Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Friday, January 16, 6:00 PM Temple
Speaker: Myrlie Evers-Williams Join us for another uplifting celebration of the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at our annual MLK Shabbat Evening Service. Myrlie Evers-Williams will be our keynote speaker. She is a civil rights activist and journalist who worked to seek justice for the murder of her husband, Medgar Evers, in 1963. She has served as Chairperson of the NAACP, has received many honors for her work, and delivered the invocation at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. Once again, the Members of the NW Community Gospel Choir and CBI’s Kol Echad choir will share their voices to help make the music of the era come alive.
Knowing the Heart of the Stranger by Ida Rae Cahana Senior Cantor Last November and December, our high school students met on two separate Sundays with students from the Muslim Educational Trust, a private Islamic day school. Amid ice-breaking events involving catching a beach ball, sharing lunch together, and presenting what Judaism/Islam is from their perspectives, two very different groups of teens began to talk to each other. A small step, but such an important one. How we continue to build understanding depends on gatherings like these which have to be intentionally planned and which we are committed to continuing for our kids and for ourselves. Each Jewish teen told a story of how they experience being Jewish in America, and each Muslim teen answered with their own story of living as the “other.” The very real and deep pain of prejudice and marginalization that other minorities experience is not really understood until we hear an individual tell her story just to us.
Bulletin January 2015
Established 1858
Tevet-Shevat 5775 Vol. 64, No. 4
This month of January is a reunion for us and a different minority community, the African-American community of Portland, with whom we also have little connection unless we make it happen. What began as an opportunity to mark the civil holiday honoring the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has grown over the years. With the immense knowledge and guidance shared by Ron Silver, we now look forward each year to hearing from nationally prominent leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, figures who have shaped the history of our country with their words and deeds. The American Civil Rights Movement is inextricably tied to the church which gave African-Americans a base for hope and shelter. The full expression of pain and longing for equality is found in the music of the spiritual. Congregation Beth Israel’s instrumentalists and the singers in our congregational choir, Kol Echad, look forward every year to collaborating with the emotionally charged singers of the Northwest Community Gospel Choir. Through the beautiful music of our service woven together with gospel music, our disparate communities come together, if just for one night. This year, we are privileged to host Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of murdered civil rights activist Medgar Evers and former head of the NAACP. Do not miss the opportunity to hear this remarkable woman and to sing together with the assembled communities of our own congregation and neighboring churches. continued on p. 3
B’nei Mitzvah
Announcements
Jeremy Alan Davis Jeremy Davis will become Bar Mitzvah on January 17, 2015. He is the son of Barry and Bonnie Davis and older brother of Jordan. Jeremy attends the International School of Beaverton. His on-going Mitzvah Project focuses on the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association, Inc. (NTSAD), an agency that helps families with children who have Tay-Sachs and similar diseases. This is especially important to Jeremy and his family, since his older brother, Adam, died from Tay-Sachs before Jeremy was born. Jeremy is supporting NTSAD’s work in three ways: he raised money for research by holding a bake sale in September 2014; he’s helped to raise awareness by encouraging CBI families to attend the educational and screening event for Jewish Genetic Diseases held at the MJCC in October 2014; and he has sold Helping Hand Grant raffle tickets to raise money for families to attend the annual NTSAD Family Conference. The Helping Hand Grant provides scholarship to families in need. You can learn more about NTSAD and what you can do by visiting their website at ntsad.org.
Gertrude Jean Smith Gertie Smith will become Bat Mitzvah on January 24, 2015. She is the daughter of David Smith and Libby Schwartz, older sister of Ira, and granddaughter of CBI members Jerry and Dana Schwartz. Gertie attends Lake Oswego Junior High School. An avid competitive swimmer for more than four years – first Synchronized and then Swim Team - she has chosen to support USA Swimming Foundation’s Make a Splash Campaign, a national non-profit organization formed by Olympian Cullen Jones. Make a Splash is a child-focused water safety initiative that partners with learn-to-swim providers in an effort to teach every child in America to swim: www.makeasplash.org.
Lawren Rose Paris Lawren Paris will become Bat Mitzvah on January 31, 2015. She is the daughter of Anna and Steve Paris and older sister of Leah. A student at Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Lawren has chosen to work with Children’s Book Bank for her Mitzvah Project. A favorite agency for many in the community, CBB provides free books for low-income families with the goal of increasing literacy in children. Lawren explains why this project is important to her: “Since I was a toddler I have loved books, and I want other kids to experience the joy books can bring.” In addition to volunteering at the Book Bank, Lawren is holding a book drive to collect 300 new or gently-used books, which will benefit 20 children, giving them the opportunity to read their own books and increase their literacy and love of reading. To learn more, visit www. childrensbookbank.org.
The Board of Trustees is thrilled to report...
that Rabbi Joseph will continue to serve our congregation as our Associate Rabbi for an additional five years beginning in July 2015. Since Rabbi Joseph arrived in Portland in July 2012 as our Assistant Rabbi, she has become integral to our community, bringing new perspectives, inspiring action, and building engagement. We are grateful to the Betty Rosenfeld family for establishing the Assistant/Associate Rabbi Fund to support this position, and we thank you, our congregants, for your additional and continued support of this fund. We plan to celebrate Rabbi Joseph’s promotion and her continued presence at CBI at our 2015 annual meeting this spring. Please join us!
Don’t forget! Please return your Directory form to the CBI office by January 15, 2015! Last month, you should have received a notice about our upcoming printed directory. A personalized form indicating what will be printed in this directory was sent to each family, with options to remove any information. Any change requests must be received by January 15. If you have lost your form or have questions, please contact the CBI office at (503) 222-1069.
Our CBI family continues to grow! Last month, we were thrilled to welcome: Adeline Edelstein Lara Greenberg and Paul Seal and their sons Henry (11), Julian (8), and Isaac (6). Shirley Harkless Sergio Toledo and Tamar Hajar and their daughter, Sofia, who will be turning one year old this March.
Did you know? CBI already had a Facebook page and YouTube channel, but now we have our own Twitter and Instagram feeds! To protect the privacy of our students and members, these feeds are private. Follow us to view reminders, updates, photos, videos, and more! Facebook facebook.com/pages/Congregation-Beth-Israel/173203522713279 YouTube youtube.com/user/CBIpdx Twitter @BethIsraelPDX twitter.com/BethIsraelPDX Instagram @bethisraelpdx instagram.com/bethisraelpdx
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Upcoming Events CBI Book Group
ADULT EDUCATION EVENTS:
Sunday, January 4, 9:00 AM Herbert & Shirley Semler Board Room
Tri-Faith Dialogue: Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage
Please join our book group each month for a morning of pleasant literary discussion. There is no need to sign up.
Tuesday, February 3, 7:00 PM St. Mary’s Cathedral (1716 NW Davis Street) Speakers: Msgr. Patrick Brennan of St. Mary’s Cathedral, representation from Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana of CBI
January’s selection is: Night in Shanghai by Nicole Mones. If you’d like to plan ahead, the selection for February is When Grant Expelled the Jews by Jonathan Sarna.
Congregation Shaarie Torah, P’nai Or of Portland, Congregation Beth Israel, and Congregation Neveh Shalom Present:
Kirtan Rabbi in Concert Saturday, January 31, 7:00 PM (doors at 6:30 PM) Congregation Shaarie Torah (920 NW 25th Ave) Cost: $18 suggested donation. More if you can, less if you can’t. No one turned away.
We are pleased to bring Rabbi Andrew Hahn, the Kirtan Rabbi, to Portland for a weekend of learning, chanting, and ecstatic Jewish prayer. Rabbi Hahn is a well-respected Jewish leader who tours the country regularly, sharing his unique programs. This weekend is a special opportunity for the whole Portland community to come together. The main event of the weekend is the Kirtan Concert on Saturday, January 31, but we invite you to join us all weekend: Friday, January 30 at 6:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat & Dinner at Shaarie Torah Saturday, January 31 at 10:00 AM Shabbat Morning Services at P’nai Or Saturday, January 31 at 7:00 PM Kirtan Concert at Shaarie Torah (Main Event) Sunday, February 1 (Exact time TBA) Kinder-Kirtan at Neveh Shalom (appropriate for ages 5+, free and open to the public) To learn more about Jewish Kirtan and Kirtan Rabbi and to purchase tickets, visit http://shaarietorah.org/kirtanrabbi.
Continuing their popular series of discussions, the leaders of three major congregations in our corner of NW Portland join in a lively dialogue. You won’t want to miss this presentation.
Jews and the Civil Rights Movement: February is Black History Month The Mississippi Journey of Mickey and Rita Schwerner Tuesday, February 10, 7:00 PM Pollin Chapel Speakers: Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Jacob Tanzer and Ron Silver Join former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Jacob Tanzer, Ron Silver, and the Northwest Freedom Singers as they tell the story of Mickey and Rita Schwerner and Jewish participation in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. After the FBI found the bodies of Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman in August 1964, Jake Tanzer was part of the Justice Department team that went to Mississippi to root out and indict the killers. Ron and Jake will tell how Jews came to play such a large role in the Movement and how most of the killers were finally brought to justice. The Northwest Freedom Singers will make the room come alive with the music of the Movement.
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Knowing the Heart of the Stranger We know our own pain but must push ourselves to listen to and understand the pain of another: a Muslim girl whose gentle mother was screamed at in a Target store and called a terrorist, a black father who is at a loss for what he should tell his two sons as they approach adolescence and the likelihood that they will be assumed to be guilty because of the color of their skin. There is a lot of communication in our world but far too little understanding. The last Shabbat of this month marks Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath of Song, commemorating our peoples’ miraculous escape from slavery through the Sea of Reeds. No miracle would have happened there without someone taking the first step, being brave enough to venture into unknown waters. That miracle led to a central message often repeated in the Torah: we must treat well the stranger, because we were strangers. May the song that we sing reverberate with the lessons learned from the stranger in our midst, the stranger we have been throughout history until someone took the time to truly listen and see us.
SAVE THE DATE: Joint programming with the Muslim Education Trust
Join us at the Muslim Education Trust on Saturday, January 24 for a screening of Out of Cordoba, followed by a dialogue and discussion of the film on Saturday, February 21. Watch our e-mail blasts for more information.
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Developing CBI We are listening by Jenat Levison Feldman Development Director Plans are well underway for CBI’s fourth annual Taste of Temple. Once again, we are blessed with a committed, energetic cadre of committee members who are working to create another fantastic gathering of food, drink, and fun! This group is carrying on the tradition of bringing multiple generations together under one roof to share good fun, good times, and good community building. It will all take place on Sunday, February 8, from 5-8 PM at Castaway. Under the leadership of chairs extraordinaire Tony and Bianca Urdes, and with the experienced guidance of our special events manager, Stephen Cassell, our committee will bring together some of the best restaurants, vintners, and brewers that Portland has to offer. This is no small feat, as Portland’s reputation for being an outstanding mecca for food and beverage continues to grow. Along the way, though, we had an epiphany. Our peeps started complaining that we were not asking enough of them, that we needed to schedule more meetings. Imagine our surprise! This may just sound like rhetoric to you, but
Call to Action: Participation by Tony and Bianca Urdes Taste of Temple Co-Chairs Taste of Temple, our much-anticipated annual tradition at Congregation Beth Israel, is fast approaching. Your wonderful Taste of Temple volunteers are working really hard to continue the tradition of success and raise the forks even higher. “More friend-raiser and more FUNdraiser” is what we are trying to achieve collectively. Featuring outstanding food presented by local leading chefs, as well as wine and spirits from our local wineries and distilleries, this event will bring together connoisseurs from the CBI community as well as non-members. What can you do to support Congregation Beth Israel through Taste of Temple? How can you become involved?
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I am here to tell you that those who have gotten involved in the planning of our fundraising events have reported that in addition to experiencing a wonderful feeling of success, the best part of being involved is the great camaraderie that grows among those who care deeply about their CBI community. I want to be sure you know that you, too, are invited and in fact encouraged to get involved. Just let me know of your interest, and I promise to find the best place for you! I am often asked how I feel about my experience working as the Development Director at Congregation Beth Israel. It is with great pleasure that I tell people that, for me, working with our incredible team of professionals and lay leaders is truly joyful. While we may all come to this congregation for different reasons, seeing our programs and services impact Jewish lives and create Jewish memories fulfills me in ways that make a difference in my life, just as I hope it makes a difference in yours. And of course, the greatest pleasure comes from getting to know so many wonderful members of our congregation. At CBI we are all about getting our members engaged in a way that is meaningful to each of them. I am so pleased to play a part in that goal and even more pleased when you let me know you are listening to me just as we are listening to you and responding by getting involved and engaged. There is room for everyone, so come on in! And be sure to join us on February 8th at Castaway – we’ll be raising friends and FUN(ds).
IGN UP FOR OR ORGANIZE S A HOUSE PARTY: Our House Party Committee is planning a wide range of offerings, and there will be something for everyone. View the list and sign up online. Additionally, the Committee would love to help you organize and host a House Party! VOLUNTEER AND PLANT A ‘TEER: There are very many opportunities to volunteer on one of our subcommittees, to plan the event, or to help the day of the event. Don’t forget to invite others to volunteer! A diverse group of volunteers means a more exciting and dynamic event.
There are many ways you can get involved, and we are thankful to many of you who are already engaged with the event. Contact the CBI office at (503) 222-1069 or visit the website to learn more about each of these opportunities.
SUGGEST A VENDOR: The best ideas come from you. Please let us know if you would like to introduce your favorite restaurant, winery, or distillery to Taste of Temple.
BUY TICKETS: Taste of Temple is Sunday, February 8.
SUPPORT MAZON: 3% of ticket sales will be donated to MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger.
INVITE A FRIEND: There are still many congregants who have not been exposed to Taste of Temple. Invite them, create fellowship, and make new friends.
So, what can you do to support Congregation Beth Israel through Taste of Temple? How can you become involved with this wonderful Friend Raiser and FUNd Raiser?
BECOME A SPONSOR: This year, we are pleased to present a special sponsorship package. We invite you to become part of this exciting opportunity to participate.
There are many ways. We hope you will join us. Please give us a call, and we will help you find your niche. We look forward to welcoming you to the TOT team.
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Education Happy Secular New Year, CBI Families! by Shoshanna Pro Youth Group Director I hope that everyone had lovely holidays! These past few months have been very busy and fun for the middle and high school youth group kids. Dor Chadash, our middle school junior youth group, came together in October for a spooky, fun night filled with mud at a haunted corn maze! Many of the middle schoolers have also learned leadership skills, which were shown off when they ran the Midrasha Hanukah program night in December! This night was filled with excitement and fun as they created a school-wide scavenger hunt that was filled with Hanukah games. PARTY, the high school youth group, has also had a busy first few months. We have traveled to Washington state for multiple retreats with NFTY Northwest for both a leadership training seminar and a 200+ teen kallah! As if that were not enough activity, PARTY has also created their own local events. Our kick-off night was a lighthearted pumpkin carving and movie night. This was followed by a fabulous Hanukah shul-in with extended invitations to teens all over the NFTY Northwest region. Participants joined the
larger community in services and later a teen-led program about energy conservation. With all these fabulous things happening, it is hard to believe Dor Chadash and PARTY still had one more awesome night! We partook in a Portland-wide Hanukah night as part of a series of community school events. Members of our PARTY community met with other teens in the city to plan an event for over 200 Jewish Portlanders!
Keep your eyes open for more to come from these amazing teens! This January, some of our high school youth groupers will be traveling to Boise, Idaho to meet the Jewish community and work on social action projects at a regional event. Following that, we will also travel to Atlanta, Georgia for the NFTY Convention in February! Junior Youth Group “takeovers” of Midrasha and Portland-wide community nights will continue to happen. Dor Chadash also has some wonderful community service opportunities and fundraising events coming up. Stay tuned for all our youth programming as we continue to grow leaders in the community. At Congregation Beth Israel, we have many entry points for teens to get involved with our community, from academic learning, madrichim (high school teaching assistants for our lower grades), and of course, our middle and high school youth groups! Please contact me at Shoshanna@bethisrael-pdx.org or (503) 222-2037 to learn more about upcoming Shoshanna Pro, Max Winthrop, and Emma Rosicky enjoying the a bit of beach chofesh events and ways for your teen to connect to the (free time) at Camp Casey on Whidbey Island Beth Israel and northwest Jewish teen community. during NFTY Northwest’s Fall Kallah.
Reflecting on the New Year by Deborah Kaplan Early Childhood Education Director Happy 2015! With the arrival of the New Year, I find myself reflecting on the influence Jewish early childhood education has on my life. I remember Daphna, the director of Stephen S. Wise Temple Preschool (now called Wise Early Childhood Center) where I attended preschool in the mid-’70s. All the children loved her. I saw her daily, and her office door was always open. She would drop in on our class, read a story, sing a song, or just give me a hug. I have fond memories from my preschool experience of playing in the realistic dress-up corner, singing songs, and baking challah every Friday for Shabbat. Daphna built a community for all of us. It felt like home and made me want to be her. I taught preschool at two Jewish preschools in California and ten years ago finally found my home teaching kindergarten at CBI’s religious school. Because we teach what we know, I ran my classroom like the day school I attended and inspired the children to find their Jewish identity through art, music, dance, stories, Hebrew, and cooking.
In these ten years, both my ambition and the understanding of the senior staff have led me to my position as Early Childhood Education Director for Beth Israel Preschool. In the two years of my leadership position, I have hired all-new faculty with education degrees, worked with the teachers to create lesson plans and thematic units that support creativity, and brought the school through the accreditation process – all under the umbrella of Jewish education. In my position as ECE Director, I strongly believe in collaborating with the teachers to create an environment that enables children to ask questions, build answers, and make sense of the world around them while discovering their Jewish identity. Because aspects of the Reggio Emilia Approach educational philosophy can be adapted so easily to a Jewish learning experience, I am helping the teachers through workshops and daily provocations and conversations to effectively observe, record, and document daily classroom inquiry. I feel at home here at CBI. I am dedicated, ambitious, and enthusiastic about Jewish early childhood education. I feel like we can always be better at what we do. My goal here at Congregation Beth Israel is to create with teachers, families, and the children the loving, supportive, nurturing community that I had with Daphna in my first preschool experience.
Beth Israel Preschool Open House Tuesday, January 20, 5:30-7:00 PM Sherman Education Center Come learn more about what CBI’s preschool has to offer! This is a play- and arts-based preschool for ages 2-5. We boast a low teacher-child ratio, and enrichment programs include art, science, yoga, soccer, gymnastics, music, Hebrew, and Spanish. Contact Early Childhood Education Director Deborah Kaplan at (503) 222-2037 or deborah@bethisrael-pdx.org to learn more.
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L’Dor V’Dor From Generation to Generation
Social Action
Mazel Tov to
Condolences to
Jeanne Newmark on the birth of her newest greatgranddaughter, Reese Coen, on November 1. Grandparents are Kerry Gilbert and CBI members Barbara Gilbert and Miles Newmark. Proud parents are Amanda and Brad Coen.
Reuven Ballaban and Abigail Korngold on the death of his step-father, Michael Gladson, on October 29 and on the death of his grandfather, Irvin Schwartz, on November 5.
Jill and Ed Neuwelt on the birth of their granddaughter, Nadine Marie Hedrick, on November 3. Proud parents are Simone Neuwelt and Josh Hedrick. Other grandparents are Nancy and Doug Hedrick, and great-grandmother is Dr. Maria Simon of Vienna, Austria. Hon. Ellen Rosenblum and Richard Meeker on the birth of their granddaughter, Charlotte Rose Meeker Kent, on November 9. Proud parents are Cate Meeker Kent and Kyle Kent. We also extend congratulations to Ellen and Richard on the August 16 marriage of their son, Will Meeker, to Megan Gilman. In what has become a family tradition, Ellen officiated at the ceremony, which was held in San Francisco. May they grow in health and wisdom and be a source of strength to their family and all humankind. Tracy Oseran, on her non-profit, Urban Gleaners, being named one of Portland Monthly’s 2014 Light a Fire Award winners. For the past 10 years, Portland Monthly’s Light a Fire award has been honoring the individuals and organizations who make Portland a better place to live, love, give, and grow. Tracy Manaster Alifanz, whose new novel, You Could Be Home By Now, was chosen by People magazine as one of the best new books of the week (December 15, 2014 issue).
Notes from Social Action at CBI Thank you for all your help with our activities in 2014. We look forward to having you join us in 2015!
ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES As you may know, we are launching the advocacy arm of Social Action. Our wonderful committee members are working hard on developing a comprehensive advocacy program that addresses some of the important issues of our community—both local and global. You will be hearing from us about the SAC’s advocacy-focused programs in the months to come, but we are also taking advantage of existing opportunities.
Saundra Friedman, Stuart Hasman, and Nannette Hasman-Rowe & families on the death of their mother and Tyler and Alexa Hasman on the death of his grandmother, Arline Hasman, on November 9. Ned Duhnkrack and family on the death of her uncle, Jeffrey Kramer, on November 12. Rachel Fischer and family on the death of her grandmother, Maye Fischer, on November 17. Michael and Beth Cook and family on the death of his grandmother, Bess Kopen, on November 22 in Rochester, NY at the age of 96. Lolly Jamerson, Ben Sandler, Ava, and Anita on the death of Lolly’s sister, Beth Israel, on December 2 in Kensington, MD. Madeline Nelson on the death of her sister and Roscoe Nelson and Roz Babener on the death of their aunt, Eleanor Stern, on December 6 in Los Angeles, CA. Loree Sakai, Midge Cone, and Jeff Wolfstone on the death of their father, David Lipman, on December 6. Theresa Eisenberg on the death of her husband, David Eisenberg, on December 7.
The focus of advocacy efforts that day will be on confronting poverty, expanding health care, promoting economic equality, and preventing gun violence. What we learn from these issue briefings we can carry into our ongoing advocacy efforts. The registration fee is $20 for adults and $10 for students. That fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and materials. Watch CBI’s e-mail blasts and website for online registration coming soon. As the date nears, we will organize car pools to make it easy to get to Salem. Please watch our website and weekly e-mails for our upcoming activities.
THANK YOU TO: Ilene Davidson for spearheading our efforts at NW Tower. In the last few months, we have provided Christmas gifts for all the children at NW Tower and supported a Holiday Party (with tree decorating), a preThanksgiving party, and weekly tutoring. Ilene is the heart and soul of our initiatives at NW Tower, and we couldn’t do it without her.
Interfaith Advocacy Day Wednesday, February 11, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM Salem, OR Please join us for a full day on Wednesday, February 11, for Interfaith Advocacy Day, which is run by the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. This day-long program will spend the morning training participants on the issues and on advocacy/lobbying skills. In the afternoon, participants will head over to speak with elected representatives and senators. The last Interfaith Advocacy Day included almost 300 participants from many different faith communities throughout Oregon.
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The Schnitzer family on the death of their sister-in-law, aunt, and greataunt, Mollie Levin, who passed away in Los Angeles on November 5 at the age of 100. Mollie was the sister of Leonard, Harold, Gilbert, Morris, Manuel Schnitzer, and Edith Goodman.
Our amazing SAC volunteers—too numerous to name here—who have enthusiastically staffed our activities. We are so grateful for the commitment of time and resources from our community members who help us heal the world.
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Sisterhood SAVE THE DATE....Mark Your Calendars! Join Sisterhood for a Purim Happy Hour February 23
Women in Politics Sunday, January 4, 10:30 AM Pollin Chapel Please join us as special guest Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, US Representative for Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, will speak about Women in Politics on Sunday, January 4. This event is jointly sponsored by WRJ/BI Sisterhood and Brotherhood.
NG (Next Generation) Girls’ Night Out Saturday, January 24 On January 24th, join NG Sisterhood for a Girls’ Night Out, and escape the January blues! Dinner, drinks, and dancing are on the menu with details TBD. Find us on Facebook or email us at ngsisterhood@gmail.com to be added to the listserv and stay up-to-date on all our events.
“A History for Today” Anne Frank Exhibit Sunday, January 25, 1:00 PM Oregon Jewish Museum (1953 NW Kearney Street) Sisterhood will have a docent-led visit to the Oregon Jewish Museum to see the Anne Frank exhibit, “A History for Today,” on Sunday, January 25. We will meet at the museum. Admission is $3.00. Please RSVP to Kate Royston at kroyston@gmail.com.
Sisterhood Shabbat Friday, February 20, 6:00 PM Pollin Chapel Please join us on Friday, February 20 as we celebrate Shabbat with a service led by members of WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood. If you would like to help lead the service, please contact Kate Royston, WRJ/BIS Religious Programming Chair, at kroyston@ gmail.com. Please let her know if you would like to read in English or Hebrew. This annual event is always a moving experience. All members of the community are invited to help us welcome the Sabbath bride with prayer, poetry, and song. Sisterhood will sponsor the oneg immediately following the service. We hope to see you there.
Services at Robison Home are Magic For over two years, Beth Israel Sisterhood has supplied volunteers to lead Shabbat services at the Robison Home every fourth Friday of the month. The residents are very appreciative, and leading services for them is one of the best ways you can spend Shabbat. We use the grey Gates of Prayer. The service is marked for you, and we are willing to train you or answer any questions. If you would be willing to lead a service, or have more questions, please contact Kate Royston at kroyston@ gmail.com. It’s a magic mitzvah that rewards all involved.
Sisterhood Special Delivery Beth Israel Sisterhood mailed over 80 Chanukah care packages to college students and military members. The kids appreciate getting our packages and hearing from their Temple family. Included were chocolate gelt, a wooden dreidel, Chanukah toys, chocolate kisses, hot chocolate, and popcorn. There were Chanukah greetings from Rabbi Cahana and Sisterhood, a student directory, and an invitation to the Brunch & a Mitzvah event. Add your student to the list for the Purim mailing next month. Contact Kathleen Doctor at kathleendoctor@me.com with your student’s name, school and year in school, and mailing and email addresses. This is a free service to CBI families made possible by Sisterhood funds, member donors, and the Urman Family College Communications Fund. The next time you make a tribute, please consider the Urman Family Fund.
Gift Shop Happenings Winter hours: Sundays: 9:15 AM-12:15 PM Wednesdays: 6-8 PM Second and Fourth Fridays: 11:00 AM -1:00 PM Volunteer: We always need volunteers in the Gift Shop. Please contact Debbie Braymer, Gift Shop Volunteer Coordinator, at (503) 649-8043 or djsbraymer@gmail.com for details.
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Very Thoughtful People Allison B. Cohen Madrichim Training and Religious School Scholarship Fund In Memory of Morton Glazer Barbara Glazer In Honor of Ben Sandler (10 years as CBI Education Director) The Braymer Family
Altar Flowers and Oneg Shabbat
In Memory of Arline Hasman Diane and Dennis Warshal & Family Barbara and Howard Cohn Arthur Blumenkron Eva Blumenkron Grody Rachel Blumenkron Esther Utay Lenet Evelyn Laster Bruce Senders Henry Feldman Stanley Lang Margery Senders Gertrude Klein Marilyn and Hans Grunbaum
Amy R. Goldsmith Library In Memory of Joy Alkalay Pierce Ethier Rose Wright Claire and Zanley Galton
Cemetery Beautification
In Memory of Loudelle Lundberg Michael Tannenbaum Joy Alkalay Pierce Ethier Ronald Tonkin Ada Beckman Rena and Cheryl Tonkin Samuel Greenberg Selene and Chuck Robinowitz Hans Neuberger Patricia Neuberger Erwin Frank Forsythe Karla Forsythe Ronald Barry Tonkin Marcy Tonkin
Rabbi Cahana Discretionary In Memory of Herman Fagin Rachel Halupowski Arline Schubach Hasman Rick and Sharyl Vagy Hal Light Sally Light Harold Mink Sally and Debbie Mink Ruth Rosenfeld Don and Karen Lachman Lyle Luers Leonard and Sharlene Ludwig Rosalie DeWitz Philip and Dorothy Reiter General Contribution Given By Savva Shepilov
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Cantor Cahana Discretionary In Appreciation Brian and Tamy Linver
Rabbi Joseph Discretionary In Memory of Maye Fischer The Fischer Family In Appreciation Lee Beller and Allison Trowbridge
Preschool
In Memory of Evelyn Galen Isadore Tinkleman Patricia Layton Nemer
Ruth Semler Youth Activities
Cantor Schiff Discretionary
In Memory of Max J. Swerdlik Joan and Louis Soriano Sara Bazelon Jim and Michael Richman Arline Hasman Margaret Hasson In Honor of Wilma Jane Balick (Recovery) Margaret Hasson
Rabbi Rose Discretionary
Sally Vidgoff Camp Kalsman Scholarship
In Memory of Max Solomon Sue and Rich Garber & Family Pearl Karlin Alice and Michael Powell
In Memory of Salo Lewin Ilse Orthmeyer Jennie Y. Enkelis Myra Enkelis
In Memory of Sally Vidgoff Bob and Robin Mesher
General Administrative
In Memory of Alan Shevach Josephine Shevach Nancy Solomon Reva B. Reingold Sally Sondheim Arline Hasman Lynn and Bobby Marlene and Jeff Lazarus Freida Isenberg Janice Isenberg Anne Geffen Isadore Tinkleman Stanley D. Geffen Erna Neuberger Hans Neuberger Herman David Rosalyn Neuberger Howard Wolfe Frances Wolfe Jack R. Menashe Jack McBride Ruben J. and Elizabeth Menashe Joseph Margolin Doreen Stamm Margolin Phillip Margolin Ruth Rosenfeld Eve and Alan Rosenfeld Yvette Weintraub Alan Weintraub Samuel Steinberg Rita Lubliner Alan Kantor Gary and Sheryl Martel Paul Weston Betsy Bergstein & Lenore Weston Betty Parker Irving Steinbock Edythe Steinbock Ronald P. Seres Joel and Sandra Seres
Jill Newman Slansky Early Childhood Leader Fund In Memory of James R. Lilienthal Frances Lilienthal
Social Action (General) In Memory of Samuel Chaimov Gregory and Ellen Chaimov Stella Georges Hilde Lehmann Emily Georges Gottfried Ernest Bonyhadi and Shirley Gittelsohn Elsie W. Goldhammer Dick Solomon Kathy Fisher Leo Arfer Robert S. Misrach Gerry Misrach Jackson Gerald Stern Rick and Kay Stern Jay Albert Jeannette Rubenstein Arline Hasman The Albert Family Carol Gevurtz Meisels Sam Lazerwith Charlotte Lazerwith Milton Gevurtz John and Myra Gevurtz Elaine Woskow The Woskow Family In Honor of Ruth Gassner (Birthday) Rena and Cheryl Tonkin
Food
In Memory of Ruth Saul Ted and Davia Rubenstein Victor Feibelman Gertrude Joseph Goldie Hammel Susy, Marci, and Katrina Hammel Edna Fenton Lynda Baker Burnetta Packouz Ray and Dorothy Packouz Arline Hasman Elaine and Steve Kantor Lawrence Tarlow Sharon Tarlow Wynne Spiegel Eloise Spiegel
Congregation Beth Israel
Richard Brownstein Mark Sacks Robert Sacks Alan S. Meyer Fanny Turtledove Harry Leonard Turtledove Alice and Paul Meyer Hannah Bodner George Bodner Louis Fenton Lee and Frank Berne Erna Neuberger Herman David Patricia Neuberger Louis Miller Robin Flamm Robert A. Freidenrich Milton Freidenrich Jane Flaxman Samuel Shleifer Stuart and Susan Shleifer Leah K. Durkheimer Mark Dohrmann and Julie Durkheimer Dr. Zanly Edelson Charles Edelson Bunny Edelson Joan Asher Liebreich Adolf Asher Evelyn Asher Maizels Donald Richman Mimi Richman In Honor of Ruth Gassner (Birthday) Barbara and Howard Cohn The Harrison/Jackson Mishpocha Dodie Harrison David and Debbie Braymer (Support for our family) Karla Forsythe
I Have A Dream
In Memory of Betty Goldman Margo Sercu Sid Feuerstein Mark and Judy Peterman Robert B. Blank Haleah Blank Morton Glazer Deborah Friedman and Gary Peterson
Spear Research Library In Memory of Julia Adler Gregory and Ellen Chaimov
Temple Improvement In Memory of Louis Spiegel Eloise Spiegel
Urman Family College Communication In Memory of Arline Hasman Marvin and Lois Urman In Honor of Our four grandchildren Marvin and Lois Urman
Very Thoughtful People Carolyn G. & Millard S. Rosenblatt Lecture
In Memory of Rabbi Murray Saltzman Debra Brooks In Honor of Sara Epstein’s engagement to Nate Morelli Debra Brooks
Heims Family Youth Activities Endowment In Memory of Anne D. Davis Sarah Davis Jenny Dickson I. Kenneth Davis
Holzman Family Religious School Fund
In Honor of Renée Holzman (Special award given by Compassion & Choices) Steve and Michelle Gradow
Lloyd B. Rosenfeld Youth Leadership Fund
Simon & Helen Director Endowment
In Memory of June Nagel Trudi and Richard Morrison & Family Marvin L. Byer Howard Byer
Leo Goldman Marcia Colton & Family In Honor of Marcia Colton (Birthday) Risa Colton-Feldman and Louis Feldman & Jacob and Noah Feldman
Nettie Director Library Book Endowment
Temple Endowment
Service to the Blind
In Honor of Ben Sandler (10 years as CBI Education Director) WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood
In Memory of Sol Director Rose Rosen Stuart and Nikki Director Dick Brownstein Donna Brownstein Julius B. Jaffe Adele Savinar Elaine J. Savinar Sol D. Director Bruce Director In Honor of Irwin Holzman (Recovery) Dr. Joel Seres (Recovery) Stuart and Nikki Director
In Memory of Jerry M. Colton Marcia Colton
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Funds
Prayer Book
In Memory of Lt. Joseph (Yussie) Jacob Epstein, USCG (retired) Henry Spivak Jacqueline Ray Spivak Helen Spivak Karen S. Spivak Samuel Schneider Naomi Schneider and Merrill Schneider
In Memory of Arline Hasman Barbara and Barry Caplan Ruth and Manton J. Spear Laura J. Spear & Family
Sisterhood Programming, Leadership & Enrichment In Memory of Arline Hasman Midge Cone Loree Sakai Rick and Jan Gassner Charlene Zidell Bob Edelman Susan Golden
We’re on a Mission from G-d
March 4, 2015...
We are pleased to announce a slight change to our Catering Panel, beginning in January 2015. Food in Bloom, the catering company with whom we’ve had the longest relationship – dating back to 1994! – is now part of VT Group, a larger event company representing a number of catering and venue options. We invite you to learn more about them: VT Group (503) 297-9635 www.vtgrouppdx.com VT Group is the company behind the most successful and highly-reviewed catering businesses in Portland, consisting of
Food in Bloom Catering, Vibrant Table Catering & Events, and f&b catering & café. The three companies, each with their own character and specialties, can respond to client catering requests ranging from plated dinner & buffet experiences to station & small plate meals to deliveries. VT Group offers help with venue, decor, floral design, and lighting to make their clients’ visions a reality. Downtown venues include the Exchange Ballroom, Portland Art Museum, Portland Center Stage, Treasury Ballroom, and LanSu Chinese Gardens. Visit the individual companies at www.vibranttable.com, www.foodinbloom.com, and www.fandbcafe.com.
CBI Team Senior Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana rabbicahana@bethisrael-pdx.org Senior Cantor Ida Rae Cahana cantorcahana@bethisrael-pdx.org Assistant Rabbi Rachel L. Joseph rabbijoseph@bethisrael-pdx.org Rabbi Emeritus Emanuel Rose, D.H.L., D.D. rabbirose@bethisrael-pdx.org Cantor Emerita Judith Blanc Schiff cantor@bethisrael-pdx.org
Education Department
Member Services
Education Director Ben Sandler, M. Ed. ben@bethisrael-pdx.org
Executive Director Sydney A. Baer sydney@bethisrael-pdx.org
Early Childhood Education Director Deborah Kaplan, MAT deborah@bethisrael-pdx.org
Development Director Jen Feldman jen@bethisrael-pdx.org
Youth Group Director Shoshanna Pro shoshanna@bethisrael-pdx.org
Congregational Affairs Director Jemi Kostiner Mansfield jemi@bethisrael-pdx.org
Education Administrator Ziva Sholin ziva@bethisrael-pdx.org
Finance Director Jim Baldwin, CPA jim@bethisrael-pdx.org Accounting Assistant Vicki Greif vicki@bethisrael-pdx.org
January 2015
Project Coordinator Dara Docherty dara@bethisrael-pdx.org
Art of Catering 503-231-8185 Larry Grimes
Office Administrator Tracy Alifanz tracy@bethisrael-pdx.org
Century Catering 503-849-2605 Allen Levin
Facilities Staff Keith Powers, Lead Jesse Fehrer Shalamar Washington
Culinary Artistry 503-232-4675 Jenn Louis
Catering Panel Alfresco Catering by Sheraton 503-335-2858 Shellie Postlewait
Devil’s Food Catering 503-233-9288 Charles Stilwell VT Group 503-297-9635 www.vtgrouppdx.com
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In Remembrance ~ May their memory be for a blessing. January 2 & 3 Julian Albert Rose Backer Pearl Baskin Henry (Bialistok) Billys Anne D. Davis* Jacob J. Davis Sarah Davis Albert J. Finke* Mandel Fischer Robert A. Freidenrich Pauline L. Goldberg* Israel Gothalph Eva Blumenkron Grody Jack Handelman William Herzog* David Hudesman Bertha K. Israel* Samuel Jackson* Elsie Katz Leo Katz Eyelyn E. Keyser* Benjamin Kirz Theda Kolker Carol Lang Joan A. Liebreich* Harold Light Egon E. Loebner Bertha Lokay* Joseph Margolin Jacob Mayer* Carol Gevurtz Meisels* Morris Mittleman Rebecca Nelson Erna Neuberger* Hans Neuberger Stanley Pitkin Hilda Pomerantz S. Fredrick (Fred) Rabiner Morris H. “Mish” Rosencrantz* Rabbi Frank Rosenthal* Jeannette Lewis Rubenstein Maurice Rubenstein Samuel Schneider Bruce M. Senders Meier (Mike) Shavzin William Shevach Samuel N. Shleifer* Sanford Simkoff Nathan David Simon* Harriet A. Sockut Manton J. Spear Barbara Spero Ralph Tannenbaum David H. Warshawsky Adam Weinstein Goldie Weinstein Philip Wexler Rose White* Thelma Wing
January 9 & 10 Rose Wexler Ailringer* Dorothy A. Andrianoff Benjamin Backer* Ben Besser Frieda Bizer Hannah Bodner Kaa Byington Aubrey M. Davis* Rosalie Davis Rosalie DeWitz Charles K. Diamond* Charles Edelson Joseph Endler Yussie Joseph Jacob Epstein Louis Fenton* Shirley Fishel David W. Friedman Stella Georges Anne Goldberg Jaime Goldfarb Elsie Goldhammer Morrie Greenstein Oscar Ingber Alan Kantor Melvin E. Kendall Joseph Kohn* Jean Kornfeld Charlotte Lazerwith Sam Lazerwith Pauline Lecker Hilde Lehmann Esther Utay Lenet Arthur J. Levine Salo Lewin* Donald Londer Lyle Luers Suzanne Norman Malloch Doreen Stamm Margolin Louis Mark Louis Miller Harold Mink Robert Misrach Olga Molnar Melvin Nelson Esther Solomon Planer Judith Platman Jerrold Platt Donald Richman Mary Rogoway Freda Rovech Joyce Rubin* Rabbi Murray Saltzman Adele Savinar David Saxe Max Schaffer* Ramy Schneider Lorraine Schulberg Bruce M. Senders Sally Stolzoff Arnold Tannenbaum* H. Myer Turteltaub
Sally Vidgoff* Harold Ward Irving Weinstein Cynthia Rich Wood Louis Woron Elaine Woskow Rose Wright* January 16 & 17 Morton L. Alexander Louise Pauline Anisman Brenner Jean Coffey Hyman Cohn Irwin S. Cohn Herman David Bob Edelman Shirlee Ann Eisenberg Glenn Epstein Clara Farberman Joseph Feldman Erwin Frank Forsythe Anne M. Geffen Suzanne Gevurtz* Laddy H. Gross Florence Hughes Morris M. Israel* Hyman Kaplan James Kaplan* Bessie Kauffman* Henry Kleinberg David Kron Esther Levin* Leonie F. Lidsky James R. Lilienthal Lorraine Lippoff Percy M. Malkin* Ronald K. Mesher* June Nagel Ben Novich Louis Puziss Ruth Ravetz Gloria Reiss Cecelia Ridout Mona Rosen Sam Rosen Fred M. Rosenbaum* Sarah Rosenblum Harry Rosenfield Harold (Hal) Saltzman Wynne Spiegel Gerald Stern* Mary Stilwell David Strauss Marion Sulzberger Ronald Barry Tonkin* Audrey Jane Vera Jeffrey A. Ward Jean White January 23 & 24 Alexander Windecker Ailringer*
Joy Alkalay* Adolf Asher Ada E. Beckman Abe Blank Anne Blank Bern Blattner Dick Brownstein Anna Buchbinder Marvin L. Byer Helen Epsteen Henry Feldman Lewis Fendrich* Harvey Fields Irvin Fields Kathy Fisher Milton Gevurtz* Hannah Greenwald Harry E. Gurian* Frieda Goldkrand Isenberg Julius B. Jaffe* Joseph M. Kaffesieder* Bruce Kantor Arlene Kaplan Elsie Kahn Kohoot* Sarah Kurland Harry B. Marcus Peter Markus Lloyd McFall Joseph Metzger* Robert L. Novack* Burnetta Packouz Betty Parker Shirlee Romer Harvey Rosencrantz Rachel Rubin Bella Ruderman Harry J. Schatz* Jack Schiff* John Leasing Selling Ronald Paul Seres Jerome B. Shank Ronda Leppanen Shaw Joseph Simon Louis Sockut Yetta Jean Stern Harvey Taback Nancy Lou Tonkin* David Warshawsky Yvette Weintraub Paul Weston Carol Williams Howard F. Wolfe Eileen Zugman January 30 & 31 Laura Adler* Miriam Baer* Franklin Barkley Anna Bloom Arthur Blumenkron Jenny Dickson Sara Dilsheimer* Sol D. Director*
(*) next to a name indicates a memorial plaque has been purchased to ensure the beloved departed is remembered in perpetuity. For information about memorial plaques in the Temple, please contact Jemi Kostiner Mansfield at (503) 222-1069 or jemi@bethisrael-pdx.org.
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Congregation Beth Israel
Leah Kinspel Durkheimer Hyman Falbel Herbert Frank Feibleman Martin Fishel Morris Fishman Milton Freidenrich Rudolph Galkin Isaac Geller* Michael Gilbert Morton Glazer Leo Goldman Emily Georges Gottfried Samuel Greenberg Betty Louise Jackson Robert M. Jacobs Pearl Malin Karlin Lillian C. Kaufman Gertrude Klein Rose Kunowski Stanley B. Lang Stanley Lappen Julius Levin Davine Levison Jacob “Coco” Levy Jack McBride Jack Menashe Alan S. Meyer Jeno Molnar Esther Layton Murphy* Charlotte Oliven George Raffel Edith Goodman Rogoway Rose Rosen Florence M. Applebaum Rosenberg Ruth Rosenfeld S. I. Samuels Ellen Sanders-Tuft Connie R. Schultz Arthur Senders* Harriet Shank Wesley Spellman Louis Spiegel Samuel M. Steinberg* Harry Sugarman Lawrence Tarlow Isadore Tinkleman Fanny Turtledove* Harry Leonard Turtledove Florence Warshawsky Robert P. Weil Joseph Wekselblatt* Herbert H. Werlin
January 2015 SUNDAY
Tevet-Shevat 5775 MONDAY
TUESDAY
Administration Offices & Clergy Education Department & Preschool Fax Machine WRJ/BI Sisterhood Judaica Gift Shop Beth Israel Cemetery 426 SW Taylors Ferry Road 4 Tevet 13
5 Tevet 14
WEDNESDAY
503-222-1069 503-222-2037 503-274-1400 503-222-1069 503-222-1069
6 Tevet 15
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1 Tevet 10
2 Tevet 11
3 Tevet 12
New Year’s Day
Mah Jongg 10:00 AM SBR
Torah Study 9:00 AM SBR
Shabbat Service 6:00 PM PC
Shabbat Morning Service 10:30 AM PC
Temple Offices Closed
7 Tevet 16
8 Tevet 17
9 Tevet 18
10 Tevet 19
Book Group 9:00 AM SBR
Midrasha (grades 6-8) 5:30 PM SEC
IHP 4:30 PM SEC
Mah Jongg 10:00 AM SBR
Torah Study 9:00 AM SBR
Religious School/ B’nei Mitzvah 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Adult B’nei Mitzvah 6:00 PM SBR
WRJ/BIS Board Meeting 6:30 PM SBR
Shir Shabbat Service 6:00 PM Temple
Tot Shabbat 9:30 AM PC
JND Shabbat Service 7:30 PM PC
Shabbat Morning Service 10:30 AM PC
Suzanne Bonamici: Women in Politics 10:30 AM PC Jewish Theatre Collaborative 10:30 AM BA Kol Echad Choir Rehearsal 11:30 AM BTB Midrasha (grades 9-12) 12:15 PM SEC
11 Tevet 20
12 Tevet 21
Religious School/ B’nei Mitzvah 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
13 Tevet 22
14 Tevet 23
15 Tevet 24
16 Tevet 25
17 Tevet 26
Education Taskforce 7:00 PM SBR
Executive Committee 12:00 PM SBR
Adult Education Committee 8:30 AM SBR
Mah Jongg 10:00 AM SBR
Torah Study 9:00 AM SBR
Midrasha (grades 6-8) 5:30 PM SEC
IHP 4:30 PM SEC
Adult B’nei Mitzvah 6:00 PM SBR
Board of Trustees Meeting 6:15 PM SBR
Gospel Shabbat Service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 6:00 PM Temple
Shabbat Morning Service: Bar Mitzvah of Jeremy Davis 10:30 AM Temple
3rd Grade Family Program: Dating Game 10:00 AM BA Kol Echad Choir Rehearsal 11:30 AM BTB
Advocacy Taskforce 7:00 PM SBR
Midrasha (grades 9-12) 12:15 PM SEC
18 Tevet 27
19 Tevet 28
No Sunday Programming
MLK, Jr. Holiday
20 Tevet 29
21 Shevat 1
22 Shevat 2
23 Shevat 3
24 Shevat 4
No Midrasha - finals
IHP 4:30 PM SEC
Mah Jongg 10:00 AM SBR
Torah Study 9:00 AM SBR
Shabbat Service 6:00 PM PC
Shabbat Morning Service: Bat Mitzvah of Gertie Smith 10:30 AM Temple
No Preschool
25 Shevat 5 Religious School/ B’nei Mitzvah 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM ECE Tu B’Shevat program 10:00 AM SEC
26 Shevat 6
27 Shevat 7
28 Shevat 8
29 Shevat 9
30 Shevat 10
31 Shevat 11
Midrasha (grades 6-8) 5:30 PM SEC
IHP 4:30 PM SEC
Mah Jongg 10:00 AM SBR
Torah Study 9:00 AM SBR
Shabbat Service 6:00 PM PC
Shabbat Morning Service: Bat Mitzvah of Lawren Paris 10:30 AM Temple
Adult B’nei Mitzvah 6:00 PM SBR
Brotherhood Speaker: Ben Murane of the New Israel Fund 10:30 AM MR
PJ Havdallah at Rose Schnitzer Manor Time TBD
Midrasha (grades 9-12) 12:15 PM SEC
Location Key HH = Harris Hall BA = Blumauer Auditorium GH = Goodman Hall LB = Library LF = Lipman Foyer MR = Miller Room PC = Pollin Chapel SBR = Shirley & Herbert Semler Board Room SC = Shemanski Chapel SEC = Sherman Education Center SFC = Schnitzer Family Center
View our calendar and campus map online at
www.bethisrael-pdx.org Congregation Beth Israel
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Congregation Beth Israel
1972 NW Flanders Street Portland, OR 97209-2097
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. 594
Board of Trustees 2014/2015 Officers
Trustees
Ned Duhnkrack President
Jonathan Barg Stuart Chestler, Immediate Past President Eric Friedenwald-Fishman Stacy Friedman Robin McCoy Sharon Meieran Joanne Van Ness Menashe Marney Pike Yale Popowich Bob Rosenbaum David Sarasohn Arthur Steinhorn
Ted Nelson VP/President Elect Ilene Davidson Vice President Ali Garfinkle Vice President Brad Tonkin Vice President Mark Peterman Secretary John Epstein Treasurer
Auxiliaries Linda Harrison and Stephanie Siegel - WRJ/BI Sisterhood Co-Presidents David Goldwyn - Brotherhood President
Affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism since 1879
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Congregation Beth Israel