Inside this Issue Steering Committee…………….Page 2 Bulletin Board..…………….………Page 3 Ilene’s Music Corner…………….Page 3 Havurah Happenings…………...Page 5 Tikkun Olam…………………………Page 6&7 Tributes……………………………….Page 8 Rabbi Search………………………..Page 8 Calendar................................Page 10 High Holidays……………………...Page 11

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September 2016

Volume 38 Issue 11

Rabbi’s Column: Black Lives Matter

Earlier this month Black Lives Matter published a platform called

A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom & Justice. More than fifty organizations were involved in formulating this document, which is quite long and comprehensive. In terms of it encapsulating a broad range of objectives and recommendations, it answers the need for specificity. Whereas, in the past, it could be said that dreaming and raging, on the one hand, took up a good deal of energy, and the very circumscribed work of local and national organizations in the black community, on the other hand, focused their work with limited cross-consultation.

This is no longer the case, in that a groundswell of agreed upon issues are coming to the fore. Not the least of factors motivating this work is the outpouring of anger about police violence spurred by social media and the willingness of people in the streets to lend transparency to racial crime perpetrated by agencies vested with the responsibility to establish community safety. Crimes against the black body are being documented, whereas earlier they were easily swept under the rug.

Three writers have become relatively well-known names, for those who care to delve into analyses of the racial power imbalance: Michele Alexander, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Charles Blow. They are eminently persuasive and passionate writers, as is another, chronicler of a silent kind of injustice, Matthew Desmond. In his book Evicted, he shines a light on the profiteering long a feature in the inner city – in which landlords, irrespective of color but disproportionately impacting African American communities, are shredding families and neighborhoods. They wreak their own kind of violence by keeping the prices of rentals (often in terrible condition) artificially high. There is money to be made off the poor, thanks to our societal decision to evade tougher policy decisions that would keep people in their homes.

The recently published BLM platform was met with a good deal of controversy in the Jewish community at a moment in which it is riven by cries of hypocrisy about Israel. It shouldn’t have been surprising that mainstream Jewish organizations responded to specific analogies within the document to the plight of the Palestinians and an unjust occupation the way that they did. It is the failure of older American Jews to realize that liberals and progressives will understand that three billion dollars being spent on arms to keep Palestinians under siege is nothing short of state terror. White Ashkenazic Israel, long ascendant over Mizrachi Jews and Arabs, have begun to be perceived as an arm of our own white supremacist regime. The decades in which the Continued on Page 4

Havurah at the Thorns!

Talia Sibilla becomes a

Bat Mitzvah

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Havurah Shalom Steering Committee: July 19, 2016

Present: Susan Brenner, Lisa Cordova, Janet Byrd,

Chris Coughlin, Deborah Eisenbach-Budner, Liz

Joffe, Bill Kwitman, Ken Lerner, Debbi Nadell, Aaron

Pearlman, Shelley Sobel

Agenda Items: For the complete minutes of the

meeting, please contact the Havurah office. The

following topics were discussed:

Financial Update

Committee Updates

Personnel Policies

Equity Project

Rabbi Search Update

Fundraising Update

Parking Update

The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Debbi Nadell

Steering Committee

Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm

Friday 10am-3pm

A note from Susan Brenner, Avodah Lead on the Steering Committee

Never say a phone call can’t change your life! I received such a call a few months ago from Eve Berry saying, “Susan, we’d like to nominate you to be on the Steering Committee. . . I hope you’ll say yes.” My initial reaction was to drop, cover and hold on: good advice for an earthquake, but not for a nomination on Steering. But after giving it some thought and seeking out ad-vice from current members, I realized that this was a call for aid from my congregation. And, not to compare myself in any way to Moses, being an initially reluctant leader is consistent with our tradition. I also wanted to be part of guiding Havurah through the new rabbi transition process. I said “yes” to Eve. Though at this writing I’ve only attend a couple meetings, I’m impressed with the “can do” attitude of our Steering Committee. It has struck me that these leaders really bring their professional skills and expertise to bear on their vol-unteer roles. I, myself, feel a bit overwhelmed mostly because until now I’ve been mainly involved with Shabbat services. Now I’m exposed to other Havurah matters such as personnel policy, finances, governance, parking and more. However, I’m deter-mined to keep calm and carry on! If you didn’t know, in early June after congregational approval of a change in our by-laws, we now have four Leads on Steering. Each Lead looks after a cluster of committees that belongs together. The hope is that eventually each cluster will become a center of energy vibrating with natural connections, cohesion and improved communication. The clusters are Limud (Education), Avodah (Spiritual Life & Religious Practice), Tikkun Olam (Social Justice), Kehillah (Community & Culture) and Had-racha (Leadership & Governance). These groupings were identi-fied in the Long Range Plan, a vision for the coming years at Havurah. (For a look at an overview of the plan, go to https://www.havurahshalom.org/long-range-plan.html) I am the Lead for the Avodah cluster, which currently includes the committees Spiritual Life, B’nai Mitzvah, Music, High Holiday Liturgy, and Ma’avar (end of life). Jewish Holidays will also join this cluster. My hope is that over time these com-mittees will get to know each other and begin actively planning and coordinating to create events that reflect our overall mis-sion at Havurah, which is to “provide a vibrant, diverse, partici-patory Jewish community steeped in Jewish values, promoting spirituality, learning and acts of social responsibility.” I hope you’ll help create these new connections that will strengthen our community. I said “yes” when called to join the group. In turn, I invite you to come aboard. Join a committee, help out at events and be part of the ever changing and growing Havurah Shalom!

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Volunteer or Voluntold? How do you get your Hakol?

How did your community brochure make it from the printer to your mailbox?

Volunteers! We can always use help with administrative tasks

here at Havurah. Do you have a few spare daytime hours? Are you good with computers?

Spreadsheets? With letters? With folding? Organizing? We’re looking for YOU! Please email the office—Info@havurahshalom.org—if you are

able to help with the many miscellaneous projects that keep Havurah afloat. And remember our

biggest volunteer event of the year is fast approaching. High Holidays volunteering is open online now! We have over 400 spots looking for

volunteers. Please sign up through our website or through your community email. It takes a

community to build a community!

Volunteers hard at work mailing the community brochure!

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Havurah Office will be

Monday Sept 5

Bulletin Board

Condolences

Robert Sandberg, father of Steven Sandberg-Lewis, passed away on July 17

Michael James Jackson, father of Emily Oberdorfer, passed away on July 21

Mildred Bernstein, grandmother of Cindy Merrill, passed away on August 11

Goldie Stampfer, mother of Noam Stampfer z”l, mother-in-law of Carol Stampfer passed away on

August 14

In the coming month Havurah Shalom will call to the Torah the

following Bat Mitzvah:

Saturday September 9 Eleanor Potter

Daughter of Amy Blumenberg & Chris Potter

Please join us in celebration and welcome her to our community.

MAZEL TOV!

New Havurah Member

Elinor Gollay

Mazel tov! To Becky Seel & Jared Goodman on the birth of baby Jonah

October Hakol

The deadline for submission of articles, pics, tributes,

announcements, etc. is Monday September 19. Email any

submissions to Rachel@havurahshalom.org

Reconstructionism Today! Have you missed the JRF monthly newsletter? The

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College recently relaunched Reconstructionism Today! This new digital monthly

e-newsletter will share news from Reconstructionist communities and more.

If you aren’t already on their email list, sign up on their website, http://www.rrc.edu, at the top right hand corner.

Past issues are available online: http://www.rrc.edu/resources/

reconstructionist-today-newsletters

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I am flying north to Montreal as I write this. Traveling to our family reunion in Canada. It's Thursday night and I have started to wonder whether there might be a synagogue close to our hotel. Not only will Shabbat arrive tomorrow, but this weekend is Tisha B'Av, when we fast as we remember the fall of both temples. In what seems to be consistent with our Jewish practice, on this weekend, we will share both joy and sorrow.....joy in our being together as a family, mixed with sorrow of collective loss and memory. We seem to be very adept at superimposing the present onto the past, as we look to the future. Last Shabbat, our daughter gave a Dvar Torah at the synagogue where she is a Rabbinic Fellow in New York City, a challenging portion of Matot Maasei. As I listened to her Dvar online, I got tears in my eyes as I realized that she was offering her interpretation of the Parsha, just as both of her grandfathers had done some 77 years ago, at their respective Bar Mitzvah services. Coincidentally, Arielle's grandfathers, both growing up in Pittsburgh, shared the same bar mitzvah date, same portion, but celebrated in different Shuls in the same city! The past superimposed on the present....and I think of the many future drashot she will prepare. The month of Elul is in front of us. We are heading into our preparations for the High Holidays. At no other time of year do we excel at looking to the past, while considering the present and hoping for the future. It's a powerful time. These weeks ahead offer us an opportunity to reflect and to learn, as we prepare ourselves to enter into a new year with resolve, intention and hope....The hope that we will have the opportunity to make this coming year a better one. I wish you all a wonderful end of summer, and look forward to sharing the upcoming holidays with you. — Ilene Safyan

Ilene’s Music Corner

HaMakon Y’nachem…. May we all be comforted.

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state of Israel has continually confiscated Palestinian lands, foreclosed Palestinian statehood, locked down Palestinian freedom of movement – are represented, by dint of dedicated military appropriations and expenditures in Washington, as one of the most vivid examples of unjust American-supported foreign investment.

But – still – what offends so many of us, who cannot be said to live in the Jewish political center, is the unequivocal use of a term in the document that has an international legal conceptual history – genocide. Even more than the references in the BLM platform to the boycott-divestment movement, this term, used to describe what Israel is all about, has been called “unfortunate” by progressive Jewish organizations. For black Americans to refer to Israel as a genocidal regime is shocking, because Israel sprung up as a response to genocide committed against Jews predominantly in the white Christian world. That blacks raised up in black churches (they still play a role, even if not the overridingly powerful role they once did) should foist this charge against the Jewish state goes too far.

And yet – should we be surprised by the willingness of African Americans who articulate a bold array of recommendations for social and economic justice to link America’s gluttonous appetite for military weaponry, surveillance and incarceration with harm being perpetrated by its proxy in the Middle East? And even if genocide has come to be understood as the extreme case, namely the willful annihilation of a people because of its differing racial or ethnic status, isn’t Israel in fact dead set on erasing the Palestinians – their cultural geography, their history, their rootedness in the land?

I am suggesting, as are others, that there’s a spectrum of genocidal operations that should come in for deliberation.

I realize that, in writing this plea for consideration of BLM’s platform, I risk papering over what is, in fact, a total lack of awareness of the causes of antisemitism. It operates in a way that is like and unlike many other prejudices, and it lends itself to one of the most odious types of political formulations – conspiracy theories. For the Jews were always, thanks to Christian teachings, understood to be underminers, germs, exploiters, who syphoned energy from below and above. We are better than everyone else and worse. . . and aberrant. Now it’s true that the Arab presses brandish the same portrayals of Jews that Christian Europe once did.

So, it’s distressing that the most progressive

organizations ally themselves post haste with the BLM platform. One local organization to which I belong did so “unreservedly.” I want to be counted in, but with my brakes on. For my part, as someone who has long avowed that the Israeli occupation and the devastation that it enables in Gaza will lead to more antisemitism, heightened animosity to Jews in the world, I will travel on the same highway as Black Lives Matter folks travel. I will join others who praise the work of this large coalition that has come out with an audacious list of demands and recommendations, because the work is ultimately important and I believe we should all listen to one another.

To be sure, I have plenty of reservations about all of this – and the singling out of Israel. I would like to point a finger at autocratic Turkey that persecutes the Kurds, or Myanmar, whose “humanitarian” leader watches as her government tramples the Rohingya

people. There are plenty of other examples of supremacists annihilating lesser minorities (indeed committing genocide). But not with the outsize military budget that our US government earmarks for Israel, sadly enough. The trench warfare we have witnessed by beloved Jewish progressive organizations, one dead set against the other, in recent days over this statement should lead us to be more introspective. Dueling press

releases, shots across the bow, seem rather unproductive. It’s time for working out our differences about how to make our societies (from a Jewish vantage point) more equitable. One of my colleagues uses the metaphor of being amenable to travel on an expressway, one on which we get out of our lane every so often, to learn from others who are trying to get somewhere.

I am a Boston driver, alas. I see a lot of swerving without signals, and I know how prone I am to making hasty decisions. If anything, this is the time for Jews who are working to remedy the injustices we see all around us to be kinder to one another. It’s time for us to pay attention to what others are expressing about their struggles, and in this spirit we too will negotiate the turns we need to make in order to get to the right destination. The prophet Isaiah called for the path up ahead to be cleared, as we read in a haftarah this month. It points towards a place where we can express ourselves in accordance with Jewish enlightened teachings, and so can others express themselves with hope, with pride, and with the respect that they richly deserve too. —Rabbi Joey

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From Our Library My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

by Ari Shavit (Spiegel & Grau, 2013)

Another book about Israel? What does this one have to offer? Here’s what the author himself has to say:

“While Israel remains innovative, seductive, and energetic, it has become a nation in doubt . . . This book is the personal odyssey of one Israeli who is bewildered by the historic drama engulfing his homeland . . . What was achieved here and what went wrong, and where are we heading?”

That Israeli is journalist and commentator Avi Shavit. He serves up solid nonfiction with a narrative flavor that draws you into the story starting with his British great-grandfather, who arrived in Jaffa in 1897 to fulfill Zionist dreams, and continues to nearly the present day. Shavit is opinionated—so what else is new? He shares his version of history with you, as if he were sitting next to you, speaking in the present tense. He makes you think. Shavit’s philosophy of life might not exactly track yours, but his exploration of Israeli history and culture captivates and enlightens. Thanks to Marc Becker, who has revitalized our book discussion group, we’ll be exploring My Promised Land in September. Come join us. --Ruth Tenzer Feldman

Join Us!

Havurah Book Discussion Group 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 My Promised

Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit, a prominent Israeli

journalist. Drawing on historical documents, interviews, and personal family history, Shavit examines the

complexity of modern Israel with an unflinching look at it the difficult issues it faces. Unlike many books on Israel. My Promised Land incorporates the views of Israel's Arab minority, Mizrachi Jews, and the Palestinians. The result is a nuanced portrait of a country coming to grips with its past while moving forward into an uncertain future. This

book is guaranteed to generate a lot of discussion. Please join us. Feel free to bring a nosh.

Next Session: Tuesday, September 20 at 7 pm

B’nai Mitzvah Committee Presents: Getting down to the Tachlichs:

the Nitty Gritty Mitzvah Logistics Class will cover many of the items in the B’nai Mitz-vah Handbook and is designed to answer questions

for those people concerned with the nuts and bolts of planning, building rental, setting up, catering, etc.

Only parents need attend. Taught by Rachel Palmer, Office and Facilities Manager

Wednesday, September 14 at 7 pm

Young children (0-5) and their parents celebrate Shabbat with singing, movement, blessings and story-telling. We touch on the main highlights of the Shab-bat morning service: wonder, fun, song, listening to

the world, dancing and Torah. Afterward we enjoy an informal oneg nosh and the chance to play and

schmooze. Led by Deborah Eisenbach-Budner.

Saturday September 17

10:30-11:30 am

Mah Jongg Sunday September 18 @ 10:00

Please bring a snack to share and a Mah Jongg table if you have one.

If you plan on coming and are not on the Havurah Mah Jongg list, please contact Gloria Halper at

losninos6@gmail.com.

New players are always welcome!

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Tikkun Olam Affordable Housing Forum at Havurah

Mark your calendars for September 14 at 7:00 pm when we will hold a forum focused on affordable housing and a City of Portland $258 Million bond measure that those of us who are Portland voters will be deciding on in November. In a summer of Trump and Clinton . . . The issue that continues to confront, frustrate and perplex our City is the issue of affordable housing. Many of us in Havurah have benefited from the housing crisis: We sell our homes for ridiculous amounts, as landlords charge extraordinarily high but nonetheless market rents to tenants, and we enjoy the fruits of millennials with good incomes coming to Portland, such as restaurants, culture, and bikes everywhere. And many of us in Havurah have suffered from the same crisis: As we, and our children, can no longer afford to buy homes, or to even rent homes in Portland. The economic disparities threaten the fabric of our community; our schools – hardly racially integrated before – are increasingly white, and our children, all children, fail to understand the beauty and strength of the diversity in integrated schools. Finally, but hardly finally, is the conundrum of those who are homeless, who we now move to warehouses as we have failed to provide them housing. On Wednesday, September 14, from 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Havurah, we will discuss these issues that many of our members have been working on through the Tikkun Olam committee, at Goose Hollow Shelter, through their work with MACG, and in their jobs and lives. Havurah’s Steering Committee recently voted to endorse the Yes for Affordable Homes bond measure which will be on the November ballot in the City of Portland, and which seeks to increase funding for affordable housing by $258 million. We will have an opportunity to dialogue with our Havurah housing experts and with people from the campaign to find out more and discuss the challenges facing our community. We know how busy you all are. But please join us on September 14.

Portland Homeless Family Solutions (PHFS) Goose Hollow Shelter: A Havurah Tikkun Olam Committee direct service project:

Portland Homeless Families Solutions (PHFS) was a Spring 2016 recipient of a Community Benefit Program grant from Care Oregon (http://careoregon.org/AboutUs.aspx). "CareOregon’s Community Benefit Program represents our commitment to give back a share of our earnings to our members and to the communities where they live. We do this through community partners who have shown the ability to improve the lives of our members and the health of communities we serve. CareOregon’s intention is to learn the best practices for creating stable and supportive living environments for our members." The grants program received requests totaling nearly $2 million from 30 organizations. CareOregon staff reviewed the applications to identify those that best addressed both health and housing. They wanted to fund work that helps people overcome economic, racial or cultural barriers to obtaining health care.The PHFS CareOregon grant funds will provide support for enhanced housing retention efforts to help 125 homeless families remain in stable housing. PHFS will create a new Retention Specialist position. This specialist will follow the families for nine months or up to a year after they are in housing to ensure their families are able to stay housed and receive the supportive services they need. "My 10 year old and I volunteered last month and loved it. She made friends with three girls close to her age - they sat and drew together for a couple of hours. It was sweet". Stacy Shinault, Havurah Goose Hollow shelter volunteer. Join us in doing this Tikkun Olam direct service volunteer work. The next orientations at the shelter are September 12th and 28th, 5-6 PM, 1838 SW Jefferson. Parking is behind the church. Questions: For Meals: Leonard Shapiro lenshap@gmail.com (One can participate in the meal preparation without attending an orientation) All other PHFS questions: Gloria Halper, Tikkun Olam committee member, losninos6@gmail.com

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October 16

Sukkot

Affordable

Housing

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Time and Location

Coming Soon -

Watch your

community email

for more

information!

Don’t forget to Vote! The deadline to register

is October 18. For more info visit:

http://sos.oregon.gov/

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Tikkun Olam

Havurah Discussion Course on Climate Change to start October 20, 2016

Evidence of and impacts from climate change are happen-ing all around us right now. Join us in a six-session discus-sion course on climate action that will help us better under-stand what is happening and how we can take action to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate change. This course will refer to connections in Jewish texts that relate to our impact on the earth. The discussion ses-sions integrate video and readings compiled by the North-west Earth Institute’s guide “Change is Our Choice: Creating Climate Solutions” that will help us choose accessible indi-vidual and community actions to build a better tomorrow. The planning committee includes Michael Heumann, Don Caniparoli, Jan Zucker-man and Steve Bir-kel. The first session of the course will be Thursday, October 20, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. If you are interested in participating, or want more information, contact Michael Heumann (heumanncycle@gmail.com).

Havurah Member impacts Jewish Community Relations Council via Wage Theft Resolution

Many at Havurah appreciate the work Nancy Becker does on our behalf as Havurah’s representative to the Jewish

Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. Havurah member Hank Kaplan is

also an “at large” member of the council.

A few years ago, at the urging of Havurah member Bob Brown, the JCRC joined the Oregon Coalition Against

Wage Theft, which is comprised of other faith-based organizations and labor unions. As a labor lawyer, Hank took ac-

tion himself, both in Oregon and nationally through the JCRC’s national umbrella agency, the Jewish Council for Public

Affairs (JCPA).

For the past two legislative sessions, as part of the JCRC's partnership with the Oregon Wage Theft Coalition,

Hank has advocated for the passage of wage theft legislation in Salem. He has spoken to many State senators and rep-

resentatives and given testimony before House and Senate committees. Despite significant resistance from the busi-

ness lobbies, headway has been made.

In addition, realizing that the JCPA had no advocacy position on wage theft, Hank drafted a resolution, lined up

other chapters and organizations that are part of the JCPA to co-sponsor it, worked through some revisions with them,

then presented the resolution at the national conference of the JCPA this year in Cleveland. It passed overwhelmingly.

The resolution explains that wage theft not only violates Jewish law, but should be considered a form of prop-

erty crime. And crime can be deterred by increasing the likelihood of getting caught and raising the cost to the employ-

ers who violate the law. That requires more funding for enforcement agencies so the agen-

cies can do the following: impose penalty wages, not just reimbursement of what is owed;

require employers to issue detailed pay stubs, making it less difficult to prove retaliation

claims; tighten the legal standards for independent contractors; shift attorney fees to em-

ployers found to have violated the law; and create an effective lien mechanism for collecting

on judgments. These and other remedies are part of the resolution.

Mazel tov to Hank Kaplan for advocating for wage theft legislation in Salem and for

ensuring that the JCPA will advocate for wage theft legislation on a national level.

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HIGH HOLIDAYS TIKKUN OLAM DISCUSSION: Privilege and Otherness

Building on the “listening brunches” sponsored by the Tikkun Olam Committee and last year’s Yom Kippur discussion, a small group of us have continued to explore ways to help our Havurah community deepen our understanding of issues of privilege, equity, otherness, and marginalization. We are excited to announce a class this fall looking at these issues. During our discussion on Yom Kippur, we will be reflecting on and sharing our responses to these questions:

How do we experience our “privilege” in this community and in our daily lives?

How do we experience “otherness” and what do we do with our experiences?

We hope you will join us for this important discussion

On Yom Kippur, during break (approx. 2:00

pm)

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General Operations Tanja & Tom Lux, in honor of the marriage of Heidi Bader & Andy Waxman Kathy & Lou Jaffe, in memory of Harry Jaffe Michelle Bobowick Emily Simon, in thanks to all Havurah members who helped with Emily’s dad’s memorial at Havurah Religious Articles Fund Carrie & Mitchell Kirschner, with many thanks to Emily Simon Adult Education Fund Wendy & Manuel Castineira, in honor of Deborah Eisenbach-Budner, for her dedication to the Adult B'nai Mitzvah group of 2015 Havurah Endowment Fund Karen Labinger, in memory of Emily Simon's Father - Ken Simon. May his memory be a blessing Jean Baecher-Brown & Marty Brown, in thanks to Rabbi Joey for officiating our daughter's wedding, Ariella Brown + Eric Ditzel, August 7, 2016 Karen Labinger, in memory of Mildred Bernstein Karen Labinger, in loving memory of Goldie Stampfer - her name is a blessing Carrie & Mitchell Kirschner, in honor of Lanie's Bat Mitzvah Carol & Sy Chestler, in memory of Golda & Sidney Chestler Karen Labinger, to celebrate the marriage of Heidi Bader & Andy Waxman, with much joy and Mazel Tov! Barbara Simon, in celebration of the birth of my granddaughter, Maya Halley Eilertson and in loving memory of my father, Meyer Simon

Building Fund Carrie & Mitchell Kirschner, with many thanks to Rachel Palmer Tikkun Olam Fund Carrie & Mitchell Kirschner, with many thanks to the Keyser-Isenberg Family Carrie & Mitchell Kirschner, with many thanks to Beth Shreve Cemetery Fund Ken Lerner & Katherine McDowell, in memory of George Lerner Music Fund Carrie & Mitchell Kirschner, with many thanks to Rachael Duke Wendy Castineira, in honor of Ilene Safyan for her generous gift of music at Michael's bar mitzvah Kabbalat Shabbat Fund Evan King & Alanna Hein, in memory of Joanne & Myron King Youth Education Fund Carrie & Mitchell Kirschner, with thanks & appreciation to Michelle Goldschmidt Wendy Castineira, in honor of Ken Lerner for helping prepare Michael Castineira for his bar mitzvah. Linda & Robert Bernstein, in honor of the wedding of Heidi Bader & Andy Waxman The Shabbat School Families, for Heidi Bader & Andy Waxman, in honor of the simcha of your wedding.

Tributes

Rabbi Search

The Rabbi Search Committee has been for the past several months receiving resumes for the position of rabbi starting August 1, 2017. The deadline for resumes to be received is September 30, 2016. During the summer we have been re-viewing the resumes already received and are determining which candidates with whom we want to have skype inter-views. We will decide which candidates to invite for the interview weekends by the end of the High Holidays. It will be announced in the community email and on the website. Bios of the candidates will be placed on the website in November. There will be several opportunities during the interview weekends for you to see the candidates in action and for you to interact with the candidates. The schedule for those weekends will be published in Hakol, the community email and on the website in November. We are looking forward to seeing you at the different events and getting your feedback. Please remember to put on your calendar the following dates: December 2-4, 2016 December 9-11, 2016 January 6-8, 2017 If you have any questions and/or concerns, please contact us at rabbisearch@havurahshalom.org

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An invitation to create ceramic artwork for the Havurah Shalom courtyard

Family Art Workshop Ages 5-9 with an adult 10 am to 11:30 am Sunday, October 30 Family Art Workshop Ages 10 through adult 1 pm to 3:30 pm Sunday, October 30 Adult Art Workshop 10 am to 12 pm Sunday, November 20 Teen Art Workshop 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Sunday, November 20 Glazing Workshops Ages 10 through adult 10 am to 12:30 pm Sunday, December 4 10 am to 12:30 pm Sunday, December 11

Please register at HavurahShalom.org Refreshments will be served.

All workshops will be held at Havurah Shalom.

Explore creating forms inspired by

wind, earth or water

Create clay tiles for the mosaic

Work alone or with your family and

friends

Help install the mosaic next Spring

Free Art Workshops for the Havurah Mosaic With artist Lynn Takata

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Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Your Family's Clothes

Want to reduce your clothing purchases and save money? Or share your kids' outgrown clothes so others can reuse them?

Havurah has a clothes collection that families share:

* Baby clothes and baby gear * Maternity and nursing wear * * Boys and girls clothes through teen * Hats, mittens, shoes, and more * …all in labeled boxes on shelves in the Kerem classroom.

To reuse clothing or gear… Pull down the relevant box(es) and help yourself. To reach high boxes, use the red stepstool from the kitchen. If you need a bag, take one from the big plastic Drop Box on the floor. To return items that you've borrowed… Put clean gently-worn items into the big plastic Drop Box on the floor. If any are worn-out, stained, or ripped, please donate them elsewhere or throw them out. To donate clothing (only kids size 6 and up are needed )… Put clean items into the big plastic Drop Box on the floor. Please no worn-out, stained, or ripped items. Reduce your kids clothes now so that others can reuse them!

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Services will be at the Tiffany Center, 1410 SW Morrison in downtown Portland, except as noted. You can access all our High Holiday information online:

http://havurahshalom.org/high-holidays SELICHOT Saturday, September 24

9:00 pm Selichot (at Havurah Shalom in the Bet HaKnesset)

ROSH HASHANAH Sunday, Oct 2

6:00 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner 8:00 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah/Evening Service Monday, Oct 3

9:30 am Rosh Hashanah Morning Service – Shacharit 9:30 am Family Service (w/children ages 0-10) ends at 10:15 am

10:45 am Torah Service 11:45 am Shofar Service

12:30 pm Musaf/Additional Service 4:00 pm Tashlich Service at Sellwood Riverfront Park Potluck following Tashlich Tuesday, Oct 4

9:00 am Rosh Hashanah Morning Service - Shacharit 10:15 am Torah Service 11:15 am Shofar Service 12:00pm Musaf/Additional Service YOM KIPPUR Tuesday, Oct 11

8:00 pm Kol Nidre/Evening Service Wednesday, Oct 12

9:30 am Yom Kippur Morning Service – Shacharit 9:30 am Family Service (w/children ages 0-10) ends at 10:15am

10:30 am Torah Service 10:50 am Middle School Program (ages 11-14) 12:30 pm Musaf/Additional Service 1:30 pm Break 2:00 pm Tikkun Olam Discussion (4th Floor) 4:15 pm Avodah 4:30 pm Mincha/Torah Service/Jonah 5:30 pm Yizkor/Memorial Prayers (approximate time) 6:00 pm Ne’ilah/Closing Service 7:00 pm Community break-fast (approximate time)

Schedule of Services and Gatherings High Holiday Guide 2016/5777

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Non-Profit Org. US Postage

PAID Portland OR

Permit No. 2180

Havurah Shalom 825 NW 18th Ave Portland OR 97209-2333

Address label here

Address Service Requested

KABBALAT SHABBAT DINNER

Friday, September 9

Dinner at 6:30 pm; Services at 7:30 pm

Cost adjustments for the dinner are available. Contact the Havurah office for information.

Dinner will include dairy-free, gluten-free,

& nut-free choices.

You are invited to bring wine/juice to celebrate.

Reservations are required by Monday, September 5

Please mail the completed form (right) with payment

to the Havurah office

OR

register online at https://www.havurahshalom.org

Kabbalat Shabbat Registration Form

First and Last Name(s) for name tag(s): ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

Childcare is available for ages 2-8, from 6:30 pm until the end of the service. Name(s)/age(s) of child(ren): ___________________

_____________________________

Number of Adults (Ages 13+) ________________

$15.00 Each $_______________

Number of children ages 4 to 12 ________________

$5.50 each $_______________

Number of children ages 3 & under ________________

No Charge

Consider an extra donation to help others attend

________________

Total Enclosed $_______________