Coming Events for March, Feb. 26 Tot Shabbat

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1 March, 2016 Rabbi Alan Berg Cantorial Soloist Ann Brown President Sue Greenspan Shabbat Services Fridays at 7:00 p.m. at Beit Haverim 1111 Country Club Rd. Lake Oswego, OR Mailing Address: P.O. Box 311 Lake Oswego OR Rabbi s Hours: By appointment Phone: office@beithav.org Website Coming Events for March, 2016 *All Events Take Place at Beit Haverim Unless Stated Otherwise* Feb. 26 Tot Shabbat 6:00pm Feb. 28 Bagel Chat 2:30pm Learn about all of the wonderful Tikkun Olam Projects Confirmation Class 2:45pm Religious School/Hebrew Classes 2:30pm/4:30pm Mar. 4 Friday Night Services with Rabbi Berg and Ann Brown 7:00pm The Religious School 5th, 6th and 7th Grade class will Participate in the service. Mar. 5 TRIVIA NIGHT! 6:00pm It s not too late to make your reservation HERE! Mar. 8 Adult B nai Mitzvah Class 11:45am Mar. 11 Tot Shabbat 6:00pm Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Berg and Ann Brown 7:00pm Mar. 12 Torah Study with Rabbi Berg 10:00am Mar. 13 Mar. 15 Good Deeds Day Religious School Confirmation Class Hebrew Classes Ladies Night (Scroll Down for more info) 2:30pm 2:45pm 4:30pm Mar. 18 Shabbat Service 5:00pm Purim Carnival 6:00pm Purim Shpiel 7:00pm Mar. 19 Torah Study with Rabbi Berg 10:00am Mar. 20 Confirmation Class 2:45pm No Religious School - Spring Break Mar. 25 Shabbat Service 7:00pm Led by Gabe Hunter-Bernstein DON T FORGET TRIVIA NIGHT ON MARCH 5th!!! Make your Reservation HERE!! April 8 - All Music Shabbat Save the Date April 23- Congregational Passover Seder

2 From Rabbi Alan Berg If Ever a Year Needed Purim, It s 5776! Join Us On Friday Evening March 18 Carnival at 6:00 - Megillah Reading Spiel at 7:00 (Regular Erev Shabbat Service at 5:00) Dear Friends, I know it seems like a very hard time in the world. I m not just talking about the news. It s been raining for 18 weeks. I m worried about trees falling anywhere without warning. And there s more. The traffic has become untenable. Somehow traffic planners in Portland have decided against turning lanes being where they are supposed to be. It gets worse. It s as hard to get a ticket for a show in Portland as it is in San Francisco. Jimmy Mack s is sold out six months ahead of time. The parking meters just went up 10 percent. And as I was walking past a bum in front of the library, he looked at my cap and yelled at me, Is that a Kangol? I ll give you a hundred bucks for it? I can t get no respect! I didn t know what a Kangol was until I came home and looked it up. If Ever a Year Needed Purim, It s 5776!! And does Beit Haverim have a Purim for you!! For the younger ones, we have a delightful carnival at 6:00pm after our traditional Shabbat service at 5:00. Then at 7:00, there s a Megillah reading event for all, with our distinguished Megillah reading, singing and always serious assistants, the often hilarious and always wonderful Gabe Hunter-Bernstein and the often motivational and always wonderful Cantor Ann Brown! Esther! Mordechai! King Ahashvarios (gesundheit), Haman; Who Could Be Missing? DON T LET IT BE YOU!!! Don t ya miss Purim!! After all - it s been a long winter!!! B Shalom, Rabbi Alan Berg page 2

3 From Our President, Sue Greenspan The Winter Pledge Drive at OPB has finally come to an end after several weeks. The volunteers standing by to take your calls have hung up for the last time, and the thank you gifts for your donations have been re-shelved until the next campaign. Likewise, the Beit Haverim Pledge Drive is also coming to an end. Unfortunately, we do not have a team of volunteers standing by to take your calls, but we do have lovely gifts for our pledges; a caring Rabbi, a spiritual home, Friday nights with inspirational services, beautiful music, homemade challah, a sense of community, a say in how the congregation is run, religious education for our children, adult education classes, Torah study, book discussions, Men s Club events, Ladies Night Out and many other social activities throughout the year. It is through your generous pledges that Beit Haverim is able to present you with all these programs, It is critical to raise these funds in order to insure that all these programs continue. We ask you to open your hearts and consider giving beyond the amount you donated last year to help us to continue to thrive. Contact Barbara Gray, our office manager, at (503) or office@beithav.org for information on your pledge or to make a pledge. B Shalom, Sue. page 3

4 MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW!!!!!!CLICK HERE!!! AND PLAN TO HAVE A FABULOUS EVENING!!

5 Tikkun Olam Our committee has had some amazing meetings with discussions that inform, stimulate and inspire. We hope that in the future, you will attend a meeting and see if Tikkun Olam is a good fit for your interests. Join us for our next get-together on Sunday, March 13, at 2:30pm. We ll be brainstorming projects for the summer and early fall. Be sure to save the date: April 24th at 2:30pm for a special program that Tikkun Olam is presenting. We hope to have lots of people from LOUCC join us, as well. The program will be about Child Sex Trafficking. This is a topic that is hard to consider, but necessary, as Portland is a hotbed of activity for this noxious practice. Let s get our awareness raised together as we snack on coffee and macaroons (it ll be during Passover). More information coming your way! Barbara Gold Tikkun Olam Chairman page 5

6 From Our Ritual Chair, Karin Stolz Buon Appetito Join us for a delicious trip to Italy Ladies Night Potluck March 15 Tuesday Night 6:30pm Bring your favorite Italian cuisine Home of Caren Masem RSVP to Caren to receive address cbmasem@gmail.com Phone Carpool leaves Temple at 6:00 p.m. Call Sue Greenspan for further information Sue.greenspan@yahoo.com page 5

7 Religious School The 1/2 and 4/5 grade led Shabbats have been wonderful! A special thanks to Cantor Mark for accompanying the classes with his beautiful music for the services and each Sunday for T Fillah. On Friday, March 4, the 5/6/7 class will be participating in the Shabbat Service. Purim Carnival will be on Friday, March 18, starting at 6:00pm, with the Purim Spiel following. Sara Hauck is chairing the carnival again this year. We are asking for volunteers and leftover party favors, small gifts, etc. Anything that could be used as prizes for the Carnival! page 7

8 . MARCH BIRTHDAYS Alicia Kafka - 2nd Lisa Adatto - 3rd Elizabeth Cohen - 4th Ruth Ann Weisbard - 4th Helene Felder Callagan - 9th Sue Garber - 10th Ted Werner - 10th Eve miller Lee rosenbaum - 17th Dr. Kenneth ettinger - 19th Joanne Gordon - 22nd Maxine mccomas - 23rd Michael horwitz - 27th Tamar bolkvadze - 28th Sara hauck - 28th page 8

9 March anniversaries Robin Kay & Jeffrey David - 2nd Deborah Wexler & David Markgraff - 16th Simon Reissmann & Lauryn Marks - 21st Kari & Mark Lewinsohn - 25th Sarah & Tom Orton - 25th Helene Felder & Michael Callagan - 26th Barry & Deanna Wiegler - 26th

10 YAHRZEITS Rose Camisaroff Wayne Fine Evelyn Rifkin Sadia Sydney Guterman Herman Julius Emily Abramson Geraldine Zook Nora Deasis George Peterson Renee Woolf Lola Kleinstein Arnold Gold Zaid Fandey Anna Goldberg Joseph Natale Philip Zook Rachel Feigeleh Mildred Rubin Applebaum Eli Meyer Rifkin Joseph Berkowitz Tim Marks Ruth Miller

11 IN MEMORIUM... Barbara Jelen Hudson Barker Eric Stephens Florence Yospe Richard Gordon Edith Steinberg Helen Wolff Vogel