We also invite you to join us for a Break-the-Fast dinner at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23rd following the concluding Yom Kippur services.  Cost for the dinner is $18 per adult TBT member, $9 for children members 5-12 years, and children under 5 years are free.  The charge for families with more than one child under age 12 is a maximum of $54.  The charge for non-member guests is $20 per adult and $10 for children 5-12 years. **Reservations for the Break-the-Fast must be received by Monday, September 7th.

Yizkor Memorial Booklet

We are in the process of putting together our Yizkor Memorial booklet for Yom Kippur.  If you would like the name or names of departed loved ones included in the booklet, please include that information in the appropriate section of your online reservation form. The cost is $36 for as many names as you wish. Names for the booklet must be received by Monday,September 7th. For questions about the Yizkor booklet, please contact Kathy Schindel at schindelke@aol.com .

For Break-the-Fast on Sept. 23rd, please email Liz Levinson at plevinson856@aol.com.

 

Set-up Help: Liz and Beverly need help setting up the room for the Break-the-Fast supper on Wednesday, Sept. 23nd. Please respond to Liz at plevinson856@aol.com if you can assist us during or after the morning service. Beverly will be setting up in the morning after 10:00. We do not have access until after the Backdoor Café that day! We also need help with clean-up for both events.

 

The full moon wanes. Once it's fully gone and the first silvery sliver of the new moon appears, Rosh Hashanah will bring us together to greet another year in the Jewish calendar.

 

If we allow the season of repentance to move us, we examine the ups and downs of the past year and imagine what might be in the new year.

 

We begin with our general state of happiness. Usually we turn to our relationships and networks of support and camaraderie. We recalculate our work pleasure ratios. We remember unpleasant moments and renew our efforts to correct mistakes.

 

Paying attention to our relationships and how we spend our time are beginner levels of Jewish repentance practices. Repentance, teshuvah in Hebrew, can go deeper. Beyond recalibrating our lives in relationship to our values, we can proactively identify and manifest our values in our living.

 

Synagogue is the place we can explore values, our own and many more articulated in the wisdom literature of our people. As Jews, and family and friends of Jews, we share narratives and cultural experiences. We get each other.

 

Shared stories, rituals, and ethics give us a springboard from which we can consider how to create and sustain purpose and meaning in our doings. Temple Beth Tikvah can be more than the places in which we hold services and learn and socialize. Temple Beth Tikvah can be a social-spiritual home. A safe place for sharing life's celebratory moments and tragedies and asking questions.

 

In this day and age we sometimes wonder what does the synagogue mean to us? How do we pass our love of Judaism to the next generation? Of course some folks will never be interested in what we do. But among us who are already here, the question of the season ought to be:

 

 

I believe we want to mark the seasons of the year and infuse meaning in them. Shabbat and holiday celebrations. I believe we want to mark the milestones along the journey of life and even if only ceremonially connect ourselves to those who came before us. I believe we want to explore Torah and Jewish literature for meaning and wisdom that is relevant to the challenges we face individually and as human beings in general.

 

This Jewish year, my vision for Temple Beth Tikvah is to grow... to grow more deeply connected in our relationships with one another. I'd like to see us hang out with one another more often, engage in the kinds of conversation that expand our thinking and capacity to understand one another. I'd like to go to the mountain in a couple months and see a bunch of TBT folks share lunch or libation after a good ski or snowshoe. I'd like to see a youth group generate momentum - Jewishly nurturing our teens to develop volunteerism and leadership skills while having fun. I want to watch more films together and talk about them. I want to learn more about members I think I know.

 

 

Shanah Tovah!

 

 

Seventeen dozen eggs were cooked, along with 14 pounds of ham, and served up by the Back Door Café kitchen crew to more than 100 hungry folks.

 

Many thanks to George & Linda Brant, Jeff Adler, Phyllis & Jerry Greenbach, Joe Jezukewicz, Michael Rosenfield, Kathy & Lauren Schindel, and Burt Litman.

 

Our next breakfast is September 30th at 7:30 a.m. Email Jeanne Freeman at jfreeman@bendbroadband.com if you'd like to help out.

 

Next Bethlehem Inn Dinner is scheduled on Thursday, September 17th when the TBT Men's Group serves up BBQ to the residents. If you'd like to participate with the group contact Fred Rafilson, Lawrence Schechter, or Ralph Uri.

WIN BIG $$$

Details coming soon, but mark it on your calendars now!

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 Sara: sarrava@gmail.com by the 24th of each month for the following month's publication.  As always, you will continue to receive "e-minders" before important events take place.

Shalom,

Sara Charney Cohen

The TBT monthly Men's Night will usually be on the third Wednesday of each month during 2015.  However, in September, the TBT Men's Night will be Thursday, Sept. 17th. We will begin by cooking and serving dinner at the Bethlehem Inn at 5:30 p.m.  After Bethlehem Inn, we will head over to Wubba's BBQ Shack, located at 63055 Layton Ave, (just north of Empire Ave.,) Bend, OR, 541-213-2121.  All men of TBT are invited. For more info, contact Lawrence, Ralph, or Fred.

 

Last month, Temple Beth Tikvah sponsored an informational evening at St. Charles Hospital which focused on hereditary cancer risks and featured a number of very informative guest speakers. Mark Hershenson recorded the event, and video of the event is now available to view online: https://vimeo.com/137789527

 

Itinerary Highlights:

8 days starting in Miami, includes 1 night Miami, 2 nights Cienfuegos,4 nights Havana. For more details call or email Diane Dober 541-550-7020 dobersbend@gmail.com.