The main entrance doors unfortunately continue to be unavailable, with expected access restoration pushed out to mid-July.
We will be using the back alley door as our primary entrance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | 9 Tamuz 5783
Reminder: Rabbi Seth will be out of the office June 18 - July 17 Please direct any inquiries to Kayla at (360) 754-8519 or tbh@bethhatfiloh.org
SHABBAT SHALOM!
Erev Shabbat Friday, June 30 Erev Shabbat, 7:00 pm Hybrid Please join us to light candles and celebrate Shabbat in community in person and on Zoom. The service will be lay-led by Anaya Balter and Craig Wallace
Emailed invitations to renew your membership were sent out mid June. This is intended to be a quick and easy process on your online account. If you have any difficulties with accessing your ShulCloud account or filling out your form, please email Kayla in the office. She can record your pledge over the phone, via email, or send a PDF. The online renewal form can be found here>>
Senior Schmooze CANCELLED DUE TO THE HOLIDAY
There will be no Senior Schmooze for the month of July. See you in August!
COMING UP AT TBH
Learn Yiddish with Yeshiva Beis Hagolus Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings in July & August In Person
Have you always wanted to learn Yiddish? Now is your chance! TBH and Yeshiva Beis Hagolus are partnering to offer this 18 session course, which starts July 16th. Learn to read, speak and write, through song and poem; an invaluable history. Tuition is $450 ($25 per class), with scholarships available. Register here>>
TBH Summer Fest Sunday, July 23, 12:00 - 4:00 pm In Person
We are having a fun-Fest. Lot's of FUN with some fund raising.
Food:
Hot dogs, sides, and snow cones for purchase
FREE Birthday cake, ice tea and lemonade
Entertainment:
Anjali Silva's Brazillian Jazz
TBH Choir & Song Leaders
Sticks & Bones Marching Band
Erev Rav Klezmer
Folk Dancing with Dahna Berkson
Children's Activities
Bouncy House
Giant Jenga
Face Painting
Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles
Rock Painting for the new courtyard
Corn Hole
A little fund raising:
Gift Baskets for raffle: baskets for kids, adults and connoisseurs
Dunk the Rabbi for his Birthday
Cemetery Rates Increase August 1
As of August 1, 2023, the price of plots in the TBH cemetery will increase. If you would like to find out more information or purchase a plot before prices escalate, please contact the office to be in touch with the Cemetery Committee.
Take TBH Out to the Ball Game! Sunday, August 13, 1:35 pm Ticket Purchase Deadline: July 15th!
Join TBH for a summer afternoon of minor league baseball in an outing to see the Tacoma Rainiers take on the Oklahoma City Dodgers on Sunday, August 13 at 1:35 p.m.! And after the game, we will have a special opportunity to meet with Rainiers pitcher Rob Kaminsky, who joined the Mariners organization in 2022. A Jewish ball player originally from New Jersey, Kaminsky also played for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Tickets are $15.45 each and include a seat and concessions. Ticket purchase deadline is July 15th!
The game is at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma. For more information, directions and parking information, visit https://www.milb.com/tacoma/ballpark/cheney-stadium Please note, TBH will not be providing transportation to and from the game, though we could possibly arrange carpooling once we know who is in our group. Thanks to Oscar Soule for making arrangements for the group tickets and the visit with Rob Kaminsky!
Read the June Newsletter from the Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice NW.
AROUND THE CONGREGATION
Yahrzeits
Anthony Felix Kurzyna Irene Vincent Abraham Bean Doris Gottfeld Stessi Boyd Arnold Lieber Lorraine Shimon Carol Brown Caryl Cooper Ferenc Breuer Bernice Kazel Alfasso Elta Steele Israel Rosenfeld Sarah Robinson Fanya Stoler Lois Strasberg Isadore Julius Bean Steven Gallant Irving Putzer Donald Blanke Albert S. Roller Juanita Warren Gabino Hurtado Sophie Koprowski Miley Juanita Warren Hillard Goldstein Evelyn Kaplan Jolton Harry Crystal
Happy Birthday!
28 Nathan Iverson 28 Sophie Alig 28 Joshua Brown 30 Nicolas Garcia
1 Albert Cohen 1 Helene Paroff 2 Charles Ridout 3 Ellen Wolfhagen
Yahrtzeit Updates & Additions
Members are able to view, edit, and add Yahrtzeits on the member portal of the TBH website here (requires log in). 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.
Reconstructing Judaism: What's Happening in Israel Now Sunday, July 23, 10:00 am
The Joint Israel Commission of Reconstructing Judaism is offering an important online opportunity for people across our movement to hear from Rabbi Amy Klein, a Reconstructionist Rabbi who has lived and worked in Israel for many years. A former chair of Rabbis for Human Rights in Israel, Rabbi Klein is the co-coordinator of the Upper Galilee/Golan/Kinneret region for the ongoing protest movement in defense of Israeli democracy. To register for this event, visit https://tinyurl.com/23xhm8zh.
Faith Explorations Summer Camp July 24-28
Interfaith Works is delighted to announce that we will be holding another Faith Explorations Summer Camp this July 24-28, 2023! This FREE summer camp is an annual offering for kids, grades 2-6, that features daily excursions to local parks and interfaith programming from volunteers from the Interfaith Works member network.
The camp will be hosted at Temple Beth Hatfiloh, and will be organized and supervised by Catherine Carmel. You can find more information and links to registration forms on the events page of our website, https://www.interfaith-works.org/events.html.
Priority registration deadline is July 20, 2023.
Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501
Growing Shabbat! at TBH Friday, Sep 12th 6:00p to 8:30p Everyone is welcome to join us for family friendly dinner and a service.
Registration is free but required for planning.
Please put any dietary requirements in the notes when registering.
