July 2015

Coming Events at Beit Haverim July 2015 Rabbi Alan Berg Cantorial Soloist Ann Brown Shabbat Services Fridays at 7:00 p.m. at Beit Haverim 1111 Country Club Rd. Lake Oswego, OR 97034

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 311 Lake Oswego OR 97034 Rabbi’s Hours: by appointment

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Shabbat Service led by Gabe HunterBernstein

7:00PM BH

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Shabbat Service led by Gabe Hunter7:00PM BH Bernstein and Ann Brown - Birthday Blessings!

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Shabbat Service led by Gabe HunterBernstein

7:00PM BH

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Ladies’ Night Home of Robin Kay

6:30PM

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Lay led Shabbat Service

7:00PM BH

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Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Berg

7:00PM BH

Phone: 503-568-1241 Email : office@beithav.org Website www.beithav.org

Coming in August: August 8 August 25 August 29

Pups in the Park First Hebrew Class Bar Mitzvah of Gabriel Horwitz

High Holy Days: September 5 September 13 September 14 September 18 September 22 September 23

Selichot Erev Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Shabbat Shuvah Kol Nidre Yom Kippur

Beit Haverim is an open, inviting, and spiritually alive Jewish community, located just outside of Portland, Oregon in Lake Oswego. We welcome everyone to our Reform congregation of Jews by birth, Jews by choice and Jews at heart.

Beit Haverim Inaugurates New Adult Jewish Studies Programs Prayerbook and Biblical Hebrew For Beginners A Course in Six Sessions Taught by Sami Oberlander Tuesday Evenings from 6:30PM to 8:00PM starting August 25 Most Jewish experiences, from worship to Bible Study to Shabbat and Holy Day observances, offer greater depth and religious wisdom with Hebrew reading skills and knowledge of the Hebrew language.

With this in mind, Beit Haverim is pleased to offer to our members and the larger community a six session beginners’ Hebrew course taught by our master Hebrew teacher, Sami Oberlander.

Many of us wondered if we could learn to read Hebrew. Sami has had a positive impact on a generation of students, adults and children. This is the course for you.

The six dates for the classes are August 25, September 1, 8, 29, and October 6 and 13. This period encompasses the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

The cost for the course for Beit Haverim members is $36 and nonmembers are requested to contribute $72. This includes all materials for the course.

If you would like to be added to the temple e-mail notification list for Jewish Studies updates, including new courses and programs, please send a request to our office.

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From Our President, Sue Greenspan It’s been a great year!

Here are just a few pictures from our events.

Good Deeds Day Simchat Torah

Trivia Night Fundraiser

Blood Drive

Passover

Song of Miriam Award Adult B’nai Mitzvah July, 2015

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Membership News Sign up for Religious School If you are planning for your child to attend Religious School this fall, please register as soon as possible. We've made it easy this year with a new, online form.

Click here to register, or you can call the office 503-568-1241 and speak to Allison if you have any questions.

New Member Special!

Joining Beit Haverim has never been easier. For a limited time, we are offering new members* a Chai Membership for the first year. Join by October 15th, and pay only $180 for your first year’s dues. Your introductory rate includes all benefits of membership, giving you a chance to experience all that Beit Haverim has to offer. Click here to sign up.

If our members know any families or individuals looking to connect with a Jewish community, please let them know about our Chai Membership. *Discount applies to new members only, not returning members. $180 dues special applies to the first fiscal year, which runs through June 30th, 2016. As with all memberships, dues do not cover tuition for Religious School.

Online Membership Renewal for 2015-2016!

Our new membership year begins on July 1st, and for the first time, we are offering membership renewal online! By now, you should have received an email with the link to the online renewal. The process is quick and easy, but if you have any questions, please contact Allison in the office at 503-568-1241 or office@beithav.org.

As a reminder, Beit Haverim’s membership year runs from July 1 through July 30, regardless of your join date. Please renew your membership by July 30th. If you choose to pay your dues with a credit card, your card will not be charged until the first week of July.

Click the link below, if you’d like to get started on your membership renewal today.

Renew online July, 2015

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July Events Shabbat Service Birthday Blessings Friday, July 10, 7:00PM All members who celebrate their birthday during the month of July are invited to come up to the bima to receive a birthday blessing. About a week before the service, you will receive a reminder email inviting you and your family members to attend this service. If you don’t receive a reminder, or if we don’t include a family member who’s celebrating a birthday that month, please email the office to add that person to our list.

Ladies’ Night Tuesday, July 21, 6:30PM In the lovely backyard of Robin Kay Address will be given when you RSVP to Robin Join the Ladies' Group as we have our annual picnic dinner. After the delicious potluck dinner of "picnic fare," sit around the fire and roast marshmallows for S'mores.

Catch up with Friends - old and new.

Discuss summer vacations.

Hope to see you there!

Community Events SHARE CONCERNS AND THOUGHTS WITH OTHERS COPING WITH LOSS...

Carole Price, LCSW, has more than 35 years of experience leading support groups.

Call Carole directly at 503.244.7201 to join the group.

Thursdays, July 9-August 13 10:00-11:30 am at the MJCC Cost: $8. Member Cost: $5 each session.

Pay at the Guest Services Desk.

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Mazel Tov Great Job Religious School!

In our June newsletter we told you about the Religious School donating their tzedakah to several charities/agencies..

We received thank you letters from all the agencies to whom we donated. We will be on the “Roll of Honor that the Federation publishes to honor all who donate. From the Robison Jewish Heath Center (Cedar Sinai), Many of the elders who live at Robison Jewish Health Center are grandparents and were so excited to hear that the religious school students at Beit Haverim care deeply about them. You have brought large smiles to the residents; they are grateful, appreciative, and thrilled.”

From Jewish Family and Child Services, “Your donation to JFCS creates a safety net for the individuals and families converting obstacles into opportunities, hopelessness into hopefulness, isolation into connection with family and community.”

From the Anti Defamation League “After 100 years, ADL continues its long tradition of combating ant-Semitism and all forms of hatred and intolerance. Your contribution is crucial to our mission of ensuring fair and just treatment for all.”

To recap, here’s what we donated:

Jewish Family and Child Services—$265.73 Jewish Federation of Portland—$132.86 Anti Defamation League$101.24 PJ Library-$82.25 Cedar Sinai Park—$50.63 For a total of $632.71. Thanks to our teachers and our parents for helping to instill the meaning of giving to our community.

Letters we received thanking us for the donation

Great job, everyone. Our tzedakah really does make a difference!

Keep up the giving!

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In The Beit Haverim Community Pet Loss Support Our member, Sharon Rose, is certified and offering pet loss support for other members of Beit Haverim at no cost. If you need some help, you can just call or email Sharon and she will be happy to talk with you as you go through your grief process. Email Sharon or call her at (503) 352-5045.

Beit Haverim Cookbook Order your copy of Bubbe and Zayde Cook. All recipes are from members of Beit Haverim. All tested by families and well loved. We are very excited with the results and can’t wait to try all the fabulous recipes.

These will make great gifts and wonderful addition to anyone’s cookbook collection. They are $15 each. Please use this link to place your order.

Beit Haverim Children’s Library At one of the Congregational Desserts, parents of young children asked about a Children's Library that could be accessed during services, for restless children, or on Sundays when older siblings are in class. What a great idea!

We are asking for "gently loved" Jewish book for children of preschool age through 4/5 grade. (Outgrown books from PJ library are a wonderful source).

Also, if you have a small bookcase that you are no longer using, please consider donating it to the library. One with wheels (or wheels could be added) would be most appreciated.

A box labeled "Beit Haverim Children Library" will be in the lobby to collect donations.

For more information, please contact Sue Greenspan.

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Tikkun Olam Tikkun Olam is working on one big project that will go on from now until the end of summer, and we need YOUR help. We are collecting school supplies that will be given to schools that do not have the means to provide all that the students need. We are hoping to gather the following: Scientific Calculators Spanish-English dictionaries: ISBN 0844279862 Spanish verbs books: ISBN 0764113577 Small paperback dictionaries Small paperback thesauruses Backpacks for middle/ high school students Backpacks for elementary school students Calculator- basic dual power with square root

But any and all school supplies are needed and wanted. Please enlist YOUR children to help find sales that can provide these other items: Fine tipped black Sharpies Dry Erase board markers Fine tip washable markers Pencil top erasers Crayons Colored fine-tipped felt pens White vinyl erasers Black ultra-fine tip Sharpies Pencil sharpeners Pencil box (5” – 9”) Paper/Notebooks College-ruled notebook paper Three-ring binders Binder dividers Spiral notebooks of graph paper: ¼” grid College-ruled spiral notebooks Mead composition books White copy paper Bright colored copy paper Pocket folders without clasps 7-pocket poly expandable letter file with tabs, flaps, and elastic closure Wide-ruled spiral notebooks Wide-ruled notebook paper Plastic two-pocket folder without clasps Mead primary composition book 3-subject spiral notebooks Pocket folders with clasps Composition books: wide-ruled Portfolio folder with pockets and clasps for attaching 3-hole punched paper Reinforcers (for punched holes) Index cards: 3” x 5”- lined Glue sticks Scissors Facial tissues Rulers

As you can see, the list is long, but the items are necessary. There is a bin at the Temple for you to place your items in during the long period from now until August, but you can start by bringing any backpacks that are in good condition to Sweet Repeat.

Thank you so much for your help.

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More from Tikkun Olam We have made a great start with our school supplies collection. For the month of July, let's focus on backpacks, calculators and pocket dictionaries and thesauruses. Of course, other needed school supplies are always welcome.

We are already planning our annual food drive to be held over the High Holidays. We'll let you know what the pressing needs are as time comes closer.

Tikkun Olam has begun working with LOUCC on an outstanding and timely program to be held in October. Given recent events in America, it seems more urgent than ever to become aware of African American issues. Please be alert to publicity that will start soon concerning this program to be held on Sunday, October 11th at Bet Haverim.

More information will be forthcoing.

Finally, our ongoing projects are well...ongoing! Knitters, please keep knitting those scarves and hats to be donated at Christmas time. And parents of young men, we still want to collect your boys' outgrown dress clothes for our Bar Mitzvah closet.

Tributes & Memorials In honor of 

Thank you to Barbara Gold for your donation in honor of the Confirmation Students

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Thank you to Barbara Gold for your donation in honor of the bar mitzvah of Zack Friedman

Donations At Beit Haverim we are often asked the question, “How much does the Rabbi (Temple) charge for officiating at a life cycle event (baby naming, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, wedding, or funeral)? The answer is, “The Rabbi charges nothing.” The Rabbi officiating at these events is just one of the many privileges of membership at Beit Haverim. However, it is a tradition to make a donation to one of the many funds we have established at Beit Haverim in honor of your event.

A congregation does not survive on dues alone. It is through your generous donations that many of our programs are able to function.

The next time you are called to the Bima to say an Aliyah, dress the Torah, carry the Torah through the congregation, remember it is an honor. Do a Mitzvah and make a donation to the fund of your choice.

Click here to make your online donation! Thank you!

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News and Notables Mazel Tov to Adam diVergilio, husband of Tamara diVergilio and dad of Tessa and Aliya, for placing second overall in the recent Newport (Ore.) Marathon with a time of 2:42:30.

He also won first place in the master's division (40+). The marathon was held on May 30 and 727 people finished the race. He plans to run the Boston Marathon in April 2016.

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In the Beit Haverim Community Yarzheits

Birthdays Judith Kleinstein

July 1

Gail Greenman

July 4

Leslie Peltz

July 4

Tyler Markgraff

July 5

Erin David

July 6

Cary Goldberg

July 6

Benjamin McMullen

July 6

Suzanne Greenspan

July 9

Ritu Sahni

July 9

Dena Gutterman

July 10

Evan Kalik

July 10

Aliya DiVergilio

July 11

Karin Stolz

July 11

La Verne Kludsikofsky

July 12

Flannery Spinhirne

July 14

Noah Willis

July 14

Robin Rabiroff

July 16

Jo-Ann Moss

July 24

Aaron Cohen

July 25

Paul Diller

July 26

Michael Sherman

July 27

Stephen Beyer

July 29

Kim Goldman

July 30

Gertrude Lepler

July 1

Mother of Nancy Lepler Fortunato Alcott

July 2

David & Nancy Levine Walter Max Libmann

July 2

Alex Libmann & Wenyi Jia Lester Merr

July 3

Grandfather of Matthew & Cary Goldberg James Andrews

July 4

Husband of Laurie Sonnenfeld Helen Weintraub

July 4

Grandmother of Gail & Joe Greenman Mary Schuster

July 7

Mother of Sharon Rose Malvina Beyer

July 15

Jeffrey & Michele Beyer Leon Deasis

July 15

Father of Lester DeAsis Sima Wexler

July 16

Mother of Deborah Wexler Virginia Bergman

July 17

Simon Reissmann & Lauryn Marks Martha Wotman

July 19

Grandmother of Roberta DeAsis Betty Moss

July 21

Mother of John Moss Mary Waller

July 22

Mother of Cathy Newman

Anniversaries Richard & Elizabeth Wolff

July 3

Mark & Cathy Newman

July 17

Allan & Elizabeth Kalik

July 19

Rita & Steve Sherman

July 21

Alan &2015 Elizabeth Cohen August,

July 25

Phillip Bergman

July 25

Simon Reissmann & Lauryn Marks Rose Benmayor

July 28

Sister of Esther Schwartz Jonas Miller

July 30

Father of Eve Miller

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