December 2018

December 2018

KislevTevet 5779

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

December

  • 2 Visioning Meeting part 2
  • 2 First Night of Chanukah
  • 8 Chanukah Party
  • 31 Super Supper

January

  • 5 JLC
  • 6 Coordinating Committee Meeting
  • 19 Tu B’Shevat
  • 28 Super Supper

CHANUKAH PARTY

Saturday December 8th 5:00 – 9:00 pm at the UCC Church in Suquamish. 18732 Division Ave NE.

We’ll cook up fresh latkes, play games, light candles, sing, dance, eat, celebrate community, and more! Fun for all ages! Bring your menorah, latke batter and a latke topping to share and a potluck item would be lovely too! We also need volunteers to set up and decorate, clean-up, help fry latkes. Call Robin Hruska, Lisa Weiss or Zann Jacobrown. Hope to see you there.

THE NEW COLOSSUS

The 14th annual Interfaith Council Thanksgiving Service took place on Thursday, November 20th at Rolling Bay Presbtyterian Church. The theme was “Welcoming the Stranger” and included a special offering for the Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center. A myriad of faith groups were represented by members singing & speaking. Our own Jeff Brown was the closing speaker.  His speech included the words of Emma Lazarus, written over a hundred years ago and famously emblazoned on the Statue of Liberty – worth repeating here.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

In a piece related by the Statue of Liberty, from eJewish Philanthropy, sent in by Nina Rogozen, Rabbi Harold Kushner writes “Knowing Our Own Strength – Why America Needs Authentic Jews”
eJewish Philanthropy highlights news, resources and thought pieces on issues facing our Jewish philanthropic world in order to create dialogue and advance the conversation. Learn more.

HAPPENING ON BAINBRIDGE

Climate Change and Faith Communities

Eagle Harbor Congregational Church December 5th at 7:00 pm

Presenters:
•Rev. Thomas Perchlik, Cedars Unitarian/Universalist Church
•Rev. Wren Blessing, Grace Episcopal Church
•Shonie Senji Kanada, Nippon Mahoji Buddhist Temple
•Rev. Mary Karen Brown (retired), Snoqualmie United Methodist Church

Many religious faiths have been very active in calling for the protection of our natural environment and on combating climate change. Local faith leaders will share how they are working to preserve our environment and address climate change.

Reading the Declaration of Human Rights

Bainbridge Island City Hall Council Chambers Sunday, Dec. 10, 2016 at 12:00 noon

The Interfaith Council of Bainbridge Island/North Kitsap invites you to

The 10th Annual Community Read-In of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

We will gather to read the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights out loud and in public. The Declaration was adopted by the United Nations on Dec. 10, 1948.

HAPPENING IN SEATTLE

Ladino Day 2018: The World of Judeo-Spanish Folktales

Wednesday, December 5th at UW Kane Hall 130 7:00-8:30 pm

The sixth annual event at the UW headlines with French Sephardic activist Francois Azar. More information at jewishstudies.washington.edu

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