Shabbat Service, 6:00 pm Our Shabbat service in the comfort of your own home! Grab your computer and candles, and we'll join together in virtual community. Services will be hosted on Facebook Live and Zoom.
Bat Mitzvah of Simone Meade Saturday, July 11, 10:00 am
Simone Meade has recently completed 7th grade at Jefferson Middle School. Born and raised in New Hampshire, she grew up swimming in lakes and hiking in the woods. She moved west with her parents in Fall 2017, and has embraced the charms of life in Olympia. She loves to play piano, guitar, and percussion, and has acted in two plays with Olympia Family Theater. Other interests include art, badminton, board games, and watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
A seasoned international traveler, Simone has been to Cuba, Mexico, Canada, England, Iceland, and Israel. It was the trip to Israel that spurred her interest in Hebrew and led to her wish to become a bat mitzvah. She thanks Rabbi Seth and Nomy Lamm for their guidance during this past year. Although it is unfortunate that her ceremony will have to be virtual, one benefit is that family and friends from all over the U.S. and the world -- including England, Canada, and Israel -- will be able to attend via Zoom.
July Salon@Home: Dinner Orders Due! Friday, July 17, 6:00 pm
Dinner orders are due by Tuesday July 14 at 5:00 pm. Join us for our July Shabbat Salon@Home! This will feature guest speaker Marc Brenman. He will be presenting on “Neo-Nazis and Extreme Rightwing Groups in the US.”
While we can not be physically together, we can still share in food and conversation at the TBH Shabbat Salon. Dinner provided by Nineveh is available for pre-order, and you can pick it up at TBH on Friday afternoon. Erev Shabbat services will be at 6:00 pm, after which we can eat together and hear from our featured presenters. Speaker begins at 7:00 pm. You do not need to purchase a meal to attend, please join for all or part. Consider being a “Salon Sponsor” for $100. Includes 2 meals, challah, and bottle of wine.
Note: - Meals will be vegetarian and come complete and pre-packaged - While the meal is still subsidized, because of some increased costs, we will need to apply a “pandemic surcharge” to the cost of the meals, each will be $18. - Meals will be available for pick up. For inquiries about delivery availability, please contact the office at tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
Stop, Pop, & Go: July Collection Friday, July 17, 4:30-5:30 pm
Thanks to everyone who made the strawberry and grape jelly and jam drive for the Thurston County Food Bank a tremendous success. Look for the amazing results in the July Short Schrift!
There will be another TBH Salon on Friday night July 17, and we will once again be collecting items for the Thurston County Food Bank, this time: cans and jars of Peanut Butter, Mayonnaise, Refried Beans, and plastic bags. Plastic bags can be sandwich size, gallon size with a zip lock, and larger size plastic bags. Drop them at TBH on July 17th between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. In addition, we will also be collecting donations of other food items and hygiene items such as toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, etc. for the Food Bank since we cannot drop them off inside TBH in the bins during the virus lockdown. As an alternative, you can also contact Elie Halpern at 360-357-8160 or ehalpern7379@gmail.com, and we will pick up any of those additional items that you wish to donate if you won’t be able to drop them off on the 17th.
For those that would like to make a financial contribution to the Summer Lunch Program at Thurston County Food Bank, you can do so by mailing a check to the Thurston County Food Bank, putting in the memo line that it is for the Summer Lunch Program, or you can go online at https://thurstoncountyfoodbank.org/, also indicating that it is for the Summer Lunch Program.
Nuclear Weapons: What's Happening? What Can We Do? Sunday, July 19, 6:30 pm
The Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons invites you to learn about very significant new dangers – and also ways that we can protect humanity from those worsening dangers. After the Cold War ended 30 years ago, some things got better, but in the past few years Trump and Congress have seriously escalated the dangers of nuclear war. Three members of the Olympia Coalition Against Nuclear Weapons will give a Zoom presentation on the threats posed by of nuclear weapons nowadays – and information on how people can organize at the grassroots level and urge Congress to prevent nuclear war. For information contact Glen Anderson, (360) 491-9093 or glenanderson@integra.net.This event is co-sponsored by TBH.
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.
Painting by William Caslar
AROUND THE CONGREGATION
Yahrzeits
Albert S. Roller Juanita Warren Gabino Hurtado Isadore Julius Bean Irving Putzer Donald Blanke Steven Gallant Sophie Koprowski Miley Sidney Jackman Nelson David Evelyn Kaplan Jolton Hillard Goldstein Nelson David Marjorie Stevenson Harry Crystal Samuel Packer Sherry Cutler Gaines Rachel Mollie Bean Morton Feigelman Robert Urstadt Fannie Goldberg Harold Berebitsky Ida Goldstein Marilyn Orman Shaina Rachel Godwin
Happy Birthday!
9 Selah Hirsch 9 Aaron Wolfman 10 Aspen Breuer 10 Akiva Erezim 10 Sheri Gerson 12 Edie Bean 13 Robert Perretz-Rosales 13 Simone Meade 13 Leo Blakeslee 14 William Winokur-Royer
RESOURCES
TBH COVID-19 Phase II & III Guidelines
The TBH Board has set for Guidelines for Phase II & III to promote the health and safety of our community. Read the full document here>>
TBH COVID-19 Webpage
Please check out our webpage dedicated to COVID-19 updates and additional resources here.
Reconstructionist Movement: Standing Up for Racial Justice and Against Racial Violence
Read the statement from the Reconstructionist Movement here.
FROM THE OFFICE
Membership Renewals Due
Membership renewals are due for the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year! Personalized forms are available on the TBH website, click the link below. If you are having difficulty with the online form, or would like a PDF emailed or mailed to you, please email Kayla at tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
Interested in becoming a new member? Visit our membership page and fill out an application!
TBH Keycard Changes
The installation of TBH’s new security system, including updated video surveillance and keycard access, is underway! With this transition, please be aware that all existing building keycards are no longer valid. Once the installation of the new system is complete, we will be able to issue new keycards as well as authorize access through an app-based system as needed.
TBH Building Closure
The physical office is closed, though staff members are still working remotely. For assistance, please email tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
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