April 12 Community Email
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CHAG SAMEACH, L'HITRAOT JOEY, TOT SHABBAT, CONGREGATIONAL MEETING *** L'hhitraot Joey - April 15-22, including 'Torah Treasures and Curious Trash' on April 19 *** New: The headers in the announcement above and in the table of contents below are linked to their stories so you can find them more quickly. Unfortunately Apple has not yet made it possible for these kinds of links to work in its emails, so the links only work on non-Mac interfaces.
New Form For Submitting News For This Email & Havurah's Online Calendar To ensure that our news is as accurate as possible, please use this form to submit stories for Havurah's online calendar & this weekly email update. Thank you! Community Minyan This Saturday the following Havurah leaders and leyners will daven and drash with us: Ken Lerner, Natalie Lerner, Diane Chaplin, Sarah Wetherson, Becky Chiao, Laura Orgel, Annie Goldberg, Susan Lazareck, and Marty Brown. Please join us as we celebrate Shabbat during Passover! Tot Shabbat families will join us during the Torah service. Saturday, April 15 Young children (0-5) and their parents will celebrate Shabbat with singing, movement, blessings and storytelling. We touch on the main highlights of the Shabbat morning service: wonder, fun, song, listening to the world, dancing and Torah. Afterward we will enjoy an informal oneg nosh and the chance to play and schmooze. Led by Deborah Eisenbach-Budner. RSVP here. It's in Our Hands: Intergenerational Activism Fair for Reproductive Justice - You can find a recap, photos, and resources here from an amazing Intergenerational Activism Fair at Havurah on April 5. Many thanks to Deborah Eisenbach-Budner and Stefanie Hausman, and many others for engaging so many generations of Havurahniks in a single evening. Discovering Shabbat Morning: Learner's Minyan for B'nai Mitzvah Families - Young Havurahniks did a great job of leading during our 'Discovering Shabbat Morning' service on Saturday, April 8. Many thanks to all of them, and to Susan Brenner, Diane Chaplin, Sam Sirkin, Rabbi Joey, and Owen Jablonski for leading and teaching. These photos show some of the younger crowd in action. For those of you who missed the service or had to leave early, here's a link to a video of the service. The shortened Torah service starts at 1:12 minutes. Today, April 12; Monday & Tuesday, April 17 & 18 Havurah Shalom's office will be closed on April 12, 17 & 18, for Passover. L'HITRAOT JOEY April 15-22 Read about Rabbi Joey here in Oregon Jewish Life!
TORAH TREASURES AND CURIOUS TRASH Screening of the Film "Torah Treasures and Curious Trash" CONGREGATIONAL MEETING ON APRIL 16 Sunday, April 16 At this annual congregational meeting we will vote on the upcoming year's budget and on the upcoming year's Steering Committee. Please join us so your voice is heard! LIBRARY BOOKS MISSING Several books were taken from Havurah’s library without the check-out cards being completed. Please email Miryam Brewer if you checked out the following books so your name can be added to the check-out cards:
The May Hakol deadline is Tuesday, April 18. Please send your articles, photos and titles to Rachel Pollak by April 18. BOTTLES, JACKETS, GLASSES & MORE Are you missing your favorite water bottle? Your child's jacket? Your reading glasses? Havurah has a bin full of lost-and-found items in the area where we hang our coats. Please check our lost-and-found bin this month and retrieve your items so we can donate whatever is left to Goodwill or William Temple House in May. Thank you! The Supreme Court: What's Next? (an up-to-the-minute presentation) Alison Gash is a political science professor at the University of Oregon who specializes in US Supreme Court and civil rights laws. She also taught at Berkeley, where she received the Commendation for Excellence in Teaching two years in a row, and is the author of "Below the Radar: How Silence Can Save Civil Rights." Learn more and register here. Passover Immigration Focused Community Seder There will be a Community "Seder" with a focus on immigrant justice. There are some very powerful parts to the Passover seder readings that are so perfect for Immigration justice and for combating racism and Islamophobia, transphobia, and homophobia. This will be an abbreviated event, will include important Passover messages, and will not include a meal. The event is organized and supported by Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice, Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition, and other organizations. We hope to see you there on Friday. Contact Bob Brown, rebrown47@gmail.com. Are You 35-45 & Interested in a Social Group to Celebrate Shabbat? Havurah friend Kiel Moses is looking to form a monthly potluck where single Jews can talk about social justice issues, current events in Portland, and life. "Being conscious of who we are and what as Jews we can do to make the world better is very important to continually discuss," he explains. "Being resources for each other can be the best way to progress toward this goal." If you’re interested in learning more, please contact Kiel at kielmoses@yahoo.com. Spiritrials Havurah member Ruth Wikler-Luker curates and produces a nonprofit theatre/performing arts presenting organization called Boom Arts (www.boomarts.org), which focuses on social justice issues. Spiritrials combines Hip Hop and theatre, two amazing ways to tell stories. What happens when you put them together? In Spiritrials, Def Poetry Jam alum Dahlak Brathwaite does just that, touching on issues like racial profiling, religion and faith, addiction and drug policy, criminal justice, and human imperfection through his own personal story. Learn more here. M’Yad L’Yad: From Hand to Hand — The Chain of Our Tradition How does Judaism get passed on within communities, from person to person and from one generation to the next?
As we celebrate Shabbat in a beautiful PNW setting, we will look at the challenges we face now, with a focus on inclusivity and hopes for the future, informed by traditional wisdom and a Reconstructionist lens. Download the event program here. Rising Up for Human Dignity - 2017 Film Festival
Women of the Wall with Lesley Sachs On April 25, Lesley Sachs will speak about the battle that Women of the Wall (WOW) has been fighting for 28 years - achieving gender equality at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Executive Director of Women of the Wall, Lesley grew up in Haifa, Israel. She has enjoyed a long and successful career in the areas of women’s rights and religious freedom in Israeli society. Lesley has led Women of the Wall since 2008. Learn more here. Havurah Shalom is a vibrant, egalitarian, and diverse Jewish Reconstructionist community. Steeped in Jewish values, Havurah promotes spirituality, learning, and acts of social responsibility. Find our calendar and learn more at www.havurahshalom.org. 825 NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR 97209 503-248-4662 |
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Upcoming Events
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AprApril 25 , 2024
Thursday, Apr 25th 11:00a to 3:00p
This exhibit is about science and art. It is meant to be a learning experience, about the top 60 solutions to climate change, as researched by over 5,000 scientists. And most importantly it is about hope. It is about learning about these solutions to climate change and changing the hearts and minds of those around us, so that we can all work together. Anne Nesse, 2024 -
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AprApril 25 , 2024
Thursday, Apr 25th 7:00p to 8:30p
Please join us for our monthly Racial Justice Committee Meeting. We will learn of upcoming events and plan new ones. -
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AprApril 27 , 2024
Shabbat, Apr 27th 10:00a to 12:00p
Please join us in welcoming Beatrice Weiss Ekstrom as a Bat Mitzvah and member of our community. -
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AprApril 28 , 2024
Sunday, Apr 28th 11:00a to 1:00p
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AprApril 28 , 2024
Sunday, Apr 28th 12:00p to 4:00p
HCAT invites you to continue with our climate action month by attending a community wide Climate Action Fair at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Cosponsored by the MJCC and the Jewish Federation’s Climate team, meet dozens of environmental organizations and discover resources for actions you can take. A series of speakers will talk about forestry, electrification, native plants and climate friendly foods. (And let Elianne Lieberman know if you can give someone a ride or are seeking a ride!) -
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AprApril 28 , 2024
Sunday, Apr 28th 1:00p to 5:00p
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AprApril 29 , 2024
Monday, Apr 29th 5:30p to 7:00p
Join the Climate Action Team's monthly meeting in Zoom Room Gimel. -
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AprApril 30 , 2024
Tuesday, Apr 30th 8:00a to 9:15a
For all who want a regular prayer practice and for people saying Kaddish. We will observe Yizkor today as well. We meet both in person and streaming online in Zoom Room Aleph. All are welcome. Please email info@havurahshalom.org for join info. -
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AprApril 30 , 2024
Tuesday, Apr 30th 7:00p to 7:30p
[RSVP to be emailed a recording of the April 9 intro session.] The Omer is an ancient tradition marking time between the Exodus from the Narrow Place to the Expanse at Sinai. Explore tools and practices to facilitate your own learning and experience from Liberation to Revelation. We will have an intro class followed by half-hour check-ins, one for each Sephira. Led by Andrine de la Rocha. 7 pm, Tuesdays, Apr. 9 (Intro), 23 (Chesed), 30 (Gevurah); May 7 (Tiferet), 14 (Netzach), 21 (Hod), 28 (Yesod); Jun. 4 (Malchut) Led by Andrine de la Rocha. -
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AprApril 30 , 2024
Tuesday, Apr 30th 7:00p to 8:30p
February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “God has called him home.” Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy’s body. From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying.