May 3 Community Email
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CLIMATE ACTION FAIR WITH BAGELS, SHABBATON, KABBALAT SHABBAT
Community Minyan Join Havurah members Susan Brenner, Maria Lisa Johnson, Sam Sirkin, Cindy Merrill, and others who will lead, drash, and read Torah this Saturday. The parsha Kedoshim begins by urging us to be holy, and gives us many mitzvot to help. The parsha also includes what Rabbi Akiva called the heart of Torah: Love your neighbor as yourself. Join us! M'YAD L'YAD: FROM HAND TO HAND - THE CHAIN OF OUR TRADITION Pacific NW Shabbaton for Reconstructionist Communities
How does Judaism get passed on within communities, from person to person and from one generation to the next? During this Shabbaton we’ll explore some of these enduring issues of transmission:
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.
Enjoy a bagel nosh and hands-on activities for the young among us, and learn how you can easily reduce the worst impacts of climate change and make our communities healthier. Twenty-one organizations are partnering with Havurah for this fair! This is a family-friendly event with something for all ages (including childcare). For more information, email Michael Heumann or call 503-880-2226. Here's where you can park on Sunday, May 7. This fair is sponsored by the Havurah Climate Action Team, which is part of Havurah's Tikkun Olam Committee. Please RSVP here so we know how much food to prepare! Image of climate change below is from Wikimedia. Sunday, May 7 Please 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. THANK YOU, ELLEN REGAL, FOR A WONDERFUL LUNCH & RECIPE SWAP! Many thanks to Ellen Regal for organizing a fun - and delicious! - brunch-n-share with our new friends from the Muslim Educational Trust on April 30. Several recipes were demonstrated and cooked for all to enjoy. Additional recipes were passed around for folks to try at home, along with family stories and bits of kitchen science and wisdom across cultures and generations. More than one person asked, "When can we do this again?" - perhaps the best evidence of success. - Beth Hamon You can see photos taken by Beth Hamon here. KABBALAT SHABBAT WITH TRIBUTES TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
RSVP by Monday, May 8!
What a musical lineup! Havurah musicians Ilene Safyan, Scott Snyder, Steven Sandberg-Lewis, John Duke, Karen Stolzberg, Barry Lavine, Chaim Wolin and Jacob Mandelsberg will lead our Kabbalat Shabbat Service on Friday, May 12, where we will honor Havurah's high school seniors!
We will offer dairy-free, gluten-free, and nut-free choices. You are 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 are available by calling 503-248-4662.
LEARNERS' MINYAN ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
Ken Lerner will lead our Wednesday morning minyan on May 10 and teach us how to lead a minyan ourselves. Join us for a reflective morning service for those who want to incorporate davenning in their daily life and/or those who want to say Kaddish.
Havurahniks, there's nothing like a Trump presidency to inspire action! So, are you interested in attending rallies, calling senators, writing postcards, etc. with other Havurah folks? If so, Rebecca Darling-Budner (as part of the Tikkun Olam Committee) is now facilitating an email list that will be used solely for organizing ourselves to take action together. To join the list, just shoot her an email requesting to be a member, rbudner@yahoo.com.
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. ANNUAL MOTHER'S DAY VIGIL - RADICAL ACCOMPANIMENT IN DIFFICULT TIMES Saturday, May 13
To carpool to the vigil, please meet at 8:15 am at Ascension Catholic Church parking lot (734 SE 76th, Portland). Join members of Havurah's Sanctuary Cohort going to Tacoma to stand together for immigrants’ rights here in the Pacific Northwest. Please RSVP here if you plan to carpool to the vigil. There will be special speakers, testimony and action. Learn more here. For more information, contact Shari Raider, shari.raider@gmail.com, or Bob Brown: rebrown47@gmail.com.
NEW TO HAVURAH? MEET PEOPLE & LEARN MORE ON MAY 21 Sunday, May 21
Havurah Shalom welcomes new and prospective new members to a morning of fun and information at our annual orientation on Sunday, May 21, at Havurah. Attendees will get acquainted with various offerings in the Havurah Shalom community, hear from experienced members, and meet with other newer members. The orientation runs from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, and we will have a coffee, bagels and juice. Childcare will be provided. Hope to see you there! Please RSVP here if you can come. If you have questions, contact Sarah Rosenberg, 503-452-4250. COULD YOU HAVE ANOTHER'S TALLIT OR GLASSES? Do you have a blue tallit bag similar to the one below? If so, please look inside it to be sure it’s yours.
Dick Mastbrook has been missing a special tallit for several months now, though he’s looked at every tallit at Havurah – several times. His tallit bag held a small tallit and a medium-sized tallit. Both have blue markings, and one belonged to his brother-in-law, of blessed memory. He would love to find it, so if you accidentally picked it up, please email him to let him know. Many thanks to Dick for folding every tallit at Havurah and separating them into “small” and “medium-large sized” stacks. When you borrow a tallit for a service, please fold it afterward and replace it where you found it, so we can keep our sanctuary area beautiful. Also, Karen Labinger is looking for her son's reading glasses, which are in a brown eye glass case. They have black or dark brown frames. Please let us know if you have any information about these missing items. The next date Havurah's Book Discussion Group will meet is May 23. We will read A Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman. The discussion leader for this meeting will be Marcia Danab. Desserts will be provided. Please 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. Book Launch of 'Pirkei Imahot, The Wisdom of Mothers' Please join us and help spread the word about the upcoming book launch of Rabbi Eve Posen (Congregation Neveh Shalom) and Lois Sussman Shenker's new book, "Pirkei Imahot, The Wisdom of Mothers, the Voices of Women." It is free and open to the public. Ruth Messinger, Global Ambassador for American Jewish World Service, will be the guest speaker. Light the Hearth
PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS IN EUGENE: "Dare I Call You Cousin" exhibition that showed at Havurah will open at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene. Exhibition Opening, Friday, May 12
On Friday, May 12, doors open at 6:30 pm for exhibition viewing, preceding Shabbat services at 7:30 pm, during which poet Frances Payne Adler will give a reading and talk about the exhibition. Video Screening, Monday, May 15. Doors open at 6:00 pm for exhibition viewing. At 7:00 pm, a communal discussion and viewing of selected videos from the exhibition, with introductory remarks by Dr. Paul Slovic. Read more here. Above photos - Michal Fattal copyright Webinar on Lilith with Havuarahnik Alicia Jo Rabins on May 18 No matter where you are on the globe, you are invited to join Havurah member Alicia Jo Rabins for a free one-hour webinar on the fascinating, mysterious, utterly captivating character of Lilith! Hosted by Jewish Women's Archive, Thursday, May 18, at 10:00 am Pacific Standard Time (1:00 pm Eastern time). Sign up here to join the webinar (or to access the recording later). We will be exploring this legendary demoness - or heroine, depending on your interpretation - through amulets, ancient bowls, contemporary art, and the Girls in Trouble song, "We Are Androgynous." Reconstructionist News Read the latest news from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. 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. 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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