Welcome to Beth Shalom! Great to have you with us. Please join us for Kiddush lunch after services. B’ruchim Habaim (Welcome)! Shavuon A Beth Shalom Weekly 6800 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98115 206.524.0075 "Build your home in such a way that a stranger may feel happy in your midst!" ~ Theodor Herzl

19-26 Shvat 5780 February 14-21, 2020

Board Members & Staff

President Norbert Sorg Kabbalat Services in the Beit Midrash from 5:30-6:30pm

Past President Candlelighting on February 14th is at 5:13pm Michael Madwed Edee Polyakovski is leading Kabbalat Shabbat services and Ma'ariv

President-Elect Nancy Simon

Vice-President Harry Goldman Shabbat Services in the Sanctuary at 9:30am

Treasurer Yitro Mark Stiefel Exodus 18:1-20:23

Secretary Haftarah: Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6 Deirdre Gabbay

School Committee Chair Mike Grodin

Members at Large: The Kiddush lunch is Catered by Miryam Frieder & Don Doering Broch Bender Aviad Benzikry Hershel Berg Paige Chapel Craig Chosiad Andrew Cohen Shabbat Babysitting from 9:30am in Rm 4/5 Marc Cohen Colin Coltrera Keith Eaton Stacy Globerman Jeff Ross Prozdor is closed for mid-winter break Matt Saunders

Rabbi Jill Borodin Senior Rabbi Rabbi Paula Rose Learners Minyan with Robert Hovden from 10:30am in the Beit Midrash Associate Rabbi

Carol Benedick Executive Director

Leah Lemchen Kids Kehilla with Brianna Sayres for ages 6-11 from 10:45 in Room 3

Early Chldhood Ctr Director

Rachel Wachtel Education & Youth Director

Shira Orzech Young Family Tefillah and Lunch from 11:30am in the Beit Midrash B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator

Melani Baker Community & Membership Engagement Director

Marjie Cogan Communications Coordinator Yiddish Torah study this week is cancelled,

Louis Friedkin Comptroller but if you'd like to pick up a copy of this week's parsha in Yiddish, there are a couple of

Emma Shusterman copies in Marianne's mail slot in the lobby, to the left of the water fountain Bookkeeper

Heidi Piel Lifecycle Coordinator

Lauren Fellows Front Office Coordinator

Tamara Fernandez ECC Assistant

Mor Amram and The CBS Offices and the Early Childhood Center are closed this Abaye Singer Monday, February 17th, in honor of President’s Day Shinshinim

Carlos DelCid The Monday morning minyan will start at 9:00am Building Maintenance

Luis Martinez Maekele Gebremeskel Custodian

Rimma Lobas Service Assistant

Susan Monas Rosh Kitchen

To honor the sanctity of Shabbat and High Holidays, we do not permit smoking, photography, writing, use of beepers, cell phones or other wireless equipment. When congregants are standing in prayer, please do not disturb their concentration by moving around the shul.

In consideration of other members, please minimize the use of scented body products. Thank you.

Transliterations of services are available; speak to an usher to get a copy. Hearing Devices: There are hearing devices for all services. Please speak to an usher. ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Young Family Tefillah and Lunch Recology: A World Without Waste – Facility Tour Shabbat, 2/15 from 11:30am-12:30pm Wednesday, 2/19, 11am-12pm at 7 South Idaho Join Rabbi Kurland for a fun service geared Street, Seattle WA towards families with children ages 0-5, As part of Jonah Kessler-Cohen's mitzvah project, we will followed by a light lunch. visit Recology King County's recycling center to learn how For questions or to be added to our Young paper, plastics, and more are sorted and recycled. Families email list, please contact This free experience at their state-of-the-art facility in [email protected]. South Seattle will help us understand the recycling system Families with children ages 5 and under: and how our actions affect the process. Note: Only minors Subscribe to the CBS Young Family Google 13 years or older can go on the walking portion of the tour. calendar on your desktop so all upcoming If there are any children under 13, they can view the ma- young family programs will automatically appear in your chinery from the education room! RSVP to Melani at calendar! [email protected] or 206-524- https://tinyurl.com/CBSYoungFamilies5780. 0075, ext. 2504 for important tour details, necessary waivers, and carpool information. Mitzvah Corps Shabbat 2/22 from 9:30am at CBS Jewish Community Lobby Day 2020 During morning services, learn about the transformational Tuesday, 2/25 from 8:30am - 3:30pm at the State act of participating in Mitzvah Corps and supporting a Capitol (Meet at Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 8th Ave fellow member during a time of need. Following services, SE, Olympia) join us for a Kiddush lunch in honor of the Mitzvah Corps $18 for Adults / $10 for Seniors/Students /+$22 for volunteers who have enriched our community this past Optional Bus Ticket year. It’s a chance to thank them and ask questions about Kosher Light Breakfast and Lunch Provided how to get involved. Deepen your involvement at these RSVP Mandatory by February 23: shorturl.at/hmHZ9 follow-up learnings (more details to come): A Message about the World Zionist Elections from March 7th — Mitzvah Corps Shabbat Learning at 1:15pm Rabbi Borodin: April 18th — Mitzvah Corps Shabbat Learning at 1:15pm We have been enjoying wonderful Masorti congregations and youth movement this year in . One of the ! only places they receive funding is through the allocations Mishloach Manot—sending food gifts that get determined by the delegates elected in the World to friends and family—is one of the Zionist Elections. Voting can make a big difference in four Mitzvot performed on , having both funding and policies supportive of religious and for the second year, Beth Sha- pluralism in Israel and funding Israel spends college lom is hosting a Mishloach Manot gift campuses and elsewhere in the United States. I highly exchange to spread the Purim cheer! encourage everyone to vote. It takes less than five On Monday 2/3 you received an minutes and helps you have your voice heard on e-mail with details on placing an conversations affecting the Jewish people and religious order for this year’s custom mug pluralism in Israel. stuffed with goodies, themed to our Your vote can make a difference upcoming Purim production The Greatest Maariv. You have Every five years, Jews from the option to send to individuals at $5/gift, or send to a around the world are asked to group at a discount – $36 for all Beth Shalom staff, $54 for step up and be counted in the all Board Members and Committee Chairs, $360 for the World Zionist Congress Election. entire congregation. New this year: you'll have an option to The election begins on Tuesday, add a donation to your order, collecting funds to sponsor January 21, 2020. 152 delegates will be elected to the meal served at St. Dunstan’s Church in Shoreline on represent the U.S. and will make critical decisions about Purim day and fulfilling a second Purim Mitzvah—Matanot the future of the Jewish people in Israel. Casting your vote l’evyonim—giving gifts to the poor. Any questions? Contact for the MERCAZ slate will ensure that the Conservative Melani Baker at [email protected] or Movement has the strongest possible delegation at the (206) 524-0075 ext. 2504. Deadline to place an order is Congress. Visit https://www.mercaz2020.org/ to learn Friday, February 28 at 5pm. more and get involved. Thank you to the 25 people who have already signed up!

Milestones Toddah Rabah Y Mazel Tov to Emily & Doron Feuer, on the birth of Y To Miryam Frieder & Don Doering, for Catering this their new baby boy, Shai Hershel, born on Monday, week’s Kiddush lunch February 10 - Tu BiShvat baby! Y To Edee Polyakovski for leading Kabbalat Shabbat services and Ma'ariv Y To Thursday Connections: Linda Berg, Sharon Greenberg, Nancy Coomer, Gloria Goldstein, Susan Adler, Susan Monas and Karen McGonigle for baking Shomrei Atid many Hamentaschen for Purim Please remember Congregation Y To all the landscaping champions! Chair, Rob Snyder, Beth Shalom with a gift in your Steve Katz, Dave Warnock, Amanda Taylor, Robert will, trust, retirement account or Isgur, Herschel Berg, Liz Labadie, Cindy Katz, Hana life insurance policy. Volk, Nathan Volk, and someone who wishes to re- For more information on joining main anonymous – they moved a lot of chips, but we Shomrei Atid and Legacy giving, please contact Carol still have more! If anyone wants to take some Benedick at 206-524-0075 ext 2502 or home, call or text Rob Snyder at 206-412-9752. ([email protected]). UPCOMING PROGRAMS Purim Schedule Purim Carnival Erev Purim – March 9th Purim Day – March 10th Sunday, 3/8 from 11:30am- 5:30pm - Purim Katan 7:00am – Minyan and 12:30pm in the CBS Social Hall 7:00pm – Doors Open Reading, followed by a festive Open to all! 7:15pm – The Greatest Ma’ariv breakfast 8:30pm – Megillah Reading & Schtick! 9:30pm – Dancing & Snacks

Shabbat Learning - Saturdays at 1:15pm following Kiddush Lunch No Charge

2nd Shabbat of each month: 5780: Year of Environmental Teshuva with Deirdre Gabbay Deirdre will be teaching from the Mishna in Pirkei Avot which says: "Rabbi Ya'akov says: One, who while walking along the way, reviewing his studies, breaks off from his study and says, "How beautiful is that tree! How beautiful is that plowed field!" Scripture regards him as if he has forfeited his soul." Feeling perplexed? Please come! The next opportunity is March 14.

From Deirdre: “Following Limmud, Deirdre Gabbay and Adrienne Ross Scanlan created a Facebook Group called Western Washington Jews Practicing Environmental T'shuvah. If you would like to learn about opportunities to practice habitat restoration, study texts about caring for the Earth, daven in nature, or generally connect your Judaism with your environmental concern, please search for the group and request to join. It is a private, moderated group. Alternatively, you can ask Deirdre to add you to her email mailing list by sending your name to deirdre@ gabbay.org.”

Iraqis in Pajamas – Live in Concert personal transformation and that of the world around us? Sunday, 3/15 from 4:00-5:30pm at CBS The band recently received a grant to produce the song, Iraqis in Pajamas fuses ancient Iraqi Jewish prayers with "Cancer Is My Engine," about healing from cancer through original punk rock and personal storytelling. Front woman, music - which will release on March 1. In addition to per- Loolwa Khazzoom, who has been a leader of our Sephardic forming this song, the band will offer a sneak peek at Kabbalat Shabbat services, belts out tunes in Judeo- songs from their upcoming debut album, Punk iRock - Arabic, Hebrew, and English, on themes of healing and including songs that integrate four Iraqi prayers for Purim transformation. Whatever our particular challenge, the and Pesah. songs explore, how can we express our rage, our pain, and Tickets are $15 in advance/$20 at the door/$8 student and our despair, without getting stuck in it? Better yet, how available at https://bethshalomseattle.org/calendar/iraqis- can we use those energies, channeling them for our own in-pajamas-live-in-concert/

Beit Shalom Cemetery Plot Sale

For plots in the Beth Shalom cemetery, prices are going up March 1st. If you’ve been thinking of buying a plot in our cemetery, now is a good time. Financing is available. Purchase must be completed by the 2/28 deadline. For more information or to purchase plots, please contact Kelly Sweet at [email protected] or at 206-947-5247.

Purchasing cemetery space during life, rather than waiting for an emergency, is a gift to yourself and your family. It also shows your commitment to a meaningful communal resource.

Youth Events Matanot and Chaverim Havdallah, Movie Night, and Youth Minyan (for Teens only) Popcorn Bar Shabbat, 2/22 from 10:00am in the CBS Beit Midrash Saturday night, 2/22 from 6:45 - 8:45pm Come for services lead by other teens and lunch after. Hey 2nd-5th Graders! Let’s hangout with friends new and Any questions: [email protected] old, watch a movie, and have some delicious popcorn. No or [email protected] sign up needed; just join us in the Beit Midrash. Let us How to sign up or RSVP: [email protected]. know if you’d like to request a particular movie! Teen Volunteer Opportunities Kadima Celebrates Tu Bishvat with Mor and Abaye Scheduled on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Saturday night, 2/22 from 1:00 - 2:30pm If possible, please rsvp to All CBS middle schoolers are invited to join Mor and Abaye [email protected] after lunch on February 22nd to celebrate Tu Bishvat March 8: 11:00am-1:00pm at the CBS Purim Carnival together. We will be downstairs at CBS. Can’t wait to see April 12: Closed for Pesach you there. This is a free event and no registration is May 10: 2-5pm at Trees for Seattle at 85th and Meridian required.

Buy Scrip/Gift Cards For CBS When you shop with these gift cards you provide a great Come to the shul office and purchase gift cards for QFC/ benefit to the , and it costs you nothing extra! Fred Meyer, PCC, Safeway-$100 only, Home Depot, If you have any questions about the scrip program, please and Starbucks. The QFC cards are back in stock, but contact Kevin Coskey, [email protected], or the never seem to last very long. CBS office, 206-524-0075.

REFUAH SHLEMAH MEMBERS OBSERVING YAHRZEITS

The Refuah Shlemah list is for the seriously ill and names ì Claire Lieberman, for her mother, Doris Lehman, z”l need to be re-submitted monthly. ì Yehudit Blume, for her father, Ovadia Gadassi, z”l Each entry is dated. The listing expires one month from the listing date. ì Harold Goldfarb, for his mother, Frances Goldfarb, z”l To renew names on the list call Marjie at 206-524-0075. ì Nona Phillips, for her brother, Larry Phillips, z”l Thank you for understanding our policy to make ì Dina Tanners, for her cousin, Elaine Hartholz, z”l room for names in the future. ì Harold Bobroff, for his mother, Pamela Bobroff, z”l If your loved one’s name is not listed, you may announce them during the ì Marjie Cogan, for her mother, Zadell Myerson Cogan, z”l prayer for the sick, after the reading of the Torah. ì Nancy Cooper, for her father, Gerald Cooper, z”l CBS Members ì Keith Elkon, for his father, Samuel Elkon, z”l ì Aharon Gavriel ben Sarah v’Avraham ì Edna Oberman, for her father, Leon Segal, z”l ì Shoshana bat Bilhah ì Gloria Goldstein, for her husband, Norton Goldstein, z”l ì Ariel bat Sara ì Carol Slosberg, for her brother, Robert Shiekman, z”l ì Masha bat Basha (Marsha Malkin) ì Karen Gorrin, for her friend, Gerda Lawrence, z”l ì Jeanette Halford ì David Heller, for his father, Sanders Heller, z”l ì Tirzah bat Sarah (Terry Steele-Kalet) ì Steve Perlmutter, for his father, Seymour Perlmutter, z”l ì Roveda Helen Kaarina ì Francie Ringold, for her father, Vernon Williams, z”l ì Sinai Arye ben Genendel (Sonny Putter) Sam Perlin, for his grandfather, Sigmund Price, z”l ì Ruth Dvorah bat Sarah v’Avraham (Ruth Stern) ì Manny Jacobowitz, for his father, Benjamin Jacobowitz, z”l ì Yerusha bat Jonah ha'Cohen (Joanna Gerber) ì Stephen King, for his father, Walter King, z”l ì Hannah bat Rina v’Betel Meir ì Mark Nagel, for his mother, Inna Nagel, z”l ì Sarah bat Chayindah v’Mendel (Deborah Josephson) ì ì Ilene Ruvinsky ì Gail Zucker, for her father, Okkie Rabinowitz, z”l ì Shimriya Ashira bat Sarah v’Avraham (Adrienne Howell) ì CBS, for our friend and member, Inna Lacker, z”l ì Akiva ben Sara v’Avraham (Chauncey Bell) ì Marty Schnitzer, for his sister, Roberta Wodlinger, z”l ì Aharon Ben Leah Miriam ì David Springer, for his father, Josef Springer, z”l

ì Orly Malka Leah bat Rivka Risle v’Yankev Lab ì Casriel ben Shoshana (Joe Ginsburg) COMMUNITY NEWS ì Yonaton Yoshua ben Malka v’Shmuel CBS' advertising of an event does not imply that Batsheva bat Sophia ì CBS endorses the content of the event. ì Rivka Sura Bat Esther ì Moshe ben Mordechai (Marty Schnitzer) Reset & Refresh: Two Spots Left! ì Tzvi Dov ben Fagela v’Yakov Two spots are left for Reset & Refresh's Spring 2020 cohort! Are you a young ì Hanoch ben Miriam Zelda v’Balin Chunah adult couple exploring how to build a Jewish life together? The Jewish Federa- tion of Greater Seattle's Reset & Refresh is a six-part series that will give you ì Bezalel ben Miriam v’Avraham (Eugene Huppin) an open and welcoming space to discover more about your Jewish identity. ì Aviella Bara bat Shlomo v'Nechama Raisel (Susan Aylesworth) Reserve your spot today! shorturl.at/pstNY ì Orli bat Sofia Seattle Yiddish Fest ì Eleazar Aharon ben Miriam v'Israel February 14-16 2020 ì David Henached shel Goldja (Elric Wolfsbruder McCurdy) Play, dance and sing in Yiddish: A full weekend of workshops, jams, concerts, ì Chizkiyahu Yitzchok Yehoshuah ben Rachel v’Eliezer lectures and more exploring and celebrating Ashkenazi Jewish culture.

More info is available on our website, https://www.seattleyiddishfest.com. Relatives of Members Or for concert details, you can go directly here:https:// ì Ira Weiner, cousin of Kayla Weiner (re-listed 1/21) www.seattleyiddishfest.com/final-concert-and-dance-ball ì Joan Siewart, aunt of Carrie Horwitch (re-listed 1/21) To reserve your tickets, or if you have any questions, simply email [email protected], and then pick up and pay at the door. ì Jay Richards, step-father of Shelly Crocker (re-listed**1/21) ì Ezra Zimmerman, nephew of Nadine Cadesky-Zimmerman (re-listed 1/21) Youth Mental Health Trainings Tuesday, 2/18 from 9:00am – 6:00pm at Jewish Family Service, 1601 ì Eliyahu ben Yeitchak Daveed haLevi (Dr. Elliott Perlin), father of Sam 16th Avenue, Seattle Perlin (re-listed 1/21) Cost: Free ì Mariam bat Yetta (Miriam Blumberg), mother of Gail Coskey (re-listed 1/21) Register with Shaida Hossein at [email protected] or (206) 726-3604 by ì Bentley Klein, brother-in-law of Michael de Haan (listed *1/21) providing your first and last name, phone number and email address. ì Aviva Sharon bat Joseph Samuel (Addy Charkow-Ross), daughter of Jeff Youth Mental Health First Aid is a free, eight-hour course designed for adults who Ross (re-listed 1/21) regularly interact with youth, such as parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, ì Batiya bat Mushka, mother of Trudy Antolin (re-listed 1/21) school staff, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens. The training gives attendees the skills they need to reach out and provide ì Lila bat Penina (Susan Darvas), mother of Andrea Darvas Heller (re-listed initial support to adolescents (ages 12-18) who may be developing mental health or 1/21) substance challenges, or who are in crisis. Topics covered include anxiety, ì Efraim Aharon ben Sarah (Phillip Aaron Kresge), son of Bobi Salit depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive ì (re-listed 1/21) behavior disorders (and eating disorders.

Friends of Members Osher @ the J: Washington History in Ten Songs ì Raisa bat Elka (Raisa Vilkevitch), friend of Emma Shusterman, Marina Thursday, 2/20 from 12:30-2:00pm at SJCC Kiselev, Svetlana Burke and Marina Nagel (re-listed 1/21) Free ì Avery Rosen, friend of Kayla Weiner (re-listed**1/21) Our state is on the edge: the geographical edge of the U.S. and the cutting ì Hava bat Sheyndl (Eve Grossman Bukoski), friend of Dina Tanners (re-listed edge of music. Join music historian Amanda Wilde as she highlights ten 1/21) Washington artists who have shaped the music of the region and beyond. ì Talma Bat Yocheved, friend of Nava Gazitt (re-listed 1/21) Bring your own lunch to this lunch-and-learn session. https://sjcc.org/ calendar-event/osher-washington-10-songs/ Tracy Orr, friend of Jeremy Rose (listed 1/24) ì ì Joseph Caggiano, friend of Lauren Kurland (listed 2/3) Powerful Tools for Caregivers Mondays, February 24 –March 30 from 1:30 – 3:30pm at Wallingford Community Senior Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N #140, Seattle Cost: Free Members in Shloshim - for the past month Genuine self-care is crucial for family caregivers caring for loved ones. In this ì Aaron Lemchen and Matt Lemchen, for their mother, Beverly Lemchen, z”l (2 six-week class for unpaid family caregivers, participants will learn how to Shvat) reduce personal stress, communicate their needs effectively in challenging ì Laurie Pritchard, for her father, Gerald Slatkin, z”l (2 Shvat) situations, deal with difficult emotions and make tough caregiving decisions. Participants will also receive a copy of “The Caregiver Help-book,” developed ì CBS, for our friend and member, Gail Katz, z”l (21 ) specifically for the class. This free class meets once a week on Mondays for ì Ken Jacobsen, for his wife, Rachel Jacobsen, z”l (20 Tevet) six weeks, and participants are asked to attend all classes. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. Facilitators: Lisa Bakke, MA, Geriatric Mental Health, Specialist at JFS and Denise Malm, MSW. To Register: Contact Denise Malm, MSW atWallingford Community Senior Center: (206) 461-7825 or [email protected].