOEY
On Friday, Nov. 11, Havurah members came together to welcome Shabbat. The above photo, which includes Rabbi Joey and Havurah musicians Andrew Ehrlich, Margie Rosenthal, Jacob Mandelsberg, and Larry Reichman, was taken on Friday. Click here to read Rabbi Joey's prayer based on Psalm 30, which he read Friday night. Last Saturday, Sophie Beck's bat mitzvah brought Havurah members together again for a spiritied discussion and heartfelt recognition of our future as we celebrated Sophie's entrance into the Havurah community. Sunday evening more than a hundred Havurah members gatherered at Havurah to process the recent election and discuss next steps. The photo below was taken at our Sunday night discussion.
A KIPPAH IN THE CARIBBEAN Tonight - Wednesday, Nov. 16 This hour-long documentary is in Dutch with English subtitles, but don’t let that stop you. The film is co-sponsored by the Institute for Judaic Studies and the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, and there is a fee: $8 for the general public; $5 for students or members of Havurah, IJS, or OJMCHE. The film is free for Havurah High and Middle School Students. Please pay and reserve here. Havurah students, your seats are already reserved! For more information, contact Ruth Feldman.
COURTYARD ART WORKSHOPS All Havurah members are invited to help create ceramic artwork for the Havurah Shalom courtyard. These free art workshops with artist Lynn Takata are sponsored by Havurah's Design Committee. Refreshments will be provided at each workshop. Please register for the workshop of your choice below: Adult Art Workshop Teen Art Workshop Glazing Workshops for Ages 10 to Adult: Sunday, Dec. 4 Sunday, Dec. 11 The photo below was taken by Barbara Gundle at the first art workshop on Sunday, Oct. 30. You can see more photos here of Havurah members creating our courtyard art together.
NEXT WEEK AT HAVURAH Morning Minyan This weekday service is for people who want to integrate prayer in their daily lives and for those saying Kaddish, or not. Please join us! Thanksgiving Holiday Havurah's office will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24 and 25, for the Thanksgiving holiday. ADULT LEARNING Jewish Mindfulness & Meditation Havurah Book Discussion Join the Havurah Book Discussion Group to read and discuss both fiction and nonfiction books by Jewish authors on a variety of themes. In our next session, we will discuss The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris. The Marrying of Chani Kaufman is a fictional story of 19 year-old Chani Kaufman who lives in an ultra-orthodox community. As the book opens, Chani has been betrothed to Baruch, a young man she barely knows. Having never had physical contact with a man, she approaches the upcoming marriage with a mixture of trepidation and anticipation. Chani receives advice from the Rebbetzin about the duties of a Jewish wife. But Chani and Baruch are not a typical orthodox couple. Secrets, fears, and sexual longing surface along with a desire for liberation. This book is a fascinating exploration of the boundaries for romantic love and sexuality within the ultra-orthodox Jewish community. Please join us. Feel free to bring a nosh. RSVP here. Bird's Eye View of Jewish History Do you have a vague sense that a lot happened to the Jews between the exodus from Egypt and our modern era, but you aren’t sure what actually happened, where, or why? Have you ever wondered how and why Jewish people dispersed from one small land in the Middle East to live in every part of the globe? Have you ever wondered what brought your ancestors to live in the United States? Using illustrations and maps, we will enjoyably learn the themes, geography, and journey of the Jewish people. Please obtain Barnavi’s A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People from the Time of the Patriarchs to the Present in advance. Havurahnik Roger Brewer, a life-long student of Judaism and Jewish History, will teach this course. Register here by Jan. 4. TIKKUN OLAM Lift Urban Portland’s Annual Holiday Dinner on Dec. 25 Every year for the past 30 years, Congregation Beth Israel has hosted Lift Urban Portland’s community holiday dinner, and Havurah Shalom has supported Lift Urban Portland and the holiday dinner for more than a decade. Currently, Havurahnik Mike Feldman is a member of Lift’s board of directors. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the dinner to prepare and decorate, fill gift bags, greet guests, serve meals, and clean up. You can sign up here. The photo below was taken at a Lift Urban Portland holiday dinner.
Portland Homeless Family Solutions Tikkun Olam Direct Service Project Volunteer at Holiday Village on Dec. 16 Want to celebrate with our families this holiday season? Join us at our Holiday Village event on Dec. 16 at Goose Hollow. Every year, Portland Homeless Family Solutions hosts a holiday party for the families in shelter and any families who accessed services earlier in the year. They'll have dinner, music, crafts and games for kids, the opportunity for parents to shop for presents, and lots of holiday cheer! Volunteers are needed for the following roles:
Shift times are approximate and may change as the event date gets closer. Can't volunteer but want to donate items towards our other donation needs? Ready to volunteer at Holiday Village? Contact Bethany. Questions? To help with meal preparation: Len Shapiro at lenshap@gmail.com. Any other PHFS questions, Gloria Halper, Tikkun Olam Committee member, losninos6@gmail.com. KITCHEN UPGRADE We have upgraded the Havurah kitchen! A big thank you goes out to Fran Berg for organizing the table purchase and to Tom Berg and Al Westerman for putting the table together.
PACIFIC NW RECONSTRUCTIONIST SHABBATON Online registration is open now for the Pacific NW Reconstructionist Shabbaton Weekend, May 5-7, 2017. Celebrate Shabbat at Camp Solomon Schechter with members of the five Pacific Northwest Reconstructionist congregations!
See the attached flier for more details and register here. There's priority registration for those who register by Nov. 23!
IN THE COMMUNITY ... Be The Match Havurah member Karen Labinger’s son is raising money to support bone marrow donations through “Be The Match,” a walk/run on Nov. 19. The company Jason works for, Emerald Health Services, supports Jason's fundraising efforts. Karen hopes some Havurah members will consider donating to this cause through her son’s team. You can make an online donation through Jason’s team HERE. Fair Trade Chanukah Gelt Buy fair trade Chanukah gelt that tastes great! Scroll down this email from Fair Trade Judaica to learn more and order your gelt.
Weekend In Quest The 11th annual Weekend in Quest, a Shabbaton (study weekend), will be held March 3-5, 2017 in Astoria, Oregon. It is sponsored by The Institute for Judaic Studies of the Pacific Northwest in Portland and co-sponsored by Havurah Shalom. The scholar-in-residence is Professor Roger Porter, Emeritus Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College. Professor Porter’s program is entitled “Who is the Jew?” Anti-Semitism in Shakespeare and Philip Roth. Shabbat services will be led by Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin, Emeritus Rabbi at Temple Beth Israel, Eugene. Catered kosher-style meals include a festive Erev Shabbat dinner, Kiddush lunch and Saturday evening dinner, with round-table discussions, social time and entertainment woven throughout the weekend. For more information, to download a brochure and to register, go to http://weekendinquest.org and/or contact Havurah member Mimi Epstein at mimiepstein42@comcast.net. RABBI CANDIDATES VISITS & PROCESS The Rabbi Search Committee is pleased to announce that we have two candidates for the position of rabbi at Havurah Shalom. They will be visiting with us in December and January. Unfortunately, our third candidate had to withdraw his application due to family circumstances. These are the two weekends when our candidates will visit:
Click here to see their bios and links to materials they have written found on the rabbi search website. As always, if you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at rabbisearch@havurahshalom.org. |
