ADAR 5782

MARCH:

5: Shabbat Morning Meditation

7: Coordinating Committee Meeting

19: Purim Celebration

20: Coordinating Committee Meeting

20: Book Discussion Group

APRIL:

2: Shabbaton with Reb Lavey

4: Jewish Film Festival Discussion

10: Jewish Film Festival Discussion

24: Coordinating Committee Meeting

RUACH:

SAVE THE DATE  for a SHABBATON with Reb Lavey ☀

We are so excited to be welcoming back Reb Lavey Darby for an online Shabbaton on April 2nd. We were so enthused by his services, teachings, storytelling and meditations for High Holidays that we wanted another opportunity to spend time with him and Ellen Tobe. We still have a few details to work out, but we will have a Saturday morning service and Pesach teaching in the early part of the day. In the evening we will conclude our time together with Havdahlah and that may be the time that Ellen will lead us in a session of Otiot Chayot, a meditation/movement exercise based on the Hebrew letters. Time TBA, but the date, as Reb Lavey said, is in indelible ink!

MEDITATION WITH THE GOLDENS: Saturday morning March 5 9-9:30. Please join us for the monthly morning meditation led by Dick and Linda Golden. It is always a lovely way to say hello and join others in a special meditation space.

PURIM:  It was Purim 2 years ago when we had our first pandemic in-person cancellation.  This year, Mike and Robin are going to host an outdoor Purim party on Saturday, March 19 at 1PM at their abode in Indianola. Since we are doing better, but certainly not out of the woods yet, we are going to be asking that everyone coming above age 5, be vaccinated or have taken a test that morning. We would like an RSVP as we have a small canopy and heater, but will have to grab one of the larger tents that Shir Hayam owns, if needed. Bring Hamantashen, and your own drinks and noshes. Costumes encouraged. Please email robinhruska@gmail.com if you are planning on attending.  

COORDINATING COMMITTEE:

COORDINATING COMMITTEE MINUTES: Monday, February 28, 2022 meeting:

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

1.  Planning for Visioning Meeting which was held via Zoom on Tuesday, March 1 from 7-9 pm, facilitated by Jon Garfunkel:

This is intended to be a Listening Meeting.  All voices will have a chance to be heard and the meeting will be recorded.   While this meeting and the one scheduled for March 20 are distinctly different, if one wants to address the Retained Earnings/Savings of the chavurah, s/he will have that equal chance to speak.  The hope is that each person’s dreams for the chavurah will have an opportunity to be heard rather than back-and-forth discussions within the Visioning Meeting.  Our plan is to work through each of the four areas described in the Announcement of the Visioning Meeting, and if time allows, there will be discussion at the end.

2.  Initial planning for the Retained Earnings Meeting which will be held via Zoom on Sunday, March 20 from 10 am – noon, facilitated by Paul Travis:

Paul will give the context for this meeting (with budget shortfalls, we have supplemented with Retained Earnings; no rollover from year to year of unused budgeted funds; a comfortable amount of existing Retained Earnings).  We discussed the process that will happen at this meeting.  Sentiments may have emerged from the Visioning Meeting which could affect thoughts about how we approach and use our Retained Earnings.  Any decision to change from our traditional way of handling Retained Earnings would require a quorum be present at this meeting.  Paul will ask Committee heads to be sure that at least one person from each Committee attends the Retained Earnings Meeting so information from that meeting can be utilized when each Committee formulates its Budget Request for next year. Coordinating Committee will debrief from the Visioning Meeting and help plan the Retained Earnings Meeting on Monday, March 7 at 7 pm via Zoom.

3.  Cay will draft a note to past members from the Coordinating Committee.

4.  Committee Budget Requests for next year submitted to CC by April 8, 2022.0

5.  Next CC regular meetings:  March 20 and April 24

CULTURAL EVENTS:

Shir Hayam Book Group

Next Book: The Personal Librarian

Next Discussion: March 20, 10 AM, Hybrid format- in person and Zoom option. Contact Carol Rappaport for details.

A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.

 SEATTLE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL:

Join Shir Hayam friends for movie viewing and discussion of the following two films:

                          -1618: Based on a true story, as the Inquisition continues the persecution of Portuguese Jews, with his family and community in danger, António Álvares, outlines an escape plan. 

                          -8000 Paperclips: An Israeli artist and TED fellow travels to Uganda to make art with Hebrew-speaking South Sudanese children raised in Israel and deported to Africa. When resources are limited—what is the real value of art?

DISCUSSION TIMES: Monday, April 4, 6:00 PM (8000 Paperclips)

                                  Sunday April 10, 6 PM (1618)

Hybrid format. Watch at small viewing parties or on your own any time before the zoom and live discussion. Let Jane or Carol Rappaport know if you want to host or attend a small viewing group.

 See SJCC website link below for information about these and other films and registration details:

https://sjcc.org/programs/seattle-jewish-film-festival/

COMMUNITY NEWS:

Our best wishes for speedy recoveries from surgery to Eric Stephens and Terry Cowan.

COMMUNITY EVENT:

Two Events from the

The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community announces two events in honor of the 80th Anniversary of the forced evacuation of the Island’s Japanese American community in 1942:

Let It Not Happen Again | Opening March 11, 2022

Let It Not Happen Again honors the 80th Anniversary of the forced removal of Japanese Americans from
Bainbridge Island in 1942 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This installation in the Bainbridge Island Historical Society lobby will feature a few materials and photographs from the Museum’s collection about the Exclusion period.
The recently restored original US Army poster instructing Japanese Americans to leave the Island will be on view from March 24 – 30 only. Believed to be the only remaining original copy, the poster is an
important and fragile artifact from this period of Island history.

Let it Not Happen Again opens Friday, March 11, 2022. The restored US Army poster will be on view
from March 24 – March 30.

Open House Social | March 30th 2-4pm

The Bainbridge Island Historical Museum will honor Japanese American survivors of WWII incarceration
and their families with an Open House Social and Book Signing on Wednesday, March 30th from 2-4pm.
Drop in for afternoon tea and treats in the Museum Library and to see the Museum’s lobby installation,
Let It Not Happen Again.

UKRAINE:

Jane Greenberg passed along the following organizations which are doing work in Ukraine:

International Rescue Committee: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Save the Children: Humanitarian Aid Organization for Children | Save the Children

The Forward newspaper listed several organizations, some specifically focused on Jews in Ukraine, in their recent edition: Here’s how to help Ukraine’s Jewish community – The Forward