Please note that the correct time for this week's Shabbat service is 7:30 pm.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | 28 Nisan 5780
SHABBAT SHALOM! Virtual Shabbat Service Friday, April 24, 7:30 pm Save to my calendar Our Erev Shabbat service in the comfort of your own home! Grab your computer and candles, and we'll join together for music and candle-lighting in virtual community. Services will be hosted on Facebook Live and Zoom.
Talmud via Zoom, 9:30 am Save to my calendar The Talmud is an ancient compendium of Jewish law and lore, and provides the basis upon which biblical interpretation and contemporary Jewish practice rests. Hardly a monolithic document, the Talmud contains investigation and argumentation on all the facets of life. No background required!
Register for Zoom discussion by contacting: barakgale@gmail.com. Link will be provided
Healing and Havdalah: A Space for Communal Check-In Starts Saturday, April 25, 7:00-8:00 pm Save to my calendar
Having moved past Passover, we are now in the time of the Omer, when we count the days between Passover, the festival of Freedom, and Shavuot, the Festival of Torah, symbolizing how our liberation is only secure when we can create a society to preserve it. This year, we are doing another type of counting, as we count the days we have been quarantined and staying at home.
During this time of the virus, we have many emotions. Let’s create a space during the Omer to come together for a little study, song, and sharing to support one another during these times. For one hour on Saturday evenings you are invited to gather on zoom for some reflection and sharing. We will begin with a little teaching from Rabbi Seth, have some time for reflection and sharing, and end with Havdalah.
Join Mo on Sunday the 26th at 1pm for a teen social hour. Come with life updates, questions for the groups, book recommendations, or anything else you want to share. This group will be meeting every other week on Zoom, sometimes with structured activities, and sometimes just to hang.
"Unorthodox”—A discussion with writer Daniel Hendler Tuesday, April 28, 12:00 pm Save to my calendar
Please note that the information listed in the last email regarding this event was incorrect. The correct date is Tuesday, April 28. “Unorthodox” on Netflix tells the story of Esty, a member of the Satmar Hasidic sect who flees her life in Brooklyn to start over in Berlin. The compelling four-part series, with dialogue mostly in Yiddish, is based on a memoir by Deborah Feldman. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVhRId0BTw&feature=youtu.be.
We are delighted that we will be able to host a discussion about the show with writer Daniel Hendler, who grew up at TBH and is now living in Berlin. Daniel will join us via zoom for a lunchtime discussion on Tuesday, April 28 at 12 noon.
Daniel Hendler is an American writer based in Vienna & Berlin and grew up in Olympia. Recently he served as a writer/story editor on UNORTHODOX for Netflix, and as an episode writer for MAPA, a German-language “sadcom” on Joyn.
Daniel graduated from the 2017-18 season of Serial Eyes, the European showrunner training program.Since then, Daniel has developed films & series in the US, UK, Germany, France and Austria. Before moving to Europe, he ran feature film development at Benaroya Pictures in Los Angeles, producing THE ROMANTICS and the Academy Award-nominee MARGIN CALL. He also developed CATCH .44 and LAWLESS.
Current projects in development include a new series co-written with “Unorthodox” showrunner Anna Winger; an episodic drama for Endorphine Productions; and a historical feature for Kopernikus Films.
Daniel works in English, Spanish and German, and enjoys working in different markets across the world. When not writing his own bio, he rarely refers to himself in the third person.
If you have not seen it already, you are invited to watch “Unorthodox” on your own on Netflix. (An account is required, though you can sign up for a free trial at www.netflix.com. The series is about four hours total.) Then, join in the discussion! Bring your questions!
Mussar Learning with Alan Morinis Sunday, May 17, 1:00 pm
Dr. Alan Morinis, Founder of The Mussar Institute, is widely considered to be the leading figure in the contemporary revival of the Mussar movement, a 1,100-year-old authentic Jewish personal and communal spiritual tradition that was nearly lost following the Holocaust. A filmmaker, Rhodes Scholar, and anthropologist whose focus had been Hindu religious pilgrimages, he began to explore Mussar following a personal crisis in 1997.
Alan sought private instruction under Rabbi Yechiel Perr, an accomplished master who stood in an unbroken line of transmission of the Mussar tradition. Following years of study, he reinterpreted the ancient Mussar learnings and practices for modern audiences in Climbing Jacob’s Ladder and Everyday Holiness. To address the growing public interest in Mussar, he founded The Mussar Institute in 2004. He went on to author two more books, Every Day, Holy Day, and With Heart in Mind.
The TBH Shabbat morning Mussar group has been studying “With Heart in Mind” for the past four years, and we are delighted to welcome Alan to TBH via Zoom to engage in Mussar study with us. Sunday, May 17 at 1:00 p.m. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcemoqzIvE9eDiJH6F64w2X wxdWkezLOO
With many thanks to Michele and Richard Jackman for making this connection.
CHRONICLING OUR SHARED EXPERIENCE
Call For Submissions!
This section of the weekly is dedicated to sharing member creativity and experiences during this time of separation! If you have a recipe, piece of art, poem, short story, photo, etc. that you would like to share, send it to tbh@bethhatfiloh.org. If we receive enough submissions, we hope to compile them after this crisis has passed.
The Virus
How can this thing, so beautiful, Become so deadly to us all? It sweeps across our planet’s face While drowning nations large and small.
Unseen, unheard, it comes for us; We fear the smell of coming Death. That sickly odor lies within - We carry it with every breath.
We give this enemy a name, Though Covid-19 hears no plea. No border can contain this foe; It takes us all most greedily.
“I come and stand at every door” A poet wrote long years ago.* It was atomic war back then. Its aftermath? The atom’s glow.
All humankind has come to ask If Science and Technology Will come to rescue us at last? This pair can save us – hopefully.
The leaders of the world will meet. As most of them will have no clue, They all agree to disagree - Yet Plague still comes to claim its due! Bob Godwin – Passover, April 9, 2020
*Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963). Turkish national poet. Hikmet’s poem was written shortly after he learned about the results of the bombing of Hiroshima with the first nuclear bomb on August 6, 1945. Pete Seeger set the translation to music and recorded it on the Folkways label in 1961.
RESOURCES
TBH COVID-19 Webpage
Please check out our webpage dedicated to COVID-19 updates and additional resources here.
TBH Office Closure
The physical office is closed, though staff members are still working remotely. For assistance, please email tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
Providing Communal Support
The following support services have been offered by our wonderfully generous TBH members: home delivery, grocery shopping, prescription pick-up, email and phone chats, safe-distance walking companion, navigating healthcare, tech support, end of life consultation, mental health support, and more! To take advantage of these support services, email Kayla at tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
AROUND THE CONGREGATION
Yahrzeits
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Limmud Seattle: eFest NW Sunday, April 26, 1:00 pm
Our schedule is live. Join us! This Sunday, we'll come together in community for an online festival of Jewish learning. Our schedule is now live; check out the full lineup of presenters to learn with! . Presenters from the Pacific Northwest and beyond will bring their passion, expertise, and insights to our community of learners. Presenters include: Alicia Jo Rabins, Samuel Klein, Naomi Newman, Daniel Friedmann, and Yochai Maital! We welcome all to participate; Pay-What-You-Choose pricing is available when you register. Register here.
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle: A Week of Advocacy and Learning Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1
COVID-19 impacts everyone. Daily, we each confront struggles large and small. But the pandemic is not affecting us equally. Vulnerable immigrant and refugee families are some of the hardest-hit -- facing unimaginable challenges. Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, experts, and partners from April 27th-May 1st for a week of learning and action guided by Jewish history and values as to how, together, we can best support and advocate for immigrants and refugees in the time of COVID-19. Look for forthcoming information on the Federation website.
Monday - What binds us together and compels us to act? Jewish History and Values -- Rabbi Seth Goldstein, Temple Beth Hatfiloh Tuesday - What are the challenges facing immigrants across the country? What can Congress do? -- Tammy Gilden, Senior Policy Associate, Jewish Council for Public Affairs Wednesday - Washington State - What are the struggles of immigrant and refugee families here, and how can we effectively advocate at home? Jorge Baron, Executive Director, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Thursday - Meeting the critical, human need -- how can we directly support immigrants and refugees in our community? Cordelia Revells, Director, Immigrant and Refugee Services, Jewish Family Service Friday - Come together with your Jewish community, get involved, step up, and take action. Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice NW, speaker to be announced
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