ChroniCle Congregation Neveh Shalom

January/February 2013 No. 3 Tevet/Shevat/Adar 5773 Supported by the Sala Kryszek Memorial Publication Fund From the President Martinis & Mitzvot With our current Auction Committee Kicks Off Planning For Mad membership Men Themed Fund-raiser Event hovering around 900 family units, On a mid-November we are one evening, a creaive of the largest and dedicated group congregaions in came together at the the Conservaive movement, and the home of Todd and largest congregaion in our Paciic Felicia Rosenthal for Northwest region, which not only what looked from includes what we tradiionally think of the outside like a as the Paciic Northwest (Washington, casual cocktail party. Oregon, and Briish Columbia) but As people walked also Northern California. That’s right; in, introducions Congregaion Neveh Shalom is the were made. Within a few minutes anyone new to the gathering felt largest Conservaive synagogue north welcomed like an old friend. There was laughter, hugs and much talk of Los Angeles and west of Colorado. about the good imes had at last year’s aucion. As a large congregaions, we have What was the occasion for such a fun Neveh Shalom gathering, you may infrastructures and budgets which ask? Surprisingly, 2013 aucion planning! set us apart from most of the Last year’s “The Greatest Shul on Earth” chairs, Todd and Felicia drew congregaions in our movement. As together a fun, acive commitee and they are back to do it again. “We a result, the United Synagogue of see the aucion as a central community event. We have worked to make Conservaive Judaism recently held it an uter blast…and while there is hard work that goes into every stage its second meeing of leaders of its large congregaions. The irst was of the planning, we want to send the message that this commitee is doing good things and having a great ime doing it,” said Felicia, “and it held nearly 2 years ago in Houston. Coninuedon page 5 is never too late for anyone to join this year’s aucion team.” Last year’s engaging circus theme led to silt walkers and other From the pulpit entertainers roving the room, with circus foods and themed decor (famously, fried Oreos). The aucion raised over From Russia to $85,000 to support spiritual, educaional, arisic and social acion the Rose City programming at Neveh Shalom. My favorite Save the date this year to dress up “Mad Men Style” on Sunday, moment during March 17 when Neveh Shalom hosts MARTINIS & MITZVOT: a b’nei mitzvah Party Like a Mad Mensch. Tickets are $60 which includes ceremony is when cocktails and a seated dinner. Special Patron ickets for $150 will the parents of our include fun surprises throughout the night. students present Monica Brenner, the aucion Procurement Chair would love your their child with their bar or bat mitzvah help! “Do you, a friend, relaive or your irm own a great vacaion talit. Mom and Dad (someimes another property? Do you stay at hotels frequently and have extra points relaive) stand upon the bimah kvelling at hotels or air miles? Sporing ickets are always a big seller, from ear to ear. They oten let their son especially fantasic seats and games. Please help us make this or daughter know how proud they are the most successful aucion yet!” as they watch their child embrace the family heritage or ofer brief words of Donate to the aucion by contacing Sarah Howard, Aucion advice on growing up. I want to share Coordinator, at [email protected] with you the words or calling (503) 957-0493. Coninued on page 3 page 1 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 B’nai Mitzvah Eliana Kaufman JANUARY 12 Mazel tov to Eliana Kaufman, daughter of Jason and Allison Kaufman and older sister to Sarina and Adena. Eliana’s grandparents are Sandy Kaufman and Martha and Ron Kapusta of Dallas, Texas and Dick and Sue Anderson of Lincoln City, Oregon. Eliana is a 7th grader at Athey Creek Middle School. She loves reading fantasy books and playing with her sisters. She is in her 9th year of girl scouing and is currently at the Cadete level. Her favorite girl scout aciviies are camping and community service. She will be compleing her Silver Award this year. Through girls scouts and her summers spent at BB Camp, Eliana has learned to try new things and challenge herself to do something outside her comfort zone. Eliana also plays sotball every spring; her favorite posiion is second base. Ater her Bat Mitzvah, Eliana is looking forward to new opportuniies to pracice her Hebrew skills and coninue her Jewish educaion. She would also like to visit Israel as soon as she can. Jesse Cook February 9 Mazel Tov to Jesse Cook, son of Sherri and David Cook, brother to Joshua, Jacob and Jenna, and grandson to Marin and Evelyn Eisenberg and Ida Mae Girten. Jesse is a 7th grade honor student at Highland Park Middle School who enjoys playing the clarinet in the school band. He also enjoys camping, video games, advanced math and graphic novels. Jane Rosevelt February 16

Mazel Tov to Jane Rosevelt, life partner of Joni Cady, and mother of Kelly and Carolyn. Jane grew up in New York in a supporive but non-religious family of Chrisian background. Ater a very long path to Judaism, Jane converted 4 years ago and will celebrate her bat mitzvah in honor of turning 70. Why celebrate turning 70 by becoming a Bat Mitzvah? Jane is already a pilot and hiker; so why not skydive or climb Mt Rainier? A jump or a climb is over when it’s over. By making this kind of commitment to Judaism Jane will coninue to grow through study, learning Hebrew, and helping to lead services. She says, “The more I learn the more I want to. I especial- ly love Shacharit and the rhythmic, meditaive words that low from my mouth. Study and leading has become a central part of my life.” We hope you will join us in this celebraion on February 16th. Hannah Yoken February 23 Mazel Tov to Hannah Elizabeth Yoken who will become a Bat Mitzvah on February 23, 2013. She is the daughter of Jennifer and Jonathan Yoken, sister to Rachel and Eliana, and granddaughter to Judith and Arthur Berman of Singer Island, Florida, Susan Robbio of San Diego, California, and Stephen Yoken of Dallas, Texas. Hannah is a 7th grader at Catlin Gabel School and enjoys compeiive rock climbing and tennis, skiing both on snow and water, playing the piano and hanging out with friends. Leo Rubin March 2 Mazel Tov to Leo Harris Rubin, son of Melissa and Dan Rubin, brother of Jack Rubin, grandson of Leah and Mark Rubin and Kathy and Craig Abraham. Leo is a 7th grade student at Robert Gray Middle School where he excels in math, science and social studies. He is a regular summer camper at Camp Solomon Schecter, where he has made many friends from all over the West. Leo enjoys basketball, boxing, and gourmet cooking. A graduate of the Foundaion School, Leo coninues to have many strong friendships from those early years in the downstairs halls of Neveh Shalom.

page 2 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 Notes From the Cantor Cantor Bletstein would like to remind everyone to atend PDX live! on January 25th and come celebrate Purim on February 23rd with her. Details for both events can be found in the lyers atached to this ediion of the Chronicle.

Cantor Bletstein with Rick Recht. Taken during his concert in November.

From the Pulpit (continued) Coninued from page 1 father was 13, Stalin was sill in power, Jews Persia, in Spain, in Portugal, in Germany, in spoken as Robert and Lena Iofe presented were persecuted across the Soviet Union in Poland, and in Russia. What I am trying to their son Michael with his talit. We are the infamous “Doctors Plot” and nobody say is that it could happen here. And what blessed to have a vibrant Russian Jewish was thinking about giving my dad a proper sustained Jews through all these imes of community as part of our congregaional Jewish educaion and bar-mitzvah – Jews persecuion, of hatred and isolaion? The family. Oten imes a family who has were wondering if they will be kept alive only thing that sustained us is our Faith, our moved here from the Former Soviet Union or sent to Siberia. I was born in 1972, and unyielding belief that God will not forsake celebrates a b’nei mitzvah for the irst ime when I was 8 my grandfather Zalman told us, that despite all the troubles He is on our in many generaions. I hope you ind these me: Do you know that we are Jews? That side, that we are His children, we are His words spoken from a father to his son in our you are a Jew? It was a complete shock to chosen people and He will not let us down. Stampfer Chapel as inspiraional as I did. me – I thought I was Russian. I didn’t know And so throughout history, through all the what it meant to be a Jew. I didn’t go to troubles and persecuions that befall us, we Dear Michael, friends, family, and members shul. I didn’t know how to read Hebrew or ALWAYS come back to God! of the congregaion! Yiddish. I didn’t know anything about Jewish So we are celebraing here just this First of all, I want to thank you for taking history and customs. I was, in my great uncle historic occasion! Michael, by celebraing the ime to celebrate with us this great Moses’s words, “Ivan who doesn’t know his your bar-mitzvah we are celebraing our milestone in Michael’s life and in the life relaions.” Needless to say, that by the ime comeback, our return to God! So far, you’ve of our family! I want to talk today about I was thirteen, the Communists were sill in accomplished great things Michael, but this its signiicance: Michael is the irst of four power and I didn’t have bar-mitzvah either. is just a step on your long journey in life. generaions of our family to have a proper Michael, you might say, why am I telling Remember God’s commandments, honor bar-mitzvah. My maternal grandfather, you this? You’ve heard this story a thousand your parents, love your family, cherish Zalman, was born in 1909 in a small village imes, we are in America now, the land of your friends, study Jewish history, law and near the city of Mozir in Belarus. By the Freedom, nobody is persecuing Jews, we culture, support the Jewish community, ime he was thirteen, Jewish communiies are free to pracice our religion and be marry a Jewish girl, have lots of kids and in Belarus were ravaged by civil war, the proud of our history and heritage. The thing keep the Faith! You are a Jew, so be proud of communists were in power, and fear set in. is, if you study Jewish history (and I strongly it and may God be with you! My paternal grandfather, Aaron, was born encourage you to study it in great detail) you in 1902 in the city of Bobruisk in Belarus and will realize that this is a recurring patern: May we all be blessed to have such pride in volunteered in the First World War at the we would be free and prosper for a while, our heritage, age of 14, so I am not sure he had a proper but then things change, kings change, L’shalom, bar-mitzvah either. He died in 1960, so I imes change, and persecuions begin. This Rabbi Bradley Greenstein was never able to ask him. By the ime my happened in Egypt, in Babylon, in Rome, in page 3 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 Services PDX Live! Candle lighting Religious Services Fridays, Special 7:30pm service ime (Jan. 25) A rockin’ service to welcome Shabbat with music that will Kabbalat Shabbat move you! Join Cantor Bletstein, Ed Kraus, and Klezmocracy Dec 28 4:17pm Every Friday: 6:15pm for a high-energy Shabbat service with instruments that Come join Cantor Bletstein and our Rabbis for a will rock your soul! Stay aterwards and schmooze at our Jan 4 4:22pm tradiional Kabbalat Shabbat Service where we signature Neveh Shalom cookie oneg. The service this month Jan 11 4:30pm weave together ancient and modern melodies as will include a recepion by ORA arists. Jan 18 4:39pm we celebrate Shabbat. jan 25 4:49pm Shabbat Morning Service Special Shabbat Morning Services Every Saturday: 9:00am Feb 1 4:59pm Tradiional weekly Shabbat morning service. Downstairs Minyan Feb 8 5:09pm Free Shabbat child care available beginning at 2nd, 4th & 5th Saturdays: 9:30am (Jan 12, Feb 9, Feb 23) 9:30am by advance reservaion only. Please call Downstairs Minyan is a lay-led Shabbat service followed by Feb 15 5:19pm 503.246.8831x100 by noon on the preceding a light Kiddush and lively singing of z’mirot. Want to lead a Wednesday to reserve space. part of the service or read Torah? Contact Eddy Shuldman at Feb 22 5:29pm [email protected]. On “Combined Minyan”dates we Mar 1 5:39pm Daily Minyan: Sunday-Friday meet at 9am. This minyan is maintained by dedicated and devoted congregants who ensure this service is available. KEVA with Rabbi Greenstein: Weekday services 7:15am, except on Rosh Chodesh 3rd Saturdays, 10:00-11:45am (Jan 19, Feb 16) and intermediate days of a holiday (Sukkot, Chanukah, Join us as we study, sing, meditate and engage deeply in and Passover) when services begin at 7:00am. prayer together. KEVA is for adults and kids of every age, no Services on Sundays, major Jewish holidays, and major experience necessary. Bring your friends! KEVA...a litle ime American holidays begin at 9:00am, year-round. for your soul. For quesions or to get involved, contact Rabbi *Shabbat child care available beginning at 9:30am by Greenstein at [email protected]. advance reservaion only. Please call 503.246.8831x100 by noon on the preceding Wednesday to reserve space. Rose Schnitzer Manor, “Darchei Noam” service 3rd Saturdays, 10:00am (Jan 19, Feb 16) Special Friday Evening Services Neveh Shalom volunteers lead Shabbat services for seniors at the Robison Home Chapel. Arrive early to help escort First Fridays with Ilene Safyan residents to the Chapel.Please contact Carol Stampfer at 1st Fridays, 6:15pm (Jan 4, Feb 1, Mar 1) [email protected]. Bring your spirit and your voice to join together on the irst Friday of the month. Accompanied by Ilene Safyan on guitar, this service is one of beauiful music, illed Shabbat Morning for Families with much singing and paricipaion. New melodies are intermixed with congregaional favorites. It’s a wonder- and Children ful way to welcome Shabbat together, as a community. Tot Shabbat (ages 0-5 years old) A light oneg follows the service. 1st & 3rd Saturdays: 10:15am (Jan 5/19, Feb 2/16, Mar 2) Tot Shabbat is a warm, age-appropriate Saturday morning Chik-Chak Service service designed to introduce our youngest members 3rd Fridays, 6:15pm (Jan 18, Feb 15) to Shabbat morning worship. This interacive, engaging A tradiional, lay-led service featuring Carlebach 45-minute Shabbat service includes prayers, music, songs tunes followed by delicious, volunteer-catered dinner. and story ime followed by a light Kiddush lunch. Reservaions required for dinner ($12/adult, $6/ child, $36 max/family). Dinner RSVP required by Kehillat Noar (Grades 1-5) the preceding Wednesday to chikchakrsvp@gmail. 3rd Saturdays, October-May: 10:00am (Jan 19,Feb 16) com. NOTE: on 3rd Fridays when there is no Bar/Bat Jr. Congregaion for 1st-5th graders and families. Join Mitzvah, the main service is combined with ChikChak in Gershon Liberman for this brief, lively, skill-building Shabbat one service. morning experience, and stay for kiddush lunch with friends. For more informaion contact Mel Berwin, mberwin@ Hinenu Erev Shabbat Service nevehshalom.org. 4th Fridays, 6:30pm (PDX live! Jan 25, Feb 22)) For Jews in their 20’s and 30’s who are post- college and pre-kids. This alternaive service is Eleanor Fischer followed by a potluck Shabbat dinner at a local Dial-In Service home. Please visit our Facebook page (search If you are unable to atend Shabbat Services for “Hinenu”). For more informaion, to RSVP, dial in to hear them. or to get on our email list, contact hinenu. [email protected] Call 503.246.8832

page 4 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 Thank You: Annual Giving Campaign

It is hard to remember, but it was only 3 short years ago that our Kehilah made a commitment to ensure the coninuaion of our great programs, schools and religious oferings. The Board and the Finance Commitee saw that the need for raising addiional dollars above tuiion and dues was paramount to our success. Thus the Annual Giving Program was begun to increase giving - it took the enhanced dues along with the Kol Nidre appeal and combined them into a focused efort. I am pleased to report that, due to the eforts of many, including our President, Steven Kahn, and commitee members Mark Zeitzer, Mark Kalenshcer, Stephen Sirkin, Stephen Blake, Leah Joy, Jefrey Robinson and Bev Bookin, along with our wonderful staf, Fred Rothstein and Wendy Kahn, we have reached our budgeted goal of raising $150,000. While short of our commitee goal of $200,000 (and if you haven’t joined us – now is the ime!), we believe that this year marked the beginning of some great milestones, including overwhelming support from the Kehilah’s Board of Directors, who were very generous with their commitments, going from $20,000 to $45,000. In addiion, we raised almost $45,000 from 23 donors at the $1,800 level and above. I want to say thank you to the 300 donors overall for your support, for the belief and the commitment that you have shown and coninue to show in Congregaion Neveh Shalom. For those who gave last year and again this year, we collecively increased our gits by 31%! And, welcome and thank you to the 91 new donors to this year’s campaign. We look forward to your paricipaion and support in the future. Only you, our donors, come and invest and ask nothing in return – leaving the rest of us deeply in your debt. Without you, very litle of this would be possible. Whether it is a donaion to a tribute fund, to the Annual Campaign, to our aucion or to sponsor a Kiddush, it all maters. “As a torch is not diminished though it kindles a million candles, so will he or she not lose who gives to a good cause.”

From the President (continued)

Coninued from page 1 me of how much work our long range planning commitee did and This year, at the end of October, Vice President Beverly Bookin and how thorough was the efort. But even more impressive is that I atended the meeing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I atended as we have not only a history and reputaion for planning, but also our President; Beverly atended to lead a session on long range of achieving our plans. On the light home from Minneapolis, I planning. More on that later. reviewed the 67 individual recommendaions of the plan. Again, As at that irst meeing in Houston which I atended as our president- you can review them yourself at the website. I was struck by how elect, I came away feeling proud and conident of how well ahead much of the plan we are already implemening or have completed. of the curve is CNS on the major issues facing our congregaions. Now, admitedly, some of this was the low hanging fruit; but no Whether it is budgeing, fundraising, outreach, personnel oversight, recommendaion was trivial or meaningless. programming, publicaions, you name it; we are viewed as role Of course, we coninue to do the hard work necessary to accomplish models of the movement. Of course, that doesn’t mean we get all of the recommendaions. For example, one of the most to rest on our laurels. We coninue to strive to improve upon our challenging recommendaions is to reire our outstanding debt from strengths. At the Minneapolis meeing, we were able to learn from the 2008 CNS capital campaign and increase endowment to broaden other similarly sized congregaions about best pracices for serving our funding base. The capital campaign, by the way, was one of our kehillot. We spent quite a bit of ime discussing the hot buton the recommendaions from our previous long range plan. By the topic of dues collecions, especially in the context of changing the ime you read this, we will have already begun having conversaions dues collecion model. While there seem to be few alternaives with our kehilah about how essenial this debt reirement is to the and no proven models more successful than our current model, our future of our kehilah. Simply stated, if we do not reire our debt board is commited to exploring alternaives. We are assembling of $2,500,000 now, then we will need to pay our mortgage out of a task force for the study of this issue which will dovetail with the our operaing budget. To achieve that, we will need to reduce our naional movement’s examinaion of alternaives. We recently operaing budget by at least $250,000 per year for at least the next learned that the Director of Kehilah Operaions & Finance for USCJ 2 decades beginning with our 2015 budget or raise an addiional is researching the subject and will be conducing a webinar for our $250,000 per year through dues and contribuions. For context, movement ater the irst of the year. Following that, we expect to $250,000 represents our enire annual religious school expense be doing the work necessary to thoroughly examine dues models, (mostly teachers) or the addiion of more than 100 dues paying as is required by our current long range plan. members. This brings me to the subject of an area where CNS has no peer: I am conident that with the help of everyone, we will achieve our Long range planning. We are the ideniied leader of our movement goal of reiring our debt. Our leadership understands that not in planning for the future. Much of the credit for that goes to everyone will be able to make a new pledge to the capital campaign Beverly Bookin and Arnold Cogan who have been responsible for or extend exising annual pledges for a few more years. But we hope chairing both of our long range planning commitees over the that everyone can join the cause by helping us recruit and retain past 15 years. If you have not seen the work of our recent long members; and by staying current with dues and other inancial range planning commitee, I encourage you to read it by pasing obligaions. I am conident because we are a kehilah that does not the following link in your browser: htp://www.nevehshalom.org/ fail. We plan and we achieve and we succeed. iles/lrp_inal_2011.pdf. At our large congregaion meeing, Beverly Steven Kahn conducted a seminar on long range planning which only reminded page 5 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 Tikkun Olam As we come to the end of 2012 we celebrate the wide range of Tikkun Olam eforts that congregants are involved in both inside and beyond the walls of our synagogue. In the past months we have provided meals to the homeless, collected food for the hungry, built afordable housing, knit hats for Israeli soldiers, provided hygiene kits for those in transiion, supported eforts to reduce sufering and eliminate genocide, provided meals for homeless youth, worked to improve and appreciate our environment, and collected blood for the Red Cross. Several hundred of you have assisted with these and other Tikkun Olam eforts that fall under our synagogue’s umbrella. You’ve done, and coninue to do, blessings and mitzvahs! Whether it has been through Neveh, or in other ways, thanks so much. Steven Sirkin, Tikkun Olam Commitee

Notes from Shomrei Teva A New Project: Tikkun Adamah community, to help heal the earth, and to do a Tu b’Shvat will begin this year on January 25th. Once a minor big mitzvah at the same ime. holiday, it has grown into the environmental holiday for the Jewish If you would like to volunteer as a worker or people. As many Jews around the world honor the holiday by as a gardening consultant, or if you would planing trees or celebraing at special Tu b’Shvat seders, Shomrei like volunteers to come help you make your Teva announces the inauguraion of a new project for the Neveh yard a healthier, more natural place, Please Shalom community: Tikkun Adamah. contact Jordan Epstein, chair of Shomrei Teva. Tikkun Adamah will connect volunteers who want to improve our ([email protected]; 503-245-6580). We’ll natural habitat and members who need help with their own yards. hold an organizing meeing in late January or early February to get If you want to get rid of ivy or blackberries, and replace them with the project of the ground, so we can get on the ground! sword fern, salal, Oregon grape or other naives, this project will Enjoy Tu b’Shvat: plant a tree, take a walk in the woods, and provide the volunteers and experise to help you do it. come check out our new project. For adults and youth in the Neveh Shalom kehilah, this will be a Chag sameach, wonderful way to volunteer, to create new connecions within our Jordan Epstein Hygiene Kits Outside In We are coninuing to collect hygiene kit items. Sunday, January 13, 9:30-11:30am While waiing for a shelter bed, the homeless can take showers Wednesday, February 13, 7:15-9:15pm and receive a hygiene kit at the Transiion Projects facility at 650 Aviva Zigman will lead us in cooking NW Irving Street. for the 60 homeless teens of Outside- The items we NEED MOST in order to complete our hygiene kits are In during the months of January and February. Why not meet us toothbrushes and deodorants. Each kit must have all items. We can in the Neveh Shalom kitchen, and see how rewarding it can be to make up to 10 hygiene kits with 500 soaps and 10 toothbrushes! make life sweeter for those in need You can pickup 4-6 toothbrushes at the Dollar Store for $1. The Watch the CNS E-Blast or contact Cathy Blair at cathyblair55@ cheapest places to pick up travel size deodorants are WalMart and yahoo.com if you would like to be informed of future dates. If you Fred Meyer. Full size deodorants are available for about the same have speciic quesions about cooking during January or February, price at the Dollar Store and Big Lots. you can contact Aviva at [email protected]. Thank you for your generosity and kindness. Cathy Blair [email protected] CNS Darfur/Sudan/Congo Committee & Never Again Coalition On December 5 we partnered with OHRC to bring a fascinaing humanitarian aid including food, medicine, clinic supplies and documentary to Portland. Across the Frontlines: Ending the Nuba clean water soluions into the Nuba Mountains and to refugees Genocide was made by Tennessee based non-proit Operaion who have led to South Sudan. This is taking place while we wait Broken Silence (OBS). Members of OBS slipped across the for the internaional community to act on the promise to deliver frontlines into the Nuba Mountains of Sudan a few months ago food aid to this region. We are proud to be part of a project to document the violence being inlicted on civilians by their own connecing Americans with local Nuban NGOs to do this work. government. If you missed the ilm, you can sill view it by going to This is just one aspect of our work. We have an ongoing project their website: www.operaionbrokensilence.org called the Postcard Brigade and much more. Please feel free to In addiion to the ilm, we have donated money to a humanitarian stop in to one of our meeings and ind out more. You can always project that they are tackling. The End Nuba Genocide Campaign go to our website too. www.neveragaincoaliion.org raises funds for the purchase and delivery of urgently needed page 6 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 CNS CONNECTIONS: the Member Services Committee Had it not been for the roof of the building, it’s possible that the serves to welcome new members and hosts glow from dozens of menorahs on the eighth night of Chanukah major CNS social events throughout the year such could have been seen from outer space, or at least from the as Chanukah and Back to Shul to help connect Council Crest towers as our community of “Neveh Shalomers” members with each other. Members who joined and community friends joined to “Light it Up” at Dreidels Dine & in 2012 should look for their invitaion soon to Dance on Saturday, December 15. The candlelighing was just one The “New Member Brunch.” of the events of the night which began with Havdalah services and We are a fun and friendly commitee, plus a great way to become coninued with a fesive holiday dinner featuring Chanukah staples involved with the synagogue. To join us, contact chair David Meltzer latkes and sufganyiot and singing by Cantor Bletstein and local arist (pictured above) at [email protected] . Kim Palumbis. Following dinner and candle lighing, children, teens and college students enjoyed one of the many aciviies targeted We would like to welcome our new members: towards them, while adults paricipated in their own fesiviies in Ashkan Amouzegar Stampher Chapel- turned- nightclub to enjoy dancing and holiday Daniel Axel drinks such as the Dreidel Drop and Latkepolitan in Club Menorah. A Kaiya and Aaron Goldhammer sense of community was everywhere as evidenced by dancing feet, Samantha Marine illed bellies, smiling faces and people socializing with each other. David and Janine Segal

Dreidels Dine & Dance was planned and hosted by CNS Connecions We are happy to have you as part of our Neveh family! – The Member Services Commitee, a group of volunteers which 5 Questions To A Board Member Jenn Knudsen answers our 5 quesions. Jenn is a member of the Board of Directors, serving on its Execuive Commitee as secretary. Has been on recent Long-Range Planning commitee that wrapped up just last year. Co-chair of Educaion Commitee, charged with both the ALIYAH program and Kochavim/Notztzim kids’ Hebrew-immersion program and a co-Room Parent for ALIYAH’s third graders. 1. What is your favorite Jewish Memory? My favorite Jewish memory would be siing around the Passover table of my grandparents’. Actually, let me detail that a bit: “Us kids” never were able to sit around the Passover table ‘ill most of the adults had let by the seder’s end. So, my sister and I always were relegated to the kids’ table. One year (we probably were 9 and 6), our Seatle-based step-cousins, to whom we were close, joined us. The four of us had a rip-roaring ime, laughing our tuchases of at God knows what, while the adults inally gave up shushing us. Everything was funny to us, and we had a ball. 2. Tell us about an interesing hobby you have I’m learning Hebrew. Not just to read it from the siddur, but to “speak” it. I use quotaions as my ability to “speak” Hebrew likely will take years, but I’m puing in the ime [and money] to learn Hebrew as a living -- vibrant -- language that is used every day in Israel and among those who’ve moved here from Israel for temporary assignments, of which there are a growing number. 3. Favorite Jewish Holiday (and why) My favorite Jewish holiday is Pesach. It’s my favorite not only because of memories like the one noted above, but it’s one that encourages the gathering of many people, around a dinner table, to hear a story, and then to eat foods that come out really just once a year. It’s a very, very warm and family oriented holiday and always ills me with a deep sense of community -- more so each year. 4. Favorite Movie My favorite movie remains “Jean de Florete.” 5. What would your Bubbe Say? (about you) My bubbe would say very litle about me, as my grandmother (“Nanny”) worked very hard to assimilate and not be the Eastern European immigrant bubbe her mother indeed was. That said, my Nanny would spout many cliches about me (like any good bubbe), such as, “I’m so proud of you!”.

The Ritual Commitee would like to thank the following people who have donated new High Holy Day Mahzorim (Lev Shalem) to the synagogue: Jef & Sandy Axel, Richard Botney, Aaron & Linda Cohen, Stanley & Beverly Eastern, Jef Edmundson & Eddy Shuldman, James Ilse, Carole Katz, Gary & Esther Liberman, Robert Lieberman & Elaine Friedman, Raisa Premysler, Joseph & Susan Schwartz, Mylen & Rosalyn Shenker, Paul & Joan Scher, Julie & Perry Welch. You too can purchase a copy of the new High Holy Day Mahzor for the synagogue for $36.00 a book or $45 for personal use. Those who purchase books for the synagogue, can purchase a personal copy for $36.00. We encourage people to purchase a copy for themselves and for the synagogue. The new mahzor is a great resource for High Holy Days and daily prayers. Copies of the new High Holy Day Mahzor can be checked out from the synagogue library.

page 7 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 CNS Group News Sisterhood Greeings Sisters! paricipate in our tournament, please ill out the lyer in this issue of In December, we had a fabulous book review and the Chronicle and return it to the Neveh Shalom oice no later than discussion of The Lost and Found World of the Cairo February 22nd. The lyer can also be found online at Geniza by Adina Hofman and Peter Cole led by Natan htp://nevehshalom.org/lyers/mahjongg2013.pdf Meir, Professor of Jewish Studies at Portland State Sisterhood will paricipate in Kol HaKehila on the morning of April University. It was a real treat! 28th by puing together hygiene kits. Stay tuned for details! Are you interested in learning to play Mah Jongg? Sisterhood Sisterhood provides you with the chance to do mitzvot, will be ofering lessons, free to Sisterhood members, $20 for four while making friends and enjoying the company of other lessons for non-members. Classes will start in January. Call Marsha amazing women. Hope to see you all soon! Strongin at (512) 422-1649 to sign up. Our Annual Marianne Wollstein Mah Jongg Tournament and B’ Shalom, Cathy Blair, Sisterhood President , Luncheon will be on March 3, 11 am – 4 pm. If you would like to [email protected] (503)675-1328 Men’s Club News from Your Men’s Club: in which we reside. During November we helped co-sponsor with On January 13th, the Men’s Club will host one of our own members, Neveh Shalom’s administraive staf a very successful Red Cross Simon Goldstein. He will coninue with his entertaining discussion blood donaion drive! And we hope to duplicate these results during and warnings regarding electronic fraud, social media and related a similar efort occurring this Spring. Addiionally, on January 3rd personal data security issues. members of the Club will be volunteering at the Oregon Food Bank, For the irst ime Men’s Club will host a faculty member of the which occurs on regular basis throughout the year. If you would Florence Melton Adult Mini-School with speaker Sylvia Frankel on like to join Men’s Club and paricipate in any of the aciviies of our February 17th. Please join us and we will have a lively discussion group or have suggesions for aciviies that might be of interest to about Shabbat, spirituality and Heschel’s noion of a “sanctuary in you and your friends, please contact Gabe Markiz gabe@markizpc. ime”. com or Peter Wigmore [email protected]. The Men’s Club takes pride in its monthly meeing, but the Club We look forward to seeing you at our next event. takes a greater saisfacion in its eforts to conduct aciviies for Gabe Markiz, Peter Wigmore the well-being of our community and for the greater community Men’s Club President Men’s Club Communicaions V.P. Mizrach: A Neveh Community

Thanks to all who joined us on November 2nd for our Eastside Shabbat Service and potluck dinner. It was our irst ime in the sanctuary of the Western Seminary, at the foot of Mt. Tabor. The combinaion of Cantor Bletstein’s beauiful Carlebach-style service, the cozy sanctuary, delicious food and the fab atendees made it a wonderful night. For those who were able to walk to shul (!) for the irst ime in a long ime, it was an added pleasure. Please keep an eye out for upcoming events and let us know if you have ideas for new events or want to help us plan future ones! Contact Tamar Wyte-Lake at [email protected] or Wendy Kahn at [email protected]. Find and like us on Facebook at Mizrach: A Neveh Community. Ora PDX LIVE: Where Art and Music Meet! This is the event for you! ORA: Northwest Jewish Arists will open a new and exciing Art Show in conjuncion with PDX Live, Friday night January 25th. Four of our newest arists will debut their work in our lobby showcases and will be featured in a new “meet and greet” during the Oneg. We are proud to introduce you to the exciing painings of Jonathon Lietz, magical quilts by Sharon Stern, inspired ceramics by Glenn Decherd, and visionary photography by Hank Keeton. Inspired by Tu B’Shevat and Shabbat Shirah, the arists will explore themes of music and nature. All displayed work will be available for sale ater Shabbat with a porion of each sale donated to Neveh Shalom! Hinenu Want to enjoy a fun Israeli-style night? Hinenu is teaming up with Sanctuary and may have a gathering aterwards. On February 16th we Portland’s own Shlicha (Israeli Emissary), Natalie, for an Israeli Cooking will come to Neveh for an insighful talk by Israeli journalist and author, and Games Night! This unique event will feature authenic Israeli Gershom Gorenberg. Gershom will be talking about current issues in Israel ingredients and recipes inside Neveh’s own kitchen. Ater the food has and his recent book. Also in February, on the 22nd, we will be coninuing been prepared we hope you’ll hang around for a variety of games to top with our normal Shabbat service in Zidell Chapel beginning at 6:30pm of the night. You don’t want to miss the food event of 2013. So save followed by a vegetarian potluck. the date for Sunday, February 17th, in the Atrium outside Birnbach Hall. Hinenu is Neveh Shalom’s community for young adults who are post- Hinenu is very proud to provide this rare opportunity to learn more about college and pre-kids. We are always planning an exciing program and Israeli culture and food! would love to see you there. In order to get more informaion or suggest Of course Hinenu is more than wonderful food; once a month we have a a new program please ind us on Facebook under “Hinenu” or email at lay-led Shabbat service usually held on the fourth Friday of each month. [email protected]. On January 25th, we will be atending “PDX Live!” at 7:30pm in the Main page 8 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 A DELIGHTFUL SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE WEEKEND WITH PROFESSOR YONA SABAR - A JOURNEY INTO KURDISH IRAQ Our congregaion had the great honor of hosing UCLA Professor of our congregaion. Yona Sabar, whose life was depicted in his son’s book My Father’s Charmed by our Paradise. Throughout November, Jewish organizaions and locaion on Peaceful synagogues around Portland supported One Book – One Community Lane, Professor Sabar discussions, ilms and lectures centered on this year’s compelling said, “If it weren’t selecion. Professor Sabar spoke at services, delivered a moving for the rain, Portland chronicle of women in Kurdistan at Shabbat dinner, detailed the would truly be a signiicance of Aramaic, addressed enthralling quesions, explored paradise on Earth.” childhood stories with our 6th grade class, presented key historical The weekend was a journeys through Kurdish, Iraq and delighted us with folklore tales true success thanks from Kurdish Jews. While congregants were thrilled to be the to the congregaion, lucky recipients of all the research done for the Kurdish cuisine area scholars and guests for atendance at all the events through and desserts during Friday’s Shabbat dinner and the desserts on the weekend and making the Sabar’s feel so welcomed, inspired Saturday night, Professor Sabar and and appreciated. Perhaps it is best said directly from Professor his wife, Stephanie, agreed that their Sabar, “Thank God again for having created people like you. I think personal highlight was his speaking we have the greatest and kindest hospitality in the world. If there with the 6th grade class and their were more people like you all in Neveh Shalom, the world would parents, who greatly impressed the be a much beter place.”This program was arranged and supported visiing scholar with their manners, by Congregaion Neveh Shalom, the Insitute of Judaic Studies and ateniveness and interest. the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at PSU and Urged on by Rabbi Isaak, Professor made possible by the Rabbi Stampfer Lecture Funds. Such kismet Sabar’s wife, Stephanie, a social moments as the appearance of Sam Nechemia (local gem of the worker in Los Angeles, ofered Jewish Community – Hassan to Congregaion Ahavath Achim) addiional insights into the book’s dropping by prior to the Saturday night event, upon discovering nuances of the relaionship between he was from the same small Kurdish village as Professor Sabar and sons and fathers. The couple said engaging our illustrious speaker in a casual Aramaic conversaion, that they were overwhelmed by the are only possible because of these funder’s generous support. welcome they received and kindness RENOWNED KLEZMER ARTIST, YALE STROM, TO PREFORM AT NEVEH SHALOM

Violinist, composer, ilmmaker, writer, photographer and playwright Yale Strom was a pioneer among revivalists in conducing extensive ield research in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans among the Jewish and Rom communiies since the early 1981. Iniially, his work focused primarily on the use and performance of klezmer music among these two groups. Gradually, his focus increased to examining all aspects of their culture, from post- World War II to the present. Over more than 2 decades and 75 such research expediions, Strom has become one of the world’s leading scholar-ethnographer-arists of klezmer music and history. Yale’s violin has been heard on numerous recordings and soundtracks. He was the irst klezmer violinist in history to be invited to instruct master classes at both the American String Teachers Associaion and the Mark O’Connor Fiddle Camp. Yale has been hailed as “a commanding bandleader and composer” (Pulse! Magazine), “one of the best klezmer musicians in the country” (Houston Public News) and “an all-around musical visionary” (Seth Rogovoy). Dirty Linen sums it up most concisely: “Yale Strom is a Jewish roots trip unto himself.” Accompanying him are : Elizabeth Schwartz, has sung throughout the world and is paricularly known for her dusky imbre and experise on Romanian Yiddish music. Lou Fanucchi is a virtuoso of many styles of accordion playing paricularly Italian, Tango and klezmer.

Yale Strom will be preforming at Neveh Shalom on Saturday, January 5th, 2013, 7:00pm in the Stampfer Chapel. Tickets are $15/person, $36/family. CDs and books available for sale at the event. This concert is in conjuncion with the ilm screening of ”A Man From Munkacs: Gypsy Klezmer”, directed by Yale Strom at Oregon Jewish Museum: Sunday, January, 6, 2013 2:00pm-4:00pm, includes in-person Q &A session with the director ater the ilm. General Public: $10, Museum Members: $8

page 9 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 Foundation School

I Think I Can... I Think I Can... I Think I Can. Registraion begins the end of February and is based on a irst -The Litle Engine that Could come irst serve basis with members of Neveh Shalom given irst “Watch children at play and you might suddenly priority before we open registraion up to the general public. realize that they are not just frivolously wasing ime If you would like to have your child atend Foundaion School or mucking about,” notes Paul Bailey in his book, in September 2013, they must be 2 before September 1. Please Think of an Elephant (London: Watkins Publishing, call or email me if you are interested in a tour or to receive a 2007). “Child’s play is deep learning: a self-directed state of deep registraion form. Come watch us play! connectedness and personal engagement. It is also an enthusiasic and absorbing state of relaxed atenion — healthy qualiies oten [email protected] missing from adult life. Play is a creaive learning exchange between Foundaion School’s direct line 503-293-7307 mind, body, and circumstance into one integrated and healthy whole. Awash with symbols and mental imagery, children at play are learning in a way that can be wildly creaive, insighful, and visionary.

“Research shows that the more animals play, the bigger their brains grow. Moreover, brain imaging techniques show that social play seems to rewire our brain, increasing the acivity of connecions between our brain cells. Play also helps develop our logical reasoning, our ability to learn, and our behavioral lexibility.” This reinforces Foundaion School’s philosophy that children learn through play. As we approach the half way point of the current school year and prepare for Purim and Passover, it is also ime to look forward to next year. ALIYAH Madrich of the Month: Joshua Welter Madrichim are Neveh Shalom teens these kids really want to learn (weather they show it or not) and who work as paid or volunteer assis- it impresses me what they can do to learn this crucial part of their tants in our ALIYAH K-6th Grade classes. heritage. Some madrichim work as teaching as- What is your favorite part of being a madrich? sistants in the classrooms while others My favorite part of being a madrich is the ability to teach while sill work one-on-one as tutors during our having fun with the kids. We can be studying the leter aleph and weekday Hebrew programming. Each while explaining its funcions to them, they each can draw their month we will highlight the work of own, someimes comical, connecions that can greatly increase one of our much-appreciated teen their knowledge of the language as a whole. madrichim. What have you learned so far from being a madrich for ALIYAH? Why did you decide to become a The madrich program is one that has done a great deal of things madrich? for me. Not only has it taught me how to teach and beter com- Joshua Works as tutor to 3rd-6th I iniially became a madrich to help municate with children and other people in my community, it has Graders every Tues & Thurs in my community by teaching kids a taught me more about my community altogether. value that is quite important to me as a Jew: the ability to speak This program allows me to explore the side of me that I don’t and understand Hebrew. I feel as though this ability is important always have ime for; the Jewish side. It allows me to lead from for the Jewish student, as it helps them beter understand what what I know, while sill giving me guidance when I need it. I’m they’re praying for and what they’re learning. I coninue because proud to be a madrich! NEW FACES AT NEVEH: the Klein Family Meet the Kleins! Parents Ken and Chrisine and son Jackson (3rd grade) joined Neveh Shalom this fall, eight years ater moving to Portland from Southern California. Ken, a videographer, is working on a ilm called The Jewish Idenity Project, an exploraion of the age-old quesion “Who is a Jew?” but with a very local, contemporary twist. Chrisine is a health care researcher for Kaiser Permanente. Not Jewish, but commited to raising Jackson in a Jewish family, Chrisine paricipated in the Mothers Circle program and is now taking the Board of Rabbis’ Intro to Judaism course with the intenion of convering. Q: What brought you to Portland from Southern California? A: The quality of life. Portland was the place we wanted to raise our kid. Jackson was born and within the year we made the move. Q: And eight years later, what brought you to Neveh Shalom? A: We wanted to make some long-term decisions about how we were raising Jackson and how our family paricipates in the Jewish community. Mothers Circle was an important inluence. The program conirmed and energized Chrisine’s relaionship with Judaism. She knew she wanted to join a synagogue and pursue Judaism for herself. page 10 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 Maybe it would have been easier to join a Reform synagogue; ater all they would already accept Jackson as Jewish. The decision was up to Chrisine, and she felt that the outreach from Neveh Shalom was really warm, really appealing. Q: How do you feel about Neveh Shalom so far? A: We’re enjoying it immensely. Jackson’s loves paricipaing in ALIYAH; he’s happy to go each day. You know, Jackson is our only child and we have no extended family in Portland. We have a sense of urgency about helping him feel like he does have extended family—a community—here in Portland, and Neveh is really the place to do that. At Neveh he is surrounded by kids—a really nice peer group--in an established Jewish learning program, with loving, supporive instructors. Q: Tell me about your ilm. A: It’s a ilm about Jewish idenity in Portland, iguring out what it means to be a Jew here. It was spurred on by being in an intermarried family and the quesions that arose about how we want to raise our child and how we want him to self-idenify. From that, it widened out to inding out what it means to others to be Jewish, inding out about Jewish insituions and people who lead them. Ken volunteers his videography experise by working with the teens in our ALIYAH Tichon program. Check out Ken’s work at Kleinilms. com. Welcome the Kleins to Neveh Shalom (or talk to Ken about your video needs for events!) by emailing [email protected]

NEVEH MEMBERS SERVE DINNER TO HOMELESS FAMILIES For the second year in a row Neveh Shalom members are cooking, appreciated”. delivering and serving meals at the Winter Family Shelter. This Considering the cold weather it was good to see families having shelter, run by Human Soluions, provides a safe place for homeless a warm and healthy meal. In relecing on his experiences at families and women to spend the night. Our efort, headed by the shelter, three ime shelter volunteer and 7th grader Danny Joyce Mendelsohn, has been a profound experience for the many Mendelsohn noted that: volunteers involved, especially the kids. Maude Elovitz, recently a “My favorite part of supporing the shelter is knowing that I am Bat Mitzvah, shared the following: helping out the people that need help most. I am happy that “I had a life-changing experience. Witnessing a man without shoes, they were able to eat a good meal and sleep in a warm bed. I was coming in for a hot meal made me realize how lucky I am to have surprised by how the families looked. I also noiced that we all got shoes on my feet, food when I come home and people who care along very well. I could talk to them as if I were talking to friends for me. I am so glad I am part of a Jewish community who helps to I have known a long ime. I guess homelessness can happen to repair the world.” anyone and I was glad to help.” On the Sunday evening following Thanksgiving, we had a large Watch the next Chronicle for December and January’s update crew of volunteers (many of them teens and pre-teens) who did a and add your name to the list of volunteers by contacing Joyce fantasic job with preparing delicious homemade meals, seing-up, Mendelsohn, [email protected]. serving dinner, and cleaning up. The younger volunteers also spent We welcome donaions of hot meals and ofers to serve. ime with the children at the shelter ater dinner and it was obvious that the children loved being with them. All volunteers were Thank you to all of our volunteers for November: Debra Altmark, gracious servers and had amiable conversaions with the families. Rebecca Bard, Ethan Brenner, Eli Brenner, Lori Ann Burd, Elaine In return, the families were extremely appreciaive and friendly. Cogan, Maude Elovitz, Shoshana Jacoby, Michelle-Shari Kruss Annie Zigman, age 10, put it best when she said: and Noah Kruss, Danny Mendelsohn, Alexis Mendelsohn, Larry “I really liked serving at the family shelter. The peoples’ faces lit Mendelsohn, Joyce Mendelsohn, Benji Spector, Aviva Zigman, up when we served them the food and I know our hard work was Jonah Zigman, and Annie Zigman

THE ABAYUDAYA JEWS OF UGANDA - AARON KINTU MOSES By Steven Sirkin On November 17th Congregaion Neveh Shalom hosted Aaron Kintu Moses’ visit sponsored by P’nai Or’s Tikkun Olam Commitee. The event was a combinaion Interfaith Havdalah shared by Jews, Chrisians, and Moslems and a presentaion by Mr. Moses. He is a member of Uganda’s Abayudaya Jews founded in 1919 by Semei Kakungulu who had been converted to Chrisianity and, as he read the bible found the story of the old testament more compelling and became a pracicing Jew. The sect eventually grew to several thousand but nearly disappeared under the rule of Idi Amin who banned Judaism in Uganda. Ater his regime ended around 300 people returned to Jewish pracice establishing 7 synagogues across the country, several schools, and now having expanded to 2,000 members. The community’s Judaism has been recognized by Jewish leaders and Mr. Moses’ brother, Gershom, completed his rabbinical training at the American Jewish University and has become their spiritual leader. Mr. Moses helped found a several schools that provide educaion to 400 children including Moslems, Chrisians, and Jews. In addiion they have iniiated a Child Hunger Project. The cost of a year’s schooling is $450, which is just under the average annual income in Uganda. P’nai Or’s Tikkun Olam commitee is presently sponsoring several children. For more informaion and/or to donate, go to www.kulanu.org . page 11 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 Mark Your Calendars This schedule is for one of a kind events. Feb 9 For Service imes and other regularly scheduled 5:30pm Shoreshim PJ Havdalah with Cantor Bletstein events, check out the monthly calendar insert that Families with your kids party in your PJ’s! Join us for dinner, art projects, Havdalah and stories with Cantor B. comes with the Chronicle. Feb 10 10am-4pm Neveh Shalom’s Habitat For Humanity West Side Jan 5 This month we will be building at the BraunerBrook Neighbor- 7:00pm Yale Strom Concert, Famed Klezmer arist in an exclusive hood, located at 1255 SE Maple St in Hillsboro. Approximately 10 concert at the Stampfer Chapel Tickets are $15/person $36/family volunteers needed. Go to htp://vhub.at/NevehShalom and follow Jan 7 the step-by-step instrucions Contact Michael Titelbaum itelb@ 7:00pm Darfur/Sudan/Congo commitee meeing of the Never comcast.net (503-626-6265) or Steve Sirkin stevejew18@fronier. Again Coaliion com (503-454-0610) to sign up. Jan 8 10:00am Neveh Knits and Crochets Kadima at the Winterhawks Game 12:00pm Jr Kadima Hammentachen Making Jan 12 5:30pm USY Spaghei Dinner USY - Into the Night Feb 13 Jan 13 7:15pm, Cooking for OutsideIn, Aviva Zigman will lead us in cooking 9:30am Cooking for OutsideIn, Aviva Zigman will lead us in cooking for the 60 homeless teens of Outside-In, Neveh Shalom kitchen. for the 60 homeless teens of Outside-In. Meet us in the Neveh Feb 16 Shalom kitchen, and see how rewarding it can be to make life 7:30pm Israeli journalist and author Gershom Gorenberg talks. sweeter for those in need. Feb 17 10:00am Book Talk, New CNS program open to all literature lovers 9:45am Shomrei Teva Creekside Restoraion Gloria Borg Olds leads a discussion on A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev 4:30pm Hinenu Israeli Cooking and Games 10:00am Neveh Knits and Crochets Feb 23 Jan 16 6:30pm Megillah reading and fesiviies 7:00pm Book Talk@Neveh, Gloria Borg Olds leads a discussion on A Feb 24 Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev . 9:00am Purim Services and family program Jan 18 Mar 1-3 6:15pm Special ChikChak/KEVA Kabbalat Shabbat, the soulfulness Weekend in Quest 2013 Astoria, OR now acceping reservaions! of Keva and the tuneful Kabalat Shabbat service of ChikChak unite Check out www.weekendinquest.org for more informaion. for an evening of great davening, great people, and great food! Join Rabbi Greenstein for services at 6:15 and volunteer-catered gourmet Shabbat dinner at 7:15. RSVP required for dinner ($12/ adult, $6/child, $36/family max). Email [email protected] to RSVP or to volunteer to help cook! Jan 20 Dead Sea Spa Day Beneit (details in lyer enclosed) 9:45am Shomrei Teva Creekside Restoraion Jan 25 5:30pm Camp Schechter Reunion Dinner, For all past, present, & future campers, counselors, and families! Join director Sam Perlin and friends for dinner. RSVP [email protected] 7:30 pm PDX Live! and ORA recepion- A rockin’ service to welcome Shabbat with music that will move you! Join Cantor Bletstein, Ed Kraus, and Klezmocracy for a high-energy Shabbat service with instruments that will rock your soul! Stay aterwards and schmooze at our signature Neveh Shalom cookie oneg. Special Guest Randy Herman of Bet Torah in Mount Kisco, NY. Feb 2 6:30pm Kadima Sleepover Feb 3 USY Green Day Feb 4 7:00pm Darfur/Sudan/Congo commitee meeing of the Never Again Coaliion

page 12 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 Kvell With Us

Gloria Bacharach Judaica Shop Mazal tov to Sarah Oller, daughter of Dale & at Neveh Shalom Earl Oller, who gave birth to a litle girl, Emma. Mazal Tov to Victoria Genovker and Ilya Lipets on the birth of Levi Aron Lipets on October 22nd. Eleanor Fisher celebrated her 100th Birthday Mondays - Fridays: 10am-1pm on November Wednesdays: 5:30-8pm* 27th, 2012. We should all be so Sunday: 9:00 am - noon* lucky! *Religious school is in session

or by special arrangement Marsha Strongin, 512.422.1649

Make sure your kids experience Library hours: camp this year! Sunday 8:00am-12 noon* Mon, Tue, Thurs 8:30am-1:30pm Wednesday Two scholarship opportuniies available: 5:00-8:30pm* * when ALIYAH Jewish Learning Program is in session • The Judith and Garry Kahn Solomon Schechter First-Time Camper Fund - Provides ten $180 scholarships to irst- The Feldstein Library is a free resource ime Schechter campers from Oregon or SW Washington. for members of the Congregaion • Congregaion Neveh Shalom Camp Solomon Schechter Scholarships Contact Librarian Hilde Jacob, 503.293.7311 or To apply for inancial aid: [email protected] First-Timer Fund: Contact Carolyn, Camp Solomon Schechter Registrar for scholarship informaion info@campschechter. org or visit the website at www.campschechter.org for further It’s never too early to prepare for PESACH ! camp informaion. Popular HAGGADOT at greatly reduced prices. Come to Neveh Shalom Funds: Congregaion Neveh Shalom scholar- the LIBRARY or the Gift shop to make your selection. Cash ships are limited. Fund monies are contributed through several or Check only. Neveh Shalom Tribute funds and are distributed on the basis Green dot Passover Haggadah on need not merit. Applicaion deadline must be adhered to 3 for $5 Blue dot Passover Haggadah $11 and full scholarships are not available. Fore more informaion Yellow dot Family Haggadah and to print an applicaion go to: htp://nevehshalom.org/ 3 for $11 Red dot Concise Family Haggadah lyers/cssinancialaid2013.pdf 3 for $7

Deadline for applicaion, March 1, 2013

page 13 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773

Mazal Tov In Memoriam MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES IN JERRY ROTH We mourn the loss of synagogue members. JANUARY SEMEN SMETANA May their souls be bound in the bonds of Ber and Ida Levenshtein ISAAK PREMYSLER eternal life. Rebecca and Anne Shine Harold and Jacqueline Lesch SIDNEY ATLAS Lawrence and Eliane Caplan MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES IN Condolences FEBRUARY Our condolences to Sami Oberlander on the passing of her beloved grandmother, Sally Jay and Nancy Drogin Oberlander(z”l). Brian and Barbara Suher Darryl and Sherryll Mleynek Our condolences to the Roth/Dunn family on the passing away of long ime and cherished Leonard and Nira Levine member of our congregaion,Jerome (Jerry) Roth(z”l), beloved husband of Jerrie Roth and Andrew and Lauren Fortgang father of Joel Roth, Barbara Dunn and Steve Roth. Louis and Risa Feldman Michael and Barbara Titelbaum Our condolences to Lois Shenker, on the passing away of her beloved sister Barbara Singer Jack and Barbara Schwartz (z”l) in California. MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS IN Our condolences to Pamela Frankel,whose dear mother Dorothy Frankel (z”l), passed away JANUARY Karen Johnson on November 3rd. Sandra Huppin Our condolences to staf member Jonathan Morgan (youth director) and his family on the Inna Shabashevich Robert Rudolph sudden passing of his beloved father Serge Morgan(z”l) on November 6th. Jennifer Director Knudsen Our condolences to the Smetana family on the passing of Semen Smetana(z”l), belovd David Hosenpud Lauri Levy father of Yakov Smetana and loving grandfather of Aleksandr Smetana, Leonid Smetana and Deborah Freedberg Gregory Milman. Jerry Kryszek Leonard Springer Our condolence to the Barry and Ilene Kaplan on the passing of Sybil Kaplan (z”l) in David Segal Glen Coblens Las Vegas, NV. Thelma Gefen Our condolences to the Premysler/Crystal families on the passing of Isaak Premysler (z”l), Neil Rolnitzky beloved husband of Raisa Premysler, and the father of David Premysler and Lilya (Chad) Vladimir Fiks William Loeb Crystal Joshua Hornick Our condolences to the Atlas family on the passing of Sidney Atlas (z”l), beloved husband of Leonard Lewit Marta Hasson Regina Atlas, and the father of Barbara (Brian Suher), Linda and Rochelle (Robert Ballato). Scot Leavit Our condolences to Mike, Michelle, Jacob and Rene Alberts on the passing of their beloved Michelle Koplan “Grandma Sandy” Naon (z”l) MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS IN Cemetery Headstone Unveilings: FEBRAUARY Robert Meter Bernie Shain(z”l), Sun. January 13, 11:00am at Neveh Zedek Mausoleum Brian Garrison Jordan Plawner When a Death Occurs Steve Rudolph If you wish Tahara for your loved one--respecful preparaion for burial according to ancient Jewish Robert Shlachter Lesley Glasgow tradiion--you may request it from Holman’s Funeral Home, 503. 232.5131; Riverview Funeral Service Marla Weiner 503.246.6488; or the funeral home of your choice. The funeral home will then noify the Chevra. Nina Khatayevich Diana Golden Ronald Ail Refuah Shelma Sam Monastyrsky In this secion, we wish a speedy recovery to those members who are ill or having surgery. Since Eric Stone the Chronicle is published only six imes per year, we are moving the “Refuah Shelma” list to our Teresa Coughlin weekly eBlast, in order to keep our news relevant and up-to-date. Merrit Linn Remember, the mi-sheberach (the prayer for healing) is recited at morning services following Ida Levenshtein the Torah reading. If you would like to submit a name for this prayer, you may call the oice at Gail Semler 503.246.8831. Michelle Alberts Howard David Naum Miroshnik Edith Levit Clergy Visits Jake Raiton To assure that clergy make visits to congregants in the hospital, extended care faciliies and hospices, Jack Schwartz please contact the oice at Congregaion Neveh Shalom, 503.246.8831. In an efort to comply with Wendy Miller Chris Shirkof the new paient privacy laws, healthcare faciliies may not release the names of their paients; it Jonathan Morgan is imperaive that you provide the name of the member, the facility name, paient’s room number, Shari Katz length of anicipated stay, your relaionship to the paient and a number where you can be reached Francine Aboloia Paul Gilliam if further informaion is needed. Gennady Talal

page 14 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 STATE FARM INSURANCE

DAVE BUCHNER AGENCY

5915 S.W. Bvrtn-Hlsdl. Hy. Office: (503) 292-3344 [email protected]

phone: 503-244-6905 www.juliafitzgeraldcpa.com

7321 SW Garden Home Road Creating and Maintaining Beautiful Smiles! Experience the ultimate in quality, patient comfort and technology. 6663 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, 6731 SW Capitol Hwy 971-205-1786 Suite 52, Portland, OR 97225 www.smilesnw.com A professional resource for your 2405 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. • Beaverton, OR home business or small business. Drs. Alan & Jeremy Montrose QuickBooks®• Taxes • Business Development Neveh Shalom Members Dr. Mojgan Rostamian invites you to try her Family Dental Practice Emergency and new patients are welcome. Oregon Jewish Where Judaism and Community Foundation 2350 SW Multnomah Blvd., Suite I • Portland, OR 97219 Joy are one! Keeping our community strong — today and tomorrow. 503-246-8011 (206) 447-1967 [email protected] www.rostamian.com www.campschechter.org (503) 248-9328 www.ojcf.org

Dr. Ross Coblens Chiropractic Physician This space available. Attorneys at Law 503•648•5959 For a price quote call Over 65 Years Experience Representing Injured People www.hillsborochiropractic.com Jessi Sallenbach at Steven A. Kahn • Garry L. Kahn 2110 NE Cornell Rd Suite A 1-800-950-9952 Ext. 2533 or Hillsboro, OR Neveh Shalom Members Email: [email protected] • Neveh Shalom Member • (503) 227-4488 www.SeekAndFind.com www.kahnattorneys.com Conveniently located near several Intel campuses Now there is a choice • Special attention and expertise in Jewish burial customs • Near Congregational Neveh Shalom Brian Olson CED • Serving all Jewish Cemeteries Custom Drycleaner Hand bottled Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar Award Winning NEED A UNIQUE GIFT? WE CAN HELP! Certified Environmental THE OILERIE LAKE OSWEGO 4400 S. W. Multnomah, Portland, OR 97219 438 1st Street, Lake Oswego (between A & B Ave) 503-244-9707 8421 SW Macadam Avenue, Portland 97219 503.246.6488 24 hours 503-675-6457 [email protected] riverviewcemeteryfuneralhome.com The Hummus Stop College & 11140 SW Capitol Highway Portland, OR 97219 Gap Year (503) 209-5517 Planning Deborah Barany, PhD Give us a try! 503.314.0728 You’ll be happy [email protected] you did! Barany EXECUTIVE FINANCIAL Educational SOLUTIONS GROUP Consulting A DIRECT LENDER ■ College & Gap Year Planning Ella Gurfinkel ■ Branch Manager & Sandi Warren ~ President Math Tutoring Neveh Shalom Member 503-282-0993 Portland ■ Study Skills & Organization 503-977-0810 360-693-5516 Vancouver ■ Test Preparation [email protected] www.PortlandLoanExpert.com ■ CNS Member www.dandfplumbing.com NMLS #188161/50085/1850 Equal Housing Lender WA STATE #CCDAE DFPLU**339N8 OR STATE #26-23PB CCB #465 www.baranyeduconsult.com

©2013 A 2C 05-0312 FOR AD INFO CALL 1-800-950-9952 WWW.4LPi.COM JESSI SALLENBACH • CONGREGATION NEVEH, P ORTLAND, OR 12-11-2012 09:58:24 Congregation Neveh Shalom NONPROFIT 2900 SW Peaceful Lane ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID Portland, Oregon 97239 Portland, Oregon Permit No. 963 Address Service Requested

DATED MATERIAL The Chronicle is a publication of Congregation Neveh Shalom 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, Oregon 97239 Provided free with membership Staff Directory Congregaion Neveh Shalom ailiated with USCJ www.nevehshalom.org oice 503.246.8831 Fax 503.246.7553 email: [email protected] Rabbi Daniel Isaak Hilde Jacob, Librarian 503.246.8831 ext. 115, [email protected] 503.293.7311, [email protected] Rabbi Bradley Greenstein Steven Kahn, President 503.246.8831 ext. 136, [email protected] [email protected] Rabbi Joshua Stampfer Wendy Kahn, Membership & Development Director 503.246.8831 ext. 119, [email protected] 503.293.7305, [email protected] Cantor Deborah Bletstein Gabe Markiz, Men’s Club President 503.246.8831 ext. 116, [email protected] [email protected] Fred Rothstein, Execuive Director James Monaghan, Cemetery Maintenance 503.246.8831 ext. 134, [email protected] 971.207.6974, [email protected] Darlene Arntson, Administraive Assistant Jonathan Morgan, Youth Director 503.246.8831 ext. 135, [email protected] 503.293.7314, [email protected]

Marci Atkins, Clergy Assistant & Events Coordinator Noa Rubin, Communicaions Coordinator 503.293.7308, [email protected] 503.246.8831 ext. 133, [email protected] Mel Berwin, Director, Congregaional Learning 503.293.7306 ext. 128, [email protected] Marsha Strongin, Git Shop Administrator, 512.422.1649, [email protected] JoAnn Bezodis, Educaion Administrator 503.293.7309, [email protected] Debbi Villani-Allen, Administraive Director 503.246.8831 ext. 125, [email protected] Cathy Blair, Sisterhood President [email protected] Karen Wilkins, Administraive Assistant 503.246.8831 ext. 111, [email protected] Marg Everet, Administraive Assistant 503.246.8831 ext. 112, [email protected] Kathy Wolfson, Interim Foundaion School Director 503.293.7307, [email protected] Jennifer Greenberg, Program Director 503.246.8831 ext. 139, [email protected] When a death occurs call the synagogue oice 503.246.8831 so that we may inform Rabbi Isaak and/or Rabbi Greenstein and be of assistance. Ater business hours, on weekends or holidays, contact Fred Rothstein at 503.475.2934 or Rabbi Isaak 503.228.8819 See page 14 for more informaion.

For Chronicle and e-blast submissions, requests and ideas, please contact Noa 503.246.8831 ext. 133, [email protected]

page 16 Chronicle No. 3 January/February 5773 JANUARY 2013 / 5773 TEVET-SHEVAT SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAYTHURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 19 TEVET 20 TEVET 21 TEVET 22 TEVET 23 TEVET 1 9:00am Minyan 2 7:15am Minyan 3 7:15am Minyan 4 7:15am Minyan 5 New Year’s Eve Office Closed - No School 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 4:15pm ALIYAH 6:15pm First Friday W/ Ilene 9:00am Shabbat Service 6:00pm Tichon 7:00pm Intro To Judaism Safyan 9:30am ALIYAH Shabbat 7:00pm Exec committee meeting 10:15am Tot Shabbat 7:00pm Yale Strom Concert

4:22pm Shemot 24 TEVET 25 TEVET 26 TEVET 27 TEVET 28 TEVET 29 TEVET 1 SHEVET Rosh Hodesh 6 9:00am Minyan 7 7:15am Minyan8 7:15am Minyan 9 7:15am Minyan 10 7:15am Minyan 11 7:15am Minyan 12 Eliana Kaufman Bat Mitzvah Eliana Kaufman Bat Mitzvah 12:30pm Mah Jongg 4:15pm ALIYAH 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 4:15pm ALIYA/Kochavim 5:00pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 6:00pm Tichon 4:15pm ALIYAH 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 9am Shabbat Service 7:00pm Machon Ivrit 9:30am Downstairs Minyan 7:00pm Never Again Coalition

4:30pm Va’era 2 SHEVAT 3 SHEVAT 4 SHEVAT 5 SHEVAT 6 SHEVAT 7 SHEVAT 8 SHEVAT 139:00am Minyan 14 7:15am Minyan 15 7:15am Minyan 16 7:15am Minyan 17 7:15am Minyan 18 7:15am Minyan 19 9:00am Yom Rishon 12:30pm Mah Jongg 4:15pm ALIYAH 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 6:15pm Special Kabbalat Shabbat 9:00am Shabbat Services 9:40am Men’s Club Meeting 1:30pm Writer’s Group 5:00pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 6:00pm Tichon 4:15pm ALIYAH service: ChikChak meets KEVA 10:00am KEVA w/R. Greenstein 10:00am Neveh Knits & Crochet 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 7:00pm Book Talk@Neveh 7:00pm Board Meeting 10:00am Kehillat Noar 10:30am Book Talk@Neveh 7:00pm Machon Ivrit 10:15am Tot Shabbat 11:00am Cooking for Outside-In 11:00am Unveiling of Bernie Shain 12:00pm Jr Kadima activity 4:39pm Bo 9 SHEVAT 10 SHEVAT 11 SHEVAT 12 SHEVAT 13 SHEVAT 14 SHEVAT 15 SHEVAT 9:00am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 20 21 7:15am Minyan 22 23 24 25 26 TU B’Shevat Dead Sea Spa Day MLK Day No school 4:15pm ALIYAH 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 5:30pm Shechter Shabbat 9:00am Combined Shabbat (See flyer for info) 12:30pm Mah Jongg r 5:00pm Talmud w/R. Stampfe 6:00pm Tichon 4:15pm ALIYAH 7:30pm PDX LIVE! with ORA Services 9:45am Shomrei Teva Creekside Restoration

4:49pm Beshallach 16 SHEVAT 17 SHEVAT 18 SHEVAT 19 SHEVAT 20 SHEVAT 27 9:00am Minyan 28 7:15am Minyan 29 7:15am Minyan 30 7:15am Minyan 31 7:15am Minyan 9:00am Yom Rishon 12:30pm Mah Jongg 4:15pm ALIYAH 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 5:00pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 6:00pm Tichon 4:15pm ALIYAH 7:00pm Machon Ivrit FEBRUARY 2013/ 5773 Shevat-Adar SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAYTHURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 21 SHEVAT 2 2 S H E V A T 1 7:15am Minyan 2

6:15pm First Friday 9:00am Shabbat Service W/Ilene Safyan 9:30am ALIYAH Shabbat 10:15am Tot Shabbat 6:30pm Kadima Sleepover

4:59pm Yitro 23 SHEVAT 24 SHEVAT 25 SHEVAT 26 SHEVAT 27 SHEVAT 28 SHEVAT 29 SHEVAT 3 9:00am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 5 7:15am Minyan 6 7:15am Minyan 7 7:15am Minyan 8 7:15am Minyan 9 4 Jesse Cook Bar Mitzvah Jesse Cook Bar Mitzvah 12:30pm Mah Jongg 4:15pm ALIYAH 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 9:00am Shabbat Services 12:00pm USY Green Day 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 5:00pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 6:00pm Tichon 4:15pm ALIYAH 9:00am Downstairs Minyan 7:00pm Machon Ivrit 7:00pm Cooking for Outside-In 7:00pm Exec Committee Meeting 5:30pm Shoreshim Havdalah in 7:00pm Never Again Coalition PJs with Cantor B

5:09pm Mishpatim Rosh Hodesh 30 SHEVAT Rosh Hodesh 1 ADAR 2 ADAR 3 ADAR 4 ADAR 5 ADAR 6 ADAR 9:00am Minyan 7:00am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 10 11 12 13 14 15 16Jane Rosevelt Bar Mitzvah Habitat For Humanity Build Day 12:30pm Mah Jongg 4:15pm ALIYAH 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 6:15pm Chik Chak Services 9:00am Shabbat Services 9:00am Yom Rishon 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 5:00pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 6:00pm Tichon 4:15pm ALIYAH 10:00am KEVA w/R. Greenstein 10:00am Neveh Knits & Crochet 7pm Machon Ivrit 7:15pm Cooking for Outside-In 10:00am Kehillat Noar 12:00pm Jr Kadima Activity 10:15am Tot Shabbat 5:30pm USY Spaghetti dinner 7:30pm Gershom Gorenberg Lecture 5:19pm Terumah 7 ADAR 8 ADAR 9 ADAR 10 ADAR 11 ADAR 12 ADAR 13 ADAR 179:00am Minyan 18 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 19 20 21 Fast of Esther 22Hannah Yoken Bat Mitzvah 23Hannah Yoken Bat Mitzvah 9:40am Men’s Club Meeting Presidents Day No school 4:15pm ALIYAH 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 3:30pm Bible Class w/R. Isaak 12:30pm Mah Jongg 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 9:00am Shabbat Services 9:45am Shomrei Teva Creekside 5:00pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 6:00pm Tichon 4:15pm ALIYAH 6:45pm Hinenu Shabbat 9:30am Downstairs Minyan Restoration 7:30pm Jewish Dad’s Night 7:00pm Intro To Judaism 7:00pm A Very Potter Purim and 4:30pm Hinenu Israeli Cooking and 7:00pm Board Meeting Megillah Reading Games

5:29pm Tetzaveh 14 ADAR 15 ADAR 16 ADAR 17 ADAR 18 ADAR 24 Purim 25 7:15am Minyan 26 7:15am Minyan 27 7:15am Minyan 28 7:15am Minyan 9:00am Yom Rishon 12:30pm Mah Jongg 4:15pm ALIYAH 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 3:30pm Bible Class w/R. Isaak 9:00am Purim Service and 4:15pm ALIYAH/Kochavim 5:00pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 6:00pm Tichon 4:15pm ALIYAH Family program 7pm Machon Ivrit The Congregation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:

ADULT Wynne Cooper Michael Olds & FOUNDATION EDUCATION Roman Gloria Borg Olds SCHOOL FUND FUND Govshiyevich Dale & Earl Oller IN MEMORY OF IN HONOR OF Isaak & Sima Jan Poplack Sigell & Bea Hochfeld Rosalie Goodman Govshiyevich Mike Sigell Barbara Hochfeld Bari Isaacson Philip Greenberg Karen & Roger Spalter Frank Hochfeld IN MEMORY OF Sondra Greenberg Rose Weider Herbert Hochfeld Howard Gilliam Richard Robert & Idelle Fanny & Barry Paul Gilliam Lindenberger Weinstein Horowitz’s mother Isaak Premysler Leah Lindenberger Adam & Ann Yoelin & grandmother Eduard and Luiza Irving Neusihin Jan Poplack Sigell & Norman & Sharon Vaynberg Lucille Neusihin Mike Sigell Eder Isaak Premsyler Fanny Horowitz's CAMP Raissa Moore ELAINE & mother SOLOMON George Rosencrantz GLORIA Robin & Abraham SCHECHTER Arne Rosencrantz SCHILLER Furman FUND Preva Swire FUND Marvin Lazarus IN MEMORY OF Melvin & Janet Swire GET WELL Herb & Barbara Ruth Blauer Al Westerman WISHES FOR Hochfeld Joanne Blauer Sondra Greenberg Harvey Spigal Stephen Leopold Dorothy Wiener Samuel Zidell Thelma Geffen Irving & Rhoda Erma Rykus Min Zidell IN MEMORY OF Leopold Margie Weinberg Jerry Roth CANTOR CHARACK Thelma Geffen Sam & Beulah MORRIS AIL KITCHEN Schauffer MUSIC FUND FUND ELEANOR Henry Rothstein IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF FISCHER DIAL Marcy & Ron Morris Bertha Ail Lillian Sherman FUND Barbara Singer Rob, Emily, Nathan Allan Sherman IN HONOR OF Stan & Judy Blauer & Michael Ail Eleanor Fischer Sue & Norman Ruth Freeman COMMUNITY Elliot & Sue Axel Wapnick Lorraine Widman & ENRICHMENT Reena & Stuart Davis Family FUND Howard & Petra GENERAL GET WELL Shapiro SYNAGOGUE CANTOR'S WISHES FOR FUND DISCRETIONAR Merritt Linn ELEVATOR GET WELL Y FUND Shari Katz FUND WISHES FOR IN APPRECIATION IN MEMORY OF Merritt Linn OF COOKIE Beatrice Chusid Sue & Norman Cantor Bletstein YOELIN Monte Chusid Wapnick Sarah & Jonathan FLORAL FUND Norman & Kathy Inna Starushok Glass IN MEMORY OF Chusid Laura Starushok Jerrie Roth & Family Merritt Yoelin Esther Volchok IN APPRECIATION Regina Atlas Elliot & Sue Axel Alice Potter OF Susanne & Michael Donna & Richard Rabbi Isaak Wendrow Brownstein FELDSTEIN Barry, Eileen, Lindsay, IN MEMORY OF Barry & Barbara LIBRARY FUND Kelsey & Jessica Gloria Goodman Caplan IN MEMORY OF Kaplan Joseph Goodman Norman & Kathy Jack Paige IN HONOR OF Chusid Joann Ruden Eleanor Fischer CEMETERY Raul & Lidia Krivoy Kate Frieda Shapiro Herb Hochfeld FUND Bobbi & Ralph Martha & Glenn Samuel & Jo Ellen IN MEMORY OF London Decherd Miller Louis Albert Amara & Brian Merritt Yoelin Jay Zidell Sol Sax Norman Claire & Zanley Min Zidell Judith Blauer Joshua & Melanie Galton Raquel Zidell Sidney Cooper Olds The Congregation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:

IN MEMORY OF Joseph Fowler Serafima Osadchaya GLADYS & Samuel Abend Harold Fowler Rimma Diner JOSEPH Marilyn Abend Sarah Fowler Rita Pearlmutter FENDEL CAMP Robert Adams Harold Fowler Jacqueline Constantine IN HONOR OF Stan and Sheryl Louis Gevurtz William Perkel Ruben Menashe Adams Burton Gevurtz Robert & Harriet Deborah Musher & Louis Albert Fanny Golden Perkel Joe Menashe Beverly Eastern Hilliard Golden David Perry IN MEMORY OF Sidney Atlas Fred W. Goldenberg Richard Fleishman Isadore Kaufman Tana Golden Rachael Goldenberg David & Minnie Bruce & Sheila Stern Samuel & Jo Ellen Pincus Gotlieb Rabinowitz Jack Ritchie Miller Alan Gotlieb Lora & Jim Meyer Brauna Ritchie Thelma Beck Bernie Gouz Nisl Rabovitser Bruce & Phyllis Ritchie Robin Bacon-Shone Fred & Nora Enya Rabovitser Reuben Stern David Papper Rothstein Martha Rapp Bruce and Sheila Stern Benjamin Papper Victor Gregory Leveton Jack & Melanie Chris Feves Allan & Judy GUMBERT Birnbach Jacob Hammersley Weingard FUND Fanny Bernstein Gloria Bacharach Sol Sax IN MEMORY OF Dennis Steinberg Anita Hillebrandt Beverly Eastern Esther Feldstein Mollie Blumenthal Dennis Steinberg Wolf Schauffer Morrie Gumbert Charlotte Schwartz Jack Israel Sam Schauffer Gerry & Kay Gumbert Flora Perkel Francine Frisch & Sima Shames Bockman Vicki Zidell Reva Vaynberg HUNGER Robert Perkel Rebecca Israel Barbara Singer RELIEF FUND Alfred Brownstein Esther Jaffee Paul & Doreen IN MEMORY OF Helen Runstein Doreen Gilliam Gilliam Sidney Lakefish Vera Brownstein Walter Jaffee Boris Telengator Richard Lakefish Donna Brownstein Doreen Gilliam Tina Genesina M'liss Gilbert & Marcia Cohen Bernard Kaufman Eddie Vosen Lena Holzman Susan Cohen Steven Kaufman Diane Kahn Renée & Irwin Mark Cooper Carole Stern Howard Waco Holzman Mitch Cooper Kaufman Julia Waco Stanford Nudelman Samuel Cowan Julian Kaufman Katie Wahba Marilyne Lakefish Helen Cowan Mendel Khatayevich Elliot Wahba Sarah Davis Nina Khatayevich Bernice A. JACOB Jean Lake Harold Laroff Weinstein FREEDMAN Gustav Falkenstein Diana & Stephen Leroy Weinstein SCHOOL FUND Alan Gotlieb Sirkin Dorothy Wiener IN MEMORY OF Victor Ferrera Reuben Lenske Larry & Sandra Doris Bockman Renee Ferrera Shirlee Lenske Wiener Howard Bockman Josephine Ida Lesser Rodney & Elanor Amy Freedman Feuchtbaum Linda Robertson Wilber Howard Freedman Ernest Waxman Richard Lewitt Bonnie Berry & Salomon Leonard Lewitt Kimberley Fleck JEWS OF Feuchtbaum Harry Mandrow Philip Wolfson CHOICE FUND Ernest Waxman Joan Fraser Marvin Wolfson IN MEMORY OF Al Feves Abram Mikhlin Merritt Yoelin Barbara Singer Michael Feves Ida Mikhlin Toinette & Victor Fred & Nora Abraham Fleishman Andre Mizrachi Menashe Rothstein Lillian Braverman Phillip & Patricia Lora & Jim Meyer Beverly Foreman Tobin Diana & Stephen Burton & Bernice Serge Morgan Sirkin Gevurtz Diana & Stephen Lev Yukhayeva Esther Fowler Sirkin Yafa Yukhayeva Harold Fowler Frances Myerson Evelyn Zurow Gerald Cogan Sam Friendly

CALLING ALL YALE SCHECHTER CAMPERS STROM It’s a Schechter Shabbat at Renowned Klezmer Musician Congregation Neveh Shalom!

For all past, present, & future campers, counselors, and families!

Join director Sam Perlin and friends on:

A Special Concert

SATURDAY 5:30pm appeizers and shmoozing January 5th, 2013 6:00pm dinner Congregation 7:30pmFriday, Schechter Shabbat January at PDX Live with 25, Cantor 2013Bletstein and

7PM Neveh Shalom special guest Cantor Randy Herman Price: $12/adult $6/child $36 family max RSVP to [email protected]

Tickets: $15/person $36/family

2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, OR 97239 503.246.8831 www.nevehshalom.org ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN 2012-2013 HONOR ROLL – THANK YOU

We thank and honor all of our donors. Our kehilah continues to thrive because of their ongoing generosity. Visionary Sustainer Gadi and Bella Dvir ($5,000 or more) ($1,000 - $1,799) Mark and Johnnalee Friedman Jef and Sandy Axel David and Vera Biggam Stevem amd Suzanne Friedman Chris and Cathy Blair Seth and Susan Garber Rosalie Goodman Jenn Director Knudsen and David Bob and Lesley Glasgow Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Knudsen Sergey and Lilia Goldman Irwin and Renée Holzman Jonathan and Sarah Glass Sam and Chris Gotlieb Garry and Judith Kahn Leah Joy and Stacey Chapman David and Susan Greenberg Mark and Jennifer Kalenscher Stan and Shirley Hodes Steven and Wendy Kahn Michael and Kathleen Krall JD Horn and Rich Weissman Jason and Allison Kaufman Jerry and Joanne Kryszek Marty and Cyndy Kagan Jerry and Gayle Marger Lisa Kaner Vic and Toinete Menashe Carole and Robert (z”l)Katz Guardian Richard and Erika Meyer Jef and Amy Katz ($3,600 - $4,999) Sam and Jo Ellen Miller Tony and Priscilla Kosiner Tyler and Lindsay Gluckman Marv and Leah Nepom Aaron and Noelle Levinson Joel Mullin and Sheri Katz Gary and Teri Peck Jefrey and Anne Nudelman Marvin Rosen and Cheryn Grant Donald and Naomi Olds Todd and Felicia Rosenthal Mojgan and Douglas Rostamian Builder Brian Scot and Marianne Zarkin Mark and Leah Rubin ($1,800 - $3,599) Steve and Dana Sirkin Jack and Barbara Schwartz “Anonymous” Lee and Leslie Spector Paul and Joan Sher Stephen and Toby Blake Tom Stern Mark and Gail Sherman Steve and Beverly Bookin Peter Wigmore and Randy Katz Rob and Mara Shlachter Stuart and Reena Davis Min Zidell Sam Silverberg and Anne Johnston Rabbi Daniel and Carol Isaak Isaac and Susan Simkim Raul and Lidia Krivoy Maimonides Steven and Sherry Stone Doug and Paty Lenhof ($360 - $999) Eduard and Luiza Vaynberg Micah and Debbie Barany Larry and Linda Veltman Jim and Lora Meyer Eric Berkman Jim and Anne Waldman Conrad and Abby Myers Richard Botney Al and Judy Weingard Fred and Nora Rothstein Joni Cady and Jane Rosevelt Jefrey and Mahri Weitz Rick and Sharyl Vagy Susan and Marin (z”l) Chess Peter and Joanne Wolochow Gary and Carolyn Weinstein Glen Coblens and Mia Birk Andrew and Aviva Zigman Merrit Yoelin (z”l) Arnold and Elaine Cogan Bob and Arleen Zucker Mark and Mindy Zeitzer Lee and Sheri Cordova Friend Daniel Schif and Kathleen Hasson Mat and Elana Emlen Elissa and Jusin Morris ($180 - $359) Arnold and Eileen Schwartz Jordan Epstein Jason and Tanya Morrow Michael and Michelle Alberts Ellen Singer and Eamon Molloy George and Laurie Fendel Allison Mudrick Asa and Debra Altmark Len and Arnete Springer Lynne and Robert Fitzsimmons Barbara Mutnick Riley and Marci Atkins Roberta Taskar Hal Fowler Ben and Avi O’Glasser Elliot and Sue Axel Frieda Tobin Janet Franco Jane and Larry O’Glasser Gloria Bacharach David and Roxanne Ushman Deborah and Clyde French Michael Olds and Gloria Borg Olds Lee and Ric Ball Neil and Wendy Vollen Nila Friedberg Earl and Dale Oller Edward and Rebecca Bard Elliot Wahba and Karen Douck Todd and Levia Friedman Larry and Evie Oxman John Barton Bob and Idelle Weinstein Victoria and Ilya Genovker Eric Peet and Abby Guyer Harve and Deborah Bellos Bud and Bernice Gevurtz Abraham Perlstein JoAnn and Chris Bezodis Israel Phil and Raya Gladstein Anna Rashkovskaya Jack and Melanie Birnbach ($18 - $179) Harry and Mary Goldhammer Jef and Francine Reingold Ed and Katherine Richman Stan and Judy Blauer Gene and Marlene Abrams Vera Goldman Joeen Rodinsky Roy and Stacey Carmen Kiki Adamovics and Tim Hibbits Marin and Hilda Goodman Ariel and Jennifer Rogson Gideon and Julie Caron Sid and Linda Albert Ira and Julie Gotlieb Richard and Susan Rosenbloom Jon and Sallie Cohen Paul and Yeta Alfas Victor Gutnik Barry and Wendy Rosenield Mitch and Eileen Cooper Stephanie Arnheim and John Carol and Seymour (z”l) Haber Alan and Lynn Rosenfeld Helen Duewel Sheldon Inge Hamburger Eric and Tifany Rosenfeld Mitch and Nicole Elovitz Mark and Deborah Astor Jacob and Jaimie Harper Bob and Helene Rosenthal Frieda Farb Robin Bacon-Shone Maxine and Davis Hart Alan and Vicki Rotstein Ellen Fineman and Patrick Ward Rochelle Atlas and Robert Ballato Rick and Catherine Hartoch Dan and Melissa Rubin Andrew and Lauren Fortgang Mel and Elaine Ball Eileen and Kimberly Heller-Stading Gary and Cari Rubin Ian and Bev Getreu Bruce and Addie Banasky David and Susan Honigstock Ruby Sachter Robb and Bari Gilbert Keren Barbash and Gil Benedek Misha and David Isaak Dave and Shannon Sanford Paul and Doreen Gilliam Harvey and Arlyn Becker Donna Jackson Valerie Schafer Robert Ginsberg Peter and Rita Bedrick Hy and Myra Jackson Paul Schlesinger Joe and Judi Goodman Dan Berkowitz Ken and Susan Jacobs Marty and Sharyn Schneiderman Andrew and Jennifer Greenberg Mel and Cathy Berlant Daniel and Shannon Janof Charlote Schwartz Rabbi Bradley and Sarah Bonnie Berry Diane Jubelier-Light Joe and Sue Schwartz Greenstein Mel Berwin Phil and Ros Kane Gregoriy and Vera Shabashevich Randy Grossman Jo-Ann Bleich David and Cerinda Kaplin Marc and Robin Shapiro Gail Halladay Aaron and Michelle Bloom Sara Kats-Chinoy Ariel and Phil Shatan Mark and Lori Helfand Melissa Bloom Lucille Kraiman Denny and Barbara Shleifer Barry and Fanny Horowitz Steven Blumstein Samantha Krasnow George and Simonne Sidline Terry Howard Lauren Botney Gary Larof Susan Siegel Russ Israelov and Michelle Hartley Jef and Marianne Braunstein Scot and Naomi Leavit Diane Solomon Julian Kaufman Lillian Braverman Wendi Leer and Ian Elias Bob and Mimi Sorkin Harold and Jackie Lesch Mark Brenner Al and Rosanne Levi Catherine Stark Jefrey and Gail LeVine Marlene Brenner Leonard and Nira Levine Joshua and Sheryl Stein Leonard and Mimi Lewit Bill Brenner and Julia Waco Andrew and Rosy Levy Dani and Barbara Steinfeld Jonathon Lietz and Elaine Deborah Brown Gary and Esther Liberman Susan and Randal Sutherlin Coughlin Lietz Steve and Sarah Cantor Merrit Linn and Susan Korey Moisey and Faina Talal Hanoch and Cheryl Livneh Emily Cavaliere Mat and Margo Litwin Julia Toub Albert and Esther Menashe Ross and Sarah Coblens Richard and Jayne London David and Carol Twain Jef Menashe and Wendy Carol Cogan Koranda Elliot and Diana Lubarsky Charlote Ushman Gutmann Mitchell and Arlene Cogen Frances Olshen Lucchesi Enie Vaisburd Sol and Rosalyn Menashe Jackie Constanine David and Ronnie Malka Ben and Yael Webber Felice Moskowitz Judd and Anne Conway Jef and Arzelie McAllister Bob and Marla Weiner Harold Nevis Sherri and David Cook Natan Meir and Chanan Van Ross and Darcy Weinstein Simon Newman Bridget Cross and Karen Twain Herpen Kalya Wertheim-Knapp Jerry and Shirley Nudelman Howard and Wendy David David Meisels Lorraine Widman Ella Ostrof Stan and Marlene Davis David Meltzer and John Woodruf Rosa Wigmore Gary and Sylvia Pearlman Glenn and Martha Decherd Wendy Miller and Robert Marvin and Katherine Wolfson Ian and Heather Penner Julie and Tom Diamond Gatzemeyer Stu and Ann Linda Yudman Ben and Jeanete Philan Nancy Diamond Liza and Beth Milliner Sheldon and Sarah Zakreski Jordan and Debbie Plawner William Diebold and Deb Tom and Lisa Mitchell David and Liliya Zaltsman Marty Policar Freedberg Darryl and Sherryll Mleynek Raquell Zidell Jef and Julia Robinson Steve and Suzanne Efros Alan and Debbi Montrose Sam and Beulah Schaufer Catherine Ellison and Eli Wall Lee and Jane Mopper Book Talk @ Neveh Book Talk @Neveh is a series of community book discussions held throughout the year. Come to one or dive into them all - meet others and connect over good literature. January’s Selecion: A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev Jan 13, 10 am – 11:30 pm and Jan 16, 7 pm – 8:30 pm Discussion led by Gloria Borg Olds From the internaionally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev comes a mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchaning act of devoion.

During the 1948 War of Independence--a ime when pigeons are sill used to deliver batleield messages - a gited young pigeon handler is mortally wounded. In the moments before his death, he dispatches one last pigeon. The bird is carrying his extraordinary git to the girl he has loved since adolescence. Intertwined with this story is the contemporary tale of Yair Mendelsohn, who has his own legacy from the 1948 war. Yair is a tour guide specializing in bird-watching trips who, in middle age, falls in love again with a childhood girlfriend. His growing passion for her, along with a git from his mother on her deathbed, becomes the key to a life he thought no longer possible.

Unforgetable in both its pariculars and its sweep, A Pigeon and A Boy is a tale of lovers then and now--of how deeply we love, of what home is, and why we, like pigeons trained to ly in one direcion only, must eventually return to it. In a voice that is at once playful, wise, and altogether beguiling, Meir Shalev tells a story as universal as war and as inimate as a winged declaraion of love.

The Ghost of Hannah Mendes May: The Hare With Amber Eyes March: by Naomi Ragen by Edmund de Wall Presented by: Robin Shapiro Presented by: Kaiya Goldhammer Sun 10, 10am -12pm Sun 28, 10am - 12pm Wed 13, 7pm - 9pm Wed 1, 7pm - 9pm

Marianne Wollstein Mah Jongg Madness Brunch and Tournament Sunday, March 3, 2013 11:00am Congregation Neveh Shalom $25.00 per person

PPleaselease join us for a fun-filled day of Mah Jongg andd friendship. friendship EExperiencedxpe and new players are welcome (no teaching). 11:00 am Brunch and explanaion of rules 12:00 - 4:00pm Tournament and prizes

ReservationsRe must be made by February 22nd Sponsored by Neveh Shalom Sisterhood

For more informaion please contact: JJudi Goodman at 503.531.7205 or Sarah Coblens at 503.466.2256

Payment must accompany registration form Please make checks payable to Neveh Shalom Sisterhood No registrations taken after February 22nd. Mail to: Congregation Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful Ln., Portland, OR 97239 Attn: Sisterhood Mah Jongg

Name(s) Phone

I will be coming for brunch: yes no I can provide a Mah Jongg set card table

Congregation Neveh Shalom 2900 SW Peaceful Lane Portland, Or 97239 503.246.8831 www.nevehshalom.orgshalom.org The Congregation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:

JUDITH & MILT RABBI GARRY KAHN HORENSTEIN GREENSTEIN ROBBIE BALL CAMP FUND MINYAN FUND DISCRETIONAR MEMORIAL IN HONOR OF IN HONOR OF Y FUND FUND FOR Judith Kahn Wendy Hetzler GET WELL DARFUR Sarah & Jonathan John Barton WISHES FOR GET WELL Glass IN MEMORY OF Al Segal WISHES FOR Steven, Wendy, Rebecca Marv Lazarus David Biggam & Mel Ball & Michael Kahn Priscilla & Tony Vera James Priscilla & Tony Kostiner IN APPRECIATION Kostiner KIRSHNER Sam & Jan Weiner OF IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL Rosalie Goodman Rabbi Greenstein Dale Oller’s new FUND Lawrence Shapiro Regina Atlas grandbaby IN MEMORY OF Howard Shapiro Susanne & Michael David Biggam & Rae Kirshner Wendrow Vera James Esther Bodner-Israel MONTROSE Rabbi Krishef's long Anita Gold VIDEO FUND RABBI ISAAK term service to Ahavas IN MEMORY OF DISCRETIONARY Israel Synagogue FUND LEONARD Lillian Montrose Malca Muskin IN APPRECIATION Elaine Ball BARDE Borg OF CEMETERY Dorothy Jackson Earl & Dale Oller Rabbi Isaak IN MEMORY OF ENHANCEMENT Hy and Myra Jackson Barbara Gilbert & FUND Louis Ball Lesley Isenstein Melvyn Ball IN MEMORY OF MOSKOWITZ Margie & Jerry Herer Leonard Barde FUND Robbie Ball Jerrie Roth & Family David and Beverly Goldie Barde IN MEMORY OF IN HONOR OF Carolyn & Larry Sylvia Moskowitz Kagan Rabbi Daniel & Marvin Lazarus Gorin Felice Moskowitz Carol Isaak Mel & Elaine Ball Infinity Investors Club, Roy Oller LESCH CAMP MOTHER'S Inc. FUND CIRCLE Ruby Solomon IN MEMORY OF Earl & Dale Oller IN MEMORY OF DONATIONS Theresa Kessler Regina Philan Barbara Singer Isaak Premysler Randolph Kessler & Melvyn & Elaine Ball Benjiman & Jeanette Toinette & Victor Dawn Nakamura Philan Menashe Jerry Roth ROSENBERG IN MEMORY OF Rosalie Goodman LOUIS Barbara Singer PLAYGROUND Irene Springer FUND ROSENBERG Renée & Irwin Sherryll Mleynek BOOKSHELF Holzman IN MEMORY OF Evelyn Zurow M'liss Gilbert FUND Judith Kahn Rick Zurow IN MEMORY OF Sondra & Gordon Victor & Toinette Menashe A.E. Rosenberg Pearlman RELIGIOUS Toinette & Victor Merritt Yoelin Harry Sher SCHOOL FUND Julie & Perry Welch Menashe Renée & Irwin IN APPRECIATION Holzman OF MARK AIL Eddy Shuldman SAPERSTEIN CAMPERSHIP MUSIC LIBRARY Susanne & Michael CHAPEL FUND FUND FUND Wendrow IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF Felicia Blauer’s sister Esther Zusman Robert Caplan Bea Hochfeld Jerry Roth Gail Semler Steven Caplan Herbert Hochfeld Taya & Ron Meyer Marvin Lazarus Herb & Barbara Hochfeld Donald Stephens Paul & Doreen Gilliam The Congregation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:

SHORESHIM SOBLE TOINETTE FUND RENOVATION MENASHE IN MEMORY OF FUND BOOKSHELF Isaak Premysler IN MEMORY OF FUND Esther Weizel Samuel Soble IN MEMORY OF Bev & Ian Getreu Jerome & Shirley A.E. Rosenberg Nudelman Sylvia Rosenerg SHULDMAN Ruth Blum KIDDUSH FUND SONIA Jerome Roth IN HONOR OF NUDELMAN Marilyn Hasson Riverdale Mavericks FLORAL FUND Boys Varsity Soccer IN MEMORY OF USY TRAVEL Team Sonia Nudelman FUND Charles & Leslie Elder Phillip & Sandra IN MEMORY OF The Shuldman Nudelman Serge Morgan Kiddush Fund Jerome & Shirley Lauren, Jessie & Sheri & Lee Cordova Nudelman Lana Botney Gary Fiske & Thomas & Julie Michele Ahonen STAMPFER Diamond Hanoch Livneh BOOKSHELF Steven, Wendy, Rebecca Mel Ball FUND & Michael Kahn IN APPRECIATION IN MEMORY OF Beverly Kivel OF Rebecca Zukeov Tony & Priscilla Kostiner Eddy Shuldman Frieda Tobin Andrea Milman Merridawn Duckler The Twain Family Bert & Laurie STAMPFER Rogoway DISCRETIONARY WEINSTEIN IN MEMORY OF FUND CHAPEL FUND Anne Lebwohl IN HONOR OF IN HONOR OF Susan Brenner & Ed Eleanor Fischer Max D Weinstein Kraus Rosa Wigmore Carolyn & Gary Ben Barton IN MEMORY OF Weinstein John Barton Daniel Peizner IN MEMORY OF Jack Cohen Richard & Mary Violet Hyman Reena Davis Peizner Carolyn & Gary Fanny Golden Isaak Premysler Weinstein Sheri Cordova Leonard & Arnette Max Weinstein Erna Graetz Springer Stuart Weinstein Eddy Shuldman & Jeff and Ari STAMPFER WOMEN'S Edmundson LECTURE LEAGUE Olga Guttman FUND SCHOLARSHIP Ella Ostroff IN APPRECIATION FUND Barbara Singer OF IN MEMORY OF Barb & Jack Schwartz Jennifer Greenberg Arthur Gottlieb Eddy Shuldman and Jack & Barb Schwartz Samuel & Christine Jeff & Ari Edmundson Gary Pearlman Gottlieb Irene Sprenger Gerry Cogan Helen Menashe Darryl &Sherryll IN HONOR OF Gail Halladay Mleynek Goldie Stampfer Beatrice Richman George Stubbs Priscilla & Tony Elliot & Sue Axel Joni Cady Kostiner David Weinstein IN MEMORY OF Robert & Marla Jerry Roth Weiner Eve Stern & Les Gutfreund