ADAR 5782

RUACH:

Saturday February 5th. 9-9:30: Meditation with the Goldens.☀ For a sublime beginning to Shabbat morning, join the Goldens’ for a guided meditation. In the Shir Hayam Zoom Room

February 19th at 5:30 PM: Dee will lead us in Havdalah. Join us in the Zoom Room for a fragrant closing of Shabbat. Hope to see you there.

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE:

Coordinating Committee (CC) Minutes Summary from 1/23/22 Meeting:

Present:  Jon Garfunkel, Jane Greenberg, Jessica Lang, Sharon Rutzick, Paul Travis, Cay Vandervelde

1.  Jessica introduced the Jewish Community Watch Google Site, an index of all reported antisemitic, racist, etc. incidents and responses in our local area.  If Chavurah members have records of past incidents, learn of, or experience any such incident, please send this information to Jessica or Cay.  We particularly want to connect with Steve Soltar, who is on the Multicultural Advisory Council, and Eric Stahl, who serves on the BI Race Equity Advisory Committee, should any incidents occur.

2.  Jane proposed that the Chavurah establish a Security Committee with a point person who works with the CC.  While we mostly meet in members’ homes in ordinary times, we need to find out what safety concerns, if any, members have around this issue.  CC will schedule a time to meet and have this discussion on community preparedness.

3.  As we have been reviewing, commenting, and discussing provisions in our Bylaws and Handbook, Cay will incorporate the resulting revisions into these documents so that they are consistent and more comprehensive.  We will release this draft package to the Chavurah in February for review and comment prior to their ratification at the Annual Meeting.

4.  CC will contact prior members who are not yet on this year’s roster.

5.  We will begin soon to ask the Standing Committees to prepare and present their Budget requests to CC for the next fiscal year.

6.  CC is planning to hold two Chavurah-wide meetings tentatively scheduled for these dates in March:

March 1 from 7-9 pm via Zoom:  Visioning Meeting

March 20 from 10 am- 12: hopefully in-person:  Meeting to Establish Guidelines for Use of the Chavurah’s Retained Earnings (Savings)

Please watch for Announcements for details about these two upcoming meetings.

Next CC Meeting on February 13 from 10-12 via Zoom

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COMMUNITY NEWS:

All wishes for full and speedy recoveries to Eric Stevens, who will have knee replacement surgery, and to Terry Cowan who will have her rotator cuff replaced – both this month.

Much gratitude to Molly Stern who has been working many double shifts at Martha and Mary, even sleeping there when needed, as omicron affects so many.

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CULTURAL EVENTS:

SHIR HAYAM BOOK GROUP MEETING

FEBRUARY 7 @ 7:00 PM in the Zoom Room

Into The Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love By Rebecca Frankel           

Location, format of meeting to be determined by group members. Please let us know if you are reading the book and want to join us. Jane Greenberg and Carol Rappaport

( 10% DISCOUNT ON THE BOOK AT Eagle Harbor Book Store on Bainbridge- mention Shir Hayam)

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Bainbridge Island / North Kitsap Interfaith Council has announced the on-line screening of John Lewis: Good Trouble, Meaningful Movies Offered by the Episcopal Church in Western Washington, the Black/African-American Ethnic Ministries Circle of Color, and PNW Union of Black Episcopalians 

REGISTER TO RECEIVE A 72-HOUR SCREENING LINK TO USE ON YOUR OWN DEVICE – SCREENING WINDOW FEBRUARY 17-19.

JOIN US FOR THE PANEL DISCUSSION AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATION VIA ZOOM: Friday, February 18, 2022 at 6pm PT.

This event is free, but please register by using the Eventbrite link here.

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COMMUNITY PRESENCE COMMITTEE:

Did you know that Shir Hayam has a Facebook page?  You can find it on Facebook by entering “Shir Hayam” or “Chavurat Shir Hayam” in the search bar.  In our effort to increase our social media presence, the Community Presence Committee plans to update the page more regularly.  It would be great to see your “likes” and comments on our posts.