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Temple Beth Tikvah
P.O. Box 7472
Bend, OR 97708 541-388-8826 |
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January Celebrations
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Celebrations in January honor the following:
Birthdays:
Jo Booser Jan. 4
Paul Spencer Jan. 4
Sidney Garon Jan. 6
Ralph Uri Jan. 6
Jill Muinch Jan. 12
Zack Olander Jan. 14
Jordan Finestone
Jan. 16
Seana Jollo Jan. 19
Kirsten Goldstein
Jan. 23
Thomas Hamilton
Jan. 25
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TBT Board Members
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Board Officers:
President:
Mark Schindel
Vice President:
Jeanne Freeman
Interim Secretary: Members At Large: Victor Chudowsky Suzanne Schlosberg
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Suzanne Schlosberg
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Evie Lerner
Communications and
Public Relations:
Jeanne Freeman
Congregational Development: Lauren Olander Education: Kathy Schindel Facilities: TBD Finance: Ron Ruby Fundraising: TBD Membership: Terry Reynolds Oneg Coordinator: Corrie Grudin Religion and Music: Lauren Olander Social Action: Burt Litman Social Activities: Diane Dober
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Newsletter Sponsors
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Please mention their ads and remember to thank our sponsors next time you're in one of these shops:
Dudley's Bookshop Cafe
Ida's Cupcake Cafe
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Temple Beth Tikvah is pleased to welcome our newest members:
Sara Jo & Bradley Slate, and
their children, Leila and Micah.
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January Calendar of Events
JANUARY EVENTS
Jan. 3 7:00 p.m. - Taizé service
Jan. 11 6:00 p.m. - Family Shabbat service, dinner
Jan. 13 3:00 p.m. - Sunday School**
Jan. 25 6:30 p.m. - Kabbalat Shabbat Musical service
featurning Melissa and Audrey
Jan. 26 -- Tu B'Shevat --
9:00 a.m. - Torah Study
10:30 a.m. - Torah service
6:30 p.m. - Havdallah, Tu B'Shevat celebration
and house blessing at The Grudins
Jan. 27 10:00 a.m. - Adult Education at Adlers
3:00 p.m. - Sunday School**
7:00 p.m. - Board meeting
ON THE HORIZON
February 23rd - Adult Purim Costume Party
March 25th - TBT's annual Passover Seder
June 1st - TBT's 5th Anniversary Celebration
JANUARY School Activities:
Sunday School (3:00 p.m. Shalom Bayit): 1/13, 1/27-
Hebrew School:
First Year Tuesdays w/David, 3:45 p.m. at Dudley's:
1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29
Second Year Thursdays w/Ronit, 4:30 p.m. at Brants': 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31
Fourth Year Tuesdays w/Sara, 4:40 p.m. at Dudley's:
1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29
** Please note the new start time for Sunday School. Sunday School will meet from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Shalom Bayit during January and February.
For more details about any TBT events, see our complete schedule of Services, School activites and Events online:
http://www.bethtikvahbend.org/calendar.
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January Events at TBT
Family Shabbat Jan. 11th
Tu B'Shevat Weekend with Rabbi Ettman
Jan. 25th-27th
On January 11, 2013, we will have our second Shabbat Family Celebration. Our first celebration in December was a wonderful success and we truly enjoyed singing, celebrating and sharing a Shabbat dinner together. Our Shabbat Family celebration is a short lively service followed by an indoor picnic and oneg. The whole program will take place in the Fellowship Hall. You bring dinner for your family, and we provide the Challah, wine, juice, and goodies. This is a great opportunity to schmooze with TBT families and friends and to enjoy Shabbat in an upbeat and creative way. Keep your eyes open for an evite with all the details.
Our upcoming Rabbi weekend, January 25-27th, 2013, is packed with opportunities for all ages to celebrate Shabbat, Havdallah, Tu B'Shevat and many more learning opportunities throughout the weekend.
We'll begin our weekend with a beautiful and moving Shabbat service at 6:30 p.m. highlighting the wonderful voices of Melissa Bagwell and our very own Audrey Ellen Cook. Please come welcome in Shabbat with the sounds of some of the most beautiful melodies familiar and new. Saturday morning, the 26th, will be filled with Torah study and a morning service with Rabbi Ettman in the Wesley Room. Saturday evening we will gather at Corrie and Shelley Grudin's home to celebrate and learn about Tu B'shevat, enjoy noshing, Havdallah blessings and we'll have the opportunity to bless Corrie and Shelley's new home. On Sunday morning, Jan. 27th, we will have Adult Education at the home of Beverly and Jeffrey Adler. The Rabbi will be helping us learn about creating sustainable programming for the future. |
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Greetings From Rabbi Ettman
 Dear Friends,
There is one thought that is running through my head as I sit here gazing out the window of my study watching the sun begin to set. That one thought is, "Wow, it has certainly been a year...". We have now turned our secular calendars over and begun again. We can now look out on the horizon line of hope that comes with the month of January and see all that we hope to accomplish this year. But this does not come without reflection of the past.
Three months ago, we joined together as a community and welcomed in the Jewish new year. I encouraged each of us to ask ourselves questions about who we are, where we want to be, and how we can be better. It has been three months, and while this New Year is our secular one, there is no better time for us to stop and reflect on how we are doing on our journey.
On the eve of the Jewish new year I shared some words with you entitled "What a difference a year makes." Those words run through my mind right now. For many of us, the start of 2013 will be a welcomed new beginning. For some of us there is just a beauty in the month of January. And for all of us, I can venture to bet, we can reflect and say "Wow, what a difference a year makes".
As you read these words, I encourage you to reflect, hope, and resolve to work on yourself. Each one of us can continue on a path towards being better - it is our eternal quest of life in this universe. May this year, the secular year 2013, help guide us along our path towards even greater hopes and dreams. This IS real and we are completely unprepared...
What a difference a year makes.
What a difference.
Each and every year we celebrate a newness that is dawning.
Each and every year we are allowed to begin again.
To return
To forgive
To make changes that we need to make
To reflect
And to hope that this coming year will be different.
Better
More fulfilling
And certainly, we hope, full of promise...
What a difference a year makes
As we head into this new year, 5773
We look towards the stars to see what beams on the horizon.
Because there are moments we want to move past and grow from.
May this year be for us like the Higgs Boson Particle discovery,
Where we are able to get a glimpse into how we came here
And forcing us to look for the questions to the answers we already have...
May this year be for us like the Mars Rover Curiosity
Reminding us to see our world in a new light
And realize that we are merely a part of something greater.
And that there is more if we are willing to have the courage to take that leap.
May this year be for us like the true legend of Neil Armstrong
A hero in every sense of the word who dared to boldly go where no person has ever gone before
And took generations along with him.
And continued to inspire anyone who either looked up at the stars
Or just merely took that first small step in their life.
Rosh Hashanah is here again...
Wow, what a difference a year makes....
We gather here ready for what comes dawning on the horizon.
We join together amazed at what happened,
Curious to understand how it can all be...
Anxious to mend our broken-ness...
And hopeful that time will bring good things.
May this year be one where we all reach for our stars...
See the world in a new way....
And simply dare to take that first small step...
...which may just be that giant leap that we needed to make.
This is real
And we are completely unprepared.
But this is our prayer.
And this is our new year...
So let's begin...
With Blessings of hope, happiness and holiness,
Sincerely always,
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 Rabbi Ettman is available via email. If you want to set up an appointment, please email him at: glennettman@gmail.com. His office hours are Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
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President's Message
From TBT President Mark Schindel
Dear TBT Members and Friends,
What a nice way to close out the year. Fun and joyous Hanukkah festivities, a new family-oriented "Shabbat Celebration" for our Friday night when our Rabbi is not here, a wonderful "Moo Shu with the Jews" gathering, and the selection of our new Rabbi Search Committee.
It was great to have Rabbi Ettman's visit coincide with the beginning of Hanukkah. Thanks to Lauren Olander and her "Maccababes" (Audrey Ellen Cook and Julie Geveshausen), our Erev Shabbat Service was very entertaining; including a "human" Menorah with the children. Also, we wish to thank Jo Ann Ray and Larry Barker for opening their home for a special Adult Education and Havdallah social the first night of Hanukkah. As always, the Rabbi's Adult Education. "Wonders of Wonder, Miracle of Miracles, What Judaism says about Miracles, and why they matter to us", was enlightening and very meaningful; attracting a sizeable gathering.
A couple weeks later, through the efforts of Suzanne Schlosberg and Lauren Olander, a new Erev Shabbat program was successfully introduced. This family-friendly "Shabbat Celebration" is modeled after our very popular summer Shabbat in the Park; only indoors. A short service, with a D'var Torah story, is followed by a bring-your-own or share dinner gathering. Stay tuned for more information on these upcoming Shabbat Celebrations.
Of course, what would Christmas be for us Jews without a Chinese dinner! Luckily, Suzanne was able to find the only Chinese restaurant in the area actually open on Christmas (the Hong Kong Restaurant), and organized a fun gathering. Hopefully, if word spreads, more Chinese restaurants will decide to stay open on Christmas, giving us more options.
Finally, after much planning and work, the Board selected and approved our new Rabbi Search Committee. With Co-chairs, Ann Rosenfield and Kathy Schindel, along with members Sara Charney Cohen, Justin Finestone, Mike Freundlich, and Lauren Olander, this Committee has a lot of experience, knowledge, and skills to do a great job in finding our next Rabbi. Also, they will benefit from the helpful guidance and insight of Rabbi Ettman. While we will need to have patience and support as they perform the many tasks necessary in a successful search process, we have full confidence in their efforts.
So, as we close 2012 and look forward to a New Year, it is appropriate to pause and realize how blessed we are to have our TBT community. The sad tragedy in Newtown only heightens the significance of what it means to come together as a community. As you think hopefully about a New Year and new possibilities, reflect on all the great friends and support that TBT provides, as well as all the wonderful things TBT does for the broader community. Without this special organization of Temple Beth Tikvah, and all the volunteered hard work and contributions from so many fine people, our community would not be as remarkable. For this new year, I hope that you continue to support and to help TBT fulfill its potential. I wish all of you a very Happy New Year, with good health, much love, and peace.
B'Shalom,
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Taizé Service Jan. 3rd.
You are invited to participate in an hour of prayerful non-denominational Taize music and silence at our monthly ecumenical Evensong Service, 7pm, Thursday, January 3, at St Francis Catholic Center (St. Clare Chapel), 2450 NE 27th St.,Bend. For more information call 383-4179.
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Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews in the Iberian World
Weekend in Quest, March 1st-3rd, Astoria, Oregon
 The Institute for Judaic Studies of Portland's "Weekend in Quest" is presenting a weekend with Matthew Warshawsky, a professor at University of Portland. He has studied and written extensively about "New Christians prosecuted by the Inquisition tribunals of
colonial Mexico and Peru during the 1600s for the heresy of secretly practicing Judaism. The term 'New Christian' describes Spanish and Portuguese Catholics whose Jewish ancestors were forcibly baptized."
Temple Beth Tikvah is one of the sponsors of this unique learning experience, which is offered Friday evening through Sunday noon, March 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2013. The event takes place at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites in Astoria, OR.
Every year, the Institute for Judaic Studies facilitates programs that link individuals together in learning and understanding our complex and challenging world. They provide a forum where intellectual people can learn from each other and from nationally and intellectually acclaimed scholars, contemporary artists and musicians.
Shabbat services Friday evening and Saturday morning will be led by Ilene Safyan who is an integral part of Portland's Jewish music community. She is the Music Coordinator at Congregation Havurah Shalom and serves as Cantorial Soloist at both Neveh Shalom and Havurah Shalom. She has received national acclaim for her award winning compositions and recordings of Jewish music.
The weekend includes the lectures, Shabbat services, a special program Saturday evening, five meals and a river-view room for $265/person based on double occupancy.
For more information and to register go to:
http://www.weekendinquest.org/index.htm
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TBT Board Notes
Next Board Meeting: Sunday, January 27th, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Wesley Room, FUMC
Your TBT Board meets monthly and everyone is invited to attend. Dates and times of Board meetings are on the TBT calendar at http://bethtikvahbend.org/calendar.
If you would like to read the minutes of previous board meetings, you can request a copy from Board Secretary Diane Dober: dobersbend@gmail.com.
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Religous Education Report
Kathy Schindel, chair
Happy New Year! Our Central Oregon Community Sunday school continues to flourish thanks to our dedicated teachers and all of our wonderful families. Our attendance has been terrific for our first four months and we anticipate that this will continue. Thank you for making it a priority in having your children attend Sunday school regularly. There were lots of Chanukah activities during our December sessions and on December 9, the entire school came together for Chanukah singing and a "Latke Fest"". Thank you again to all who made the delicious latkes and those that provided the applesauce. Our three Hebrew classes continue to meet weekly thanks to our wonderful teachers David Uri, Ronit Aliskevich, and Sara Charney Cohen. We are so grateful for all of their efforts. When Judy Shupack and I began our planning for a Community Sunday school last Spring, one of the issues we needed to address was our meeting time, since they had traditionally met in the mornings and we had our sessions in the afternoon. We spoke to all of the families to determine if there was a consensus and found, not surprisingly, there was none. We decided to compromise and have our sessions in the Fall meet from 10-12:30, and then in the winter months we would move our sessions to the afternoons from 4-6 pm. The issue has been raised again by many of our families. Some drive long distances and are uncomfortable ending so late in the winter months. Others expressed concern about the late ending time and trying to prepare for the school week ahead. Some families had already planned their winter activities based on our plans to meet from 4-6 pm. We again gave everyone an opportunity to be heard. The feedback was all given in a most respectful manner and everyone demonstrated their willingness to be flexible. As a result, on January 13, January 27, and February 10 Sunday school will be held from 3-5 pm. On February 24, because of the Purim Carnival, Sunday school will meet at 10 am followed by the carnival. Starting with our March 3 session and continuing through June 9, we will again meet from 10-12:30. Looking to next year and beyond, we plan to have Sunday school meet from 10-12:30 throughout the year. Thanks again to everyone for their thoughtful input. Mark your calendars on February 24 for the community Purim Carnival. We will need volunteers to help, so stay tuned for upcoming details! Best wishes for a very happy and healthy New Year. |
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February Newsletter Deadline: JANUARY 24th
This newsletter is emailed to both members and non-members each month. If you have something you want to include in the newsletter, please e-mail it to sarrava@gmail.com by the 24th of each month. As always, you will continue to receive "e-minders" before important events take place.
Shalom,
Sara Charney Cohen
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TBT Men's Night - Roller Derby
Saturday, Jan. 12th
The TBT monthly Men's Night is generally held on the third Tuesday of each month, but January will be an exception. The next TBT Men's Night will be Saturday, January 12th, 5:30 p.m. at Cascade Indoor Sports, located at 20775 High Desert Lane, Bend Oregon 97701
(541) 330-1183. Watch the Nerve Agents vs. 12 Gauge
Rage. Bout begins at 6:00 p.m. Tickets on
sale at door. Pub grub and drinks following derby, venue to be announced at the event.
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In Blessed Memory
It is with much sadness that we report the passing of Pam and Tom Hamilton's son, Timothy. Our prayers for peace and wholeness go out to their family.
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TBT Tributes
You may honor the lives and achievements of friends and relatives via a tribute with a donation to TBT. You can do this online or by sending a check and the name and address of the person being honored to TBT at P.O. Box 7472, Bend, OR, 97708.
Donations may be designated to a specific fund, including the Youth Education Fund, the High Holy Days Fund, the Music Fund, the Library Fund, or to the General Fund. Donations listed below were made to the Temple's general purpose fund unless otherwise specified.
Temple Beth Tikvah gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:
- From Lester & Diane Dober, to the Music Fund, in memory of Ida Livstone.
- From Lester Dober, to the Music Fund, wishing a speedy recover to Diane Dober.
- From Arlene & David Multz, to the Music Fund, wishing Diane Dober a speedy recovery.
- From Arlene & David Multz, to the Music Fund, in honor of Terry Reynold's birthday.
- From Arlene & David Multz, to the Music Fund, in honor of Lauren Olander's birthday.
- From David & Arlene Multz, in memory of Steven Schwartz.
- From David & Arlene Multz, in memory of Milton Brickman.
- From Liz & Paul Levinson, in memory of Mary Solomon.
- From Selma Nichols, to the Music Fund, in honor of Terry Reynolds.
- From Neil & Cheryl Schlackman, in memory of Addy Graham.
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About Temple Beth Tikvah
Temple Beth Tikvah is a growing Jewish congregation based in Bend, Oregon. We are affilliated with the Union for Reform Judaism and are excited to be the first Reform synagogue in Central Oregon.
Our members come from a range of Jewish backgrounds including Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Renewal. Temple Beth Tikvah welcomes interfaith families and Jews by choice.
We are committed to providing a Jewish education for our children as well as stimulating educational activities for adults. We value social action and strive to provide a Jewish cultural, social and religious experience in Central Oregon.
Temple Beth Tikvah is a warm and enthusiastic community that includes families, singles and "empty nesters." We are a mix of long-time Bend residents and newcomers from around the country who moved here to enjoy Central Oregon's beauty, active lifestyle and quality of life.
Please contact us at 541-388-8826 or info@bethtikvahbend.org for more information. |
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January 2013