Salon@Home, 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 at 6:00 pm and our presenter will begin at 7:00 pm. Read more below.
Mussar, 10:00 am Please join us this Saturday for Mussar Torah Study. Richard and Michele Jackman, Mussar Institute facilitators will guide the group through the parashat of the week from a mussar point of view. This weeks torah portion is Re'eh--reflecting the practice on Kavod/Honor. Pick up a copy of The Mussar Torah Commentary at TBH on Friday evening from 4:30-5:30 PM in the TBH parking lot when you can also pick up your dinner for the Friday night Salon.
August Salon@Home: Daniel Farber Friday, August 14, 6:00 pm
Dinner pick-up instructions will be sent out tomorrow to those who have placed an order! While we can not be physically together, we can still share in food and conversation at the TBH Shabbat Salon.
Erev Shabbat services will be at 6:00 pm, after which we can eat together and hear from our featured presenter, Daniel Farber. Our speaker begins at 7:00 pm. Daniel will be presenting, "Kukutali: Creation of the Nation's first - and only - Co-Managed State Park and Indian Tribal Preserve."
When long-time TBH member Daniel Farber retired last year, he volunteered in Jerusalem for three months for Bimkom https://bimkom.org/eng/home-mobile/, an Israeli land use planning non-profit organization. Bimkom specialized in advocating for the planning rights of mostly disenfranchised groups in Israel, including Beduins, Palestinians, Druse and the poor.
Daniel did not initially see a relevant comparative example of land use planning and management in the United States between differing cultures and legal structures. Then he remembered a highly unusual - and for now successful - model between two very different governments. The recently established Kukutali Preserve in Skagit County is the nation's first and so far only co-managed State Park and Indian Tribal Preserve.
To his Israeli hosts, he proposed a case study example of how governments can work together. Bimkom found value in exploring the similarities and differences between its efforts in Israel and State Parks' and the Swinomish Tribe's efforts here in Washington.
In this month's salon, Daniel will make that same presentation to those virtually gathered in Olympia as he made to Bimkom in Israel. He will then open the floor for questions and comments.
How can radically different cultures and institutions work together for a common good? What are the pitfalls of interagency and intergovernmental work? What are the strategies that can overcome those difficulties? And what personal behaviors and values best advance public interests? And for TBH relevance, how do Jewish values play into these questions? Let's explore the opportunities and limitations of co-management as a way to get good work done.
One program that TBH will be participating in for the month of Elul is The Shofar Project from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. This will be a weekly gathering centered on themes of mindfulness, awakening and renewal. Read more at https://www.jewishspirituality.org/go-deeper/the-shofar-project/.
Traditionally Elul is a month of spiritual preparation for the work of reflection and repentance. We will have a series of live (on zoom) and pre-recorded teachings and workshops, ranging from prayer and song to cooking to crafts to spiritual discussion.
Check your inbox and weekly email for upcoming programming to celebrate the month of Elul in preparation for the High Holidays at TBH!
LIFE & LEGACY Havdalah Saturday, August 29, 7:00 pm
Legacy donors to TBH have chosen to sustain our Jewish community for generations to come! Join us as we honor our LIFE & LEGACY participants, celebrate TBH, and welcome in the High Holidays for a Zoom Havdalah and gathering
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.
Artwork by William Caslar
AROUND THE CONGREGATION
Yahrzeits
Annette Goldberg Ingeborg Asher-Pepper Shirley Goldberg Albert Jacob Bean James Davis Dorothy Bamberger Jerome Parker Mannie Paroff Victoria Cohen Ann Ostrer Edward Ferber Kenneth Heptner Sam Shapiro Lawrence J Bornstein Jay Goldstein Colleen A. Schumann Lum Max Esfeld
Happy Birthday!
17 Julianne Gale 17 Leslie Shore 18 Gary Schneider
FROM THE OFFICE
TBH COVID-19 Phase II & III Guidelines
Visit the TBH COVID-19 Webpage for other updates and resources. 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>>
