March 1 Community Email
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'Lost Boys' Tonight, Havurah Speaks Out for Immigrants, Purim Pandemonium
UPCOMING SHABBAT Dorot Shabbat
Dorot Shabbat is specifically welcoming to families with children, and also creates a space for all generations to enjoy Shabbat together. Join us for this relaxed, meaningful and sweet way to end a busy week and start Shabbat. Our fabulous Shabbat School parents Jacob Mandlesberg, Sarah Shine and Gabe Adoff will lead us in bringing in Shabbat together with music and prayer. After a short, sweet service, we'll enjoy a vegetarian potluck dinner. Please bring a kid-friendly main dish. RSVP here if you can come. Feel free to invite friends and family to join in as well. The more the merrier! Community Minyan Rabbi Joey and Havurah leaders and leyners at our Community Minyan this Saturday as we read and discuss the Torah portion Terumah, in which Moses receives the ten commandments on stone tablets and is instructed to create a dwelling place for Hashem. Among other things, the mishkan (tabernacle) should include an ark, two cherubs, curtains, and a menorah. SCREENING OF "LOST BOYS OF PORTLANDIA" & NEW FILM FROM OUTSIDE THE FRAME Hosted by the Tikkun Olam Committee of Havurah Shalom, this event is free and for all ages. Refreshments will be provided. HAVURAH SPEAKS OUT AT PRESS CONFERENCE SUPPORTING IMMIGRANTS
The above photo taken by Havurah member Marjorie Walters shows Havurah member Shari Raider speaking on behalf of immigrant rights at last Friday's press conference. From an article in the Portland Occupier: "On Friday February 24, representatives from over 15 faith congregations and justice organizations held a press conference at Augustana Lutheran Church to make known their intention to protect and stand with immigrants facing deportations. Attended by 100 defenders of immigrants and immigrant rights, it was as much a statement of support of bedrock religious principles as it was a unified voice against the bigotry, racism, and xenophobia at the heart of Trump’s policies. It was a clarion call to resistance. ... "Shari Raider of Havurah Shalom connected that timeless call for justice to the ancient texts and history that guide her and her congregation today. “We know these executive orders to be unjust,” she stated. “And as Jews, we understand them to be in conflict with our values, both from the perspective of Torah which teaches us to welcome the stranger, and personal facts that many of our own family histories include stories of immigration. We are here to listen, learn, and yes, to act. To be part of a sanctuary movement in Oregon is to stand in solidarity with our immigrant brothers and sisters, and with all communities feeling under threat by this administration. We know what it means when borders are closed, when fingers are pointed, and we say never again.” Read the full story here. The press conference was also covered by KOIN 6 News and other news outlets. Check out our Tikkun Olam web page to learn how you can get involved. MAZEL TOV TO OUR YOUNG HAVURAH ARTISTS Congratulations to these Havurahniks whose paintings, drawings, and other artistic expressions are on exhibit at the MJCC through Friday in the special juried art exhibit by fifth-eighth graders: Miles Smith, Ravit Pearlman, Jasmine Yohalem-Ilsley, and Isaac Bechtel! At the exhibit, you can read each artist's statement about her or his art. HOUSING LOBBY DAY Thursday, March 2 Show your support for: - Ending no-cause evictions that make tenants vulnerable to the whims of landlords And if you want the full experience, stay for the House Committee on Human Services and Housing hearing and show your support. Lobby Days will provide you with the tools you need to understand the issues and meet with your legislators. You can tell them how important it is to take action through their votes to end the housing crisis. Car pools: Meet at 10:30 am at the MACG office at St. Andrew Catholic Church, 4940 NE 8th Ave., Portland, OR 97211. RSVP to Bob Brown (rebrown47@gmail.com) with your name and address. OUR LAST KABBALAT SHABBAT WITH RABBI JOEY Friday, March 10 Don't miss our last Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Joey on Friday, March 10. Our catered vegetarian dinner will be from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, with a musical, celebratory service beginning at 7:30 pm. The service will be led by Rabbi Joey and our talented Havurah musicians Margie Rosenthal, Scott Snyder Steven Sandberg-Lewis, John Duke and Chaim Wolin. RSVP here for the dinner by Monday, March 6. PLEASE SEND YOUR FAVORITE DANCE TUNES & RSVP
Havurah Holy Pandemonium Purim Party 4:30 pm - Singing, Spieling (Interactive Purim storytelling) & More! Cheese pizza will be provided (including gluten-free options). Bring a vegetarian salad (please list ingredients) to share, plus drinks (L'chaims) for young & old. Please help us create a playlist for the Purim dance! Tell our DJ your favorite dance numbers! Email song titles to info@havurahshalom.org. Also, bring some money for a raffle to benefit the ACLU and refugee resettlement programs. Don't wait to RSVP! Please let us know if you plan to join us so we know how much pizza to order. REVENGE, JUSTICE, SURVIVAL & CELEBRATION Wednesdays, March 15, 22, 29 (starting date has changed) Our joyous and beloved Purim and Pesach traditions are mixed with strains of revenge. Complicated questions echo throughout our texts and celebrations: what are the lines between revenge and justice, survival and subjugating others, self-love and selfishness? The Mekhilta, an ancient midrash collection, which tends to be more universalist and human-centered than most, will be our starting place. Taught by Deborah Eisenbach-Budner. Register here by March 8. CREATE A LEGACY FOR OUR COURTYARD Ceramic Glazing Workshops
Above photo was taken by Barbara Gundle at a fall tile making workshop. Remember the ceramic workshops so many of us enjoyed last fall and winter? Check out these photos on Facebook. Havurahniks of all ages created beautiful tiles for the courtyard art installation planned for this spring. Now it's time to glaze the tiles we made! Please sign up below to come glaze your creations or tiles created by others so they can be installed in the spring. The workshops with artist Lynn Takata are free, sponsored by Havurah's Design Committee, and refreshments will be served.
HAVURAH BOOK DISCUSSION Thursday, March 23 The next book group will meet at Havurah to discuss The Family by David Laskin. This is the story about the author’s own genealogy, which details three different paths that his family members took across the span of 150 years. One branch emigrated to America and founded the Maidenform Bra Company; one branch went to Palestine as pioneers and participated in the birth of the State of Israel; and the third branch remained in Europe and endured the Holocaust. Published in 2013, the book has been very well received, with good reviews. Please come and share you your thoughts and reactions about the book in the company of fellow Havurahniks. Bring a small snack if you like. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. AN EVENING WITH RABBI JOEY & CHARLES MCGEE Friday, March 24
On Friday, March 24, Havurah will host a short Shabbat service followed by a conversation between Rabbi Joey and Charles McGee, co-founder and president of the Black Parent Initiative. This is the first of several events honoring Rabbi Joey as he leaves his decades-long role as Havurah Shalom's rabbi. A short service will be followed by a conversation between Charles McGee and Rabbi Joey facilitated by Steve Goldberg, with Michael Eric Dyson's book Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America as a launching point. The conversation will explore the history that Jews and African Americans have in common and the possibilities of supporting each other. You can learn more about Charles McGee here in Street Roots. Please RSVP here if you can come! You can also use the link to RSVP for other events planned for April 20-22 in honor of Rabbi Joey. IT'S IN OUR HANDS Intergenerational Activism Fair for Reproductive Justice
Purchase beautiful hand-made items to benefit Planned Parenthood (providing reproductive healthcare), Momentum Alliance (inspiring youth), and Western States Center (building diverse reproductive justice leadership). Delight in the creativity of your community. Bring your checkbook, cash, and/or open heart! Download a flier here. L'HITRAOT JOEY Our farewell and thank you to Rabbi Joey, L'hitraot Joey, begins with the March 24 service described above and continues with the events listed below. RSVP here for all of the events except the April 19 screening of “Torah Treasures & Curious Trash.” Please RSVP here for April 19.
To help with planning, greeting, baking or lunch, contact Debbi at debbinadell@gmail.com. PORTLAND HOMELESS FAMILY SOLUTIONS GOOSE HOLLOW SHELTER
Every night of the year at Goose Hollow a few walls on wheels are rolled out, one connecting to the next, until there are four units created on two walls in a church basement. (See photo above.) Inside the approximate 8' by 8' unit are foam pads, sheets, pillows and blankets that each of the eight families is given to create their "bedroom" for their night's sleep. The "door," a curtain, shuts out the vision of the gymnasium in which they will share a breakfast table the following morning before heading out to another day of being a homeless family in Portland, Oregon. Next two volunteer Goose Hollow orientations at the shelter:
To attend an orientation, contact Bethany Rocci, Goose Hollow Volunteer Coordinator. For any other Goose Hollow issue, contact Gloria Halper. IN THE COMMUNITY Reconstructionist Communities News Click here to read the latest Jewish Reconstructionist Communities News. "Seven Stitches" & "Pointe, Claw" Havurah member Ruth Feldman will read from her new novel "Seven Stitches" at Broadway Books on March 1, and will join Havurah member Amber Keyser at Annie Bloom's Books on April 20, where both authors will read from their new novels.
Ritual Unmoored Opening, Wednesday, March 22 Ritual Unmoored features six noted Oregon Jewish artists who fashion vessels, abstract or figurative sculptures, and wall pieces to reimagine the ritual object and other traditional forms. Sponsored by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and Portland State University’s College of the Arts and organized by Willa Schneberg, the exhibition includes work by Patricia Berman, Linda Bourne, Betty Feves, Kenneth Pincus, Willa Schneberg, and Maria Simon. Pacific NW Shabbaton — M’Yad L’Yad: From Hand to Hand — The Chain of Our Tradition
Check out the speakers and schedules for May 5-7 here - and register, too!
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