Shabbat Service, 7:30 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.
Tot Shabbat, 10:00 am NOTE THE NEW TIME! All tots (ages 0-6) and their grown-ups and families are invited to celebrate Shabbat together with song, story, movement and prayer, virtually!
Post-Election Gathering Wednesday, November 4, 7:00 pm
All are invited to gather tonight, Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. for a post-election gathering via zoom. While it is unclear what we will know by that time, it will be a time for sharing and connection for our Jewish community as we enter the next chapter in our country. Zoom information: Join Meeting>> Meeting ID: 871 1687 5830
Camp Solomon Schecter: Havdalah B'Yachad Saturday, November 7, 5:45 pm
This is the first of Camp Solomon Schechter's year-long initiative to bring the magic of camp into homes around the Northwest. Camp Solomon Schechter, in partnership with community partners (like us) around the PNW, will be hosting a series of virtual Havdalot on the first Saturday of each month. Each event will be hosted through Zoom video conferencing and will also be streamed on Schechter's Facebook page. So grab your candles and spices and get ready to celebrate Havdalah, sing some of our favorite camp songs, and connect with community members throughout the Northwest and beyond! This event is geared towards families with kids, but everyone is welcome to attend. Zoom information: Register for Meeting>>
Reconstructing Judaism: Jewish Wisdom about Human Dignity for this Moment Sunday, November 8, 2:00 pm
Join Reconstructionist Rabbis throughout the Pacific Northwest in a conversation about human dignity. Each rabbi will share a brief Jewish teaching to inspire our response to the challenges of this historical moment, followed by conversation. Participating rabbis include: David Basior (Kadima, Seattle, WA), Seth Goldstein (Beth Hatfiloh, Olympia, WA) Benjamin Barnett (Havurah Shalom, Portland, OR); Maggid Eli Herb (Temple Beth Sholom, Salem, OR), Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein (Temple Beth Israel, Eugene, OR) and Joshua Boettiger (Emek Shalom, Ashland, OR). Zoom information: Register for Meeting>>
Dinner Orders Due Next Tuesday! November Salon@Home Friday, November 13, 6:00 pm
Join us for our November Shabbat Salon@Home! This will feature Russ Lidman, TBH member and Professor Emeritus at Seattle University. He will be presenting on the 2020 Election Results.
The Dinner Menu is now available and open for pre-order ($18/person)!
Green salad with lemon tahini dressing
Root vegetable tagine with couscous
Torshi--variety of local pickled vegetables
Feta yogurt dip with fresh vegetables
Pomegranate panna cotta
Meal orders must be placed by Tuesday, November 10 at 5 pm. You do not need to order dinner to attend services or the talk. Join for all or part! Place your meal order>>
COMING UP AT TBH
PJ Library: Havdalah-la-la Saturday, November 14, 5:30 pm
This will feature the music of Kim Schneiderman, Josh Niehaus, Monika Schwartzman and Rabbi Tamar Malino of Spokane will join us to talk about the special place of havdalah in Jewish tradition. This event is geared towards families with kids, but everyone is welcome to attend. Zoom information: Register for Meeting>>
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.
prospective jewish convert at a zoom shabbat service By David Salazar
my first contact with judaism is through a dream, my dreamscape often confusing and unclear, a mess of colors and images that hold no meaning, but when my dreams tell me about conversion to a religion i barely know anything about, it feels like a sign, like i am joseph with his prophetic dreams, his visions while being shackled and imprisoned. my prison, of course, is nothing but christianity--- the loom of catholic school, the overbearing priests, the longwinded liturgy.
i research, i look it up, i learn things i never knew about the jewish people; it feels like coming home, like warm homemade bread, a kiss on the cheek, fresh water down my throat. i want to convert, to walk along this community, to learn and live like they do, all because of this dream. the closest synagogue is a thirty hour road trip away, and you have to go through argentina on the way. i cannot seem to find anything about it either, no hints toward its opinion on converts or goyim attending their services.
there is no chances for me to convert yet, so far away from any people part of the tribe i want to join; so i stay quiet, shrivel up, hide the desire like a shameful hope, turn it into a small ball and hide it in my attic. i do not share it. i stay quiet. i try to find joy in christianity, i try to go to church. it doesn't stick. it feels like pulling teeth.
it takes three years--- three long years--- until i am able to come to terms with jewishness once again the world is in chaos, a pandemic making services be far away, everyone disconnected and yet more in community than ever. and one of my friends, someone just like me, comes and tells me that hey, he can get me rabbi access. i can go to services, i can hear the songs, the prayers. i can hear the shofar and those words in hebrew i do not understand.
i sit in front of my laptop, and join a shabbat service for the first time-- it is nothing like mass, it is nothing like church, christian and bible and an uptight priest. no, it is so much better; it's like coming home. like a lightbulb going off, a piece of challah placed in my hand.
when the rabbi talks about lighting the shabbat candles, i do not have any in hand but a candle lights inside me, lighting up my soul and my heart.
AROUND THE CONGREGATION
Yahrzeits
Al Hodes Aleksandra Kompaniez David Soule Richard Shecter Harriet Rosen Ronald Jerome Brooks Minnie Levinson Milton Josephson Alice Kinberg Bernard Carr Esther Pollock Esther Schwartz Leroy Hittle Bernard Shelan Mary Parker Walter Benjamin Reichman Lois Arnold Gale Roslyn Cohen Raven Lidman Ann Baldwin Charlotte Grotsky Reichman Sylvia Ebner Tom Georges Rose Robinson Margolis
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Camp Solomon Schecter General Registration is Open!
Register today to secure your spot for summer 2021! Space is limited this year, so don't delay. At CSS, campers try new things, improve social skills, build self-confidence, make Jewish friends, become independent, and discover talents and abilities they never knew they had! Come and find your wild at Camp Solomon Schechter — where Judaism and joy are one!
Have more questions about camp? Or Just want to hang out with some of your camp friends on Zoom? Join us for a virtual camp info night!
1st-3rd grade families are invited to join us here at 5pm on December 1st!
4th-7th grade families are invited to join us here at 5pm on December 2nd!
8th-10th grade families are invited to join us here at 5pm on December 3rd!
Seeking Input: John Rogers Anti-Semitism Project
During his time as governor of Washington, John Rogers publicly spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and blamed the Jewish people for the world’s economic problems.
A group has formed to address the Rogers statue in Sylvester Park.
Should a plaque be added? Should the statue be taken down? Should the statue be relocated? What do you think?
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>>
