JLC Roots Fair, Contributing to HELPLINE Thankgiving Food Bank, Remembering David Freehling

Cheshvan/Kislev 5775

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November

2 All Chavurah General Meeting

9 JLC Roots Fair

15 Havdalah

23 JLC

24 Super Supper

December

7 JLC

16 First night of Chanukah

20 Chanukah Party

29 Super Supper

JLC ROOTS FAIR

At our last JLC gathering on Sunday, October 26, we had a wonderful, laughter-filled morning of highlighting Jewish Humor. We told stories and jokes, practiced and performed a funny Fools of Chelm play, and sang joyous songs. Everyone had a great time, and even learned a few things along the way.

Our next gathering is Sunday, November 9, from 10 A.M. to noon at the Prices’ home on Coyote Lane. As with all JLC gatherings this year, the entire Chavurah is invited and encouraged to attend. Our hope is to make each gathering a multi-generational learning experience.

The theme for this coming Sunday is Our Family Roots. Each of us will have the opportunity to:

• tell stories, or act them out, from our family history,
• make up family trees while remembering our forbearers, and/or
• discuss our role in our family’s lineage, and how to pass it on to future generations.

Food, as always, is a very important way we connect with our family’s traditions. So please bring a dish passed down to you from your family. We will break for brunch around 11:15, and then re-gather to share and wrap up.

And if you want to bring something from your family roots, perhaps photos, an article of clothing or jewelry, or a special piece of your family history, please do.

Come prepared to engage and/or just enjoy the gathering.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, The JLC Team, Araya, Cay, Lisa and Zann

Details

What:   JLC Roots Fair

When: Sunday, November 9,   10 A.M. – noon

Bring:   a pot luck dish and a sense of family tradition

Where: 7505 Coyote Farm Lane, Bainbridge

Directions: Travel West on New Brooklyn Rd. Turn right onto Mandus Olsen Rd. 1st street on left is Coyote Farm Lane, 1st house on the left is IT!

 

 

DAVID FREEHLING

We are sad to report that long-time Bainbridge Islander and friend of many Shir Hayam members, David Freehling passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by friends and family on August 24, 2014. He was born May 13, 1957. He is survived by Reisa, his wife of 36 years and his beloved children, Zac and Sara. David was a remarkable father, husband, brother, son, uncle, cousin and friend.

He made a positive, lasting impression on everyone. David was a lover of people, music, travel, food and laughter. Celebration of his life was held August 27th on the beach in Ventura.

TIKKUN OLAM – THANKSGIVING AT HELPLINE HOUSE 

On Bainbridge Island, hundreds of families regularly find themselves without adequate food to put on the table. This past year, more than 750 families used the Helpline House food bank.

As in years past, the Helpline food bank will provide plentiful food to all registered clients during the week of Thanksgiving. Helpline is closed on Thanksgiving Day and cooked meals are offered elsewhere in Kitsap County. With the community’s help, the food bank offers extra foods during the holiday week including many of the traditional Thanksgiving meal ingredients.

TO DONATE TO THE FOOD BANK FOR THANKSGIVING:

November is “Food Drive Month” at Helpline House. Help us “Stuff the Turkey” by filling the food bank shelves, refrigerators and freezers! All types of food are welcome during November-holiday canned/packaged items, basic food items, and close to Thanksgiving, also fresh foods to round out holiday offerings at the food bank.

*The food bank is gratefully accepting donations of food daily, Monday through Friday, 9:30 to 4:30 pm. We will also be open special extended hours on SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8, 15, and 22, 9:30 to 3:00 pm, to receive your donations.*

People registered for the food bank, or who can provide proof of current residency on Bainbridge Island, are welcome to sign up to shop in the food bank for Thanksgiving foods during the week of Thanksgiving. Signups begin Monday, November 3.

Needed MOST this Thanksgiving:

• Turkey
• Sweet Potatoes
• Yellow Onions
• Brown and White Rice
• Gravy Mix
• Chicken Broth
• Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
• Canned Fruit and Vegetables
• Fresh or Frozen Pies
• Butter
• Whipped Cream and Cool Whip
• Sparkling Cider
• Olives and Pickles
• Salad Dressing
• Olive Oil
• Spices and Herbs
• Holiday Crackers and Cookies

GIVE GENEROUSLY

 

NEW WEBSITE

Your Photos/Ideas for Shir Hayam Website are needed.

The chavurah’s current website was built approximately 8 years ago by Lisa & Sam Weiss and has been hosted by their company. They deserve a lot of appreciation as it helped us enter the 21st century! And, it’s difficult to maintain, photos are outdated, etc.

So Gabe Travis will be doing an overhaul over the next few months, in a system that’s easier to keep updated. Dad Travis’ consultancy will host the new site. They’d like your input:

1) Do you have any photographs from events, meetings, Kugelettes’ practices, outings? As high resolution as possible, for maximum flexibility.

2) Do you have any specific requests/ideas for our next web site? This is your time to speak up!

Email shirhayam@vivifyllc.com with either/both. (If you have more than 10 megabytes of pictures to contribute, an awesome mitzvah — simply use the free WeTransfer service).

 

CERAMICS CLASSES OFFERED

Chavurah mom and artist Danielle Gordon is offering ceramic classes for kids and adults in her new home studio. She is excited to introduce a short 5-week session starting the week of November 3rd, which will offer weekly classes through early December. The classes are for children ages 6-11, and will include hand built techniques of all kinds. There will also be weekly Clay Socials for the grown ups in our community to come and make ceramic projects, have a drink, and socialize with friends old and new.

To learn more and to sign up (each class has a limit of 7 maximum), please visit her website at: http://daniellegordon.com/school/

 

HAPPENING ON BAINBRIDGE

From EDUCULTURE – contact them at www.educultureproject.org for more information:

Sunday November 9, EduCulture’s Fall Farm to Table Dinner (and farmraiser!). Reserve your place at the table for an amazing locally grown feast that celebrates the bounty of our Pacific Northwest Foodshed. A portion of your the ticket price is a tax deductible donation to EduCulture. The dinner is being prepared and served at Mossback in Kingston, WA, close by the ferry terminal for those that may want to come over from the other side of the Puget Sound. Seating is limited. For more information or to reserve seats, please contact EduCulture at 206-780-5797 or admin@EduCultureProject.org. Seating is limited.

Sunday, November 16, Celluloid Bainbridge Film Festival at Lynwood Theater, Bainbridge Island, WA. A special screening of the three documentaries about the Japanese American Exclusion will include “Only What They Could Carry – Return to Manzanar”, about our 2012 Bainbridge Island Delegation to the former Manzanar concentration camp.

December 6, Teaching What We Can Carry, Bainbridge Island, WA. The opening class of a in-depth, experiential professional field program on integrating the study of Japanese American Exclusion in elementary and secondary education. The monthly classes follow the chronology of events during WWII which led to the forced removal of Japanese Americans on Bainbridge Island, using the Island as a living interpretive center for schools in central Puget Sound area.

 

HAPPENING IN SEATTLE

From Eitz Or

On November 21 – 22, Reb Arik Labowitz will be leading Shabbat services at Congregation Eitz Or, at UUC Knatvold Room , NE 68th Street and 35th Ave NE in Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood. Friday evening at 7pm, and Saturday morning at 10am, followed by a vegetarian pot luck lunch and study at 1pm. All are welcome.

From Jewish Family Service

Writing a Life Story with Esther Altshul Helfgott

November 9, 2014, 2:00 PM

Join us for an afternoon of poetry and reflection with local author Esther Altshul Helfgott, Ph.D. Esther will read from her most recent works: Dear Alzheimer’s: A Caregiver’s Diary & Poems (2013) and Listening to Mozart: Poems of Alzheimer’s (2014). A book signing will follow. Kosher desserts provided. All ages welcome.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

2:00 – 3:30 p.m. at Capitol Hill Campus 1601 16th Avenue, Seattle FREE Register in advance online. Contact Leonid Orlov, (206) 861-8784.

 

You and Your Genes: Jewish Genetic Disease Screening

November 16, 2014, 11:00 AM

Get screened! There is a group of severe and often fatal Jewish genetic diseases for which Ashkenazi, Persian, and Sephardic Jews can be screened, and this screening is open to anyone ages 18-50 having children now or in the future. 1 in 4 Ashkenazi Jews is a carrier for at least 1 in 19 of the diseases that we are currently screening for and 1 in 3 Sephardic/Persian Jews is a carrier for at least 1 in 8 of the diseases we are screening for. Getting screened is a simple blood test, along with genetic counseling. It is still possible to have healthy children of your own even in you and your partner are both carriers for the same disease.

At this screening at Hillel UW, the screening is designed to be accessible and affordable. For those with valid commercial insurance, the cost to patient is only $25.

If you do not have health insurance, or if you have a Health Savings Plan, please email Get Screened to discuss your options to ensure that it is still accessible.

This carrier screening is for you if you are: single • married • partnered • between 18 and 50 • in an interfaith relationship • gay or straight • already have children but are planning to expand your family • considering the use of donor egg/sperm • Ashkenazi • Persian • Sephardic • have even one Jewish grandparent.

Hillel UW 4745 17th Ave NE Seattle, WA Space is limited.

Register online.

Questions? Contact Josh Furhman.

 

Bringing Jewish Traditions Home

November 23, 2014, 3:00 PM

Explore how to bring Jewish values into your family’s life, exploring daily, seasonal and “milestone” rituals and ideas to celebrate Shabbat and holidays meaningfully, even with a babe in arms and a toddler in tow.

Sunday, November 23

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. at Seattle Jewish Community School 12351 8th Avenue NE, Seattle $10/person or $18/couple

Come to one, some or all sessions! Financial assistance is available. Babes in arms welcome in class. Babysitting may be available by advance notice.

RSVP online or contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146.

 

Menorahs and Mitzvahs

December 7, 2014, 2:00 PM

Explore themes and traditions of Chanukah with our email series, culminating in a get-together to celebrate the Festival of Lights. We’ll consider how to integrate acts of kindness, sharing and justice into the holiday. We’ll also look at unique issues for interfaith and Jewish by choice families – with a chance to plan for the holiday season. Families from across the spectrum of Jewish life are invited to enjoy the emails and then join us for snacks, story, songs and other activities.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

2:00 – 3:30 p.m. at JFS Capitol Hill Campus 1601 16th Avenue, Seattle Advance registration encouraged.

Your donation of potatoes and oil to share with the Polack Food Bank clients is your ticket into this event. To sign up for the event, contact Leonid Orlov, (206) 861-8784 or familylife@jfsseattle.org.