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September/October 2012 No. 7 Elul-Cheshvan 5772/5773 Supported by the Sala Kryszek Memorial Publication Fund B’nai Mitzvah pg.2 L’shanah tovah happy new year

Back To Shul From the President pg.3 From the Pulpit Wake up! Your Most Sacred Days Are Ahead I must say, We promise 100 blasts of the shofar on when I was atending Rosh Hashana. Children and adults alike look Nursery School (now Religious forward to coming to synagogue to hear its sound Foundaion School) at and see its majesty. But I’ll let you in on a litle Neveh Shalom with Services secret. You don’t need to wait unil the High Holy Morah Suher and Morah pg.4 Days to hear the sound of the shofar. I heard the Keller, I never imagined shofar this very morning. Its roar was familiar that I would be wriing and yet strange at the same ime, because I had the President’s column for the Chronicle not heard it for so long. The shofar is blasted (which existed way back then, as evidenced events everyday during the month of Elul leading up to Rosh Hashana, preparing us by my Chronicle Bar Mitzvah announcement pg.5 for our most sacred days. As I closed my eyes, its sound bellowed and echoed sill in my possession). I am certain that when through me, waking me up, reminding me of the introspecive work I have ahead. I was in Nursery School, it was enough for Maimonides, perhaps the greatest Jewish thinker of all ime, writes that the me to imagine how much grape juice and purpose of the shofar is to act as an alarm clock. The horn wakes us up from our challah I would get on Friday. Yet, here I am, Tikkun olam slumber of rouine, awakes within us the purpose of our sojourn in this world. honored to serve as President of the Board pg.6-7 Rosh Hashana is a ime for resoluions. I would like to give more atenion to of this kehilla/community which I have called my loved ones, I will eat diferently, exercise more, I won’t let my anger get the my Conservaive Jewish home for all my life. I best of me, I’ll carve out space for that hobby I know I love and I won’t be so plan on using this space to inform our kehilla hard on myself. I would like to do more of this, I would like to do less of that. about what your Board of Directors is doing Groups We all need to begin making the list in our minds. The list we’ve been puing to coninue to make this kehilla as strong as of, procrasinaing, pushing aside or don’t even realize is out there. The sound possible to provide the many services and pg 8-9 of the shofar is already blasing. Wake Up! Wake Up! Do not let Rosh Hashana, programs our members deserve and need. do not let the Aseret Yamai Teshuvah - the ten days of introspecion, do not let At our annual meeing, I highlighted Yom Kippur creep up upon you. Do not wait to be in synagogue singing Avinu the many opportuniies and challenges our Malkeinu to begin doing the spiritual work necessary for this coming year. education kehilla faces in the coming year. One of the There is an important mitzvah, we just read in our Torah, that reminds us of opportuniies that presented immediately pg 10-11 the lists we need to make leading up to the High Holidays. Our ancient relaives was the opportunity to renew Cantor were instructed to appoint for themselves a king to rule over them. One of the Bletstein’s contract. We formed a personnel irst tasks of our King, was to re-create a great list of instrucion, in fact he was review commitee, solicited congregaional told to have writen two copies of this list. It is a list of history, stories, heroes, input, and, as a result, the Board was strongly good deeds and spiritual opportuniies. This list is the Torah, “And it shall be Member urged to renew Cantor Bletstein. As a result, I that when he sits on the throne of his kingdom he shall write for himself two am thrilled to report that Cantor Bletstein has Services copies of this Torah.” The king is to read the Torah every day of his life, so that signed a new 6 year contract, beginning when pg 12 he remembers what is important to his people. How appropriate that this her current contract ends on June 30, 2013. Torah porion always falls around the month of Elul, the month in which we Cantor Bletstein will be leading, davening, too, must remind ourselves to write down the Torah of our own lives. And singing, teaching, performing and making us why is the king told to make two copies, isn’t one enough? Rashi, who goes Kvell With us head to head with Maimonides as the greatest commentator of all ime beter and stronger at least unil 2019. pg.13 and who cared for his daughters and vineyards when he wasn’t studying I also highlighted at our meeing the Torah writes, “Two Torah scrolls, one to be placed in his treasury and one opportuniies presented to us by last year’s that enters and goes forth with him.” The king has a list for at home and Long Range Plan and its implementaion. a list for while he is away. I would like to suggest that we mimic our own You will recall that one of the prongs of the In Memoriam ancient kings, don’t worry, I am not going to ask everyone to write two plan was to coninue to strengthen our Torah scrolls. I would ask, however, that we each make two lists, one educaion program, which is already the best pg.14 for at home and one for when you walk about life. in the region. At its July meeing, the Board recognized that fact by opening up our Coninued on page 2 Coninued on page 3

page 1 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 Dedicate B’nai Mitzvah a High Abrielle Cogen Holy Day September 1 Prayerbook Mazel Tov to Abrielle “Abby” Cogen, the daughter of Arlene & Mitch Cogen, sister to Alana Cogen and granddaughter to Helene Cogen. Abby a honor role student in 7th grade at Skyline K-8. She enjoys Aerial Arts, gymnasics, tennis, boogie boarding and reading. Neveh Shalom has 250 NEW copies of the Mahzor Lev Shalem, the prayer Maude elovitz book for High october 13 Holy Day services. Mazel Tov to Maude elovitz, daughter of Mitch and Nicole elovitz. As a 7th grader at Lake Oswego Dedicate a mahzor Junior High, possessing a diverse palete for fun Maude excels in all things social while keeping a close with a book- eye on maintaining her high-quality performance in school. When Maude is not at the pool swimming plate in honor hundreds of meters or at the mall clocking in laps between Forever 21 and the Regis Salon she is or in memory laughing with friends from around the Portland Metro area or texing and gabbing on the phone with of a loved one her Schechter pals. Family plays a criical role in Maude’s life – its provided her the chance to leap for $36. Or, without the fear of falling and the opportunity to reach for the stars and not be afraid to only touch purchase a copy the moon. We’re all proud of Maude’s achievements and hope that you will be available to share in for your own use our simcha at the synagogue when Maude is called to the Torah. Come, we promise good cookies for for $45. Make all. your donaion or purchase Jordan Zwetchkenbaum by phone to october 20 the synagogue oice at Mazel tov to Jordan Akiva Zwetchkenbaum, son of Debbie and Rich Zwetchkenbaum. Jordan’s 503.246.8831. grandparents are Judy Shapiro, Lenny Shapiro, Irene Zwetchkenbaum, and Robert Zwetchkenbaum z”l. This NEW Jordan is a 7th grade student at Health and Science School. He values friendship and relaionships, and connects strongly with peers and adults, as well as younger and older kids, and his dog Ray-Ray. Conservaive Jordan loves playing baseball, roots for the Red Sox, and basks in Cape Cod summers and Camp Solomon machzor for Schechter. Jordan also loves music, telling stories and jokes as well as playing all kinds of games and Rosh Hashana sports. Beyond his Bar Mitzvah, Jordan is looking ahead to coninuing his Jewish educaion in high school, and Yom and visiing Eretz Yisrael. Kippur has gender neutral translaion Kimberlee Barde and running october 27 commentaries Mazel Tov to Kimberlee Barde, beloved daughter of Dan and Barbara Barde, granddaughter of Larry that explain and Lillian Aamold, Mark and Cindy Braverman and Jerry Barde. As a 7th grader at Raleigh Hills each prayer. Elementary, Kimberlee thoroughly enjoys school, immersing herself in academics and anything social. This prayerbook She loves to cook and experiment in the kitchen, oten developing yummy treats for the family to includes the enjoy. She is extremely creaive in fashion and jewelry design. Kimberlee is a part of a large, supporive complete liturgy and dedicated family, whom is proud of Kimberlee and her accomplishments. Please come share this for the high holy simcha with us as Kimberlee is called to the Torah. An Oneg Luncheon to enjoy following services. days. An added feature is a full transliteraion of all From the Pulpit (continued) songs. during this month of repentance. Do not wait for Kol Nidre Coninued from page 1 to think about your promises of the past and the promise The list for home is a long list, where you set aside some for this coming New Year. Let us be like our own royal kings ime to really contemplate in depth how you are going of old and carry our Torah with us wherever we go. Let us to change your life this coming year. Your list at home begin to hear the sound of the Shofar, awaking our souls to should have details, speciic steps that will help you this New Year. Sarah and I, as well as our daughters Adirah arrive at the place you need to be. Then, like the king Neshama, Talia Chaya, and our newest Sami Kailea, wish you of Israel, you will have a Torah to take with you as and your loved ones a sweet year of laughter, health, and you go about your day. This list need not be long, new beginnings. in fact, it may only be one area of one’s life, one Shana Tova u’metukah, idea, one task, one word or moto that reminds Rabbi Bradley Greenstein you who you wish to become or become again page 2 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 Notes From the Cantor

ouT oF THe DePTHS I am sill puing all of the pieces together, BACK To To NeW BeGINNINGS but as I do, I am renewing my faith in myself, my strength, my independence, I hope you and keeping my eye on the prize—to have had a resful inally feel whole again. and rejuvenaing Our High Holy Days provide us with SHul summer! It’s a unique opportunity to begin a new been a whirlwind chapter in our lives each and every year. summer for me. I We have lost, we have grieved, and now had some amazing we can look ahead to brighter days. I am Sunday, Sept. 9, experiences during my two week trip with approaching the holidays from a diferent the Cantors Assembly to Germany and place this year than last year. My inner 11:30am, Israel. There is much to tell about that work has been a year-long process that mission, but at this moment that I write to will coninue as I seek teshuva, return and FRee! you my thoughts are on the New Year. We renewal. My outer work includes buying are now entering the month of Elul, the a home for the very irst ime. I write to ime we begin focusing our minds and our you from my new sanctuary—the place Are ready to go “Back to Shul” on hearts towards the Days of Awe that are where I am beginning my new chapter. September 9? We hope so. Because quickly approaching. A year lies by in what What will your new chapter include? We seems like a minute. Did I accomplish the oten make the same resoluions every it’s for eVeRYBoDY...not just goals I set for myself last Rosh Hashanah? year. How can we stretch ourselves and families with school-age children! Did I hold to my resoluions and make truly reach for something outside the the changes in my life that I sought to? box this ime? Can we seek to connect Change is diicult, but I believe it is the our inner and outer work in a meaningful With music, aciviies and the BBQ, vehicle through which we learn and grow way? What has been holding you back and ulimately transform ourselves. physically and emoionally? What can you there’s going to be plenty of fun to I went through an extremely challenging do to overcome these challenges in your enjoy the waning days of summer hardship in my personal life last year right life this year? before the holidays began. I sufered As I pray on behalf of all of you, our catching up with old friends and loss. Loss is a part of life. We have all kehilla kedosha, our sacred community making new ones. lost beloved family and friends, jobs, this year, I will approach the liturgy with pets, mobility, relaionships, and more. renewed strength and hope. I will carry Loss is loss--period. We grieve over all of your thoughts, your hearts and your it. This past year I cried more than I ever prayers with me. Y’hiyu l’ratzon imrei i, If you’ve already made your reservaion, great! had in my life; I had to dig deep within v’hegyon libi l’fanekha—May the words If you haven’t…There’s sill ime to let us know myself to ind strength I wasn’t sure I of my mouth and the meditaions of my you’re coming! We’ll take reservaions as late possessed, and I had to put my faith and heart ind favor before You, my Rock and trust in God in a way I never had before. as Wednesday, September 5. Make yours my Redeemer. May you all be blessed I’ve oten heard Rabbi Greenstein speak of with good health and happiness and be today at htp://inyurl.com/bwf3kxw or call the idea of brokenness. How during Tisha surrounded by the love of your family and the oice, 503.246.8831 ext 100. B’Av we sit among ruins relecing on the friends during the holidays and always. destrucion of the Temple and go from May God sign and seal us all in The Book “Back to Shul” is brought to you by CNS this brokenness to the joy of the holidays of Life for another year of precious life— and the prospect of new beginnings. It is for another opportunity to renew and Connecions - The Member Services only through the brokenness—when our redeine ourselves. Commitee. hearts are completely broken, exposed Shana tova u’m’tuka, and vulnerable, that we are able to do the for a happy and sweet New Year, diicult work of becoming whole again. Cantor Bletstein From the President (continued) coninued from page 1 deicit of revenue is substanially the result of dues collecions for this new iscal year are ahead of religious school program, Aliyah, to non-members collecion shorfalls. While some of the shorfall is schedule. We are targeing (albeit early) toward a who are members in good standing of other due to a decline in membership, much is directly the balanced budget this year. Every contribuion from congregaions. This will allow families who belong result of membership and tuiion obligaions not every member of our kehilla will help us reach this to congregaions which may not have a religious being met. We expect that our new dues policy for goal. school program, or who want their children to be monthly payments will help correct this problem. I wish you all a Happy and Healthy New educated by our educators, to join our students However, I urge every member of our kehilla to do Year. I look forward to seeing you all in our busy at a price that is 150% of the tuiion paid by our the best they can to get current on outstanding building during the High Holidays. I look forward to members. balances. We budget our annual expenses based working with you all to strengthen our kehilla. Feel The Board expects that this change on these obligaions. When the obligaions are not free to contact me by email at cnspresident@gmail. in policy for our school will result in addiional met, it results in layofs and programming cuts that com. Since this was Doug Lenhof’s email address outside income, which brings me to one of the hurt the enire kehilla. as president, you may want to edit your address challenges I menioned at our Annual Meeing. Our Board will coninue to do everything book accordingly. Ater 4 years of strong, ambiious We just concluded our iscal year on June 30, 2012 possible to increase our revenue. Our Annual and successful leadership, Doug deserves a break. with a deicit of $80,000. Though not enirely, this Giving Program is of to a tremendous start. Dues page 3 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 INFoRMATIoN Services ABouT HIGH Religious Services for Shabbat KeVA with Rabbi Greenstein: HolIDAY 3rd Saturdays, 10:00-11:45am (Sept 15, Oct 20) Kabbalat Shabbat, Every Friday: 6:15pm Join us as we study, sing, meditate and engage deeply in SeRVICeS - prayer together. KEVA is for adults and kids of every age, no *Shabbat Morning Service, Every Saturday 9am experience necessary. Bring your friends! KEVA...a litle ime look for the for your soul. For quesions or to get involved, contact Rabbi Shabbat child care available beginning at Greenstein at [email protected]. Calendar of 9:30am by advance reservaion only. Please call 503.246.8831x100 by noon on the preceding Rose Schnitzer Manor, “Darchei Noam” service High Holy Wednesday to reserve space. 3rd Saturdays, 10:00am (Sept 15, Oct 20) Neveh Shalom volunteers lead Shabbat services for seniors Day Services at the Robison Home Chapel. Arrive early to help escort Friday evening Services with special residents to the Chapel.Please contact Carol Stampfer at atached as an themes: [email protected].

insert to this First Fridays with Ilene Safyan Shabbat Morning for Families and Children issue online: 1st Fridays, 6:15pm (Sept 7, Oct 5) Tot Shabbat (ages 0-5 years old) 1st & 3rd Saturdays: 10:00am (Sept 1,15; Oct 6, 20) nevehshalom. Chik-Chak Service Tot Shabbat is a warm, age-appropriate Saturday morning 3rd Fridays, 6:15pm (Sept 21, Oct 19) service designed to introduce our youngest members org/lyers/ A tradiional, lay-led service featuring Carlebach to Shabbat morning worship. This interacive, engaging tunes followed by delicious, volunteer-catered dinner. 45-minute Shabbat service includes prayers, music, songs hhdcal2012.pdf Reservaions required for dinner ($12/adult, $6/child, and story ime followed by a light Kiddush lunch. $36 max/family). Dinner RSVP required by the preceding Kehillat Noar – Youth Congregaion (Grades 1-5) Wednesday to [email protected]. 3rd Saturdays, October-May: 10:00am (Resumes Sept 15) NOTE: on 3rd Fridays when there is no Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Jr. Congregaion for 1st-5th graders and families. Join the main service is combined with ChikChak in one Gershon Liberman for this brief, lively, skill-building Shabbat 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 (Sept 28, Oct 26) For Jews in their 20’s and 30’s who are post-college and pre-kids. This alternaive service is followed by a potluck Candle lighting Shabbat dinner at a local home. Please visit our Facebook page (just search for “Hinenu”). Shabbat lighting HIGH HolY DAY For more informaion, to RSVP, or to get on our email list, Times lIGHTING contact [email protected] 7 Sept. 7:19pm erev Rosh Hashana PDX live! 14 Sept. 7:05pm Sept 16 7:01pm Fridays, Special 7:30pm service ime Rosh Hashana 21 Sept. 6:52pm Sept 17 ater 7:59pm Nov. 9 and Jan. 25 28 Sept. 6:38pm A rockin’ service to welcome Shabbat with music that erev Yom Kippur will move you! Join Cantor Bletstein, Ed Kraus, and 5 oct. 6:25pm (Kol Nidre) Klezmocracy for a high-energy Shabbat service with 12 oct. 6:12pm Sept 25 6:44pm instruments that will rock your soul! Stay aterwards 19 oct. 6:00pm erev Sukkot and schmooze at our signature Neveh Shalom cookie 26 oct. 5:48pm Sept 30 ater 6:34pm oneg. Sukkot oct 1 ater 7:34pm Hoshanah Rabbah Shabbat Morning Services with special oct 7 6:21pm eleanor Fischer themes: Shemini Atzeret Dial-In Service oct 8 ater 7:19pm If you are unable to Downstairs Minyan atend Shabbat Services 2nd, 4th & 5th Saturdays: 9:30am (Sept 8, 22, 29; Oct 13, 27) dial in to hear them. Downstairs Minyan is a lay-led Shabbat service The congregaion is invited to join us as we dedicate Call 503.246.8832 followed by a light Kiddush and lively singing our newest portable Ark at erev Shabbat services, of z’mirot. Want to lead a part of the service or read Torah? Contact Eddy Shuldman at Sept 7th. This new addiion, commissioned by [email protected]. On “Combined Gerald Cogan, honors his wife Zadell, of blessed Minyan”dates we meet at 9am. memory. A light oneg recepion will follow.

page 4 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 events one Book - one Community

This November, Jewish organizaions and synagogues around Portland are planning One Book - One Community. Films, discussions and lectures will center Fridays, Special 7:30pm service ime on this year’s compelling selecion: Nov. 9 and Jan. 25 A rockin’ service to welcome Shabbat with music that will My Father’s Paradise move you! Join Cantor Bletstein, ed Kraus, and Klezmocracy A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past for a high-energy Shabbat service with instruments that by Ariel Sabar will rock your soul! Stay aterwards and schmooze at our signature Neveh Shalom cookie oneg. Pick up your copy from Neveh Shalom oice for only $10, or reserve a copy from the Feldstein Library. A Weekend with Professor Yona Sabar- Discussions, Annual High Holy Day Food Drive Interview and Kurdish Culture Now is the best ime to do Teshuvah, give Tzedakah and feed Save the date- November 30 to Dec 2 when we proudly the hungry. Please help the youth department ill the shelves of host UCLA Professor Yona Sabar, whose life story, as Neighborhood House through our annual food drive. Last year writen by his son, unfolds in My Father’s Paradise. Sabar our Congregaion donated over 2,000 lbs, our mission is to at will join us as our Weekend Scholar in Residence and least match that amount. We will hand out paper bags on Rosh will speak at services, paricipate in shabbat dinner and Hashana and collect them on Yom Kippur. Keep an eye out for a a community Havdalah program. Come hear his experi- ences as a Kurdish Jew, his passion for preserving his naive list of high priority items as the dates approach. Thank you for tongue and his thoughts on his son’s book during this helping us provide food for those in need. weekend celebraion of Kurdish culture.

Co-sponsored by Congregaion Neveh Shalom, The Insitute for Judaic Studies and the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic High Holyday Students and Torah Readers Studies at PSU. To all our wonderful students and Torah readers paricipaing in this year’s High Holyday services a hearfelt THANK YOU and Kol HaKavod in advance! We are eagerly looking forward to your paricipaion as it enhances our sense of community during our most “awe”-some ime of year.

The Ritual Commitee would like to thank the following people who have donated new daily prayer books to the Synagogue: Stephanie Arnheim, Jef &Sandy Axel, Floyd&Bobbie Babbit, Janet&Larry Bauer, Laura Botney&Family, Linda Bourne, Lee Cordova, Bev&Stan Eastern, Charles&Leslie Elder, Joe&Judi Goodman, Stan&Shirley Hodes, Michael Kahn, Priscilla&Tony Kosiner, Lidia&Raul Krivoy, Nan&Allan Lipton, Chelle&Bobby Medow, Amara&Brian Norman, Jef&Rachel Nurad, Allison Mudrick, Jef Oberlander, Arden&Lois Shenker, Mylen&Roz Shenker, David&Xuan Sibell, Elisa Weger, Adam Yoelin. Donaing prayer books to the Synagogue in honor or in memory of a loved one is an excellent way to honor a person. The cost of donaing a regular size daily prayer book is $25 and $65 for a large print book. Please call the Synagogue oice if you would like to donate some new weekly prayer books to the Synagogue.

page 5 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 Shomrei Tikkun olam Did you read my last post? Do you remember the key point I made? Teva “During the next year pick at least one of the aciviies that falls under Neveh’s Tikkun olam umbrella and get involved for at least one day.” Monthly So start picking an event and put it on your calendar. Consider one, or several, of the ive Neveh days at Habitat for Humanity split between east and west side locaions. Mitzvah Plan to help with feeding the homeless at Eastminster Church monthly next fall and winter. Crew Consider giving the git of life at one of our upcoming blood drives. Put your kniing talent to work on hats for Israeli soldiers or baby blankets for Emanuel’s neonatal unit. Spend a morning helping put together hygiene kits for Transiion Projects for the homeless, Support our Never Again Coaliion. 3rd Sundays Prepare meals on a Sunday once a month for Outside In feeding homeless youth. Grab a rake or a shovel supporing our monthly creek side restoraion and other projects with Shomrei Teva. And you are guaranteed 9:45 am there will be more Tikkun Olam opportuniies throughout the year. All that is required of you, other than making the commitment, is to take a look at your latest Chronicle, Sept. 16, Neveh eBlast or Rabbi’s message to see opportuniies. oct. 21 If you need a more personal approach feel free to email me [email protected] or call 503-454-0610. Join us as we CNS Darfur/Congo Committee & Never Again Coalition remove invasive Never Again Coaliion As we approach the New Year, let us remember that One Good plants (ivy, Wednesdays, Sept 12 & Oct Deed Can Tip the Scales. blackberry, 10, 7pm (days these months We normally meet the irst Monday evening each month. etc.) and changed due to holidays) We are always eager to have new paricipants help stamp restore the The Never Again Coaliion our postcards and plan awareness events. Go to www. natural habitat joined with Amnesty neveragaincoaliion.org to learn more of our aciviies and of the lovely Internaional on August 4th consider joining the Postcard Brigade in support. creekside in the Run for Congo Women Join us on Facebook to take part in the latest acions to combat Portland. We were 20 runners strong plus 4 babies! The genocide, htps://www.facebook.com/NeverAgainCoaliion area along the run was a success, with our team raising just over $1,800 of contact Lauren Fortgang synagogue. the 11K raised overall. [email protected] Make it a double mitzvah by going first Notes from Shomrei Teva to Morning 5773: A New Start aerators on your faucets. Even sleep in Minyan. Bring a During the High Holidays we relect on our the sukkah and watch the stars overhead. small digging/ relaionships: with others, to God, and to the earth. How Wave the lulav and etrog, recite weeding tool have you treated it? Did you acively reduce your “en- the prayers, and from Kabbalah consider (trowel, small vironmental footprint”? Did you teach your children to this meditaion: from the east, strength shovel, etc.), not waste? What will you do next year as environmental and balance, from the west, sound and work as concerns grow? thinking and self-clarity, from the south, long as you Join us at Shomrei Teva. We’re restoring a creekside, healing of body and emoional wounds, want. Dress for planing a garden, reducing waste at the synagogue, and from the north, illuminaion and personal teaching the value of caring for creaion to our children. vision. Looking up, acknowledge God’s the weather. Celebrate Sukkot. This year, help build a sukkah. transcendence. Looking down, God’s immanence. It’s surprisingly Decorate it with items from the earth: leaves, fruits, And remember Rabbi Tarfon in Pirke Avot: “It is not enjoyable work, plants, vegetables. Invite your friends and neighbors, your obligaion to complete the task, but neither are you at a good schmooze, Jewish and non-Jewish, to join you. liberty to desist from it enirely…” warm camaraderie, Purchase locally grown and organic food. Pledge Contact Jordan Epstein: 503-245-6580 or yaakovm@comcast. and a rewarding to reduce or eliminate the use of pesicides and net. transformation. herbicides in your yard where the sukkah is located. L’shana tovah! Meet in the Reduce your use of water by puing low-low wooded area off our lower parking lot. The College outreach Questions: Jordan Epstein, 503.245.6580, ATTeNTIoN PAReNTS: [email protected] If you have a student who will be atending college this fall (or military) and would like him/her to be included in the College Outreach mailings, please contact Rosy levy at 503.292.3425 or email [email protected] for a link to the form.

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Cooking for Sunday, October 21, 12-2 P.M. Safeway Shopper Once a month, a wonderful group THINK of volunteers get together in the CNS kitchen to cook Card Registration for 60 homeless teens. Help Neveh Shalom by grocery shopping. GReeN Please join us on the dates above if you’d like to help repair our litle corner of the world! Go to www.escrip.com and click on “1-Sign Up”. Watch the CNS E-Blast or contact Cathy Blair at Select Neveh Shalom as your charity of choice, Our Chronicle [email protected] if you would like to be Group ID # 163941303. is available as a informed of future dates. Do IT ToDAY! downloadable PDF Don’t know your Safeway card number? for viewing on the Call them at 1.877.SAFEWAY. screen or your computer. Sign up for the online version oRA: Northwest Jewish Arists have a new by sending an exhibit in the lobby of the Main Sanctuary Food Barrel email to jbezodis@ Come check out our latest work. All pieces are nevehshalom.org. Please let us know for sale. Please contact the individual arist for Neveh Shalom has a food barrel beneiing if you would like to more informaion. A porion of each sale will Neighborhood House and the Sunshine Pantry. forego your paper be donated to the synagogue. New members Bring in your non-perishable food items to the version to save trees. are welcome. For more informaion visit us at barrel located in the foyer outside Zidell Chapel. Thank you for www.northwestjewisharists.com your generosity!

Donate your Car to Neveh Shalom Call for You can receive a tax write-of by donaing your unused or unwanted vehicle, running or not. Call JoAnn in the Neveh Habitat for Humanity Shalom Oice for more info: 503.293.7309, or [email protected]. Volunteers Neveh Shalom is expanding its partnership with Hygiene Kits: High Holy Days Challenge Habitat for Humanity to both their west and east side eforts. We are looking for from 10 to 15 volunteers on Hygiene Kit Boxes are back in the Stampfer Chapel Foyer and each of the ive build days this year to lend a hand. No the Administration Foyer. formal construcion skills or prior training is necessary. You just need a desire to contribute and volunteer We are challenging every adult member of CNS your ime. to purchase at least $10 worth of hygiene kit If you are interested, contact either Mike Titelbaum items for the High Holidays. ([email protected]; 503 626-6265) or Steve Sirkin Items Needed: ([email protected]; 503 454-0610) to sign Small Deodorant up or to ask any quesions you may have about our Individual or Bulk Pack Toothbrushes eforts. Bulk Pack Razors East Side (Habitat for Humanity Tampons Portland Metro/East) All items should be new and unopened. Sunday, December 16, 2012 Sunday, April 21, 2013 let’s Party !!! Meet us in Birnbach Hall, on Sunday, october 7, 9:30 A.M. West Side (Willamete West Habitat We will nosh and put together hygiene kits for the homeless. for Humanity) **Please bring some deodorant, toothbrushes, tampons, or razors with you. Sunday, october 28, 2012 Sunday, February 10, 2013 The kits will be delivered to Transiion Projects at Broadway and Hoyt, where showers are available for homeless people who are unable to obtain shelter beds. Call or e-mail Mike or Steve for exact imes and locaions. Dates have illed up in the past - sign-up now! For quesions, contact Cathy Blair at [email protected] or (503) 675-1328.

page 7 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 Manage Your CNS Groups at CNS Membership Account Senior lunch Group Havurah Program at Neveh Shalom oNlINe! September 11 and October 16 from noon to Neveh Shalom ofers a Havurah program, helping 1:30 in the Neveh Shalom atrium. small groups get to know each other outside of synagogue. We have many long-standing Havurot $7 for a lovely catered meal that get together for study, celebraion and social aciviies. In an efort to help more people Manage Your CNS please RSVP ahead of ime. connect, we are trying something new and Membership Account expanding the idea of havurot to include hiking oNlINe! Our lively group is a great place to meet others for a Congregaion Neveh good discussion. Join us on September 11 as together groups, newcomer get-togethers, interfaith family celebraions, Tikkun Olam ouings and shabbat Shalom is now we look at this important date in history. In October hear study. open for business Toby Blake speak about genealogy. on the web. All CNS members We hope you can make it! E-mail jgreenberg@nevehshalom for info should have Estelle Wexler and Julian Kaufman received a leter of Senior Lunch Group Chairs Make this the year to connect! explanaion with your login name Noshing With Neighbors and password. South Metro Area To access Live in the South Metro Area? So do a lot of other Neveh Shalom congregants! your account go to www. Get together with a small group of folks who live in your area on October 28 for noshes and schmoozing. nevehshalom.org Connect with friends old and new alike and see who your Neveh neighbors are. and click Member Contact Jennifer, [email protected] or 503 293-7313 for more informaion. login in the top right corner. When you login Mothers Circle Starts Fifth Year the irst ime of Successful Course this Fall. you can change Dad’s Night out your password. Dad’s Night - Thursday, october 4th 7:30pm “Life changing! By far the single-most inluenial factor If you lost your on our family’s Jewish life.” login informaion, call the oice at Join Rabbi Brad, guest speakers and a group of guys from “Amazing. I feel so comfortable in Jewish social 503.246.8831. around Portland for our october Dad’s Night- in a sukkah situaions, seings, and discussions now. I know

at a SW Portland home. Invite your friends – free and dozens of community members and resources I would uilizing this feel comfortable taking advantage of. Best of all, I’ve feature allows open to all Jewish dads and dads raising Jewish children. made friends within my Mothers Circle cohort.” you to update RSVP to [email protected] for locaion. your contact These quotes come from former students informaion, pay The perfect excuse to hang out with the of The Mothers Circle, a program which provides free your membership educaion and support for women from other religious online, add or guys! backgrounds or women who are new to Judaism as change child adults who are raising Jewish children. informaion, The 16 session Mothers Circle course is view yahrzeit taught by Neveh Shalom member and community informaion, view Save the Date educator Lois Shenker, and meets twice a month, your account and from October through May. Classes focus on Jewish pay any outstanding Tuesday, December 4th, rituals, ethics, the how-to’s of creaing a Jewish home amounts, make 7:15 pm at Neveh Shalom and raising Jewish children. They meet at the MJCC donaions to various Neveh Shalom Sisterhood on Sunday mornings and include free childcare. funds online and have Paricipants ind a warm environment and feel acknowledgement cards Book Discussion empowered as they bring Judaism to their homes. sent out, register and pay will be given by An informaion session will be held Sunday, for synagogue programs Natan Mier September 23 to beter acquaint prospects with the and events. on the book program. To atend the info session, register for the

course, or learn more about this program, contact All informaion is fully Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found Jennifer Greenberg at [email protected] secure. World of the Cairo Geniza. or 503.293-7313, or visit www.TheMothersCircle.org Check out next Chronicle for more informaion. page 8 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 Groups at CNS Sisterhood Greeings Sisters! RSVP to Marla Weiner at (503) 690-9233. Let’s decorate the Sukkah together! Bring your We have a fabulous book and speaker for our “Book of the Year.” family on Sunday, September 30, at 10 A.M., and we’ll turn Be sure to read The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza by Adina the Neveh Shalom Sukkah into something really special. For Hofman and Peter Cole. Then, plan to join us on Tuesday, December 4, quesions, call Dana Sirkin at (503) 454-0610. at 7:15 P.M. for an informaive review by Natan Meir, Professor of Jewish Can you believe that Neveh Shalom Sisterhood is 90 Studies at Portland State University. years old! Join us for our 90th Birthday Party. On October 14, We have many wonderful programs in store for you this year. from 4-6 P.M. we will celebrate with a Wine & Hors d’oeuvres Let’s have fun together while we serve our community. Friendship and Party in the Atrium. Members are free. Husbands and guests are $5. Please service is what Sisterhood is all about! Men’s Club Greeings from Your Men’s Club: much older than me, relate to me, my needs, my concerns? The answer It is our hope that you are taking the ime during was: “I not sure how these men can, but give them a chance” However, the this summer season to set aside some extended ime to morning bagels and the welcoming “How are you?” kept bringing me back; be with family and friends, and that ime is rewarding, and that was 25 years ago! relaxing, and memorable. As some of you know, I recently experienced a serious surgery on We are in the midst of planning the season’s my neck, convering me to a genuine “pain-in-the-neck.” The outpouring of forthcoming program--new speakers, sponsoring family caring, support, and genuine friendship that the Neveh Shalom community events, and developing new ways to support our Synagogue! As we have has presented me and my family is simply overwhelming. Men’s Club was a asked before, we would like to hear from you--seeking your program ‘gateway” for me to this wonderful family! suggesions, concerns, and thoughts. If you wish to ofer us a idea, please The Men’s Club is not the only gateway, entry to our Neveh email directly Bruce Stern ([email protected]) and Simon Goldstein Shalom community, but it is there. As that younger mid-thirish fellow, I ask ([email protected]). Your thoughts are important to us so that we you to visit us during this coming season. Come enjoy a bagel with us. Let us can beter serve YOU and the Neveh Shalom community. listen and hear you. I am not just an “old guy!” I want to meet you and talk From a personal perspecive I came to Neveh Shalom in my mid- and share our common beliefs and values. For the Men’s Club, this is our thiries not knowing many, but waning to ind a place to raise my 2 sons hope, our wish, for this coming season! in Jewish tradiions. One friend suggested that I should atend a meeing By the ime this is read by you, we will be quickly approaching our of the Men’s Club in order to connect with someone. So I went, and upon High Holy Days. So on behalf of the enire Men’s Club membership may we leaving this quesion presented itself: How could these men, who were ofer you: “Leshana tova tekatev v’techatem -- May you be inscribed for a good year!”

Class ofered for Seniors! Salon Hazak Writers’ Group Surveying Your Roots: Wriing A life Story The CNS Salon Hazak Writers’ Group has been meeing bi- Thursdays, oct 11- Nov 15 from 10am-Noon at Neveh Shalom. monthly for several months, and members have built a small $90/$110 member/non-member community of developing writers all of whom are interested in wriing of difering kinds. The group is led by Sherryll Mleynek, “Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.” - Ph.D., who is a reired English Professor from the University of Corrie Ten Boom Hawai’i. Life events and ime constraints have coincided to allow Preserving our life stories is a signiicant act: The stories us to add new members to our present six writers. We invite interested writers to learn more about the group from sherryll@ we tell about the past prophesy our tomorrows and remind us hawaii.edu or 503.443.3607. We meet on alternaing Mondays how we might live each day fully. Awaken your memories in at 1:30pm at Neveh Shalom. this six-week class through wriing to prompts, studying literary excerpts, discussing a shared past as Jews living in America, and renewing your curiosity about personal and family histories. Write and record at least one story ater learning the techniques of Jewish Film Club efecive storytelling and the tools of compelling wriing. You need not ever have writen. At the end of the term, students might choose to preserve and share their story in a git-worthy bound book for an addiional fee of $20. Each extra copy ater the irst will be $6. We usually gather every 4-6 weeks to enjoy Jewish themed Contact Jennifer Greenberg to register, 503 293-7313 ilms and to discuss aterwards. Refreshments served. Those interested in being on the email invitaion list (and to RSVP) * Taught by Judith Pulman, literary coordinator and teacher at contact Paul or Joan Sher at [email protected] or Paul at the Multnomah Arts Center who has also taught life story wriing [email protected]. classes through the Aic Insitute. She received her MFA in wriing in 2012 from Paciic Lutheran University.

page 9 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 Youth education Shoreshim We hope that AlIYAH for K - 12 everyone enjoyed a great Welcome back to another great (Jennifer) Anick. Goals for this year include increasing parent summer with friends year of programming with the ALIYAH engagement, updaing the Tichon 7th-12th grade program, and family. It is hard to Jewish Learning Program! and considering the Long Range Plan recommendaions for believe that the new We are excited to welcome a educaion. school year is upon us! number of new teaching staf, ofer Parents: If you would be willing to be a Parent Liaison new chugim (elecives) and start our for your child’s grade in ALIYAH, please let us know! We need The Shoreshim Group new updated Hebrew curriculum. help with organizing extra-curricular aciviies, and keeping in has some exciing Yom Rishon (Sunday program) starts on Sunday Sept touch with families by grade level. events coming up 9 at 9:00 a.m. Parents are invited to join director Mel Calling all teenagers: do you have skills working and we’d love to Berwin for a school year orientaion at 10:30 a.m. that with younger children? We are looking for a few more great have you join us. on morning. madrichim (teacher’s aides) for our ALIYAH Shavua (weekday) Sunday September Then stay for BBQ and aciviies for the whole program. Put your Hebrew reading and teilah skills to use, add 9th, please be community at Back To Shul that aternoon! to your resume, and get community service hours OR a subsidy sure and stop by New Educaion Commitee convened: Toby Blake and towards your Jewish camp or Israel trip next yea r! the Shoreshim Jenn Knudsen are heading up our Educaion Commitee for We look forward to creaing with you a fun and this year. Commitee members include: Michelle Caplan, enriching year for our children and families. acivity booth at Sherri Cook, Deborah Brown, Sarah Glass, Rachel Pines, Mel Berwin, Director of Congregaional Learning, mberwin@ Back to Shul- a Jef Katz, Arzelie McAllister, Allison Kaufman, lidia Krivoy, nevehshalom.org, 503.246.8831 x 128 fun community liza Milliner, David Greenberg, Marianne Zarkin, and Rivi celebraion and great ime for the litle ones. on Saturday, october Foundation School 3, join us at a Bruchim Haba’im! buzzy bee hats, and pracicing saying “I am sorry” for things special Fall Tot Welcome to another fun-illed done wrong. Sammy Spider will visit the classrooms to help tell Shabbat Kick- year of growing and learning together at the story of these holidays at circle ime and we will listen to of and Sukkot the Foundaion School. It is wonderful to the sound of the shofar as it is blown by our clergy. Following celebraion. see the smiling faces and hear the happy right behind is the joyous holiday of Sukkot when we will thank As usual, voices of the children and their families in God for the good food the earth provides us. We will make Tot Shabbat and our halls once again. decoraions to hang up in the congregaions Sukkah and have Kiddish lunch With summer coming to an end and fall upon us, our snack inside it as we look up through the branches to see occur bimonthly, September and October are illed with exciing imes. The the sky. We will also be marching with lags seven imes around children are setling into new classrooms, greeing old for Simchat Torah and talk about the special Jewish book – the the irst and friends and making new ones, and developing bonds of Torah- that is read over and over each year. third Saturday of trust with their teachers. every month. It is The celebraion of the Jewish fall holidays is the L’Shana Tova – a Good New Year – to you all. a warm, music- highlight of classroom curriculum this ime of year. Rosh Kathy Wolfson, Interim Director Foundaion based service; Hashana and Yom Kippur will be experienced by tasing School the kids especially apples dipped in honey, singing together wearing our enjoy the hands- on Torah Service and story ime. We are thrilled to have Kochavim & Notz’tzim levia Friedman and KoCHAVIM Hebrew Immersion Programs the Emerson School on the Park Blocks. Amy Katz leading the for children ages 0-8 PreKochavim for children ages 3-4 years old, Wednes- services again this Another year of Kochavim means another year days 4:15-5:45 p.m. Children learn alef-bet and basic vocabu- year. We look forward of exciing, innovaive language learning for our lary through creaive, acive play. to seeing everyone youngest members! Are you looking for an opion Kochavim for children PreK - 2nd grade, Mondays & soon! for your younger child/ren while your older child Wednesdays 4:15-5:45 p.m. Children learn to speak, com- comes to Hebrew school? Would you like your prehend, read, and write Hebrew in this immersion-based “Music Together” class for your tot to include conversaional Hebrew program. A great start for young minds B’Shalom, and a dynamic way to spend the aternoon. Language is taught Julia songs about the rituals of the Jewish year? Check out our award-winning Hebrew immersion through arts, music, drama, yoga, games, computers and Robinson, programs for children ages 0-8! more. Children atending Kochavim are oten prepared for the Margo Notz’tzim Music and Acivity Immersion Track of Neveh Shalom’s Hebrew school. litwin class for children ages 0-3 and their parent Notz’tzim and Kochavim programs are open to the & Hilary or caregiver, Mondays 4:15-5:00 with play community regardless of synagogue ailiaion. Barthold ime 5:00-5:40 at Neveh Shalom; or Sunday mornings at Shir Tikvah’s Nashira program at

page 10 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 Youth Activities Shalom Neveh Community! By now we have started another exciing year of youth Please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] or aciviies and I am looking forward to our coninued 503/293-7314 with any quesions. growth in the Portland Jewish Youth sphere. We are armed with new local and regional staf, an acive Youth Jr. Kadima: These monthly events for 3rd-5th graders are a great way Aciviies Commitee, and of course our wonderful for your child to become involved with CNS. We have a healthy mix of youth. Our goal is provide informal Jewish program- creaive events planned including a sleepover, holiday crats and celebra- ming that empowers our youth (3rd-12th grade) to ions, Tikkun Olam, and visits to various Portland atracions. be involved in and lead aciviies through our Shul Kadima: These events are for 6th-7th graders and they are a great way beyond Jewish school and B’Nai Mitzvah program. We ofer a range of to stay involved in social life at CNS and wonderful preparaion for USY local and regional involvement opions from the occasional atendee to leadership. USY Board Member. In case your family has yet to become involved in our youth department, we ofer three diferent programs during the year uSY: USY is Neveh Shalom’s 8th-12th grade youth group where Jewish and we have inancial assistance opions to encourage paricipaion. Take teens bond during chapter and regional events, leadership development, a look at our program schedule for all three youth groups during Holiday and social events. The Paciic Northwest Pin¬wheel Region unites us, but Services. Consider generously giving to our annual food drive. Last year we our proud home is Portland Rishonim - “Living in the Bike Lane”. Times collected literally over a ton of canned food for Neighborhood House. Take for events vary, please email [email protected] for complete event advantage of this teen-led opportunity to feed the hungry during the Ten details and check out our Facebook page. Days of Judgment! B’Shalom, Jonathan Morgan Adult education HIGH HolY DAY uNIVeRSITY 5773 MACHoN IVRIT As we prepare for the Days of Awe please consider joining us for any or Registraion is NoW oPeN for our popular Machon Ivrit Hebrew Insitute all of the three evenings of High Holy Day University 5773, September for adults! Join us for this upbeat weekly Hebrew learning program and 8, 10, and 12th. Together as a community we will learn and explore in improve your reading, wriing, and conversaion skills. A brief proiciency greater depth topics pertaining to Torah and Hatarah readings, rituals, test allows us to place you in one of the three levels of classes. Program self-relecion, and more. A complete calendar of course descripion and meets Monday evenings 7:00-9:15 p.m. at Congregaion Neveh Shalom. teachers will be available soon. Open to the community. Find our registraion forms on our Machon Saturday eve, Sept 8- Havdalah at 8:30, followed by three 45-minute Ivrit page under the Lifelong Learning tab on the CNS website: www. sessions concluding with Selichot Services. nevehshalom.org. Monday and Wednesday, Sept 10 and 12- 7pm- 8:45pm. Two 45-minute sessions will be ofered. SAVE THE DATES! September 10, 12 and 24 Machon Ivrit’s INTRO TO THE ALEF-BET—open to all JeWISH PHIloSoPHY, october 15—irst night of Machon Ivrit Thursdays, 7pm, Room 100 Sept. 13 Contact us at [email protected] for more details. This informal study group meets every other week. Mark Sherman and Merridawn Duckler will be among the facilitators of this group. Beit Ha Midrash – Classes resuming ater High Holy Days. If you are interested in paricipaing, contact Mark Sherman at *Rabbi Stampfer’s Talmud Class, Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00pm, Room 111 [email protected]. *Rabbi’s Isaak’s Bible Class, Thursdays, 3:30pm, Room 111 Please call the oice to conirm classes are meeing, 503.246.8831

learner’s Minyan Tot Shabbat Join us or a four part series of Friday night prayer services intended for everyone and Kick Off anyone waning to learn more. Increase your comfort level in atending Jewish services, gain understanding as to the deeper meaning and intenion behind the words and acions. led by our team of clergy and our educaion director, each evening will have a new focus, october 6, 10:15 am adding a layer of insight to the act of prayer. Join your Tot Shabbat friends in the Come to all or drop into one: sukkah for a special Tot Shabbat *oct 26, 7pm, room 102 “Hebrew roots: the vocabulary of prayer” kick of and sukkot celebraion. *Nov 16, 7pm, room 102 “Stand up, Sit Down, Turn Around, Three Steps Forward Sing, dance, say hi to Shabbos and Back, Bow to the Right, let and Center: The Choreography of Jewish Prayer” Mouse and stay for a yummy *Dec 14, 7pm, Zidell Chapel “Shir B’yachad (Sing Together): The nusach (Jewish modes) and melodies of the Friday Night Service.” Kiddush lunch. Be sure to join us *Jan 11, 7pm Zidell Chapel “Do you really mean what you are saying? Discovering for Neveh’s liveliest service! the exciing and surprising meanings inside our prayer book.”

page 11 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 Member Services Chesed CNS CoNNeCTIoNS: the Member Services Committee “How I spent my summer vacaion.” I ime for “How I spent my summer vacaion” remember coming back to school each September to be a topic of conversaion, too. As we and having this as the topic for our irst composiion connect with each other, we too can share of the year. We’d then read them out loud in front of our treasure of a summer. So, plan to join us the class and everybody shared what a fun ime they on Sunday, September 9 from 11:30 – 2:00. had. And we did! Whether we did something big Look for more informaion-including how or small, summer was a treasure worth reminiscing to RSVP if you haven’t already-elsewhere in about. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do something this issue. similar as adults? With a new year just around the corner, we’ll be back with some Chesed “Back to Shul” is our annual community event that more fun events. Be sure to read about us in the 2012-2013 By Miriam marks the coming end of summer, the prelude to the Annual Program Guide, available on Yom Kippur. And if you Thompson High Holy Days, and the beginning of the school year. It’s want to join our group as a commitee member, we’d love to The Chesed a ime where we get together to listen to music, eat hot have you. Just send me an email at davidtheshulman@outlook. commitee does dogs, catch up with old friends who perhaps we haven’t com. outreach to seen all summer, and make new ones. What an excellent David Meltzer, Co-Chair, CNS Connecions members of our congregaional Annual Giving Campaign family. You Neveh Shalom’s Annual Giving Campaign: “Jewish stepped forward to help. This year the need is greater as more probably have Americans Win Alms Race” members of our Neveh Shalom family struggle through diicult heard about “Jewish Americans Win Alms Race” was a clever itle economic imes. We have set a goal of raising $150,000 through our the meals that of a 2010 aricle about a study that noted: “New research Annual Giving Campaign, a one git covers all approach that we we cook for inds Jewish-American families are more likely than those of other faiths to give to chariies focusing on basic needs have looked to as a way of replacing our historical Kol Nidre those in need. such as food and shelter.” Another study the next year appeal. Reaching that goal will help assure that Neveh Shalom For several observed that, “Among the country’s very biggest philan- is there for the spiritual needs of our congregants whether it years, now, thropists, Jews coninue to be disproporionately repre- is religious services, Jewish educaion, life cycle events or just we have also sented, taking ive out of the top six spots…” Paricularly having a place where you can ind Jewish friends. had a birthday interesing was the observaion that “less than 25 percent As we prepared this aricle, in late July, we are proud to share commitee of their giving (was) to speciically Jewish causes.” that our synagogue’s leadership, Board and Clergy, as well as a who very That willingness to contribute to our society as number of our congregants, have stepped forward with com- mitments that has allowed us to reach half of our goal. diligently calls a whole makes us paricularly special as a people and For those of you who have already contributed, thank you so our members segment of American culture. It’s part of what it means to be Jewish! much. 65 and older on On the level of our synagogue, it is that willingness to For those of you who have not given and are able, their birthdays. give that is both wonderful and essenial. To provide the please add your names to the list. Make your commitment to We have ive services Neveh Shalom makes available to our over 900 our Annual Giving Campaign, be it $1,800 or $18. Every dollar dedicated, families requires over twice the income provided by our as well as every family that paricipates is a collecive mitzvah. caring women dues. That means the need for extra generosity from Kol Nidre, September 25th, is fast approaching. Gits can be who once or those families and individuals who have to ability to sent directly to Neveh Shalom or you may contribute by con- twice a week, give more. They are some of the same people who are tacing Wendy Kahn, Membership and Development Director, 503-293-7305 or email her at [email protected]. every week, among the most generous contributors to the Portland “If not now, when?” spend about community as a whole. In recent years, more and more of these people have ten minutes a day calling our seniors to let Mizrach: them know they Thank you to all who joined us on Mt Tabor for our Second Annual Kabbalat Shabbat. Once again, a beauiful summer are remembered evening and gorgeous views of Mt Hood helped make it a great way bring in Shabbat with friends and neighbors. on their birthdays uPCoMING DATeS: Sunday, September 23 - Join Mizrach for Tashlich. We’ll gather for a bike ride and end with Tashlich by the water! by CNS. It is a very See the lyer in this Chronicle for more details. rewarding task on Friday, November 2 - East Side Shabbat with Cantor Bletstein. More details to follow. both sides of the (Look for updates with details on Mizrach Facebook, CNS website, and CNS Mizrach Eblasts!) telephone line. Thank Mizrach is open to Neveh Shalom members and non-members. We want to connect Jewish East-siders to each you so much ladies: other. Of course, non-Eastsiders are welcome too! Gloria Kaiman, Galina For more informaion about Mizrach, contact Tamar Wyte-Lake: [email protected], or Wendy Kahn, Kogan, luiza Vaynburg Membership & Development Director, 503.293.7305 [email protected]. (who calls our Russian **Look out for upcoming Mizrach events this fall: Tashlich Bike Ride (Sunday September 23) members), and Julie Zola. A Neveh and East Side Shabbat with Cantor Bletstein (Friday November 2). Community…

page 12 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 Kvell With us Mazel Tov to Daniel Axel, who graduated from Portland State University with a double major from the School of Business Administraion in Human Resources Ted & leila Falk are delighted to announce the engagement of their older son, and Informaion Technology. Daniel completed his coursework in March and Abram, to Elizabeth Forier. The wedding ceremony is planned for Sunday, was immediately hired by Intel as a Sotware Engineer. He currently works at Feb.17, 2013 in Santa Barbara, CA. the Hawthorn Farms campus. Daniel is the son of Jef & Sandy Axel, grandson of elliot & Susan Axel and Mary & Bernard Nicolaisen. Harry & Mary Goldhammer are proud to announce the engagement of their son, Aaron Goldhammer to Kaiya Wertheim-Knapp of Oakland CA, daughter of Mazel Tov to Samuel Isaac Sheldon Hilton on his graduaion from Madison Mark Knapp. Aaron is the grandson of Helen Goldhammer. Wedding planned High School. Sam plans to atend college in Southern California this fall. for October.

Mazel Tov to Dr. Milton Hasson, past synagogue president at CNS, on being Mazal Tov to Nicole elovitz, who recently accepted a posiion of Vice President elected President of the Residence Council of the Rose Schnitzer Manor. of Markeing for Gigapan.

Mazel Tov to Scot Foster and daughter ellianna, on compleing their irst ever, Mazel Tov to Susan and Seth Garber on the engagement of their son, Michael, six-state regional arisic roller skaing compeiion held June 16-19 at Oaks to Mandy Litlewood. Park’s historic rink. Scot won irst place in Novice B Men’s igures and third place in Esquire B Solo Dance events. He will be going to Lincoln, Nebraska, in Mazel Tov to 1st Lt David Axel, USMC, on being designated a Naval Aviator and late July to compete at Naionals. Ellie didn’t qualify for Naionals, but made a receiving his “Wings of Gold” at NAS Whiing Field, FL , Friday, July 13, 2012. great showing for someone who’s only been skaing compeiively for less than David will be lying the AH-1Z “Viper” helicopter at Camp Pendleton, CA. a year.

In Memory of Daniel Steinberg (z”l) On Saturday, June 23, eleven people braved the rainy weather to raise $1,144.00 during CCFA’s Take Steps for Crohn’s and Coliis. Team captains for “Team Daniel” were Nancy Diamond and Devin Getreu. The walk was in memory of Daniel Steinberg (z”l) who passed away last year at a young age from a Crohn’s related complicaion. Shoshana Good, Jen Salzberg, Jonathan Pulvers, Julie Auerbach, Nancy Diamond, Barbara Steinberg, Rachel Stein, David Stein and Devin Getreu will be walking again next year and look forward to having even more people join them!

Mazel Tov to Jonathon lietz and elaine Coughlin on the birth of their granddaughter Juliet Leia Culver (7/13/2012) parents are Lindsey Lietz Culver and Noah Culver Great granddaughter of Rita Regensburger and Gloria Bacharach. Kol-ha-Kavod every simcha is special. Congratulaions to our many members who are celebraing in September and october. In paricular, mazel tov to the following members who are celebraing special ive year milestones!

MIleSToNe BIRTHDAYS IN John Sheldon Debbie levy MIleSToNe ANNIVeRSARIeS IN SePTeMBeR Jefrey Steinberg Rosario losk oCToBeR Mia Birk Frieda Tobin Robert Magid Norman & Kathy Chusid lawrence Caplan Ann linda Yudman Patricia Magid-Volk Richard & Roberta Cohon Sam Capsouto Nina Yurevich Bruce Ritchie Albert & Roseanne levi elaine Cogan Alvin Segal Marc & Susan levite Judd Conway MIleSToNe BIRTHDAYS IN ellen Singer Andrew Cozine oCToBeR Robin Shapiro Robin DuBof-Furman Gabriel Berg David Sims Welcome New Jennifer Greenberg Ken Bourne laurence Spiegel Members: Richard Hartoch Aaron Cohen Goldie Stampfer Irvin Handelman Stacey Condren eduard Vaynberg Bill & Bonnie Abadie Kenneth Jacobs Barry Davis Jennifer Weprin Karen & Michael Jack lakeish Mihail elisman Gilbert Winkelman Borenstein Anatoliy levinton Timofey Gitlin Tanya Zaslavsky Daniel & ember Burg Joann Marks Tyler Gluckman Mitchell Friedman David Meisels Sergey Goldman MIleSToNe ANNIVeRSARIeS IN Joel Mullin Robert Iofe SePTeMBeR David & Claudine Halmos Marvin Nudelman Carol Isaak larry & Carolyn Gorin David & Rosario losk Mark Rosenberg David Kaplin Adam Haas & Marsha Spellman David & Karen Sapoznikow Joel Semler Susan Katz Sheryl & Ray Robert Adam & Jamie Simms lelia Seropian Steven landsberg page 13 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773

To HoNoR THeIR Refuah In Memoriam MeMoRY… We mourn the loss of synagogue members: Shelma May their souls be bound in the bonds of eternal life. RoBeRT KATZ In this secion, eleANoR HAAS we wish a Condolences “The memory of the righteous will speedy recovery be for a blessing...” Proverbs 10:7 our condolences to our members and their families… to those We are reaching out to those of you who have lost loved ones members Condolences to Sheri Katz (Joel Mullin) on the passing of her beloved father, over the years, and have always Robert Katz on 6/15/12. considered honoring them with a who are ill memorial plaque in the sanctuary or having Condolences to Adam Haas (Marsha Spellman) on the passing of his beloved at Congregaion Neveh Shalom. Whether the loss is recent, or many mother, eleanor Haas, on 6/21/2012. surgery. Since years ago, you have the ability to the Chronicle create a lasing tribute that ensures Condolences to Marvin Wolf (Barbara) on the passing of his beloved sister, the name of your family will be is published Gladys Stein, on 6/22/12. remembered for generaions to only six imes come. per year, we Condolences to ellyn Sternfield (Alan Blank) on the passing of her beloved mother, Toby Sternfield, on 7/7/12. Each year, at Yizkor services on are moving Yom Kippur, we list the memorial plaques that have arrived over the the “Refuah Condolences to Galina Kogan (Boris) on the passing of her beloved mother on past year in our Memorial Booklet. 7/10/12. Place your order by phone to Marg Shelma” Everet at 503.246.8831 ext. 112 or list to our Condolences to Mindy Zeitzer on the passing of her beloved granmother, Dorothy JoAnn Bezodis at 502.293.7209. We weekly Friedlander on 7/30/12. will need the following informaion: eBlast, Name on Plaque Cemetery Headstone Unveilings: Dates of Birth & Death in order Rosalie Lesch (z”l), Sun. Sep 9, 3:00pm (Note: Time Change) at Neveh Zedek Time of Death (before/ater to keep Cemetery, 7925 SW Canyon Lane, 97225 sundown on English date of death) our news Samuel Cowan (z”l), Sun. Oct 14, 1pm at Neveh Zedek Cemetery Only a 10% deposit of $80 is needed Muriel Unkeles (z”l), Sun. Oct 21, 1pm at Ahavai Shalom Cemetery, 9323 SW up front. relevant and First Ave, 97219 Like brick upon brick, Neveh Shalom up-to-date. consists of Jewish people; past, present, and future; who keep Judaism alive - passing the torch Remember, C h r o n i c l e from generaion to generaion. Your the mi- Submissions coninued support is invaluable. sheberach (the prayer C l e r g y for healing) Please email submissions to Noa at [email protected] V i s i t s is recited Chronicle Deadlines: To assure that clergy make visits to Issue Deadline congregants in the hospital, extended at morning care faciliies and hospices, please Nov/Dec Fri, Oct. 5 services contact the oice at Congregaion Jan/Feb Fri, Dec. 7 following the Neveh Shalom, 503.246.8831. In an Mar/Apr Fri, Feb. 8 efort to comply with the new paient Torah reading. The Chronicle is printed every other month. Please read our weekly e-blast and check the CNS website for regular updates. privacy laws, healthcare faciliies If you would like may not release the names of their to submit a name paients; it is imperaive that you When a Death occurs for this prayer, you provide the name of the member, If you wish Tahara for your loved one--respecful preparaion for the facility name, paient’s room may call the oice burial according to ancient Jewish tradiion--you may request it from number, length of anicipated stay, Holman’s Funeral Home, 503. 232.5131; Riverview Funeral Service at 503.246.8831. your relaionship to the paient and a 503.246.6488; or the funeral home of your choice. The funeral home number where you can be reached if will then noify the Chevra. further informaion is needed. page 14 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 STATE FARM INSURANCE

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page 16 Chronicle No. 7 September/October 5773 SEPTEMBER 2012 / 5772 - 5773 ELUL - TISHRI SuNDAY MoNDAY TueSDAY WeDNeSDAYTHuRSDAY FRIDAY SATuRDAY SATuRDAY 14 elul 16 elul 17 elul 18 elul 19 elul 20 elul 21 elul 9am- Shabbat Services 9am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 5 7:15am Minyan 6 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 8 1 10:15am Tot Shabbat 3 4 7 Abrielle Cogen Bat Mitzvah LABOR DAY 5pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 9am - First Day Foundation 4pm Bible Class w/R. Isaak 6:15pm First Friday w/ Ilene Safyan 9am Combined Shabbat Services CNS OFFICES CLOSED School 7pm Executive Comitee Meet Dedication of new ark 8:30pm Selichot Services and SuNDAY 15 elul High Holy day University 9:00am Minyan 7pm Foundation School Parent 2 Orientation Ki Tavo 7:19pm SELICHOT 22 elul 23 elul 24 elul 25 elul 26 elul 27 elul 28 elul 9 9:00am Minyan 107:15am Minyan11 7:15am Minyan 12 7:15am Minyan 13 7:15am Minyan 14 7:15am Minyan 15 12:30pm Mah Jongg 12pm Senior Lunch - 9/11 4:15pm Aliyah 4:00pm Bible Class w/R. Isaak 9am First day Yom Rishon 1:30pm Writers’ Group Remembrance 4:15pm Kochavim First Day 4:15pm Aliyah 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat 9am Shabbat Service 11:30am BACK TO SHUL 4:15pm Aliyah 4:15pm Aliyah 6:30pm Tichon - First Day 7pm Jewish Philosophy Group 10am KEVA w/R. Greenstein 12pm Youth Activities 7pm Machon Ivrit intro 5pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 7pm Machon Ivrit intro 10am Kehillat Noar 2:15pm Film Group 7pm High Holy Day University 7pm High Holy Day University 10:15 Tot Shabbat 3pm Unveiling Rosalie Lesch

7:05pm Nitzavim 29 elul 1 TISHRI 2 TISHRI 3 TISHRI 4 TISHRI 5 TISHRI 6 TISHRI 16 9:00am Minyan 17 18 19 7:15am Minyan 20 7:15am Minyan 21 7:15am Minyan 22 EREV ROSH HASHANAH ROSH HASHANAH ROSH HASHANAH CNS OFFICE CLOSED /no Foundation school CNS OFFICE CLOSED/no Foundation schoo 9:45am Shomrei Tevah Creekside 4:15pm Aliyah 4:00pm Bible Class w/R. Isaak 6:15pm Chik Chak Service and 9am Combined Shabbat 9am Rosh Hashana 1st day Services 9am Rosh Hashana 2nd day Services Restoration 4:15pm Aliyah Dinner (by reservation) Shuvah Service 9:15am & 10:30am Family Services 10am Family Services 6pm Erev Rosh Hashanah 6:30pm Tichon 7pm Board Meeting 6:15pm Tashlich at Fanno Creek Services 7pm Ma’ariv l’Shanah Tovah 7:01pm 6:52 pm Vayelech 7 TISHRI 8 TISHRI 9 TISHRI 10 TISHRI 11 TISHRI 12 TISHRI 13 TISHRI 23 9:00am Minyan 24 7:15am Minyan 25 7:15am Minyan 26 27 7:15am Minyan28 7:15am Minyan 29 KOL NIDRE YOM KIPPUR CNS OFFICE CLOSED - no school 9am Yom Rishon 12:30pm Mah Jongg CNS OFFICE CLOSED 9am Yom Kippur Services 4:00pm Bible Class w/R. Isaak 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Serv. 9am Combined Shabbat 9:30am Men’s Club 1:30pm Writers’ Group 6:45pm Kol Nidre - 9:15&10:30am Family Services 4:15pm Aliyah 6:30pm Hinenu Shabbat Services 12:45pm Mizrach Tashlich 4:15pm Aliyah 11:30am Yizkor Services + Dinner bike ride Erev Yom Kippur 7pm Machon Ivrit Intro 2pm Learning Time Discussion 4:15pm Mincha *Men’s Club putting up Sukkah 6:15pm Neilah 6:44pm 7:45pm Break the fast 6:38pm Ha’azinu 14 TISHRI 30 9:00am Minyan EREV SUKKOT

9am Yom Rishon 9am Sisterhood decorates Sukkah

6:34pm OCTOBER 2012 / 5773 TISHRI - CHESHVAN SuNDAY MoNDAY TueSDAY WeDNeSDAYTHuRSDAY FRIDAY SATuRDAY 15 TISHRI 16 TISHRI 17 TISHRI 18 TISHRI 19 TISHRI 20 TISHRI 3 7:00am Minyan 4 7:00am Minyan 7:00am Minyan 6 1 2 Hol HaMoed Hol HaMoed 5 Hol HaMoed SUKKOT SUKKOT 2 9am Shabbat & Chol Hamoed 4:15 Aliyah 4:15pm Aliyah 6:15pm First Friday with Ilene Sukkot Services CNS OFFICE CLOSED CNS OFFICE CLOSED 5pm Dinner in the Sukkah 7pm Executive Committee mtg Safyan 9:30am K-5th gr. ALIYAH 9am 2nd day Sukkot Kochavim/ Notzezim 7:30pm Dad’s Night Out 7:30pm New Members dinner Shabbat 10am Kehillat Noar 9am Sukkot Services Service 6pm Dinner in the Sukkah Sukkot Event (off site) in the Sukkah 10:15am Tot Shabbat in the Tichon Sukkah 7:34 pm 6:30pm Tichon 6:25pm Chol Hamoed 21 TISHRI 22 TISHRI 23 TISHRI 24 TISHRI 25 TISHRI 26 TISHRI 27 TISHRI 9am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7 Hoshanah Rabah 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 SHEMINI ATZERET SIMCHAT TORAH No Foundaion School Maude Elovitz Bat Mitzvah 9am Hygiene Kit Assembly CNS OFFICE CLOSED CNS OFFICE CLOSED 4:15 Aliyah 10am Writing Your Life Story 6:15 Kabbalat Shabbat Service 9am Shemini Atzeret 9am Simchat Torah Service 6pm Tichon class for seniors 9am Shabbat Service Yizkor 4pm Bible Class w/R. Isaak 9:30am Downstairs Minyan 7pm Erev Simchat Torah 4:15pm Aliyah Blow Out 6:21 pm 6:12pm Bereshit 28 TISHRI 29 TISHRI 30 TISHRI 1 CHeSHVAN 2 CHeSHVAN 3 CHeSHVAN 4 CHeSHVAN 9:00am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7am Minyan 7am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 7:15am Minyan 14 15 16 Rosh Hodesh17 Rosh Hodesh 18 19 20 Jordan Zwetchkenbaum Bar Mitzvah 9am Yom Rishon Salon Hazak Hike + Bird Watch 12:30pm Mah Jongg 12pm Senior Lunch - 4:15pm Aliyah 4pm Bible Class w/R. Isaak 6:15pm Chik Chak Service 9am Shabbat Services 1pm Unveiling Sam Cowan 4:15pm Aliyah Genealogy 6pm Tichon 4:15pm Aliyah 6:15 Kabbalat Shabbat Services 10am KEVA w/R. Greenstein 7pm Machon Ivrit 4:15pm Aliyah 7pm Board Meeting 10:15am Tot Shabbat 4pm Sisterhood 90th Birthday 5pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 10am Kehillat Noar Celebration USY Kinnus 9-12th (off site) USY Kinnus 9-12th (off site) 6:00pm Noach 5 CHeSHVAN 6 CHeSHVAN 7 CHeSHVAN 8 CHeSHVAN 9 CHeSHVAN 10 CHeSHVAN 11 CHeSHVAN 21 9:00am Minyan 22 7:15am Minyan 23 7:15am Minyan 247:15am Minyan 25 7:15am Minyan26 7:15am Minyan 27 9am Yom Rishon 12:30pm Mah Jongg 4pm Bible Class w/R. Isaak Kimberlee Barde Bat Mitzvah 1pm JCFS/CBI/CNS 60+ Program 9:30am Men’s Club 4:15pm Aliyah 4:15pm Aliyah 4:15pm Aliyah 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Serv. 9am Shabbat Services 9:30am Bar/t Mitzvah Parent mtg 4:15pm Aliyah 7pm Machon Ivrit 5:00pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 6pm Tichon 6:30pm Hinenu Shabbat Serv. 9:30am Downstairs Minyan 9:45am Shomrei Teva Creekside 7pm Learners Minyan restoration 1pm Unveilling for Muriel Unkeles USY Kinnus 9-12th (off site) 5:48pm Lech Lecha 12 CHeSHVAN 13 CHeSHVAN 14 CHeSHVANI 15 CHeSHVAN 289:00am Minyan 29 7:15am Minyan 307:15am Minyan 31 7:15am Minyan 9am Yom Rishon 12:30pm Mah Jongg 4:15pm Aliyah 4:15pm Aliyah Off-Site: 4:15pm Aliyah 5pm Talmud w/R. Stampfer 6pm Tichon Habitat For Humanity West Side 7pm Machon Ivrit S.Metro Noshing with Neighbors CALENDAR OF HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES 5773 / 2012 DATE TIME SERVICE

Saturday, September 8 8:30pm Havdalah, High Holiday University & Selichot Service at Neveh Shalom

SELIHOT Mon, Sept 10 & Wed. Sept. 12 7:00pm High Holy Day University (Adult Ed)

Sunday, September 16 6:15 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Services 1 (Sanctuary) 6:15 pm Young Family Service (Stampfer Chapel) Monday, September 17 9:00 am First Day Services (Sanctuary & Birnbach Hall) 9:15 am & 10:30 am Family Services (see other side), no reservaions required 6:30 pm Tashlich at Fanno Creek (just of lower parking area) 7:00 pm Ma’ariv2 (Stampfer Chapel), immediately ater Tashlich

ROSHHASHANAH Tuesday, September 18 9:00 am Second Day Services (Sanctuary) 10:00 am Family Services (Stampfer Chapel)

Friday, September 21 6:15 pm Erev Shabbat Service 3

Saturday, September 22 9:00 am Shabbat Shuvah Service (Stampfer Chapel) Sunday, September 23 10:00 am Memorial Service at Neveh Zedek Cemetery SHABBAT SHUVA 10:00 am Memorial Service at Ahavai Shalom Cemetery Sunday, September 23 12:45pm Mizrach Tashlich ‐ Bikers start: 12:45 Locaions tbd; 1:50pm Bikers/non‐bikers meet at 1:50 Sellwood Riverfront Park

Tuesday, September 25 6:45 pm Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre Service4 (Sanctuary/Stampfer Ch)

Wednesday, September 26 9:00 am Yom Kippur Services (Sanctuary/Birnbach Hall) 9:15 am & 10:30 am Family Services (see other side), no reservaions required 11:45 am Yizkor Memorial Service (Sanctuary & Birnbach Hall) 2:00 pm Learning Time Discussion (Stampfer Chapel) 4:15 pm Mincha (Sanctuary) 6:15 pm Neilah (Sanctuary) 7:45 pm Break the Fast (Birnbach Hall)

Monday, October 1 9:00 am First Day Sukkot Services (Stampfer Chapel) Second Day Sukkot Candle lighing 7

Tuesday, October 2 9:00 am Second Day Sukkot Services (Stampfer Chapel)

Friday, October 5 6:15 pm Erev Shabbat Service 8 SUKKOT YOM KIPPUR

Saturday, October 6 9:00am Shabbat & Hol HaMoed Sukkot Services

Sunday, October 7 9:00 am Hoshana Rabah Erev Shemini Atzaret Candle lighing9

Monday, October 8 9:00 am Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service 7:00 pm Erev Simchat Torah Blow Out 10

Tuesday, October 9 9:00 am Simchat Torah Service

CANDLECANDLE LIGHTINGLIGHTING TIMES TIMES 1-10

1. Sunday, September 16 7:01 pm 6. Sunday, September 30 6:34 pm 2. Monday, September 17 ater 7:59 pm 7. Monday, October 1 ater 7:34 pm 3. Friday, September 21 6:52 pm 8. Friday, October 5 6:25 pm 4. Tuesday, September 25 6:44 pm 9. Sunday, October 7 6:21 pm 10. Monday, October 8 ater 7:19 pm 5. Friday, September 28 6:38 pm Family Services (children accompanied by parents) NO additional ticket required! 1st Day Rosh Hashanah (Mon., Sept. 17) AND Yom Kippur (Wed., Sept. 26) 2‐5 year olds 9:15am & 10:30am Stampfer Chapel grades 1‐3 10:30am Room 102 grades 4‐6 10:30am Zidell Chapel

Game Room 1st Day Rosh Hashanah (Mon., Sept. 17) AND Yom Kippur (Wed., Sept. 26) grades 1‐6 10:00am‐12:00pm Room 118

Teen Discussion Group 1st Day Rosh Hashanah (Mon., Sept. 17) AND Yom Kippur (Wed., Sept. 26) Grades 7‐12 10:30‐11:30am Youth Lounge

Childcare (registration required by Tuesday, September 4) 18 months‐5yrs. 9:00am‐1:00pm Rooms 18 & 24

Nursing Mom’s Room All Day Bride’s room (back of Birnbach Hall)

Yom Kippur Story Telling (Wed., Sept. 26) 6:30pm Stampfer Chapel

High Holy Day Etiquette

In order to make our High Holy Day services meaningful and pleasant for everyone, please remember these guidelines:

* Parking: Cooperate with parking atendants and restricted zones. Those with blue DMV disabled parking tags MUST reserve parking (free of charge), to guarantee a space. Others may purchase a reserved spot in our lot for $100. To arrange for disabled or reserved parking please contact Marg at 503.246.8831x112 or [email protected]

* Silence your cell phone/pager. In the event of an emergency during High Holy Day services call 503.475.2934

* Service Decorum: Kindly do not enter or exit the services while the ark is open or during the Rabbi’s sermon. Our ushers will close the doors during these solemn imes. Please do your part to minimize disturbance to services by exiing at appropriate imes.

* Tickets will be checked, please have them with you each ime you enter the facility.

* Casual conversation during services and in the entry is distracing to fellow worshipers. Please keep talking to a minimum, and please whisper. Appropriate places to visit with friends include the outdoor plaza, courtyard, the parking lot, near the elevator, in the Foundaion School hallway, and in the chapel or classrooms when children’s services are not in session.

* Behavior guidelines should be discussed with your children before arriving at synagogue: Use “indoor” voices, no running, no rough‐housing, stay with parents or in areas designated for children (childcare, game rooms, youth services). Ushers will escort unsupervised children back to their parents.

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