November 2014

Coming Events at Beit Haverim November 2014 2

Religious School Board of Trustees Meeting Hebrew School

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Confirmation Class

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New Member Dinner Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Berg and Ann Brown—Birthday Blessings and Board Installation!

6:00PM 7:00PM

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Shabbat Morning Service led by Rabbi Berg

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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 311 Lake Oswego OR 97034

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Religious School Hebrew School

2:30PM 4:30PM

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Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class

7:00PM

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Rabbi’s Hours: by appointment

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Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Berg

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Tot Shabbat

9:30AM

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Torah Study led by Rabbi Berg

10:00AM

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Portland Jewish Book Month Club Mittleman Jewish Community Center

2:00PM

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Religious School Hebrew School

2:30PM 4:30PM

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Ladies’ Night Home of Barbara Brady

6:30PM

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Gratitude Service

7:00PM

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Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Berg and Ann Brown and 6/7 Grade

7:00PM

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Torah Study led by Rabbi Berg

10:00AM

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Religious School Hebrew School

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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

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

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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.

FROM Rabbi Alan Berg Thanksgiving – America at Its Best Community Service with LOUCC Thursday Nov 20 - 7 PM

Dear Friends, I hope you will be able to join us for our combined Thanksgiving celebration on November 20 at 7 PM with our lovely congregational hosts and partner, the Lake Oswego United Church of Christ. Our Cantor Ann Brown will join Bill Davis and the choirs from Beit Haverim and LOUCC as we gather together to affirm America as a community of caring neighbors.

I understand that as I write this there are many forces pushing us to be less neighborly, from disingenuous politicians that tell us that government is the problem, to the economic imbalance, to the struggles in the middle east and fears of Ebola, and other contagious illnesses; you name it, and we can find reasons to keep to ourselves.

There is a phrase in Hebrew “Kol Yisrael aravim zeh v'zeh – All Jews are responsible for each other.” America calls us upon to fulfill that holy challenge both for Jews and the even greater challenge – because it means having empathy for people who on the externals are different that us – for all Americans.

Our community Thanksgiving service makes it possible to take a step in the right direction on all of these goals through song, prayer, message and mitzvah.

Those of us who were there last year felt that we were present at the creation of a new and needed version of the American voice.

I look forward to seeing you. This is for all generations together. b’shalom.

Rabbi Berg

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Letter From Our President, Sue Greenspan Now that the High Holy Days are behind us, Beit Haverim has started the momentum of the New Year in a “feel good” right direction atmosphere. Simchat Torah was quite a joyous occasion with the Torah unscrolled and the children dancing in the aisles. If you missed it, you should make note to attend next year.

With spirits at the Temple soaring, you may want to consider a few alternatives to help with the financial burdens we face. Besides dues and pledges, please consider another way to not only help Beit Haverim, but to fulfill some of the obligations we face during the year.

Giving a Tribute or Memorial to any of the funds at the Temple is a wonderful gesture. Traditionally, when someone has an Aliyah, they typically donate $18 (Chai). A cash donation for a Memorial or Tribute means so much more than a Hallmark Card and you will be doing a Mizvah for the Temple.

These cash donations can be in any amount and at your own time and discretion. If you were in awe of the music during the Holidays, say it with a donation to the Music Fund. Want to pay tribute to Rabbi Berg for performing a ceremony or you were moved by his inspirational talk, give to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund. Feel the Beit Haverim Religious School would be a good place to contribute, Religious School Fund. Observe the yarzheit of a loved one by making a donation to any of the funds listed or to the general fund.

These donations add up quickly and mean so much to our Temple. Quite often, we need to pay teachers as well as meet other expenses. Donations cut down on our borrowing requirements and enable us to lighten our debt. I sincerely hope you consider this type of donation. You can find a link to the Tribute and Memorial page on the Web Site or the Weekly and Monthly Newsletters.

B’Shalom Sue Greenspan

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November Events New Member Dinner Friday, November 7, 6:00PM This will be a special evening to renew old friendships and make new ones. Please join us in helping all new members, from near or far, feel a sense of community.

This event is a potluck hosted by "old" congregation members. That means if you became a new member within the last 12 months, please do not bring anything to share. You are our guests! Everyone else -- please bring twice as much food to share as usual, as we are hosting our wonderful, new friends.

Please click here to RSVP or email Dena Gutterman and let her know how many will be attending. The dinner will be followed by our Shabbat Worship at 7:00 pm with Rabbi Berg and Ann Brown including birthday blessings and board installation. We hope to see you there. .

Tot Shabbat Saturday, November 15, 9:30AM Welcoming all children and their families.

A fun-filled, casual service of songs and stories! Afterwards, a snack and craft.

Enjoy Shabbat with your child and get to know other young families at Beit Haverim.

Ladies’ Night Tuesday, November 18, 6:30PM After taking a break for the Holidays, Ladies’ Night Out is resuming.

Bring your favorite potluck dish and spend the evening with old friends and meet new ones.

Guests are welcomed.

At the home of Barbara Brady When you RSVP directions will be given (H) 503-557-3371 (C) 503-704-0782 November, 2014

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November Events Gratitude Service with LOUCC Thursday, November 20, 7:00PM We are once again joining with LOUCC for a night of gratitude and charity. Come join us for a evening of song, poems and prayer.

This year are we are sponsoring the charity, Transitional Youth, which ministers to street kids. TY feeds these boys and girls several nights a week and provides them with essential clothing. Please consider bringing socks, warm clothing and sleeping bags, which are in great need with the colder weather coming.

Ann Brown will be singing again and the two choirs will also share their talents with us.

After the service we will have pie and ice cream.

Mark your calendars and plan on joining us for a fun and uplifting evening!

6/7 Grade led Shabbat Service Friday, November 21, 7:00PM Please join us when our 6th and 7th grade religious school students will be leading services.

This is a great opportunity for families to participate in a Shabbat service, meet our members and find out more about our programming for children.

All are welcome.

The Great Chanukiah Challenge & Dinner/Shabbat Service Friday, Dec. 19th, 6:00 PM Dinner followed by Shabbat Service You do not need to be present at dinner to attend Shabbat Service.

Come join the fun! Put your creativity to work and make a unique menorah out of just about anything. It can be simple, it can be crazy, it can be whatever your imagination takes you.

Bring your creation to the Beit Haverim Chanukah dinner and Shabbat service.

We will display them all the entire evening and everyone who participates will get a prize. It's for the children in all of us!

Limited Seating - Make your Reservations Today Due to space limitations we are unable to accept walk-ins.

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Community News and Notables BH Congregant spends more than 50 years as Master Mason

Fred Schwartz currently holds the position of Grand Chaplain for the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Oregon and has been a Master Mason (official member) of a Lodge since 1962. He is a member of Newport Lodge No. 85 (Newport, Ore.) and was previously a member of Taft Lodge No. 200, which consolidated into Newport Lodge, where he filled several Lodge officer positions including: Secretary (2004-2008), Senior Warden (2011), and Worshipful Master (2002). He was also affiliated with Research Lodge No. 198 from 2006 to 2013 and has been a member of five various Grand Lodge committees between 2005 and 2014.

Fred has been honored with several Masonic awards, including: the 50-year Service Award (2013); Fellow of the Craft (2005), a notable receipt of a complete, comprehensive and standardized understanding of Freemasonry in this Grand Jurisdiction (Oregon); and the Hiram Award (2011), a very special award given annually by each Lodge to a member who exhibits exceptional qualities of service and leadership, well above what is considered normal.

Community News and Notables Help us share community news and notables. We'll include community members' simchas and acknowledgments of life event struggles and condolences. Let us know if you received an award/honor, earned a promotion, welcomed a new addition to your family, celebrated a special anniversary or occasion, are mourning a special person or healing from an illness or surgery.

Email Gabrielle Williams (photos welcome) or call the office at 503-568-1241. We hope to hear from you!

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Tributes & Memorials In honor of Thank you to Barbara Gold for your donation in honor of Dr. Phillip Rothman Thank you to Dale Willis and Alicia Kavka for your donation in honor of Dr. Phillip Rothman Thank you to Sue and Dan Greenspan for your donation to Rabbi’s fund in honor of Dr. Phillip Rothman Donations help your Beit Haverim Community Thrive!

Donations to Beit Haverim can be made in honor of a loved one's simcha (special occasion), in memory of a loved one, or "just because."

Click here to make your on line donation! Thank you!

Note from Bonnie Berg Dear Beit Haverim, My heart has been warmed by your outreach and loving words in the days since the death of my father.

I am blessed to be a part of this community.

Bonnie.

New Member Corner Please join us in welcoming one of our newest families to Beit Haverim, the Greenmans.

Joe and Gail Greenman have two young daughters. Gabrielle, a kindergartener, attends the Beit Haverim Religious School and enjoys ballet, soccer, and Legos. Ava, three years old, attends preschool in West Linn and likes playing soccer, swimming, reading, and singing. Joe is Vice President and General Counsel for the Oregon Health Care Association, and Gail is Director of National Affairs for the Oregon Farm Bureau. Both Gail and Joe are active volunteers in the schools and community. Each fall they look forward to the college football season, and each winter try to get up to the mountain to ski.

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Committee Updates Friday Night Shabbat Clean Up The Congregation is looking for people that would be willing to come a few minutes early to Shabbat Services and help set up for the Oneg and then spend a few minutes after cleaning up. This would entail setting up the Bema, pouring wine, putting cookies on trays, and wiping down the counters.

If you are interested, please call Allison at the Temple Office at 503-568-1241. She will assign you a date and a board member to work with.

Food Drive Recap Congratulations to Beit Haverim! We collected well over three barrels full of food for our annual food drive for the Oregon Food Bank. When they came to pick up the barrels, they filled a fourth barrel with the overflow! As soon as we get a total of the weight of our collection, we will let you know what it is. Thanks to everyone who participated.

And now....on to our NEXT CHALLENGE....and it won't cost you a cent! Tikkun Olam tries to heal the world...bit by bit. Let's try this one: For our next challenge, let's smile more each day. Let's try to say a kind word each day and see if it makes another person happy which will make US happy. We can do this and teach our children to participate this way, and we will make our little worlds more pleasant for all of us.

Volunteer Opportunity within the Religious School We are in need of volunteers. YOU are very important to our program! The success of our religious education program depends on the dedicated individuals in our congregation willing to share their time, talents and knowledge with our future, the children. We encourage all our members, as well as parents of children in our program to help.

I am looking for members who would be willing to substitute in the classroom on Sundays, help set up snacks on Sunday, and classroom aides for a second set of hands when needed.

Please let Heather Kirkbride know if you are interested in these or the many other volunteer opportunities that are available.

Knitzvah!

We are again knitting/crocheting hats, cowls, headbands and scarves for Lift Urban. They host a party every December for low income adults living in NW and Downtown Portland. This helps keep folks warm and it is often the only gift they receive all year. We have yarn at Beit Haverim that you can use. It is a basket in the fireside room. Last year we were able to give 47 items. It would be great to increase that number. Any questions, contact Karin Stolz.

Thank you so much for being part of this worthwhile project.

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Committee Updates Tikkun Olam invites you to participate in two new projects that tie in with two of our upcoming B’nai Mitzvah.

Here’s the first one: Jahleel Heath feels strongly that foster kids deserve comfort and toys. He is selling fresh eggs from his chickens to help fund bundles that he will make with comfy blankets, p.j.s and teddy bears. We thought it would be a grand idea to collect new and very gently used toys (unwrapped) for foster kids as well. Please bring your toys to Beit Haverim and we will give them to Jahleel and his mother Kim Kent to enrich the holidays of some foster kids. Just a little effort on our part will make a big difference.

Now for the second project: Matigan Williams is a dancer and believes in the joy and power of dance. She knows that not all kids can afford either new dance shoes or lessons, so Matigan is collecting new and gently used dance shoes (any type…ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, boys’ or girls’ shoes) and will give them to Aspire, a program that provides after school dance lessons and summer camps for kids.

Email Matigan2015@gmail.com for further information.

Monetary donations are joyfully accepted as well. Let’s do what we can to support our B’nai Mitzvah and to make the holiday season happier for lots of kids.

Thanks so much for any help you can give.

Barbara Gold, Tikkun Olam Chairman

Bar Mitzvah Project Jahleel Heath

Eggs for sale $3. Half of that money goes towards helping out foster kids. I am making bundles with blankets and teddy bears and pjs.

If you would like to donate tell Kim Kent and she will collect money for me.

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Bat Mitzvah Project

Community Events The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon & The Jewish Book Month Group invite you, your family and friends to the From History to Family History Program November 9, 2014, 1PM Mittleman JCC, 6651 SW Capitol Highway David Laskin, Author of The Family: A Journey into the Heart of the Twentieth Century.

The Family tells the story of the Jewish 20th century through the experience of one ordinary, extraordinary family. A century and a half ago, a Torah scribe and his wife raised six children at the western fringe of the Russian Empire. The upheavals of the last century split the family into three branches: one immigrated to America and founded two businesses, including the fabulous Maidenform Bra Company; one went to Palestine as pioneer farmers and participated in the violent birth of the State of Israel; the third branch remained behind in Europe and suffered the onslaught of the Nazi Occupation.

One family—three paths—and the epic history the Jewish 20th century: this is the story of The Family. Come join us and hear about this incredible saga of a Jewish family and learn more about how the author delved into genealogy research. Laskin’s recognition and exploration shows genealogy IS history.

David Laskin is a bestselling author of The Children’s Blizzard, which won the Washington State Book Award and Midwest Booksellers’ Choice Award for nonfiction, and other books and articles. The Family was chosen as Amazon Best Book of the Month and was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Please see davidlaskin.com website to review the many other awards he has won for his writing.

Please come early if you would like help from other genealogists.

Thanks to Mittelman Jewish Community Center for providing space for this event.

Cost: The program is free to 2014 JGSO members. We request a $5 contribution from non-members.

That fee can be applied to a membership should you decide to join JGSO at this meeting.

For more information about the program, please write to jgsoregon@gmail.com or call Barbara Hershey at 503-249-1976.

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Community Events

Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Presents IMPACT - A WOMEN'S EVENT The most delicious chocolate party Thursday, November 13, 7PM Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW Capitol Hwy Portland, OR 97219 $36 per person before October 13, $45 after $54 Patron, supports scholarships for attendees Please let Rita Sherman know by November 6th if you are planning to attend so we can have a Beit Haverim table. Register here for the event.

Portland Jewish Book Month Club Joint program between Beit Haverim and Congregation Shir Tikvah

Sunday, November 16, 2:00PM Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97219 Join us for a joint program for Portland Jewish book Month "In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist"

by Ruchama King Feuerman.

The program will start with an introduction to Kabbalah by Rabbi Stone followed by a discussion of the book.

“In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist” by Ruchama King Feuerman is described as…

An eczema-riddled Lower East Side haberdasher, Isaac Markowitz, moves to Israel to repair his broken heart and becomes, much to his own surprise, the assistant to a famous old rabbi who daily dispenses wisdom (and soup) to the troubled souls who wash up in his courtyard. It is there that he meets Mustafa, a devout Muslim, deformed at birth, who is a janitor who works on the Temple Mount. When Mustafa finds an ancient shard of pottery that may date back to the first temple, he brings it to Isaac in friendship. That gesture sets in motion a series of events that puts Mustafa in mortal danger.

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Community Events WHAT: Residential Camp Fair WHO: Calling all KIDS and Parents WHEN: Sunday November 16 2:30-4:30 PM

WHERE: Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland Come meet representatives from many Jewish Summer Camps on the West Coast and find out which camp is a good fit for your child.

Camps Participating: Camp Miriam, Solomon Schechter, URJ Camp Kalsman, Camp Ramah, Tivnu, Sephardic Adventure Camp, B’nai Brith Camp For more information: Laurie Fendel MJCC 503 244-0111

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Save the Date B’nai Mitzvah January 10, 2015 April 18, 2015 April 25, 2015 June 20, 2015 August 29, 2015 November 14, 2015

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In the Beit Haverim Community Yarzheits

Birthdays Karoline Brock

November 1

Rachel Brock

November 1

Michael Hunter-Bernstein November 2 Cary Mallon

November 2

Michael Dreger

November 5

Shira Naomi Cohen-Mallon November 9

Theodore Abrams

November 2

Father of Barbara Gold. Grandfather of Janet Sahni Bessie Ginsberg

November 4

Step Grandmother of Robin Kay Vicki Olson

November 4

Sister-in-law of Brian Olson

Jahleel Heath

November 11

Benjamin Kalik

November 11

Alvin Payne

November 11

Gail Schwartz

November 8

Roy Lambert

November 12

Zecil Kaplan

November 9

Isaac Payne

November 12

Michael Langley

November 13

Joey Peterson

November 13

Charles K. Landskroner

November 18

Nancy Levine

November 18

Elijah Pilkington

November 18

Ione Spear

November 18

David McTeague

November 19

Daniel Brock

November 21

Allan Kalik

November 22

Ilana Newman

November 22

Jeff Sternoff

November 24

Naomi Yospe

November 24

Allison Fowler

November 30

Joseph Beyer

November 6

Jeffrey & Michele Beyer

Maternal grandmother of Allison Fowler Eva Hunter

November 10

Mother of Michael Hunter-Bernstein Else Julius

November 16

Maternal Grandmother of Judith Kleinstein Murray Brown

November 17

Father of Ann Brown Alma Berkowitz

November 18

Sister of Hannah Berkowitz Samuel Ginsberg

November 18

Grandfather of Robin Kay Abraham Weintraub

November 18

Grandfather of Gail & Joe Greenman Shirley Rosalyn Feinstein

November 20

Mother of Alan Feinstein Charles Hunter

November 21

Father of Michael Hunter-Bernstein

Anniversaries

Earl David

Karoline & Mitch Brock

November 14

Donald & Ione Spear

November 19

Jonathan & Mair Blatt

November 28

Roberta & Lester Deasis

November 28

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November 22

Grandfather of Jeff David Kalah Reinshriber

November 22

Jeffrey & Michele Beyer Allison Cohen

November 24

Friend of Sahni family Mary Brown

November 28

Simon Wotman

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Grandfather of Roberta DeAsis Lilyan Fish

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