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All are welcome!
Temple Beth Tikvah is thrilled to welcome many new members since our last publication.
Please scroll down to see who they are and please be sure to greet them warmly at our next gatherings.
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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
All Events Are In Person Unless Otherwise Noted
February 3, 2023 - 7 pm - Shabbat Shirah
February 4, 2023 - 9 am - Learner's Minyan
February 4, 2023 - 10 am - Shabbat Torah Service
February 13, 2023 - 7 pm - Board Meeting
February 18, 2023 - 7 pm - Havdallah and a Film
February 25, 2023 - 1 - 4 pm - Vidui (see article below)
CHEVRUTA
"Prophetic Judaism"
Via Zoom
Sundays 9:00 am - 10:15 am: 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26
MORAL COURAGE
A Learning and Practice Group
Via Zoom
Sundays 10:30 am - 12 pm: 2/5, 2/19
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President's Message
Kerrie Zurovsky
It has been a long while since I’ve written a President article. I would like to express my very heartfelt gratitude to Sharon Maier-Kennelly for reviving our monthly newsletter and editing this space where we can share stories and special occasions and remain connected to one another through this treasured communication.
With the start of the new year, I am excited to share with all of you some wonderful things that are happening among us at TBT. One of the most special things I can think of, and which affects myself and our family personally, is our thriving b’nei mitzvah class, which is seven kids strong! My daughters will share their b’not mitzvah in June. Witnessing the friendships and shared experiences among the b’nei mitzvah class has been heartwarming. Last fall, many of these kids delivered the food collected at Yom Kippur to the Giving Plate, and each of them is working on a mitzvah project as well. Rabbi Johanna has held, and will continue to hold, Saturday morning services geared towards teaching this group about the service which is building quite a bit of excitement.
As many of you know, through the efforts of Jeanne Freeman, our congregation will be volunteering at Family Kitchen again starting in February. Social action has always been a top priority for our members, and I know we are all extremely happy to be able to devote our time and energy to a place that means so much to us.
Suzanne Scholsberg and Evie Lerner have started a Game Club, and it is great. When else are adults allowed to spend a few hours on Sunday playing Scrabble, Rummikub and Bananagrams? Add in food and friends, and it is pretty much my perfect Sunday. This is such a wonderful way for our members to gather lightheartedly, sharing laughter and good-natured fun.
I’d also love to share with everyone that Jan Freeman-Bauer does a truly wonderful job organizing our Onegs. Often these behind-the-scenes efforts are overlooked, and I am beyond grateful for Jan’s organization and most recently her ability to work with Market of Choice, who is now donating a challah each month for our Friday Night Shabbat Lights services.
Perhaps one of the most exciting things I am looking forward to this year is the addition of Samantha Winter’s beautiful cantorial voice. For those of you who haven’t yet met or heard Sam, I encourage all who are comfortable to attend our February 3 Shabbat Shirah, where she will attend as a soloist. Rabbi Johanna and Julie Geveshausen are preparing a Shabbat music cultural experience for this evening, showcasing Sam’s amazing voice. Come for the musical soiree, stay for the oneg featuring delicious desserts from our TBT bakers.
I am feeling excited about 2023. Yes, this odd post-Covid time is strange and uncharted territory. While some people are back in person in full swing, many others are not. Members feel comfortable at some gatherings and not at others. We are seeing lots of new faces and friends we maybe haven’t seen in a long while. Everyone is finding their own path, even as we all work together to remain connected through Temple Beth Tikvah. “Find Your Connection” remains the backbone of who we are, and I feel energized by all the new endeavors our congregation is creating.
L’Shalom,
Kerrie
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Divrei Tikvah
From Rabbi Johanna Hershenson
What a joy it is to sit at my computer to compose a message for our February, 2023, Temple Beth Tikvah newsletter! Like you, I have missed the monthly delve into what is happening in our congregation and in the lives of our members. How true it is that we often don't know how much we appreciate certain things and people in life until they're gone.
Our monthly newsletter conveys information about events in Temple Beth Tikvah, but more so it is a place in which we share news about Jewish life and the lives of our members. I offer a rabbinic perspective on various topics that come up in the ritual calendar year. Our president shares what our board members are discussing and doing on behalf of us all: facilitating and funding operations, building community, and engaging members. Committee chairs report the latest on ongoing projects and special events. Our editor lists yahrzeits, birthdays, and anniversaries. It is my hope that others in our congregation will gradually step forward and share essays, articles, poems, or submitting photos including photos of original art or beauty in nature or of Judaica. Imagine exchanging ideas and creative endeavors as well as information!
So, yes it is a joy to sit at my computer and compose a message for our newsletter. I do believe we can deepen our Temple Beth Tikvah connections as we engage with relevant information and ideas--as contributors and as readers.
Heaps of gratitude to Sharon Maier-Kennelly who has stepped forward to volunteer her time, effort, and skills to gather bits of information and mold it into a medium through which we might better get to know each other and discover new possibilities for our synagogue's ongoing growth and maturation.
As a writer, I have learned that I respond well to prompts and obstructions when it comes to getting my creative juices flowing. I reached out to Sharon and asked her if she had a theme or any goals I might support in my column this first month of our newsletter's return. She humbly indicated that she was just happy to contribute a small gesture to support the congregation. Then she mentioned, it is February, maybe something about love...
It is February and even though it's not Jewish I do love Valentine's Day. It is not the perfect romantic date or gift between Mark and me that excites me about Valentine's Day. It's more about how we observed it in elementary school. We bought or made a valentine for every classmate and then exchanged them. I loved going home to savor my valentines. Some friends even wrote on the valentine what they liked about me--and I, them. In my memory and way of being in the world today, Valentine's Day reminds me to show the love I feel for the people in my life, whether intimate like husband and daughters or just affectionate like friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
This February one of our Temple Beth Tikvah family and friends turns 100 years old. Rudy Gold celebrates his 100th birthday on the 21st of the month. He is too humble to allow us to make a fuss in public, but he did give me permission to wish him a Happy 100th in our newsletter...So, I will. HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, RUDY GOLD! You are an inspiration and role model, not simply because you lived to see your 100th birthday but because you've done so with integrity, humility, strength, and joy. The smile with which you greet me each time I see you is infectious. You make me happy to be human so I can feel and reflect your joy right back to you and still have some left over to take with me on my way. May you live to be 120 years old like Moses, only so long as it doesn't hurt too much. Thank you for being you.
B'virkat Shalom
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Shabbat Shirah
Please join your TBT family and friends for our Shabbat Shirah service highlighting music. Rabbi Johanna and our music director, Julie Geveshausen have a special service planned with TBT musicians Julie and Jo, joined by our returning soloist Samantha Winter singing selections from Leonard Bernstein, Eric Whitacre, and Maurice Ravel.
This special service full of beautiful music will be followed by a delicious oneg prepared by our own TBT bakers. If you can bake for our oneg, please contact Jan Freeman Bauer, janetlynnfreemanbauer@gmail.com. Please bring baked goods ready to serve on a platter with your name on the bottom. Come for the music, come for the oneg, come to socialize with old friends and meet some of our newer members!
Please Note: This service will be held in the newly remodeled Heritage Hall. Please park in the main parking lot and use the main entrance.
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Amazon Smile Update
Please shop and share through Fred Meyers
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Thanks to all of you who have participated in the AmazonSmile program these past years. Your designation of monies donated to Temple Beth Tikvah is greatly appreciated.
However, effective February 20th Amazon is discontinuing its Smile program in favor of supporting fewer programs with larger donations. If you have participated in AmazonSmile you should receive a notice from Amazon.
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Thank you....
...for your holiday gift donations
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Dear Secret Santa Elves,
Thank you again for your continued support and generosity of Assistance League of Bend. We have reached a new high in gift giving by donating 62 gift bags this year. There were 380 needy senior citizens in Deschutes County, and our little group donated 16.32% of all the gifts.
I hope you loved doing it as much as I do. Know that you really fill a void as the number of needy people in community facilities grows each year.
Stay warm and safe.
Many hugs of gratitude,
Beverly Adler
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Games Club...
...Fun for all ages!
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Learn a new game or play an old favorite! Join us occasionally or every month.
The member games club meets monthly on Sunday afternoons at a private home
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TBT has a Bikur Cholim committee or “The Care and Feeding of our Jewish Community.”
Historically, committee members have organized Meal Trains for those recovering from illness or surgery or following the birth of a new baby. Meals have been delivered to Hospice House for families with loved ones in Hospice care. Rides to medical appointments and physical therapy have been provided.
The committee has added some new members and reorganized to help our growing TBT community. If you, or someone you know, need help following surgery or due to an illness, please contact Suzanne Schlosberg, schlos1@gmail.com, Evie Lerner, evielerner60@gmail.com, or Ari Halpern, aridhalpern@yahoo.com. An email will be sent to TBT members requesting meals, transportation or visits based on individual needs.
Linda Brant, lindybrant@aol.com is in charge of needs for a single day such as a ride to a medical test or appointment. She is in the process of establishing a list of volunteers willing to help out. If interested in helping, please reach out to Linda.
Micah Slate, sarajoslate@icloud.com is our first teen member of the committee. If you have a teen who would be interested in helping Micah, please let him know.
And, please, if you need assistance from our community, do not hesitate to ask.
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Finding Peace Through Spirituality |
None of us know when we will die. And all of us want to die at peace. Your own vidui or "spiritual will" allows the possibility to find peace inside of you and the opportunity to put it on paper.
The vidui is a prayer said on Yom Kippur at services and at traditional Jewish deaths. It is meant as a deathbed confession. Yom Kippur - the Day of At -One-Ment is meant for each of us to practice for our own dying. It's the day that we ask G-d to put our name in the Book of Life for another year, not knowing if we will be here the next year.
This two session class will be given by Marlis Beier on February 25th and March 11th from 1-4 in the afternoon. Marlis has been involved in hospice and accompanying dying for 20 years - these sessions will be interesting, healing and build community. For more information or to sign up please contact Evie Lerner evielerner60@gmail.com. Class size is limited.
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Sweet Endings ... and how you can help!
Thank you to all those who are baking for our oneg for Shabbat Shirah on Friday, February 3. Member provided delicious desserts provide a "sweet ending" to our special musical service.
To ensure our onegs in the past have had wonderful offerings, Jan Freeman Bauer has made phone calls and sent emails requesting members' help.
Starting in March, she would like to try something new:
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In March, if your last name begins with A-I consider bringing a dessert, fruit (fresh or dried), or nuts to share.
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In April, we’ll ask those whose last names begin with J-Z.
Remember to bring your baked goods plated and ready to serve. Please put your name on the bottom of your serving plate.
Jan also (literally) does all the "heavy lifting" by keeping our cupboards well stocked as well as setting and cleaning up for our service rituals and onegs. If you can arrive early or stay late, your help before and after is always appreciated.
Please don’t hesitate to email Jan with questions.
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Chevruta: Weekly Torah Study through the Lens of Prophetic Judiasm
Prophetic Judaism: Exploring the weekly Torah portion together through a social justice (ethics, gender, sustainability) lens.
Sundays at 9:00 am - 10:15 am
Zoom
Come, let's study together!
Meeting ID: 839 5491 9766
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TBT Board Notes
Next Board Meeting: February 13, 7 pm
All board meetings are being held in person. Contact Kerrie Zurovsky if you want to attend. Kerriefayez@icloud.com
If you would like to read minutes of previous board meetings, you can request a copy from Board Secretary, Lester Dober at les36dob@gmail.com
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Social Action Update
Jeanne Freeman
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For a small congregation, we are mighty in the good deeds that we have done to serve the greater Central Oregon community and we are excited to again have that opportunity. Pre-pandemic, we participated in several kitchens who provided meals for those in need. One of these was Family Kitchen where we now have the opportunity to resume our volunteer activities.
Family Kitchen in the Community
There’s been lots of changes at Family Kitchen since our last dinner shift in January of 2020, but what hasn’t changed is the role that the Kitchen assumes in feeding the hungry of Central Oregon.
While they were unable to provide served meals at St Helen’s Hall, the Family Kitchen provided more than 2,000 fresh to-go meals each week to Bend Shelter, The Franklin Street Shelter, Central Oregon Veteran’s Outreach (COVO) camp check-ins, and more. Family Kitchen continues to provide all those meals and sends food to shelters and camps. And as of this new year, the Family Kitchen’s doors are again open to those needing a warm place to dine in (currently limited to 40 diners at a time) or to pick up a meal to go for themselves or someone else in need.
Our Duties
Burt and I volunteered at Family Kitchen in January to learn about how the lunch program works and the responsibilities involved. Four volunteers were busy making tuna fish, meat & cheese, and PB&J sandwiches – about 400 sandwiches total! Two people prepared 3 large salads. Others worked on setting out condiment trays, desserts and preparing coffee. When the food was ready, assembly of to-go containers for COVO and the Franklin Street Shelter began along with cafeteria-style service to those coming in to dine. Hot soup is also available, prepared by a Family Kitchen crew that comes at other times.
Our Wednesday shift comes with a built-in dishwasher – a volunteer who is happy to join us every week! For those of you feeling deprived of the task, he might accept an assist!
Your Call to Action
Initially, we need 8 to 10 volunteers to work a 5-hour shift, from 8:00 am – 1:00 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Once we are more familiar with the lunch operation, we are hoping to split into two shorter shifts. Please email jgfree925@gmail.com if you would like to participate occasionally or regularly! We have a full crew for February and may still have a slot or two open for March.
Looking forward to being back in the Kitchen with you!
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Since our last monthly newsletter was published, Temple Beth Tikvah is pleased to welcome our newest members:
Laura & Ron Fritz
Deborah Zager
Michelle & Mark Guttman with daughter, Simone Sutton & son, William Sutton
Tamara (Tammy) Rosen
Mark Enker & Kaitlin Glaeser with baby son Noah
Fred & Joyce Hershenson with grown son Steven
Andrew Edison & Donna Lax-Edison with older child Shelby
Rebekah Altman & Edward Boettcher with daughters Alia & Iris Boettcher
Emma Ronai-Durning
Kat & Peter Siegel with older children Emma & Benjamin
Miriam Snyder with children River & Delenn
Betsy & Tom Jennings
Stephen Greenberg & Deborah Boulton
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March Newsletter Deadline: February 21th
This newsletter is emailed to both members and non-members each month. If you have something you want to include in the newsletter, please e-mail it to Sharon Maier-Kennelly sharon_maier@yahoo.com a week before the first of each month for the following month's publication. As always, you will continue to receive "e-minders" before important events take place.
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Black History Month Celebrations...
...at COCC
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Check out these Black History Month events hosted by our friends at COCC.
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Taizé Service
Thursday, February 2, 7 pm
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The Taizé Choir of Central Oregon invites you to participate in an hour of meditative non-denominational Taizé music and silence at our monthly ecumenical service, 7pm, Thursday, February 2, 2023, at Trinity Episcopal Church (St. Helens Hall), 231 NW Idaho, Bend.
The theme for this service is 'Praying for Community'.
All are welcome to come early to listen to or join our rehearsal at 6:15.
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Temple Beth Tikvah gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:
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From Jeanne Freeman & Burt Litman in Memory of Philip Freeman
Donations listed above were made to the Temple's general fund unless otherwise specified.
You may honor the lives and achievements of friends and relatives via a tribute with a donation to TBT. You can do this online by clicking here, or by sending a check and the name and address of the person being honored to TBT at P.O. Box 7472, Bend, OR, 97708.
Donations may be designated to a specific fund, including:
- General Fund
- Gary Reynolds Memorial Fund
- Youth Education Fund
- Music Fund
- Special Projects Fund
- TBT's Goodwill Fund
- Social Action/Tzedakah Fund
- or the Corrie Grudin Memorial Fund
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Temple Beth Tikvah
P.O Box 7472
Bend, OR 97708
541-388-8826
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Your secure online donation to
Temple Beth Tikvah
is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your generosity.
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Celebrations in October honor the following:
Birthdays:
February 1
February 5
February 6
- Jay Luber
- Elena Maidenberg
February 7
February 8
February 9
February 10
February 12
February 13
- Eileen Katz
- Eliana Canas Katz
February 16
- Julie Geveshausen
- Audrey Hynes
February 17
February 18
February 19
February 20
February 21
February 25
February 27
February 28
- Fred Hershenson
- Aya Rainier Salant Jambor
- Tracy Smith
Anniversaries:
February 8
- Mark Enker & Kaitlin Glaeser
February 14
- Roberta Spiro & Wendell Brown
February 19
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President:
Kerrie Zurovsky
Vice President
Cere Fingerhut
Secretary:
Lester Dober
Treasurer:
Mark Schindel
Members-at-Large:
Michelle Mahony
Paul Spencer
Richard Lazarus
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Budget & Finance
Mark Schindel
Program Oversight
Kathy Schindel
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Adult Learning
Mel Siegel
Bikur Cholim
Linda Brant
Evie Lerner
Suzanne Schlosberg
Calendar Keeper
Kathy Schindel
Communications & Public Relations
Kathy Schindel
Games Club
Evie Lerner
Suzanne Schlosberg
Member Engagement
Linda Brant
Ari Halpern
Terry Reynolds
Suzanne Schlosberg
Micah Slate
Moral Courage
Lauralei Garrity
Music
Julie Geveshausen
Newsletter
Sharon Maier-Kennelly
Onegs
Jan Freeman-Bauer
Social Action
Jeanne Freeman
Venue Logistics
Mark Schindel
Webmaster
Jeanne Freeman
Jewish Community Religious School of Central Oregon
School Director and Youth Group Leader
Noah Chemtov
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Your secure online donation to
Temple Beth Tikvah
is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your generosity.
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About Temple Beth Tikvah
For Jewish families, retirees and singles at every level of faith in Central Oregon, Temple Beth Tikvah provides a comforting embrace for the soul of your DNA. We are a dynamic Reform Jewish congregation with friendly, giving, active people drawn to Bend and Central Oregon because of the active lifestyle we find here.
We come together in different ways, inspired and informed by our common thread of Jewishness. Whether you were born Jewish, love someone who is Jewish or choose to be Jewish. Practice Judaism a little, a lot or not at all. TBT can serve as the heart of your vibrant, connected life.
We can be your primary source of friendship, purpose, spiritual and intellectual pursuit. Or a side note adding flavor and dimension how and when you want. Whichever you choose, TBT offers an inclusive, communal foundation on which to build your relationships, experiences and practice. From social activities to social action, worship to study, participation to leadership. It's your choice, in this community of yours.
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PO Box 7472
Bend, OR 97708
(541) 388-8826
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