Adar/Nisan 5775

Call 206-567-9414 for event details or see our online calendar

 March

• 1 JLC
• 14-22 Seattle Jewish Film Festival
• 15 JLC
• 20 Shabbat Pot Luck
• 27-29 Pardes Retreat
• 30 Super Supper

 

April

• 12 JLC
• 17 Shabbat Potluck
• 26 JLC
• 27 Super Supper

 

 

 

PICTURES FROM TU’ B SHVAT

 

 

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NEW WEBSITE

We are continuing to enhance the new website so please send suggestions, photos, and  additional content to me – Rachel.

ROBIN HRUSKA’S BIG ADVENTURE – Part 1

Our own Robin Hruska is on her way to the village of Margen in the Kangchenjunga region of Nepal. For the next three months she’s going to be helping with the startup of a new school: teaching an uncertain range of age levels and working with a new teacher.

In 2012, Robin trekked near Annapurna with husband Mike Orr; at that time she fell in love with the village children and also saw a great hunger for education among many of the rural parents. She’s thought about returning ever since, and retirement from the BI School District after the 2013-2014 year brought the opportunity to combine her love of travel, the incomparable natural beauty of the Himalaya, and the joy of working with children in an environment that’s all about them.

The setting is very, very remote. Robin isn’t expecting much to be in place beyond the school building and a freshly minted teacher. She’s bringing four duffel bags full of supplies, many of which were donated (many by Shir Hayam members – thank you!) Some, such as the Devanagari math worksheets, were homemade. In the months leading up to the trip Robin worked hard to learn some basics of the Nepali language. The language game will still be a challenge, though hopefully a lot of fun too. (For the first month, she’ll have the help of an English-speaking Nepali guide.)

There’s supposed to be a satellite phone in the village. If Robin can find it, and it’s working, and she has the right phone card… we should hear from her soon. Mike has all his fingers and toes crossed!

PARDES RETREAT

Several of us attended the Pardes Retreat last Spring at Camp Indianola, along with other people from Eitz Or, Olympia and beyond.  Everyone found it to be a deeply enriching experience.  Arik Labowitz and Zann Jacobrown guided all of us in co-creating an unforgettable and moving Shabbat.  Below, please see Arik’s personal invitation to you to join this coming Spring Pardes Retreat, March 27 – 29, again at Camp Indianola.

Please, open this link  https://nwretreat.wordpress.com/  to the beautifully designed website for the Pardes Retreat, follow the links at the top, and sign up before March 20!   You can fill out and send in your registration online.  If you have any questions, please email or call:  Araya aurayah@gmail.com or 206 218 3213,  Zann  z-c@themaskery.com or 360 297 4160, Arik arikzev@gmail.com or 510 229 2006.  Many thanks and hope to see you at the Pardes Retreat March 27 – 29.

from Arik:

Dear Friends,  I want to invite you all to join us this year at the second annual Pardes Retreat which will take place on the beautiful and sacred grounds of Indianola Camp and Retreat Center on the weekend of March 27-29th. 

Together we will co-create a Shabbas in the Garden and inspire our creative spirits through Jewish story, music, dance, prayer and art. We will deepen our connection to Pesach and the return of spring, and we will connect with our warm, vibrant, open-hearted Jewish community.  Much love, Arik

SEATTLE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE:

No longer a teenager, at 20 years annual, SJFF is all grown up. This year, the festival celebrates our maturity as not only the largest Jewish event in the Pacific Northwest but also as one of the largest and most prominent Jewish film festivals in the country symbolizing how far Jewish and Israeli film has come in the past 20 years. Across countries, languages and cultures, Jewish film opens a window into new worlds, while confirming our shared stories, cultural connections and common humanity. Join us from start to finish – 32 films from 10 countries in 10 days – encounter the world together and be forever changed.

For more information see the Film Festival Website here.

ALSO HAPPENING IN SEATTLE

Passport to Passover

Come learn about Passover foods and traditions with us as you “journey” through the aisles. Get ideas to spice up your seder and meal, and enjoy free tastings of gefilte fish, matzo ball soup and more. Fun for all ages!

Thursday, March 19, 2015 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Whole Foods Market – Roosevelt Square 1026 NE 64th Street, Seattle Free and open to anyone – please join us! Contact Leonid Orlov, (206) 861-8784.

Early Twentieth-Century Apartment Buildings in the JFS Neighborhood

Diana James, author of Shared Walls: Seattle Apartment Buildings, 1900-1939, and photographer Lana Blinderman have captured in words and photos some of the beautiful and historic apartments on Capitol Hill. What prompted the explosive growth of these apartments during this time? Who lived in these buildings? What are the circumstances and historical setting of these aristocratic old structures?

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 10:30 a.m. – noon Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Avenue, Seattle For directions, call (206) 323-8486. RSVP Ellen Hendin or Wendy Warman by Tuesday, March 10, (206) 461-3240.

Asylum CLE / Pro Bono Training

Hands on training for lawyers from all practice areas to learn how to take on an immigration asylum case.  Join the Cardozo Society and Northwest Immigrants’ Rights Project (NWIRP) for an hour at noon on March 17 at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Offices at 2031 Third Avenue in Belltown. Light bagel lunch will be provided.

Participants will leave with the ability to handle, with some ongoing help from NWIRP, their own pro bono asylum case. Please consider joining us in this rewarding and valuable work. No obligation to take a pro bono case at any time but plenty of opportunity to do so. No immigration law experience necessary.  If you have any questions, please contact Daniel Ehrlich, Cardozo Pro Bono Chair, at daniel@ehrlichlawyer.com. Please RSVP at clarac@jewishinseattle.org.