April 26 Community Email
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L'HITRAOT JOEY, PNW SHABBATON, LUNCH/RECIPE SWAP, CLIMATE ACTION FAIR The links below will take you directly to posts, except on Apple devices.
Submitting News For Weekly Emails & Online Calendar To ensure that our news is as accurate as possible, please use this form to submit stories for Havurah's online calendar & weekly email updates. News for weekly emails is due Tuesday at noon prior to the email. Bat Mitzvah of Lirit Miller This Saturday Lirit Miller, daughter of Doug Miller and Ellen Meyer, who passed away seven years ago, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah. Please join us in celebrating with Lirit and her family and welcome Lirit to our community. Mazel tov! PHOTOS & VIDEOS OF L'HITRAOT JOEY CELEBRATIONS
These videos speak for themselves. If you missed any L'hitraot Joey celebrations, this is your chance to watch a video of the one you missed. If you attended all of them, we hope you enjoy watching and listening to some of your favorite moments. The Havurah Shalom community's great gratitude to Rabbi Joey is evident in all of the photos and videos, and in the many tributes to Rabbi Joey in verse, song, photos, centerpieces, treasure chest messages, and more. We can't say good bye, and we only reluctantly say, "L'hitraot, Joey." Above photo of Amelia, Joey, Gavriella, Sarah and Simeon was taken by Barbara Gundle. Thanks to everyone who participated in making our celebrations for Rabbi Joey's retirement so wonderful! The community really stepped up to the challenge of honoring Rabbi Joey in many different ways. Thank you to the dinner organizers, speakers, musicians, greeters, cookie bakers, lunch organizers, food bringers, service leaders, and everyone else involved with the weekend. -Debbi Nadell & Karen Westerman Thank you to all of our EXTRAORDINARY service leaders, davenners and musicians. You took us to such incredible heights this past weekend. Your spirit, your generosity, your hearts, your music and kavannah touched us all. It was such an honor sharing this time with you, and on behalf of the entire congregation, we thank you! -Ilene Safyan 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. BOOK GROUP POTLUCK & PLANNING MEETING Thursday, April 27 This will be a planning/book selection meeting over a potluck dinner. We will choose books and dates for the rest of the year and beyond. Bring your book suggestion - one which you've already read and would like the group to discuss, and also a side, salad or desert dish to share. Get to know and enjoy the company of your fellow readers at Havurah! RSVP here on the Havurah website. LUNCH & RECIPE SWAP WITH MUSLIM EDUCATIONAL TRUST Sunday, April 30 Come share lunch, recipes and cooking demonstrations of favorite ethnic food from Havurah and the Muslim Educational Trust. All ages of cooks and food lovers welcome. Sponsored by the Tikkun Olam Committee. For more information, contact Ellen Regal at ellenregal@yahoo.com or 503-288-5042. FISCAL YEAR ENDING APRIL 30 - PAY YOUR DUES, MAKE YOUR NEW COMMITMENT First, thank you to Havurahniks who have already submitted their membership/dues renewal for 2017-18. If you haven’t done so, please click here to renew your dues commitment. If you are on automatic debit, pay unadjusted dues and there are no changes, nothing more is needed. But if you adjust or pay by check, stock or credit card, please fill out the forms. We have 380 members for whom we need to keep dues records. More information / more communication about your intentions regarding dues is BEST! And, as we approach the end of the current year, we ask that you finish paying your 2016-17 commitment. If you pay by check, please send it to Havurah Shalom, 825 NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR 99720. You can pay by credit card using this link. A 3% fee is added. Thank you, HAVURAH CLIMATE INFORMATION & ACTION FAIR
Havurah will host its first ever Climate Information & Action Fair on Sunday, May 7. Come to learn more about how we are impacting our environment and our health, and how we can easily make a difference to help reduce the worst aspects of climate chaos that will also make our communities healthier and our homes more comfortable.
Havurah is bringing experts and service providers from local agencies and organizations to present information about a range of actions and activities that we can participate in to improve our lives and that of future generations here in the Pacific Northwest.
This is a family-friendly event with something for people of all ages (including childcare). We will have a bagel nosh for your brunch. Childcare will be provided if requested by May 3 through this RSVP link.
For more information, please email Michael Heumann or call 503-880-2226. Learn where you can park on Sunday, May 7. This information and action fair is sponsored by the Havurah Climate Action Team, which is part of your Tikkun Olam Committee. Sunday, May 7 Notice the new time for our annual cemetery clean-up so as not to interfere with the church services. Come to our beautiful cemetery and make it even prettier. Bring tools for trimming and weeding. Help fertilize and trim the hedge. Bring brushes to clean the stones. Mostly just bring yourself and pitch in. If you have any questions, call Dave Weil at 503-293-6806. KABBALAT SHABBAT DINNER & SERVICE - RSVP BY MONDAY, APRIL 8 Friday, May 12
Our vegetarian Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner begins at 6:30 pm, followed by a musical Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 7:30 pm, where we will honor Havurah's high school seniors. We offer dairy-free, gluten-free, and nut-free choices. You’re invited to bring wine or juice to celebrate Shabbat. Childcare is available for kids age 2 to 8.
RSVP here by May 8. Cost adjustments for the dinner are available. Please call 503-248-4662 if you have questions.
Saturday, May 13 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. Rabbi Benjamin and his family plan to move to Portland in mid-July. The Rabbi Transition Team will be coordinating with other Havurah committees and groups to ensure that the transition for him and his family, and the Havurah community, is smooth and allows for everyone to have a chance to meet and socialize. Please let us know if you are planning an event that would provide Rabbi Benjamin and his family with an opportunity to mingle and get to know Havurah cohorts. Also, let us know if you are interested in being a member of the team. Co-chairs Amanda Coffey, akcoffey23@gmail.com, 503-341-1596, and Stacy Hankin, twokids@spiritone.com, 503-887-5296. ANNUAL SONG OF MIRIAM AWARDS BRUNCH Sunday, June 4 This year’s Havurah Shalom Song of Miriam honoree is Eve Berry. Mazel tov, Eve! Please join your fellow Havurah members as we celebrate Eve and other Song of Miriam honorees on June 4. The cost of the brunch - Patron: $36 Regular, $25 if postmarked by May 24. After May 24 the cost is $32; Children 12 & under: $10. Download a registration form here. Email Shelley Sobel (shelleysemail2@yahoo.com) if you plan to attend so we can all sit together! "The Reluctant Radical" Documentary Works in Progress Screening & Fundraiser Thursday, April 27
Havurah member Lindsey Grayzel and her co-producer Deia Schlosberg present select scenes from their work in progress documentary following climate activist Ken Ward, and Schlosberg's short BACKYARD, about the dangers of fracking. After the screenings, we will have a panel discussion with activist Ken Ward, and the filmmakers who were both arrested and charged with felonies while filming climate activists shutting down tar sands oil pipelines on Oct. 11, 2016. 100% of box office sales donated to help finish the film! Tickets are available here. For more information, contact Lindsey Grayzel.
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. People's Climate Movement March on Saturday, April 29 Spiritrials Havurah member Ruth Wikler-Luker curates and produces a nonprofit theatre/performing arts 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. "Rising Up for Human Dignity" 2017 Film Festival (PSU's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project + Never Again Coalition)
Upcoming Events at Portland State University Download this flier for more information about events through June 6. Light the Hearth
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