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Kol Ha'Emek   
              September 2015
              Elul - Tishri 5775/5776  
 

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Membership

We welcome returning and new members:

Stephen & Lynne Stolzer
Martin Towbin & Suzan Towlen
Rabbi Kenneth Ehrlich & Mary Silva


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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Education

Shul School

First Day of School

September 27


Adult Education

Thursday at the Movies   
 
After a delightfully successful presentation that featured the classic film, "Sunset Boulevard," and an hour-long discussion of the film led by retired producer Ron Silverman, the Thursday Night at the Movies series continues on September 10th with the Oscar-winning film, "The Apartment."

The new series features four films by Billy Wilder, considered one of the best filmmakers of all time.  In addition to "Sunset Boulevard" and "The Apartment," the final two films of the series are "Witness for the Prosecution" (November 12) and "Some Like It Hot" (December 10).

The films and discussions take place in the Temple's Conference Room, starting each night at 7 p.m.   
  
Click here for a printable flyer with dates and details. 

B'Nei Mitzvah

We are pleased to announce the upcoming B'Nei Mitzvah dates scheduled for 2015/16: 

Leah Aaronson
9/5/2015
Lucas Cook
10/10/2015
Dane Stewart
1/16/2016

Details for B'Nei Mitzvah will be announced as dates approach. 


MazeltovMember News!


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].



Office Closures

The TES office will be closed on the following days for High Holy Days:

Monday, Sept. 14
Tuesday, Sept. 15
Wednesday, Sept. 23
Monday, Sept. 28
Tuesday, Sept. 29


Anniversaries

Holly & Lenny Neimark9/1/2015
Don Haney II & Karrie Haney9/2/2015
Steve & Anna Werblow9/6/2015
Daniel & Maggie Portrait9/7/2015
Beverly & Pete Jorgensen9/21/2015
Matthew David & Danielle Cooper9/22/2015
David & Linda Young9/29/2015


         
Birthdays

Anya Saturen9/1/2015
Aaron Berg9/2/2015
Dr. Steven Hersch9/2/2015
Glenn Sagal9/2/2015
Cheri Sperber9/2/2015
Robin Miller9/3/2015
Julie Dubiner9/4/2015
Leah Aaronson9/5/2015
Isaac Schoneberg-Dolinar9/5/2015
Cara Semanisin9/5/2015
Maggie Portrait9/6/2015
Stephanie Nead9/7/2015
Emily Simon9/7/2015
Hannah Spector9/8/2015
Rabbi Joshua Boettiger9/9/2015
Asher Werthaiser9/9/2015
Jeffrey Beaupain9/10/2015
Emilie Dempsey9/10/2015
Sasha Borenstein9/12/2015
Ines Finkel9/13/2015
Gerald Sonnenschein9/13/2015
Dr. Mack Bandler9/14/2015
Helen Reinhold9/15/2015
Don Haney II9/16/2015
Grant Miller9/18/2015
Adam Parris9/18/2015
Jeremy Samuel Treger9/18/2015
Jasmine Gillett9/19/2015
Elianna Hersch9/20/2015
Miriam Liberatore9/20/2015
Glenn Gelfenbein9/21/2015
Seth Hill9/21/2015
Micah Lieberman9/21/2015
Ofer Alves9/23/2015
Alina Metz9/23/2015
Jeff Solomon9/26/2015
David Stone9/27/2015
Janice Slater9/28/2015
Mel Canal9/30/2015
Jim Warriner9/30/2015



             


 

candleYahrzeit Candle
Lighting Prayer

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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Message from Rabbi Boettiger
It's been a tradition in recent years that as the summer wanes and the High Holy Days draw near, my family and I have been on vacation up here in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia.
 
It's an obvious thing to point out, but life on an island is in constant relationship with the sea. You go out to a restaurant and everyone has a floating keychain sitting on the table. Barnacles seem to be growing everywhere. And having these past two weeks to watch the tireless march and retreat of the tides, to begin to learn to sail, to swim in the cove - all this ocean exposure has felt like an intuitive place for me to contemplate the themes of this Rosh Hashanah.
 
One can look out at the ocean and be aware of everything that doesn't pass away. There's a reason that Genesis begins with the image of G-d hovering over the waters - the shadow of the Eternal is always over us when we stand on any shore. There's less place to hide when one is near the sea, and this can have two effects. On one hand, because more is stripped away it is easier to come face to face with what one has to mend (if not easier to actually begin the work of mending it!). On the other hand, this sense of the ocean's vastness has a way of washing away the little things that cling. We can perhaps see more readily that some things mend themselves, and are not worth obsessing over.
 
This is not just true in our own inner/outer lives, but also in our collective historical moment. It is tempting to feel sometimes, as all people who have lived at all times do, that our time is witnessing the apex of civilizational drama and all hangs in the balance now in a way that it never did before. True, we cannot duck the hard choices that face us in this time. And - looking out to sea reminds us that there is little new under the sun, and that perhaps we can learn to have more equanimity and clench a little less tightly.
 
It is also tempting to go too far in the other direction; to feel that there is nothing special or urgent about the time we live in. When we do this we can often find ourselves opting out of anything that feels like an activist mindset. The ocean gives us perspective here, too; it can alert us up to the tasks that lie before us as a people, as a human race. The sea is nothing if not bracing. The ocean wakes us up, which is the very point of the month of Elul.
 
As always, I want to extend a warm invitation to all of you and each of you to come pray with us at Temple Emek Shalom over these upcoming High Holy Days, beginning with Selichot on this Saturday evening, September 5th.
 
May this upcoming New Year be one where we feel connected to what is most vital -in our own souls and in the world we all share.
 
L'shalom,


 
Rabbi Joshua Boettiger 
 
SpecialEventsUpcoming Special Events & Announcements

Join Us for High Holy Days 2015 at TES! 
Click here for a printable version of the first flyer below.  Click here for a printable version of the second flyer below.


    
Keepers of the Light, September 22-23
As in previous years, we are asking for those who feel called to sit with the yahrzeit candles on Kol Nidre evening and night (September 22) after the services.  We are suggesting 2-hour shifts, beginning at 9:00pm until 9:00am.  Please contact the TES office at (541) 488-2909 to sign up for a shift.

2015 High Holy Day Season -- Come Participate!  
TES is planning to continue our tradition of a warm and wonderful Community Break-Fast to culminate the contemplative days of Yom Kippur.  Please join in, as our community comes together to create an organized Break-the-Fast pot luck meal to be enjoyed by all. Click here for more information on how and ways to participate.  L'Shana Tova!

Message from Social Justice Action Committee
ONE TON! ONE TON! WE CAN DO IT!
It's time for Temple Emek Shalom's annual High Holy Days Food Drive. We've done it before and we can do it again. Just one extra case of food from each member and we're there. Let's do it this year!!  

Thursday Night At The Movies, September 10   
See Adult Education sidebar for details. Click here for a printable flyer.


 
   
    
 
Leah Aaronson Bat Mitzvah, September 5, 10:00AM
All are joyfully invited to Leah's Bat Mitvah on September 5. Please RSVP to Susan Aaronson ASAP to [email protected].
 


    
Mitzvah Kitchen, September 10 
The Mitzvah Kitchen continues and member Jerrine Rowley and her husband David are scheduled to.bake loaves of challah again on Thursday, September 10th, 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.    
 

Member-Led Torah Study to Resume October 13
After a short hiatus, a weekly member-facilitated Torah Study will meet on Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. in the TES library.  This member-driven Torah study is a long-standing tradition at TES, spanning about 25 years.

The first study session will begin on Tuesday, October 13th, from 6 to 7 p.m.  Each week, a different volunteer group member will facilitate the discussion, choosing drash on the parsha of the week for study. A basic principle of the group is support for individual searching:  each of us is likely to have a different take on the parsha. Attendees are asked to have read the week's parsha in advance. We hope for lively, sometimes controversial, but always cordial wrestling with the text. Generally, Rabbi Joshua will lead us on the second Tuesday of each month.

We welcome your participation.  Previous Torah study experience is not required, nor is a knowledge of Hebrew.
If you have any questions, or wish further information, please get in touch with Valentine Jones, Ruth Resch or Syl Zucker, all listed in the TES Member Directory.

 
Temple Emek Shalom's Synagogue is Coming of Age!
Thirteen years ago, our Temple Emek Shalom congregation moved into our new home here at 1800 East Main Street. Moving in (and having everything paid for!) was the culmination of years of hard work, dedication, and capital-campaigning  committed to and carried out by the leadership and membership in the late 1990s and early 2000s. And now it is our bat mitzvah year. To celebrate this, we will have a bat mitzvah ceremony on Saturday morning, November 14th followed by a festive lunch. More details will follow, but save the date and please join us in giving thanks.


Fall Dates to Note
We have a busy fall coming up with lots of interesting and unique events here at TES, in conjunction with the Havurah, and in the community. Please note the following dates on your calendars.  More details will be forthcoming in future TES Weeklies and Kol Ha'Emek:

October 15, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25:  "Divine Lunacy", a play written by TES member Peter Quince
October 31 - Nov. 1:   Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton with Rabbi Ira Stone
November 7:   Day of Mindfulness with Alexa Singer-Telles
November 8:   SoulCollage Workshop with Alexa SInger-Telles
November 15:   Workshop with "Kirtan Rabbi" at TES
 

timetorememberA Time To Remember

Ralph Schloming9/1/2015Elul 17, 5775
Frederick Kolm9/2/2015
Cheryl O'Reilly9/2/2015Elul 18, 5775
Raymond Parris9/3/2015
Samuel Rabinovitch9/3/2015Elul 19, 5775
Walter Flatow9/4/2015
Sophie Gross9/4/2015Elul 20, 5775
Alex Cohen9/6/2015
Stuart Sperber9/7/2015
Rebecca Charney9/8/2015Elul 24, 5775
Nat Silverman9/8/2015Elul 24, 5775
Neil Stockton9/8/2015Elul 24, 5775
Edward Greene9/9/2015Elul 25, 5775
Louis Hershman9/9/2015Elul 25, 5775
Rose Hyman9/9/2015Elul 25, 5775
Harry S. Kieval9/9/2015
Esther Schames9/9/2015Elul 25, 5775
Ruth Golding9/10/2015Elul 26, 5775
Trudy Flatow9/12/2015
Leo Rosenfeld9/12/2015Elul 28, 5775
Jacob (Jack) D. Gell9/13/2015Elul 29, 5775
Bill Grayer9/14/2015
Morton Halprin9/14/2015Tishrei 1, 5776
Marion Bergman9/15/2015
Arthur Tresser9/15/2015
Sara Mae Wolfson9/17/2015Tishrei 4, 5776
Asa Arnsberg9/18/2015Tishrei 5, 5776
Milton Schein9/18/2015Tishrei 5, 5776
Nevin Danner9/19/2015Tishrei 6, 5776
Aaron Joseph Katzman9/19/2015Tishrei 6, 5776
Leopold Churgin9/20/2015
Louis Levi9/20/2015
Samuel Mandelblat9/22/2015
Harry Newman9/22/2015Tishrei 9, 5776
Jennie Priesman9/22/2015
Tillie Slomowitz9/22/2015Tishrei 9, 5776
Nellie Byer9/23/2015Tishrei 10, 5776
Jacob Kessler9/23/2015Tishrei 10, 5776
Bert Portrait9/23/2015Tishrei 10, 5776
Ida Finkel9/24/2015Tishrei 11, 5776
Robert Mark Sendar9/24/2015Tishrei 11, 5776
Mike Katz9/25/2015Tishrei 12, 5776
Morris Miller9/25/2015Tishrei 12, 5776
Harry Weinstock9/25/2015
Rose Sonnenschein9/26/2015Tishrei 13, 5776
Esther Weitz9/26/2015Tishrei 13, 5776




 tributesTributes
General Fund
Susan LanderIn honor of Sasha & Russ's wedding.
Bob & Frieda GoldingIn honor of Ilan Werblow's Bar Mitzvah.
Bob & Frieda GoldingHigh Holy Days contribution.
Herman & Margaret Edel
Natasha VilasIn gratitude.
Don & Rachel Haney
Ed & Bobbi Helman
In memory of Burton Horwitch.

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Michael & Jo Ann BasinTo Razy & Mort Brookler, Happy Anniversary and many more!
Debi Holcombe
Pete & Beverly Jorgensen
Anonymous
Harriet & Steve SaturenIn honor of Sarah & James Robertson's wedding.
Irvin & Kathryn Vodovoz
Elise Manders
Owen & Ellen GrushIn honor of the birthdays of Rabbi Jackie Brodsky & Ross Albertson.

Cantorial Discretionary Fund
Elise MandersIn memory of Grant Miller.

Pomegranate Preschool
Joan SteeleIn honor of Ilan Werblow's Bar Mitzvah. Mazel tov!
Dr. Morton Herskowitz

Mandell Family Israel Travel Fund
JoAnn & Lee WeiselIn honor of Rabbi Jackie and Ross' birthdays.

Adult Education
JoAnn & Lee WeiselThanks to the Adult Education committee for a wonderful movie presentation.

Israel Activities Fund
Michael SmithIn memory of my uncle, Arnold Smith.

TES Contact List
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Rabbi
Joshua Boettiger
[email protected]
Chazzan/Education
Bella Feldman
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Office Administrator
Kathy Balint
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Bookkeeper
Sonia Rangel
[email protected]
Website
Debra Wolfson
[email protected]
Pomegranate PreSchool
Robin Heald
[email protected]
Officers


President
Michael Schames
541-488-7476
Co-Vice President
Susan Aaronson
541-292-0062
Co-Vice President
Tom Treger
541-770-1567
Recording Secretary
Joan Steele
541-482-7019
Treasurer
Russ Hannan
541-601-6550
Immediate Past President
Vacant





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September 2015 Calendarcalendars
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