We welcome recent new members:
Elizabeth Markell & James Excell
Do you have friends or family interested in services or events at TES, or interested in membership? Please have them contact the office at (541) 488-2909 or [email protected], or send us their name and address and we will be happy to send out an informational packet. |
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Shul School Shul School dates in April:
April 12 April 25 (Rogue Shabbat)
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Adult EducationWatch this space in upcoming months for new and enlightening adult education programs!
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We are pleased to announce the additional B'Nei Mitzvah dates for 2015. Anais Graumann (in Israel)
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| Maya Lieberman
| 6/13/2015
| Max Empol
| 6/27/2015
| Ilan Werblow
| 8/8/2015
| Dane Stewart
| 8/29/2015
| Leah Aaronson
| 9/5/2015
| Lucas Cook
| 10/10/2015
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Details for B'Nei Mitzvah will be announced as dates approach.
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Member News!
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Gabe Young was among 17 freshmen entering Indiana University to be named a Herman B. Wells Scholar. The scholarship ranks among the most competitive and prestigious awards offered by any American university. Mazel tov, Gabe! We love to hear about and share your personal life events, simchas and accomplishments. Please send us your joyous news for the monthly newsletter to Kathy Balint, Office Manager at [email protected].
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Bob & Frieda Golding | 4/3/2015 | Eugene Majeski & Syl Zucker | 4/4/2015 | Norman & Surry Tresser | 4/8/2015 | Donna & David Wyte | 4/18/2015 | Adam & Cheri Sperber | 4/23/2015 | Guenevere Haney Berg & Aaron Berg | 4/29/2015 | Vivian & Robert Keyes | 4/29/2015 |
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Douglas Falkner | 4/2/2015 | Larry Wolfson | 4/4/2015 | Alaiya Aguilar | 4/6/2015 | Kathy Pete Newman | 4/6/2015 | Stan Druben | 4/8/2015 | Karrie Haney | 4/8/2015 | Oliver Ramsey | 4/9/2015 | Noah Slater | 4/9/2015 | Judith Entinger | 4/10/2015 | Joshua Smith | 4/12/2015 | Dana Schallheim | 4/14/2015 | Adam Sperber | 4/14/2015 | Sara Weber | 4/15/2015 | Wendy Werthaiser | 4/15/2015 | Sara Glasser | 4/17/2015 | Constance Ben-David | 4/18/2015 | Avi Feldman | 4/18/2015 | Frieda Golding | 4/20/2015 | Sheldon Slomowitz | 4/22/2015 | Hannah Bellinson | 4/23/2015 | Dale Crowe | 4/23/2015 | Lisa Sclan Cooper | 4/24/2015 | Lauren Croyle | 4/24/2015 | Itai Aaronson | 4/25/2015 | Don DaSaro | 4/25/2015 | Lisa R. Horwitch | 4/25/2015 | Dr. Karen Muller | 4/25/2015 | Elana Rose Cooper | 4/26/2015 | Norman Lawrence | 4/26/2015 | Matthew Silverberg | 4/27/2015 | Susan Lander | 4/29/2015 | David Wyte | 4/30/2015 |
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Yahrzeit Candle Lighting Prayer
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For the love that death cannot sever, for the time we shared along life's path, for the gifts of heart and mind, we are grateful. Divine one, help us to understand that grief and love go hand in hand.
As we are made more aware of light by kindling this Yahrzeit candle, may we remember the light which (say the name) brought in the world.
Zich-ro-no(m) Zich-ro-nah(f) liv'ra-cha. May his/her memory be for a blessing.
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TES Business Sponsors are helping to underwrite the cost of digital communication. Be sure to support and show appreciation for our business sponsors (shown below). Their contact information can be found in TES Weekly, Kol Ha'Emek and on the TES website. If you would like to become a business sponsor please contact Larry Diamant at [email protected].
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Message from Rabbi Boettiger
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Advent Calendar Envy
Shavuot is the only holiday that the Torah does not affix a particular date to; instead we are commanded to count these seven weeks from Passover, and told that when those seven weeks are complete we will arrive at Shavuot. One would think that it would have been easy enough for the Torah to provide us with the date and so we can infer that there must be something to this counting business, something that the tradition wants us to engage in, actively.
Counting is inextricably connected to waiting. When we are counting down to some date, we are usually doing so with dread or excitement-and often a healthy mix of both. Either way there is anticipation, a sense that we are drawing near to something that will test us, change us, or offer something to us-for better or for worse.
My father is Episcopalian and we were raised also celebrating Christmas. So my pre-Omer template for waiting is the advent calendar. We counted down 25 days and each day I would open a little compartment on our calendar that would yield a small piece of chocolate. And of course all the waiting would culminate with a smorgasbord of presents on Christmas morning. (Now I have to count almost twice as long, sans chocolate, and all the waiting culminates with cold cheese blintzes.)
As a child, I listened with rapt attention as John Leader counted down the top 40 songs on the Countdown America radio program. I remember that it was always a bit of a letdown after the #1 song was announced and the show ended.
Can waiting be a spiritual practice? I think of the hasid in the story who is waiting so fervently for moshiach's arrival that every time he hears a noise from the street (a fishmonger, a car backfiring) he runs outside thinking it is the blast announcing the arrival of the messianic age. Is the hasid's waiting bringing him out of the moment and distracting him with future fantasy, or is his waiting a holy vigil?
I think of shomrim work, where community members take shifts sitting with the body of someone recently dead, between the time of death and the funeral-a waiting for one's shift to pass, but also a waiting for something infinitely larger and more mysterious than that. A waiting that makes me think of the verse in Psalms 130:6, "I am more eager for the Lord than watchmen for the morning." I know of no practice more holy than this kind of waiting.
And I think of the Omer, this period of time about to begin: learning to count, learning to wait. On one hand, we know what we are waiting for: the moment of Torah being given. On one hand, we know what's coming. But, like anything that we await with some mixture of dread and excitement, we don't know how we will show up for this exchange. We don't know who we will be in the presence of the awaited moment.
Waiting doesn't go away; there is always the next thing to wait for. In some very real sense, we are all waiting for our own death, even if we wouldn't often phrase it that way or don't think about it in that language. We don't know who we will be in the presence of that moment either. Perhaps this, then, is the task: to wait with dignity, curiosity, and openness for what is inevitable, but also unknown. To wait in a way that won't wrench us from the present moment, but bring us more deeply into it. I suppose we learn this through the accumulated experience of being human, but we also need specific practices that teach us how to wait, that teach us how to treasure each day, that teach us not to grasp or attach as we count down to what awaits us.
L'shalom,
Rabbi Joshua Boettiger
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Upcoming Special Events & Announcements
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Israel - past and present through a personal perspective, Repeat Performance!
For those who missed any of the presentations, TES Member Emanuel Ben-David will present once more, in a series of 3 gatherings, the story of Israel and the Israeli people from his own personal experience. To be held at the Havurah Shir Hadash, three Sunday afternoons from 2:00-3:00 PM:
April 5: Introduction and weaving the personal story with the Nation's history
April 19: The Ten "Commandments" that make up the typical Israeli
May 3: A journey in the world of Israel's Defense (and not just...) Technology
Emanuel will examine the characteristics of the "typical" Israeli, (and by extension the country at large), through looking at some of the driving forces and origins of who Israelis are and how they came to be that way. He will do this through a broad review of the recent history (last 100 years or so) of the Jews in Israel and elsewhere. The story will also be tightly connected to Emanuel and his family's personal experience. Once the foundation is established, he will teach on some of Israel's technological successes.
Shmita (Sabbatical Year) Exploration Group
Next Meeting - Tuesday, April 14th at 4pm at TES
In the Jewish calendar, every 7th year is a shmita year, a time of release of many routine practices. Amongst other things, Jewish law states that the land should be left to lie fallow and debts released. We are currently in a shmita year - what relevance does this practice have in our modern life? We will be exploring this question on a monthly basis, until next Rosh Hashanah when the new seven year cycle begins. We will look at it through the lens of Jewish text, through personal experience, and through what it could mean for our community at large. This is a joint endeavor of the Havurah and Temple Emek Shalom.
Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 14th at 4pm at TES. Please join us, even if you were unable to make prior meetings. We are rotating facilitation throughout the group and this session Stephanie Baum will be looking at the topic of debt relief - "A Radical Question of Debt: From Jewish Law to Modern Reality." All levels welcome.
Community Yom HaShoah Observance, April 15On April 15th at 7:00pm here at TES we will be observing Yom HaShoah jointly with the Havurah. Rogue Shabbat, Saturday, April 25 Join us for our second special inter-generational Shabbat! This Rogue Shabbat will be particularly focused on Yom Ha'atzmaut / Israeli Independence Day. Our Shul School students and families will join the rest of the congregation for a Shabbat experience designed for everyone. The day itself will run from 9:00am until 2:00pm (though people can come for portions of that time). The schedule will be as follows: 9:00-10:00am Torah Study / Yoga / Pastry Eating
10:00am-12:00pm Shabbat Morning Services in Sanctuary (including speakers from TES trip to Israel sharing their experience) Children's Service and Shul School in Library and Classrooms 12:00-1:00pm Catered lunch with Israeli food and slideshow from TES trip to Israel 1:00-2:00pm Elective activities including Israeli dance, inter-generational art project, and more. As we did last time, Rabbi Joshua is asking for folks in our community who are so moved to make a donation to help sponsor the catered lunch. One can make a donation in honor or memory of anyone or anything, though it will have just been Yom Ha'zikkaron (Israel's Day of Remembrance) so this Shabbat could be a special time to contribute in memory of an ancestor/relative. If you'd like to do this, please contact Kathy in the office at (541) 488-2909. Thank you.
Mitzvah Kitchen, April 23
The Mitzvah Kitchen continues and is scheduled to bake loaves of challah again on Thursday, April 23rd, in the Temple kitchen. We ask you, our congregants, to contact the Rabbi or Kathy at 541-488-2909, so a challah can be delivered to you or a fellow congregant who is experiencing a special event or an illness in the family. If you are to receive a challah and are not at home, the challah will be left in a sealed bag by your front door. We hope that the challah that we provide will add to your Shabbat celebration or give you some comfort during a difficult time.
The Women of the Havurah Invite the Women of TES to join them at a Women's Passover Seder, April 11
Please see the flyer below for details.
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A Time To Remember
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James Entinger | 4/1/2015 |
| Dorothy Feinlieb | 4/2/2015 |
| David Greene | 4/2/2015 |
| Max Weitzman | 4/5/2015 |
| Victor Abel | 4/6/2015 |
| Ruth Bercovich | 4/6/2015 |
| Sylvia Brand Frimkess | 4/8/2015 | Nissan 19, 5775 | Minnie Marks | 4/8/2015 |
| Marion Rosenberg | 4/9/2015 | Nissan 20, 5775 | Israel Elson | 4/11/2015 |
| Toby Hershman | 4/12/2015 |
| Samuel Jaffee | 4/12/2015 | Nissan 23, 5775 | Gertrude Latker | 4/12/2015 | Nissan 23, 5775 | Helen Matter | 4/12/2015 | Nissan 23, 5775 | Sylvia Silverman | 4/12/2015 | Nissan 23, 5775 | Rose Horowitz | 4/14/2015 |
| J.B. Sherr | 4/14/2015 | Nissan 25, 5775 | Jeanette Goldberg | 4/15/2015 | Nissan 26, 5775 | Eva S. Wright | 4/15/2015 | Nissan 26, 5775 | Arnold Hemley | 4/16/2015 | Nissan 27, 5775 | Israel Kessler | 4/16/2015 | Nissan 27, 5775 | Ethel Novak | 4/17/2015 | Nissan 28, 5775 | Jennie Slipchinsky | 4/17/2015 | Nissan 28, 5775 | Minna Gross | 4/19/2015 | Nissan 30, 5775 | Henry Simon | 4/19/2015 |
| Minnie Skolnick | 4/19/2015 | Nissan 30, 5775 | Virginia Lee | 4/20/2015 |
| Anne Rubenstein | 4/21/2015 | Iyar 2, 5775 | Alfred Matter | 4/23/2015 | Iyar 4, 5775 | Celia Wolf | 4/23/2015 | Iyar 4, 5775 | Paula Canal | 4/25/2015 | Iyar 6, 5775 | Etta Kruh | 4/25/2015 | Iyar 6, 5775 | Anna Siletsky | 4/25/2015 | Iyar 6, 5775 | Erwin Sydney Weiss | 4/25/2015 | Iyar 6, 5775 | Irving Reifman | 4/27/2015 | Iyar 8, 5775 | Jack Gross | 4/28/2015 | Iyar 9, 5775 | Julia Doree Ratner | 4/29/2015 | Iyar 10, 5775 | Fred Wilcox | 4/29/2015 | Iyar 10, 5775 | Katherine Berman | 4/30/2015 | Iyar 11, 5775 | Shirley Rubin Sendar | 4/30/2015 |
| Bessie Serinsky | 4/30/2015 | Iyar 11, 5775 | Rudy Solomon | 4/30/2015 | Iyar 11, 5775 |
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