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 office@emekshalom.org, or send us their name and address and we will be happy to send out an informational packet.
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TES now has a Facebook page. Be sure to visit the page and "Like" us.
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Shul School
Shul School is on summer break. See you next fall! Adult Education
Kabbalat Shabbat Prayer Mini-Study, July 8, 6:30PMLed by Rabbi Joshua immediately prior to three Shabbat Shirah services (starting in May), this final session offers a half hour mini-study of various Kabbalat Shabbat prayers.
Yoga for Beginners (Truly)
Taught by Rabbi Vanessa Boettiger
Do you want to experience yoga but feel like you don't know enough to even begin? Are you shy about trying yoga for the first time? If so, this class is for you. We will experience the basic poses of yoga, with a focus on alignment, relaxation, and the inner experience of yoga.
$5 for members/$7 non-members.. Sundays at 10 AM, July 10, July 17, and July 31 (skipping July 24th when Norman Fischer will be at the shul.)
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We have reached the end of the 2015-2016 Shul School year, and have completed all the B'Nei Mitvah celebrations for the year.
Please check this space for upcoming B'nei Mitzvah dates for next year!
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 Member News!
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Proud grandparents Marilyn Borkin and Bill Harris are pleased to announce the birth of grandson Antonio Oscar Rius, born on May 13, 2016. Parents are Antonio Rius and Abbey Borkin Rius.
Emanuel and Connie Ben-David were featured in an article in the June/July issue of Oregon Jewish Life magazine. Here's the link to the article: http://orjewishlife.com/from-iron-dome-to-ashland-home/.
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 office@emekshalom.org
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| Ted Graumann & Miranda Briggs-Graumann | 7/2/2016 | | Michael & Jo Ann Basin | 7/4/2016 | | Steven & Bari Frimkess | 7/6/2016 | | Jordan & Maythe Saturen | 7/8/2016 | | Stephen & Lynne Stolzer | 7/10/2016 | | Lee & Jo Ann Weisel | 7/10/2016 | | Steven & Harriet Saturen | 7/23/2016 | | Gretski & Micah Lieberman | 7/25/2016 | | Carole & Carl Levi | 7/28/2016 |
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| Michael Gutman | 7/1/2016 | | Paula Sendar | 7/2/2016 | | Derryl Millican | 7/4/2016 | | Iris Milan | 7/5/2016 | | David Sherman | 7/8/2016 | | Laura Bloom | 7/10/2016 | | Lucas Cook | 7/10/2016 | | Bari Frimkess | 7/10/2016 | | Abe Gillett | 7/10/2016 | | Rebecca Simone Treger | 7/11/2016 | | Daniel Koenigsberg | 7/12/2016 | | Barbara Hopfinger | 7/13/2016 | | Melissa Kahn | 7/14/2016 | | Talia Cohen | 7/15/2016 | | Dominique DeVaux | 7/16/2016 | | Ethan Lennon | 7/16/2016 | | Jonnie Dale Lieberman | 7/16/2016 | | JoAnn Prujan | 7/16/2016 | | Steve Goodkin | 7/17/2016 | | Geni Moots-Plotnick | 7/17/2016 | | Steven Saturen | 7/18/2016 | | Ellen Wilfong-Grush | 7/19/2016 | | Benjamin Smith | 7/20/2016 | | Ariella Metz | 7/21/2016 | | Gerry Fried | 7/24/2016 | | Ethan Croyle | 7/27/2016 | | Steven Frimkess | 7/27/2016 | | Connor Frol | 7/31/2016 | | Elizabeth Rebecca Kohlmann | 7/31/2016 | | Jennifer Schloming | 7/31/2016 | | Ilan Werblow | 7/31/2016 |
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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 the Temple Emek Shalom office at office@emekshalom.org or (541) 488-2909. |
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Message from Rabbi Boettiger
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Happy July everybody!
I want to take a moment at the beginning of this message and name two things. One of them is my gratitude for Michael Schames' leadership these past four years. I think Michael has done a wonderful job as president, bringing our congregation forward into this next chapter of our lives. He has worked hard and served with both integrity, and with passion for Temple Emek Shalom and for Jewish life in our region. I'm very happy that he'll be remaining on the Board.
The second thing I want to do is to officially welcome Adie Goldberg as our next TES president! You'll get to read a message from Adie below. I'm thrilled that she is stepping into this role and feel very optimistic about our present and future as a congregation.
Please take a moment to contact both Michael and Adie and to thank/welcome them. Being president of a synagogue is difficult work. As my friend, Rabbi Steve Gutow put it when he was stepping down from his role as head of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, and was asked if he was burned out from Jewish organizational work, laughed and said, "I'm not sick of the Jews...[we] are a tough row to hoe, though."
I know we are still in the throes of summer (may we stay there for as long as we possibly can!), but I wanted to announce some exciting news about how we will be kicking off this next congregational year. Saturday, September 24th Temple Emek Shalom will be having a day-long congregational retreat at the nearby retreat center of Buckhorn Springs here in Ashland. Some of you will remember TES retreats at Buckhorn from back in the day. Others of you have had the pleasure of being out there for other events and teachings-- buckhornsprings.org. This day will be a chance to be together and celebrate Shabbat as a community. We hope all facets of our congregation will be attending, including elders, teens, Shul School families, Board members, meditators, atheists, mystics, Mussarniks, and more. The day will consist of prayer, two delicious Buckhorn meals (lunch and dinner), electives in the afternoon, and it will culminate in a special havdalah ceremony and Selichot service in the evening. We'll be sending full details on the day and registration information in the coming weeks, but please save the date and be part of this special retreat that will also serve as a nice launch to bring us into the High Holy Days season.
L'shalom,
Rabbi Joshua Boettiger
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| Message from Adie Goldberg, President |
I am new to this beautiful community. It will be 5 years in August. I am grateful for all who have gone before me. I have, however, spent most of my life in one Jewish community or another. It would be easy to trick myself and say "I know organized Judaism." "I know that kind of person." "I've heard or tried that before." Rabbi Jordan Bendatt-Appell wrote a shiur (a rabbinic lesson) on one of Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav's teachings. The Rebbe encourages us to see the Torah as a series of chambers one leading to another and that we should never think we've completely travelled the Torah's chambers because G-d forbid we will deprive ourselves of so much more learning. Rabbi Bendatt-Appell teaches we need to apply the Rebbe's lesson to life. He encourages us to be open to learning, or the middah (Jewish virtue) Hitlamdut. Hitlamdut is the opportunity to be present for fully engaged curiosity. As we join together this year crafting the next portion of Temple's story, my mantra will be" tell me more, teach me." I have reached out to some of you but work and finishing some final editing has kept me from following up in a way that I want to. So to those I've reached out to, thank you for your time. For those, I haven't finished following up with, I'm getting there. And for those I should be talking to but don't yet know I should, please stop me at shul and bend my ear, write me an email ( adieleeg@gmail.com) or call me at 509-939-0800 and leave me a message. I'm at the hospital during the days but I'll get back to you. I'm open to learning; to hearing what you have appreciated most about your affiliation with Temple and to understand what you are hoping to find more of. I am practicing an on-going sense of "I don't know." Enjoy your summer, eat your fruits and vegetables, stay hydrated and don't make yourself a stranger. Warmly, Adie
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Upcoming Special Events & Announcements
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SAVE THE DATE! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 FOR TEMPLE EMEK SHALOM'S ALL-DAY, ALL-CONGREGATION SHABBAT RETREAT!
We'll be gathering at beautiful Buckhorn Springs just outside of Ashland for a community Shabbat celebration beginning with morning services and concluding with Havdallah and Selichot services in the evening. More details will follow soon, but in the meantime, please save the date!
Catherine Coulson Memorial Tree As Catherine's yahrzeit approaches, we would like to dedicate the Cedar of Lebanon tree that was planted in the South Garden to her memory. We envision creating a memorial forest with seating for quiet contemplation just outside the Sanctuary. If you would like to be part of this effort, please send contributions to Temple Emek Shalom and mark Landscape Beautification Fund/Catherine Coulson Tree in the memo line. Your donation will be acknowledged in the Newsletter, with gratitude. Thank you for helping to honor Catherine's memory.
B'shalom, Joan Steele for the Landscape Beautification Committee
Baby Naming Ceremony, July 30Sara Wolfson and Erik Herfindahl invite you to join them for the baby naming of their daughter, Abigail Makayla during Saturday morning services on July 30. Please come celebrate with Debra and Larry Wolfson and the Wolfson family on this joyous occasion.
Special Talk and Havdalah Ritual with Norman Fischer.
"Reading the Torah as a Poem", July 23
What could it mean to read the Torah as one reads a poem? How might this approach change how we read Torah? How might this approach change how we read poetry? July 23, 7:00-8:30pm at Temple Emek Shalom. Free of charge - everyone welcome. Deadline Approaching to Register for Imagination and the Spiritual Path A Day Long Meditation Retreat with Norman Fischer, July 24 Join Norman for a day-long retreat looking at the spiritual path as a path of imagination. What is imagination? How do we exercise it? Who are we? Are we perhaps more sure of who we are than we should be? We'll examine the stories we tell ourselves and see if we can find more imaginative ones! The day will feature sitting and walking meditation, listening to teachings, and some writing and interaction. Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a poet and Zen Buddhist priest. For many years he has taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest of the new Buddhist organizations in the West, where he served as Co-abbot from 1995-2000. He is presently a Senior Dharma Teacher there as well as the founder and spiritual director of the Everyday Zen Foundation, an organization dedicated to adapting Zen Buddhist teachings to Western culture. Sunday, July 24th at Temple Emek Shalom 1800 East Main Street in Ashland 10:00am - 5:00pm (including a delicious vegetarian lunch) $50 per person The event is co-sponsored by Temple Emek Shalom, Havurah Shir Hadash, Kagyu Sukha Choling, Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sangha, Quiet Mountain Insight Meditation Sangha, and Evening Light Sangha
Mitzvah Kitchen, July 28
The Mitzvah Kitchen continues and member Jerrine Rowley and her husband David are scheduled to.bake loaves of challah again on Thursday, July 28, 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.
This Month At The Havurah
(a new feature in the TES monthly newsletter)
Aromatherapy: A Mystical Study of Fragrance with Avraham Sand, Wednesday, July 6, 7-9 PM
Master aromatherapist Avraham Sand will offer a two hour presentation entitled "Aromatherapy: A Mystical Study of Fragrance" on Wednesday, July 6 from 7-9 PM. The presentation will be held at the Havurah Synagogue, 185 North Mountain Avenue in Ashland. There is no fee for the presentation but a free will donation is appreciated. Call 541-488-7716 for more info or visit his website at www.avaroma.com.
Avraham Sand is a pioneer educator and a world leader in organic essential oils. This will be his fourth presentation in Ashland of his unique system of fragrance testing, the most accurate and reliable process to precisely determine the correct formulation of oils for any health condition.
The workshop is experiential, and Avraham will demonstrate and teach about the impact of more than a dozen key essential oils. Participants will learn how to use the sense of smell to choose the correct aromatherapy oils, and will gain insight into using oils for massage, bath, inhalation, and organic perfumes.
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A Time To Remember
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| Celia Aronstein | 7/1/2016 | Sivan 25, 5776 | | Sheldon Robbins | 7/1/2016 | Sivan 25, 5776 | | Philip Slomowitz | 7/1/2016 | Sivan 25, 5776 | | Rachelle Sima Rabinovitch | 7/3/2016 | Sivan 27, 5776 | | Helen Thorner Werby | 7/5/2016 | Sivan 29, 5776 | | Harry Levy | 7/6/2016 |
| | Anne F. Schubert | 7/6/2016 | Sivan 30, 5776 | | Adele Smith | 7/6/2016 |
| | Flora Towbin | 7/6/2016 | Sivan 30, 5776 | | Anne Weintraub | 7/6/2016 | Sivan 30, 5776 | | Burton Horwitch | 7/7/2016 | Tammuz 1, 5776 | | Dorothy Meyers | 7/7/2016 | Tammuz 1, 5776 | | Emily Hexter | 7/9/2016 |
| | Johanna Karewski | 7/9/2016 | Tammuz 3, 5776 | | Emily Finestone Scult | 7/9/2016 | Tammuz 3, 5776 | | Francis Yoshida | 7/10/2016 | Tammuz 4, 5776 | | Reb Zalman Schacter-Shalomi | 7/11/2016 | Tammuz 5, 5776 | | Rebecca Deritchen | 7/13/2016 | Tammuz 7, 5776 | | Bessie Dichter | 7/13/2016 | Tammuz 7, 5776 | | Stan Byer | 7/14/2016 |
| | Theodore Bear | 7/15/2016 |
| | Yaacov Eisen | 7/15/2016 | Tammuz 9, 5776 | | Stephanie (Honey) Slavin | 7/15/2016 |
| | Sylvia Telpner | 7/15/2016 |
| | Margarette Tresser | 7/15/2016 |
| | Anne Horowitz | 7/16/2016 | Tammuz 10, 5776 | | Albert Benjamin Werby | 7/16/2016 | Tammuz 10, 5776 | | Joel Gross | 7/17/2016 |
| | Walter Fried | 7/18/2016 | Tammuz 12, 5776 | | Walter Fried | 7/18/2016 | Tammuz 12, 5776 | | Leon Rosenberg | 7/19/2016 | Tammuz 13, 5776 | | Sophie Stephens | 7/19/2016 | Tammuz 13, 5776 | | Vivian Fields | 7/20/2016 |
| | Vivian Fields | 7/20/2016 |
| | Marilyn Muller | 7/20/2016 |
| | Marianne Blashek | 7/21/2016 |
| | Seymour Hirsch | 7/21/2016 |
| | Rhoda Bear | 7/22/2016 | Tammuz 16, 5776 | | Elsie Ettinger | 7/22/2016 |
| | Hannah Blanche Saske | 7/22/2016 | Tammuz 16, 5776 | | Sarah Stern | 7/22/2016 | Tammuz 16, 5776 | | Maurice Goldsmith | 7/23/2016 | Tammuz 17, 5776 | | Irving Sendar | 7/24/2016 | Tammuz 18, 5776 | | Myer Wolfson | 7/25/2016 | Tammuz 19, 5776 | | Roslyn Druben | 7/26/2016 |
| | Harry Sechan | 7/26/2016 | Tammuz 20, 5776 | | Rodney Coulson | 7/27/2016 |
| | Ruth Levine Michaelson | 7/28/2016 | Tammuz 22, 5776 | | Justin Priesman | 7/29/2016 |
| | Charles Gelb | 7/30/2016 |
| | Grant Miller | 7/30/2016 | Tammuz 24, 5776 | | David H. Furst | 7/31/2016 | Tammuz 25, 5776 | | Pearl Nyman | 7/31/2016 |
| | Selma Rosenfeld | 7/31/2016 | Tammuz 25, 5776 | | Rivka Weisman | 7/31/2016 | Tammuz 25, 5776 |
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Tributes
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General Fund
| Pam Erwin | In honor of Debra & Larry Wolfson, Neil Sechan & Matt Messner, Lisa Horwitch, Sasha Borenstein, and Pete & Beverly Jorgensen for all of their work and support for my Bat Mitzvah. | | Pam Erwin | Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who helped set-up and clean-up for my Bat Mitzvah! | | Sam Whitford & Kurt Bernhardt | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Elise Manders | In celebration of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Pam Erwin | To Sherry Friedman, to thank you for your generous spirit! | | Penelope Mikesell | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Pamela Clifford & Janne Webb | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Walter Leiss | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Sheila & Mel Canal | To Pam Erwin, congratulations on your beautiful Bat Mitzvah and for making so much sense of Leviticus. | | Marilyn Borkin & Bill Harris | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Katherine Warren |
| | Herman & Margaret Edel |
| | Michal Hadar |
| | Roberta & Kumar Bhasin |
| | JoAnn Prujan | In memory of Steve Hersch's father. | | JoAnn Prujan | In memory of Emily Simon's father. | | Lisa Horwitch | In honor of Sasha & Russ, their wedding, anniversary and enormous heart they each contribute to our community. |
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
| Katherine Warren | In memory of Henry T. Warren. In gratitude to the Temple community and Rabbi Joshua Boettiger. | | Pam Erwin | In honor of Rabbi Joshua's amazing leadership. | | Steve & Harriet Saturen | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Pete & Beverly Jorgensen | In honor of Pam Erwin's beautiful Bat Mitzvah and Susan Unger's lovely singing. | | Florence & Sheldon Slomowitz | In honor of Sally & Maynard Telpner's 65th wedding anniversary! | | Lee & JoAnn Weisel | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Herman & Margaret Edel | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Jonathan Funk | In appreciation for the TES community and Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. | | Lisa Horwitch | In honor of Pam Erwin, her Bat Mitzvah, friendship and all the joy she adds to our TES family. | | Lee & JoAnn Weisel | In memory of Seymour Hersch. |
Indigent Assistance Fund
| Emily Bernhardt & Norm Fisher | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. Mazel tov! |
Scholar-in-Residence Fund
| Owen & Ellen Grush | In memory of Steve Hersch's father. | | Owen & Ellen Grush | In memory of Emily Simon's father. |
Adult Education Fund
| Annette & Jerry Fried | In honor of Florence & Sheldon Slomowitz's 60th anniversary. | | Annette & Jerry Fried | In honor of Lola & Jerry Sonnenschein's 50th anniversary. | | Annette & Jerry Fried | In honor of Sally & Maynard Telpner's 65th anniversary. | | Nancy & Dan Kaylin | In honor of Pam Erwin's wonderful achievement of Bat Mitzvah. | | Nancy & Dan Kaylin | In honor of the joy that Susan Unger's beautiful voice brought to Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. |
Hevra Kadisha
| Lisa Horwitch | In honor of the TES community, with gratitude and appreciation for your love and support throughout this first year. | | Lisa Horwitch | In honor of the loving memory of Ken Simon, Emily's father. |
Israel Activities Fund
| Paula Sendar | In honor of Pam Erwin's Bat Mitzvah. |
Bikkur Holim
| Stan Druben & Valentine Jones |
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Staff
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Rabbi
| Joshua Boettiger
| rabbi@emekshalom.org
| Office Manager
| Kathy Balint
| office@emekshalom.org
| Bookkeeper
| Diana Fairbanks
| bookkeeper@emekshalom.org
| Website
| Debra Wolfson
| debwolfson@mind.net
| Pomegranate PreSchool
| Robin Heald
| robinrhh@aol.com
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Officers
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| President
| Adie Goldberg
| 509-939-0800
| Co-Vice President
| Susan Aaronson
| 541-292-0062
| Co-Vice President
| Emily Bernhardt
| 541-708-0990
| Recording Secretary
| Joan Steele
| 541-482-7019
| Treasurer
| Bill Harris
| 541-488-6050
| Immediate Past President
| Michael Schames
| 650-888-5400
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For complete listing of Board of Trustees and Committee chairs starting July 1, 2016, please click here.
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July 2016 Calendar |
The calendar for July may be viewed on the TES website: emekshalom.org/calendar
Click here for a printable copy of the July calendar.
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Business Sponsors
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