Av/Elul 5778

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

August

• 5 Coordinating Committee Meeting
• 19 Hymns of the Heart – at Dayaalu
• 26 Book Sale
• 27 Super Supper

September

• 9 Erev Rosh Hashanah
• 10 Rosh Hashanah
• 18 Kol Nidre
• 19 Yom Kippur
• 24 Super Supper

October

• 7 Coordinating Committee Meeting
• 28 All Chavurah Visioning Meeting
• 29 Super Supper

COMMUNITY

Wishes for continued healing to Cay, Molly, Nathan, Ken, Cindy and all the Vandervelde and Stern families,
especially as Cay heads back to the Netherlands.

Many mishebeirachs to Leo Fried with all our wishes for continued good health

Yesher Koach to Sadie Gleason for completing her wonderful, creative, inspiring, and affirming project painting residents’ home doors at the Interbay community.

 

JEWISH BOOK SALE

Sunday, August, 26th 9am-6pm.

The sale will include select volumes from Shir Hayam’s Judaica library with subjects ranging from Art, History, Travel, Photography, Language, Fiction, Children’s Literature to Spirituality. The sale will take place at Dee’s home – address will follow by email.

 

COORDINATING COMMITTEE

Minutes – Shir Hayam Coordinating Committee Meeting August 5, 2018, 11am

Location: Home of Michele Lyons Present: Jeffrey Brown, Sharon Rutzick, Nina Rogozen, Carol Rappaport, Michele Lyons, Dee Axelrod, Jessica Lang

1. Update on Library/Book Sale -Book Sale will be held August 26, 9am-5pm at Dee’s house

2. High Holiday update – Rosh Hashanah Services will be at Phil Am Hall. Kol Nidre & Yom Kippur Day services will be at a location tba. Sharon and Ruach Committee will explore options, including Rolling Bay Church meeting room and Seabold Hall. We would like to do a postcard with high holiday service information that could be shared with chavurah members and prospective members. It could be shared at the book sale.

3. Cemetery issue – In order to prevent the forest from encroaching on our cemetery plot, we will need to put down a footing along the forest edge. Ralph (the caretaker) is a contractor and can do the work. We will get an estimate and then decide whether to do it and how to pay for it.

4. CC meeting dates for the rest of the year, all meetings at 11am:

• October 7, 2018
• November 4, 2018
• December 2, 2018
• January 6, 2019
• February 3 2019
• March 3, 2019
• April 7, 2019
• May 5, 2019

5. Community meeting – Visioning Meeting Scheduled – On October 28, we will hold a visioning meeting for the chavurah to generate ideas to serve the needs of more people in the community. This was suggested at the Annual Meeting.  The meeting will be held at Jessica’s home.

6. New business – Carol asked whether we need security at our high holiday services. In the past, we have asked the police to provide extra patrols during services.  We will let them know the schedule for this year.

HAPPENING ON BAINBRIDGE

Hymns of the Heart with Israeli Singer Sophia Tuv – Dayaalu Center August 19 2018 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

 $15 Advance // $30 at the Door

 

NICHOLAS WINTON

This is very moving……….and amazing. Thank goodness there are folks like Nicholas Winton. Submitted by Eliot and Renee.