Tishrei/Cheshvan 5780

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

October

• 5 Yahrzeit for Anne Vandervelde Stern
• 8 Erev Yom Kippur
• 9 Yom Kippur – Service, Yizkor & Meditaion, Neilah, Break the Fast
• 20  Sukkot
• 20 Coordinating Committee Meeting
• 28 Super Supper

November

• Shabbat (date tbd)
• 16 Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice NW
• 25 Super Supper

COMMUNITY

Mazal Tov to our Wonder Woman Cay Vandervelde who just earned a degree in City/Urban Planning from UW while working full time for NATO in The Netherlands.

Please join us in wishing the Travis Tribe condolences on the passing of Paul’s step-grandmother, Barbara Mason.

If you are looking for Jewish soul food, you can find a small taste in Silverdale at the Oak Table Cafe.  We went to their sister restaurant, The Maple Counter, in Walla Walla, and met our daughter’s Jewish friend who had married into this restaurant family and brought them her Bubbie’s recipe for blintzes.  The Oak Table has them with cherries or blueberries, a bountiful dish -not healthy but a truly delicious treat.  Turn up Randall Rd. between Olive Garden/Great Floors and Target and go on up the hill then bear right into their lot.  Open daily from 7am – 3pm and packed till at least 1 pm. ~The Rutzicks

HIGH HOLIDAYS 5780

After a wonderful Rosh Hashanah, we will continue High Holidays with Rabbi Jen Clayman leading us in our time of reflection and prayer. This year’s theme is Resilience, Renewal, and Joy. With a few exceptions specifically noted in the schedule below, all activities will take place at Seabold Hall. Hope to see you there!

SERVICES SCHEDULE

Kol Nidre / Erev Yom Kippur Service: Tuesday, October 8 at 7 pm (at Seabold Hall)

Yom Kippur Morning Service: Wednesday, October 9 at 9 am (at Seabold Hall)

Yiskor Service: at the home of Linda and Dick Golden on Bainbridge Island. Arrive at 2:30 for an optional guided meditation session, or 3 pm for Yiskor.

Neilah Closing Service: Wednesday, October 9 at 6 pm (at Seabold Hall), followed by our traditional Break-the-Fast potluck.

YAHRZEIT FOR ANNE VANDERVELDE STERN

Please join the Vandervelde Stern family as they hold a Yahrzeit remembrance for their beloved daughter and sister Anne at Seabold Cemetery at 1 pm, Saturday, October 5, followed by a reception at the Vandervelde home on Bainbridge Island.

Seabold Cemetery is located at 15512 SR 305 on Bainbridge Island.

SUKKOT

October 20th at 2 pm will be celebrated at the home of Mike Orr and Robin Hruska. Come celebrate the harvest season and give thanks. If you have any willow, myrtle (crape myrtle is popular in these parts) or palm, please let Robin H know so we can make lulav to shake. Bring a snack (harvest themed) to share. Any questions call Robin Hruska or Jon Garfunkel. PLEASE NOTE:  This is a date change from last month’s newsletter.

TIKKUN OLAM – Immigrant Justice

Immigrant Bond Fundraiser
When: November 16, 2019, 6:30-9pm
Where: Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue at Seattle First Baptist Church
1111 Harvard Ave. Seattle 98122
Event Information contact: goforth@jcijnw.org

Come to an informative and lively evening to support immigrant justice! Havdalah with Sephardic melodies by Brivele, Salvadoran pupusas, wine, and dessert followed by music and dancing with Klezmer band Shpilkis. Speakers including an immigrant recently released from the Northwest ICE Processing Center (formerly the Northwest Detention Center), WAISN’s Western WA Network Coordinator Monserrat Padilla, and more. Learn about the Fair Fight Immigrant Bond Fund and other ways to join the movement for immigrant justice.

Registration, tickets and/or donations

Your support of the Fair Fight Immigrant Bond Fund gives immigrants a better chance of winning their cases and being reunited with their families and communities. 

Thank you! Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice NW

YEAR OF RENEWAL BREAKOUTS – Please Sign Up

At this year’s annual meeting, Shir Hayam resolved that 5780 is a Year of Renewal, with a focus on three specific topics. The community needs your help to make this happen. Will you sign up to help brainstorm one (or more!) of these topics?

• Communication: How can we open and strengthen lines of communication between and among members, committees, and officers?
• Participation: What’s our understanding of every member’s role in doing the work of the chavurah? There are lots of ways to be a leader – small ways and larger ones. What steps can we take to encourage, enable, and support each one of us as contributor and leader?
• Tikkun Olam: How do we see Shir Hayam as a participant in “repairing the world?” What is our part? What should we continue to do, and what else should we start doing? How can we make the most of our efforts?

For each of these topics, there’s a designated contact person, given below. All you have to do is give your name to the person(s) for the topic(s) you’re interested in. That person will work with everyone who signs up to schedule a brainstorming meeting after High Holidays, and then to distill the results into one or more proposals to bring back to the chavurah. This is a great chance to be heard on topics of ongoing importance to our community!

You can sign up today by contacting one or more of the following people:

For the communication topic, contact Paul Travis
For the participation topic, contact Mike Orr
For the Tikkun Olam topic, contact Jane Greenberg

COORDINATING COMMITTEE

Upcoming Coordinating Committee meetings are as shown below. All members are welcome at CC meetings.

• Sunday 10/20 10 am – Mike’s
• Sunday 12/15 10 am – Sharon’s
• Sunday 2/9 10 am – Carol’s