Torah Study, 10:00 am Prayer and study are equally holy activities. All are invited to join in these highly participatory discussions. No experience necessary!
Services begin at 6:00 pm and our speaker will follow at approximately 7:15 pm. This month's presenter will be Andrew Geibel, Policy Cousel at HIAS.
Andrew Geibel joined HIAS last year as Policy Counsel specializing on asylum issues. He is the author of HIAS's "Roadmap to Recovery: A Path Forward after the Remain in Mexico Program" report, which details the steps needed to end the program that has forced tens of thousands of asylum seekers to stay in some of the most dangerous areas of Mexico.
Family Life & Learning: Havdalah Saturday, March 13, 7:00 pm
We will have havdalah at 7pm Saturday, March 13th. Bring your candles, beverage and spices and let's sing in a new week and say goodbye to another Shabbat. This event is geared for families with children but open to all!
Family Life & Learning: Making the Omer Count & TBH Family Programs Informational Session Sunday, March 14, 11:30 am
Making the Omer Count will be a two month program for children ages 4-12 to give everyone an opportunity to begin to come back together and introduce our new plan for youth education starting officially in 5782 (in September). This program will include a collection of Jewish values classes, havdalah and Shabbat meetings and holiday celebrations. Initially, events will be virtual, but events will gradually be more in person, assuming it is considered safe to do so. Join Rabbi Seth and Catherine Carmel for a meeting to discuss details of the new plan for the upcoming year youth programming AND the Making the Omer Count program.
NEW PROGRAM! Creative Circle Monday, March 15, 6:30 pm
When: 6:30. 3rd Monday and 1st Thursday of every month What: Come join us for conversation and if so inclined bringing a project of your choosing to work on during our time together. Where: zoom room Hosts: Leslie Goldstein, Melinda Holman, and Gail Pollock Contact Leslie for questions: lagoldstein@comcast.net | (360) 791-9759 Zoom Information: Join Meeting>> Meeting ID: 899 4179 7879 Passcode: 648112
Family Life & Learning: Matzah Making Exploration Sunday, March 14, 2:00 pm
Join Catherine and Leslie Goldstein for a pre-Passover matzah making exploration. We'll make some matzah and dive into questions like what makes matzah kosher for Passover. Registration is requested so we can send a list of supplies and prepare for our inquiring minds. Zoom Information: Register>>
Green Team Tuesday, March 16, 6:00 pm
Everyone is welcome. Contact tbh@bethhatfiloh.org with any questions. Zoom Information: Join Meeting>> Meeting ID: 839 4836 5160
Book Group Tuesday, March 16, 7:00 pm
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home - Nora Krug. Nora Krug was born decades after the fall of the Nazi regime, but the Second World War cast a long shadow over her childhood and youth in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. Yet she knew little about her own family’s involvement; though all four grandparents lived through the war, they never spoke of it. Zoom Information: Join Meeting>> Meeting ID: 830 5589 8223
COMING UP AT TBH
New Member Havdalah Saturday, March 20, 7:00 pm
Please join us in celebrating and welcoming our new members who have joined our Temple Beth Hatfiloh community since January 2020. Though the pandemic has shifted our operations, our TBH community has been growing over the last year! This event is open to all.
Community Seder@Home: Registration is OPEN! Sunday, March 28, 6:00 pm Passover is Coming! We know we said “Next Year in Person” at the end of last year’s Seder, but once again we will be hosting TBH’s Community Passover Seder virtually. This year we will have a full Seder meal provided by Nineveh, including a Seder foods add on and an invitation to become a Seder Plate Sponsor!
The meal and the Seder will have two separate registrations (see links below), so you can choose your level of participation. Meal pick-up will work similarly to the Salon@Home, occuring prior to the program in the TBH parking lot.
Counting the Omer: A Week by Week Immersion with Nomy Lamm Starts Monday, March 29, 5:00 pm
Join Kohenet Nomy Lamm for weekly songs, blessings, teachings and reflections throughout the Omer period, extending from Pesach to Shavuot. Immerse yourself in the resonance of each week’s sephirah on the kabbalistic tree of life as we prepare for the revelation of Shavuot, and reflect in community on the experience of cultivating the essences of the sephirot in our lives. Class is on Sundays from 5-6:30, except for the first week which will be on Monday so as not to conflict with seder.
Support the TBH Team for the Thurston Hunger Walk NOW through May 2
A Virtual Walk to equally benefit Thurston County Food Bank, Senior Services for South Sound and The Community Kitchen. 100% of the funds raised go to feeding people of all ages. Hungry neighbors get warm meals delivered to their homes, in encampments, at shelters, and other locations while others pickup food supplies at the main food bank or it's satellites. Help us keep hungry people healthy. All three agencies are serving more people than ever before. Donate to the TBH team here.
SAVE THE DATE: Blintzapalooza (trunk-ated), an Interfaith Works benefit Sunday, April 11, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
If you missed Blintzapalooza last year, you're not alone. This year we're coming back on a limited basis to have some fun and sell frozen Blintzes by the dozen in the parking lot. Because of the limitation on sales this year, the entire net proceeds will be going to support the work of Interfaith Works, and we will be soliciting extra donations for IW as well. PRE-ORDERS WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK!
Register now for Racial Justice Reading Group Starts April 11 & 12
This fall and winter we held three thoughtful and engaging programs on racial justice, and how we as a Jewish community can take on the work of anti-racism. Thank you to all who participated, and indicated their ideas for next steps in our survey.
In April, we will begin an anti-racism book group to read and discuss “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oulo. We hope to create safe and brave space to do a deep dive into the themes and topics of the book, to be challenged and to grow from the experience, and to lay the foundation for action.
In order to allow for the richest experience, the group will be structured like this:
The groups will meet weekly for one-hour a week for 18 weeks (one week of introduction and group agreements, and one week for each chapter of the book.)
Each group will be limited in size to 15 individuals in order to allow for the most participation. We invite you to commit to a group even if you can’t make every single gathering, but this will not be a “drop-in” group.
Two timeslots are available: Sunday from 4-5 p.m. or Monday from 7-8 p.m.
Each group will be facilitated.
Books will be available to borrow from TBH.
Please register and join in this work. If more than 15 people are interested in a time slot then we will expand to multiple “sections.” And if you are interested and unable to commit right now, there is the possibility that we can run the group again once the cycle is finished.
Contact Rabbi Seth with any questions. Thanks to Mari Nowitz, Paul Paroff and Heather Rudich for organizing this group for our community!
SECURING OUR FUTURE
We are 85% of the way to our minimum fundraising threshold! Thank you to those who have already pledge & contributed.
Edie Bean in memory of Ben Bean Michael Blum & Susan Rosen Linda Blustein & Fred Turkheimer Brian Boyd Judy Broderson Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky in honor of Raven Lidman Allyson Brooks Andree Brooks Mindy Chambers and Paul Peck Al and Tina Cohen in memory of Dr. Mitchel Lewis Cohen Mary deJesus Kathy Dreiblatt Beth Dubey Karen Farber Gary & Ruby Franklin Marilyn Gisser & Jeffrey Even Michelle & Andrew Gaines Cliff and Tikva Glantz Fred Goldberg & Carolyn Lakewold Leslie Goldstein Rabbi Seth Goldstein and Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg Sue Goldstein Joel Greene & Jean Mandeberg David & Felicia Hanig in memory of Billie & Irving Hanig Hilarie Hauptman Frank A. Herman in memory of Gerard Herman, Jane Herman & Ralf Herman Evan, Stacy, & Selah Hirsch Melinda Holman Susan Iverson Laura Hurtado-Webb Michele & Richard Jackman Katie Johnson Dr. Alan & Rebecca Kamen Mark Kaufman Michael Krasnokutsky Russell Lidman Phyllis Mandel in memory fo Art Goldberg & Shirley Albert Silas Schrader Bruce Silverman and Courtney Nevitt Charles and Norma Shelan Brad Smith Oscar and Barbara Soule Lisa Strange in honor of Rabbi Seth Goldstein Leonard Trabka VanSchoorl Consulting LLC in honor of Jennie Cohen Bacon
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Happy Birthday!
10 Shari Silverman 12 Marvin Max 14 Jill Dole 14 Jeremy Reyes 14 Kenneth Malapote 15 Lori Kishimoto 15 Bertram Trobman 16 Molly Littauer 16 Blake Dille 16 Kayla Iverson
Yahrtzeit Updates & Additions
Members are able to view, edit, and add Yahrtzeits on the member portal of the TBH website here. If you need assistance, please feel free to send any updates to tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
COMMUNITY EVENTS/RESOURCES: Note: These are not officially sponsored or endorsed by TBH, but they are listed as they have Jewish content and/or may be of interest to our community.
Sacred People, Sacred Earth Thursday, March 11, 12:00 pm
Join with Olympia UU’s and other faith groups around the globe in launching a Green Faith Initiative, “Sacred People, Sacred Earth”. During this virtual gathering, faith groups will make demands and take action for our collective social and environmental well-being. You can join us by Zoom with meeting ID: 899 8077 5923, and passcode: 258381.
Bob Dylan: Jewish Perspectives on His Repertoire Sunday, March 14
Themes of Prophecy & Redemption -- An All-Day Virtual Conference presented by the Oregon Jewish Culture Project. Read more here.
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